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About Me

Not Psuckadelic!MITCH video from 1994 - filmed in Athens, Georgia.There is absolutely no history of mental instability, insomnia, bitter tears, craziness, depression, philandering, knife fighting, generalized disgruntlement, "attitude" problems, "hunchback-ism," incarceration, irritability, paralyzing curiosity about how than can be something, rather than nothing, alcoholism, irritating questioning of authority, missed work, rudderless mutiny, cigarette burns, prescription or non-prescription drug use and abuse, outlandish flights of fancy, failure, rank fear, navel gazing, psychological torture, familial strife, creativity, laziness, sexual deviance, delusional thinking, art making, tendency towards over-generalization, self-aggrandizement, driving away from service stations at 7 a.m., with the gasoline hose still in the slot of the car, or really, any sort of unpleasantry or oddness in any generation or cul de sac of my family, forever and ever, amen.In other words, I am not a threat to society, so, you can come out of hiding peoples.

My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

Abraham Lincoln. And Mark Twain. And these dudes:

Music:

Sure. I like music, if it's good. Oh, good is subjective? heh. this is one of the groups I play in, The Bon Mots. I write some tunes, play guitar and sing in this group. On Mike's tunes, I play bass.

Movies:

Papillion.

Television:

The Twilight Zone.

Books:

I like a lot of different books, fiction, history, philosophy, maps, and the new yorker occasionally. I'm reading "Poland" an historical fiction by James Michener. It's about 900 pages long and is taking me forever to finish. I also like reading, in no particular order, Saul Bellow, Nelson Algren, Martin Amis, Ian McKewan, Knut Hamsun, Rolvaag, stendahl, nietzsche, David Hume, Eggers, Franzen and looking at the same sentence for an hour or so, because I was wasted. Again. Uhghghhhh

Heroes:

Elvis Costello, Lennon & McCartney, and Ringo and George. Socrates, Dvorak, Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Jefferson, Hannibal, the German officers that tried to kill Hitler with the bomb in the briefcase, and the 20 Million people that Stalin murdered. And whoever it was that was allowed to father children with Sophia Loren. And Pele.

My Blog

Don’t Go Back to Rockville?

A couple takes on Friday night's REM concert, history, etc. I went to the rem show expecting very little indeed. I'd seen them on Life's Rich Paegant tour (1986) at a hall in Kalamazoo that held maybe...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:37:00 PST

Thanks, and advance notice on June Bon Mots shows

First, thanks kindly to those of you who made it out (or even if you didn't make it, seriously considered making it, out) to the Horseshoe, this past Friday night, for to witness the resurrection of t...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:04:00 PST

The return of Decoy Prayer Meeting - Friday May 23 at the Horseshoe!

After a year-long hiatus, we are re-animating our little 50s country, country swing, cosmic country, rockabilly, roots, "whatever-you'd-like-to-call-it" groupDECOY PRAYER MEETING.Playing some of our f...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Tue, 20 May 2008 05:28:00 PST

Penthouse Sweets at Double Door Saturday 5/17 with Wabash Cannonballs

Penthouse Sweets at Double Door Saturday 5/17 with Wabash Cannonballs and the TrashingtonsPlaying second at 11 pm I believe. Saturday night, Double Door, you, us, then W.C. and possibly after that a ...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Thu, 15 May 2008 05:06:00 PST

le Concorde at The Hideout Chicago this Friday

So I couldn't help but notice the bloom is on the rose, the trees, the bushes and the shrubs this week. Finally. Just in time for a good show at the Hideout this Friday. I used to play bass in Le C...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 07 May 2008 04:48:00 PST

Art Chicago, Artopolis, Chicago Artist Project this weekend at the Merchandise Mart

Hi, I'm forwarding a message from Katherine regarding her opening for The Artist Project at the Merchandise Mart this Thursday 4/24 - it runs from 6-9 pm. If you're around, downtown, or otherwise o...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:50:00 PST

Penthouse Sweets at The Note Saturday with The Its, Handcuffs and Tennis Courts

This Thursday Night April 24th, on WLUW, 88.7 FM, 8pm (I'm pretty sure)we will be featured LIVE!!! Playing a nice little number of songs, one of which is new, along with a "Clown Time" interview.THIS...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST

some photographs

I put up some photos from a recent trip to the carribbean - anguilla, west indies, and also some shots of Bon Mots and friends hanging out at a show at the double door with ? and the Mysterians, some ...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:02:00 PST

Mitch (the band, not the Italian) video up on YouTube

Hi. Following is a link to a music video my old group MITCH did with my good buddy (going back to East Lansing High School) Mark Burns, New York-based film editor, way back in August 1994. Mark shot...
Posted by eric von bon mot on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:52:00 PST

Vote for Penthouse Sweets

http://chicago.metromix.com/music/article/hear-em-out/371594 /contentVote for Penthouse Sweets right.
Posted by eric von bon mot on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST