Eric profile picture

Eric

I am here for Friends

About Me

So, I was born and bred in Cleveland, ended up going to Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, helped form the band, New Bomb Turks (http://www.myspace.com/newbombturks), and we did that for 13 years, amassing more than 10 CDs worth of slop, umpteen tours, met a ton of swells, and endured too many hangovers to really dwell on. During that time I also started freelance writing for weekly papers throughout the land. I moved to Brooklyn, NY in 9/04, and have since continued with the bohemian (i.e. poor ass) existence. Just got a good job at CMJ (www.cmj.com). I'm want to rave on Orson Welles, SCTV, the Saints, River's Edge, Elisa Cook Jr., 60s girl groups, Cleveland Cavaliers, Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, David Lynch, Neil Hamburger, John Waters, Chris Elliot, Crispin Glover, the Simpsons, Weegee, Death of Samantha, Andrea Martin, Cleveland, OH, www.clepunk.com, the Mad Daddy, Gloria Grahame, Warren Oates, Crypt Records, Bolshevik movie posters, James' Dean's red jacket, the WPA, Sam Fuller, and way lefty-leaning political bitch rants. And such and such...Oh, and if I DENY a friend request, it's usually because we've already friended that person on the New Bomb Turks MySpace page, so don't take it personally.

My Interests

Greaseball stuff, ala rockabilly, B-noir flix, Crypt Records, Karl Marx, Lester Bangs, Rose MacGowan, Chris Elliot, Pee-Wee Herman, Mr. Mike, lost dumb-ass late 70s punk 7"s, Bertrand Russell.... damn, it goes on and on, like all y'all I guess.

Music:

This could go on forever. New: Starvations, Rosebuds, Spitzz, Feelers, Sons & Daughters, Time Flys, Raveonettes, Black Lips, Necropolis, Functional Blackouts, Neko Case, Hives, Sons & Daughters, Rock and Roll Soldiers, Cobra Verde, Make Up, Catholic BoysOlder: Dwarves, Prince, Death of Samantha, Prisonshake, Devil Dogs, Didjits, Lazy Cowgirls, Dirty Lovers, Union Carbide Productions, Geto Boys, Fluid, Blacktop, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apts., Gaunt, Billy Bragg, Supersuckers, Fluid, Teengenerate, Nick Cave, Chris Isaak, Pussy Galore, Gibson Bros., Bikini Kill, Gories, Galaxie 500Older still: Cramps, Dream Syndicate, Husker Du, Replacements, Great Plains, Volcano Suns, Flesheaters, Smiths, Mission of Burma, Wire, Saints, Ramones, Dictators, Volcano Suns, My Dad Is Dead, Lyres, Prisonshake, Anti-Nowhere League, Poodle Boys, Nikki Sudden/Jacobites, Sonic Youth, Crime, Teengenerate, Pussy Galore, Gibson Brothers, Clash, R.E.M., Marshall Crenshaw, Plimsouls, Nikki & the Corvettes, X, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Left, Pretenders, Van Halen, BanglesEven older: Ramones, Elvis, Otis Redding, Electric Eels, Pagans, Ronettes, Rocket from the Tombs, Dead Boys, Little Richard, Velvet Underground, Stooges, Monks, MC5, T. Rex, Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Serge Gainsbourg, The Sweet, Roxy Music, Johnny Burnette, DMZ, Real Kids, Johnnie Ray, Sonics, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Roxy Music, Raspberries, Big Star, Frank Sinatra, Mary Wilson, Billie Hoilday, Shangri-Las... and on and on....

Movies:

Again, this is never ending...., Citizen Kane, Blue Velvet, Kiss Me Deadly, Act of Violence, Night & the City, Waiting for Guffman, Raging Bull, Moonrise, Caddyshack, Point Blank, Mystery Train, Mulholland Drive, Rock'n'Roll High School, The Long Goodbye, Over the Edge, Pickup On South Street, Au Hasard Balthazr, Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains, Union Maids, Gimme Shelter, Lenny, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, I Hired a Contract Killer, Grey Gardens, Rebel Without a Cause, Teenage Gang Debs, In a Lonely Place, F for Fake, Touch of Evil, Playtime, Midnight Cowboy........

Television:

Simpsons, SCTV, Young Ones, The Office, Saturday Night Live (early ones mostly), The News Hour with Jim Leher, Night Flight, Johnny Stacatto, Twilight Zone (original), All in the Family, Bullwinkle & Rocky, Warner Brothers cartoons, Twin Peaks, Daily Show, occasional late night infomercials about Time Life 70s collections.

Books:

Psychotic Reactions and Carburater Dung (Lester Bangs), Why I am Not a Christian (Bertrand Russell), From the Velvets to the Voidoids (Clinton Heylin), Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx), In Cold Blood (Truman Capote), Cruel Shoes (Steve Martin), Dark City (Eddie Muller), any Jim Thompson or James Ellroy.....

Heroes:

None. But I admire a lot of folks for their gumption.

My Blog

Stimulus, shmimulus!

Hey, if this sham, election year "stimulus package" bullshit goes through and y'all get money back from the government, either put it in the bank or donate it to a charity -- do NOT spend it! That wha...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:00:00 PST

As if bad breath wasnt reason enough....

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1712266 7&sc=emaf&sc=emaf
Posted by Eric on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:06:00 PST

Paul Byrd, timing, hypocrisy, etc...

Two interesting COMMENTS here (below) that were posted after an article on cleveland.com about the Paul Byrd HGH story. (He stopped buying it after it was deemed illegal by MLB.) Especially the commen...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:19:00 PST

Wild new 7"s I dig

Just some quickie quips about some cool singles I got in the last few months:http://www.cmj.com/relay/?p=1730
Posted by Eric on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:15:00 PST

Turn to Ash

It is the 6th anniversary of the death of a good pal of mine and a great frontman, Jerry Wick. Jerry fronted the awesome Columbus, OH punk band, Gaunt, for about 9 years in the '90s. They put out some...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:34:00 PST

Another year end poll kinda thing

http://www.idolator.com/?op=jp_showpoll&user_id=43948
Posted by Eric on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:28:00 PST

Not preachin' or nuthin', but...

"'Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.' -- Einstein"
Posted by Eric on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:14:00 PST

My "Best of" for 2006

Hey, it's that time of year again, where all the fuggin' "lists" start flyin'. So if you're not yet sick of them, here's my Top 10 CDs and such for 2006, along with some other CMJ staff lists (I ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:46:00 PST

CBGBs closing weekend

While everyone is probably quite sick of hearing about the closing of CBGBs, I made it down to hang around there the last two nights before it's closing, and figured I'd toss in my 2 cents. ...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:57:00 PST

Flick action for ya!

Hey zanies -- My ol' cohorts and I traveled to Boston for a gasser of a reunion gig last Saturday night (8/19), and damned if some swell bloke didn't already post a You Tube clip from it: http://...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:02:00 PST