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Gordon Merrick

Making Making Love Make Sense.

About Me

This is the person Gordon Merrick. If you want the musical side of me, I've started a band page thing: www.myspace.com/gordonmerricks/ Now Playing: "Fun!" from an as yet unnamed project with good new friend JJ singing.

My Interests

You, friend. As well as singing machines. www.gordonmerrick.com

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet Sarah Jean Mulroney, Albert Schweitzer, Common, Blossom Dearie, the Mayor of Olean, NY, Robbie Williams, and Ktsebios of Alexandria. . . not in that order.But I'd also like to meet you, if it worked out that way.

Music:

Anything that sounds like Judi Collins or Al Green or Enoch Light. And Freezepop, Lifestyle, Boy in Static and The Skating Club. And Crooked Fingers and The National. Oh, and I enjoy Kevn Kinney's first solo album. And that Joanna Newsom character who confirms my suspicion that there is life in the harp yet. The Decemberists seem to be on to something that Jeff Magnum used to guard fiercely and I swear that Weird War and Carissa's Wierd are planning a coup. And don't forget that fantastic onslaught of wonderful music from High on Fire, Mastodon, Jesu, Sunn O))), and Isis. That stuff is the future, kids.

Movies:

Speculative fiction involving artificial intelligences. "Silent Running." And movies with Hugh Grant. And "Forbidden Planet" and "Punch Drunk Love" and this other thing with that guy from "Some Like It Hot."

Television:

Small Wonder, Firefly, Jeeves and Wooster, and most public access 'free for all' evenings.

Books:

London: A Novel. The Imperfect Art. Karatefight: The Book. Cybertext. The Auditory Culture Reader.

Heroes:

Scott Walker and Sidney Bechet. Lloyd Biggle, Jr. and John Wheelwright. Jimmy Carter and Billy Wilder.

My Blog

A show?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007. 9pm. Bella Festa. You should go.
Posted by Gordon Merrick on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:22:00 PST

fear

until zeph's comment, i suppose i never considered that people would scared of me. this is a strange thought. i have nothing but love for those nearby (and, especially, those far away). i bear no ill ...
Posted by Gordon Merrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just maybe...

So the shows this weekend left me scarred and exhilerated. I saw bones broken, love given and love taken away. It was a micro-macro kind of thing. The new songs flew with new strong wings and people d...
Posted by Gordon Merrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

And there's a blog too... This is something special, I tell you what. Ahh. No friends. Friendster *was* getting crowded. I'm here, waiting for the love.
Posted by Gordon Merrick on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST