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ERik

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ~L.Cohen

About Me

Like you care.
But what I do for work is being an Eligibility Specialist for the state of Maine

Though what I am is a writer.

And I crave music, sometimes I think my blood-cells are made up of notes.

Pretty much it.
Aren't you glad you know all that useless crap?

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My Interests

Poetry
Music
Movies
Books (Especially those on or about the aforementioned articles of intrest)

Music:

Yeah right, you've got to be kidding me
far too vast to name
So just the important ones

The Best Guitarist Ever

Frank Zappa

Another Amazing Guitarist
Buckethead

What can I say? I have a thing for strange guitarists.

Also: Ryan Adams
Black Sabbath
Lucinda Williams
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Leonard Cohen
and any band that had/has/or will have Mike Patton in their midst
(aka Mike Patton)

Books:

Cat's Cradle~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

A Confederacy Of Dunces~John Kennedy Toole

I Know This Much Is True~Wally Lamb

The Stand~Sk

The Dark Tower~Sk

Heroes:

Frank Zappa
Bukowski
Baudelaire
Garcia Lorca
Neruda
Milton
Byron
Sexton
Plath
Saul Williams
Langston Hughes
Jim Carroll
Stephen King

My Blog

New Saul Williams Album can be yours for $5

or free if you're a cheap fucker.   Saul's new album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust is currently available as a pre-order download for $5 (to the artist) or for free (you chea...
Posted by ERik on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:25:00 PST

Ryan Adams @ The Merrill

So, if anyone wants to hear the Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Show that I went to @ The Merrill Auditorium, it is now up at Archive.org for download (and/or) streaming. Fun show. Short show. Great so...
Posted by ERik on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:28:00 PST

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr died last night I am very sad. So I decided to post a few Calypsos from Cat's Cradle, in his honor   The Fourteenth Calypso:   When I was young, I was so gay and mean, An...
Posted by ERik on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:55:00 PST

And now, for something completely "new"

This one is actually something that hasn't been sitting in my "almost complete" bin for months. So I guess it is technically the "newest" thing I've done. Enjoy... Sleeping Southpaw Hers is a 150W smi...
Posted by ERik on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:23:00 PST

More Crap, this is an ad-hoc "series", from March

I don't normally do "Political" stuff. Or rather, I stopped when I realized that no one actually gave a shit what my politics are/were.  However, earlier in the year I was compelled to do a few, ...
Posted by ERik on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:54:00 PST

Another older piece for consumption

At The Conclusion Of The Third ActThey were cross-star fuckersImpeachable characters of the finest fiberHe was fulfilling a prophecy of having chirst's keep-sake be his deathbedShe came to the abomin...
Posted by ERik on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:44:00 PST

Just so my lonely new blog isnt empty

Just one of my newer pieces.  Perhaps I will post more later. A Colossus Of Neurons Hiccupping (The Bends) If it wasn't fifty° in Januarytheir sleeves would cover their heartsBut for as long...
Posted by ERik on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:35:00 PST