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About Me

I find myself living in the Pacific Northwest, Cascadia, Turtle Island. I write, make sounds, do occasional collages and drawings, and try to enjoy life. Every so often I play experimental, ambient/noise shows alone or with friends. I also play heavy music with surrealist/goth/social critique lyrics. I infrequently read poems and texts out loud in various settings, and have experience with improvised movement and Butoh studies. I like bookstores, urban wandering, staying home and making sound, 'and much much more.' To hear QKCOFSE, go to the other myspace profile which is http://myspace.com/qkcofse, or select the icon in my 'friends' section. ***The movement, writing and urban exploration aspects of my interests fall roughly into surrealism/butoh/freeplay, automatic poetry and collective texts, and surrealist/situationist inspired psychogeography. http://theunexpectedsound.blogspot.com.I also like to hear about things going on locally and amongst my friends.I am not that active here as life is not all about sitting in front of the electronic fireplace. If I don't add you as a friend, don't take it too personally. There's just no reason to have hundreds of myspace friends. I am trying to be more selective with those I will be receiving bulletins from.

My Interests

I have no interest in things that don't interest me.

I'd like to meet:

People to collaborate with on sounds, movement, writing, urban exploration, pleasure. Those to relate to 'without the usual depressing concessions.'

Music:

Hypnosis, autosuggestion, hysteria, catharsis, rhythmic disaster

Movies:

Hypnagogic all night drive-in

Television:

A wonder and a curse at the same time.

Books:

I like to read and write.

Heroes:

No reach for the seduction of the seemingly lived to compensate for the fragmented specializations of the actually lived.

My Blog

Somnambulist Footprints

http://www.lulu.com/content/2166904The Somnambulist Footprints is the result of a collective project inwhich several contemporary surrealists and fellow travelers wroteshort stories according to their...
Posted by Shibek on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PST

Surrealist Egregore

After the demise of the Portland Surrealist Group, I’ve started a surrealist-oriented blog dedicated to local and regional matters. It is still pretty new so there’s not a lot there, but I...
Posted by Shibek on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:20:00 PST

CACOPHONY nov. 11th

I will be playing a noise/ambient/experimental set with Ogo and Nova Dawn--possibly Tim-- at Rotture (315 SE 3rd/Oak) in Portland, Oregon on Sunday, November 11th. Also sounding off will be Taskmaster...
Posted by Shibek on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:24:00 PST

Surrealist fortune cookie

Extracted each day from our true oneiric humanity by the hostile forceps of civilization, the dead hand of the past burdens us with historical debris and the emotional plague armors us unto spurious d...
Posted by Shibek on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:20:00 PST

The lonely crowd?

A recent magazine featured photos of some of Portland's cafes. One of the more prominent pictures consists of five people on their laptops. One of them has headphones on. These people are all seated o...
Posted by Shibek on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:47:00 PST

The alphabet's arrow splits into burial flowers

Are we ever more than the words that stick to us? How does the pain cycle nest in the blaster sleep? Air and Earth weigh upon each birth, each factory, each poison arrow headed for the heart of creep...
Posted by Shibek on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:16:00 PST

Eaten Fingers

Weeping in a box, eaten fingers grasp poison feathers.
Posted by Shibek on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:11:00 PST

The electronic fireplace

The electronic fireplace weeps data blood into a sponge floor, while cackling rumors surround the worm-trail evidence of cathode rays' displaced elementalum. Unable to breathe, the eyes lure encounter...
Posted by Shibek on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:22:00 PST