Podcast appearances and mentions of Steve Erickson

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG Pescelet - "Mind Repuljon" (from the album, IT WASN'T ME !) In ROUND 5 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I talk about fake music artists. So many have been created for film, TV and beyond. And while most of them don't measure up to the real thing, some do, and a few have even transcended their original medium to become stars in their ow right. We also get into how AI has affected the creation of fake artists and fake music over the last 10-20 years. What fake bands or artists do you remember being better than expected? Do you like when a show or movie inserts a fake band into the story? Or do you find most of them to be pale imitations? Discuss dammit! ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST! Join Patreon Get some merch Donate to the fundraiser ~~~~ FEATURED SONG Pescelet - "Mind Repuljon" (from the album, IT WASN'T ME !) In ROUND 5 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I talk about fake music artists. So many have been created for film, TV and beyond. And while most of them don't measure up to the real thing, some do, and a few have even transcended their original medium to become stars in their ow right. We also get into how AI has affected the creation of fake artists and fake music over the last 10-20 years. What fake bands or artists do you remember being better than expected? Do you like when a show or movie inserts a fake band into the story? Or do you find most of them to be pale imitations? Discuss dammit! ~~~ *intro music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're joined by critic Steve Erickson for two films that dared to dramatize the 1999 Columbine massacre—both in 2003, barely four years after the tragedy. Ben Coccio's ZERO DAY and Gus Van Sant's ELEPHANT each encountered controversy, though only one would win the Palme D'Or while the other is now mainly available on YouTube. We'll talk about the films' very different approaches to one of the 20th century's defining tragedies, and where (or if) we draw the line between insight and exploitation. Unwatchables is hosted by Marc Dottavio and Seth Troyer, produced by Tony Scarpitti, featuring artwork by Micah Kraus. You can support us on Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/unwatchables to get access to exclusive bonus content and weigh in on what we watch next. Find us online at www.unwatchablespod.com or shoot us an email at unwatchablespodcast@gmail.com. We're on Instagram and Twitter under @unwatchablespod.

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 34 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 4: Charli XCX In Round 4 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss Charli XCX. We unravel her history and get into her new album, Brat. We make the case that she's consistently been one of the most idiosyncratic and innovative pop stars of the 21st century. And we somehow get to comparing her to both Drake and Post Malone. Do you know Charli XCX's music? Have you heard Brat? How do you think she compares to other pop stars? Discuss dammit! Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUPPORT THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 34 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 4: Charli XCX In Round 4 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss Charli XCX. We unravel her history and get into her new album, Brat. We make the case that she's consistently been one of the most idiosyncratic and innovative pop stars of the 21st century. And we somehow get to comparing her to both Drake and Post Malone. Do you know Charli XCX's music? Have you heard Brat? How do you think she compares to other pop stars? Discuss dammit! Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 149th episode of Podsongs, we're honoured to feature the legendary writer Steve Erickson and Canadian musician Aidan Baker, part of the ambient/experimental music duo Nadja. They delve into the origins of Baker's musical journey, the essence of creating music across different genres, and the collaborative dynamics within Nadja. Erickson and Baker touch upon the evolving landscapes of politics, culture, and the inherent challenges and inspirations for artists. The conversation traverses the complexities of identity, the impact of global shifts on artistic expression, and the pursuit of creativity amidst a changing world. This engaging exchange not only offers insights into the respective crafts of Erickson and Baker but also serves as an inspiration for a new piece of music capturing the nuanced conversation around creativity, cultural shifts, and the undying pursuit of artistic authenticity.   https://www.steveerickson.org/ https://brokenspineprods.wordpress.com/   00:00 Welcome to Podsongs: Introducing Aidan Baker 00:19 Exploring Aidan Baker's Musical Journey 01:53 The Creative Process and Evolution of Music 02:55 Aidan Baker: The Multi-Instrumentalist 03:44 Collaborative Projects and the Birth of Nadja 05:07 Inspirations and Influences: From Music to Literature 05:27 Steve Erickson: A Unique Voice in Literature 06:47 Exploring the Works of Steve Erickson 08:02 Aidan Baker's Reading Habits and Inspirations 12:10 The Changing Landscapes of Berlin and Personal Reflections 16:48 Touring, Festivals, and Fan Interactions 21:42 Creative Ventures: From Soundtracks to Video Games 24:29 Setting the Stage for Steve Erickson's Arrival 30:00 Navigating the High Costs of Artistic Life in Toronto 30:23 Political Shifts and the Blurring Lines Between Left and Right 31:59 The Unique Political Situation of Expatriates 32:51 Exploring the Meditative Qualities of Music 36:11 The Challenges and Rewards of Creating Video Game Soundtracks 41:42 The Impact of Political Climate on Creative Processes 46:53 Seeking Refuge and Creative Inspiration Abroad 50:21 Discussing the Dynamics of European Politics 55:12 The Role of Art and Music in Times of Political Turmoil 01:11:20 Reflecting on Canadian Identity and Political Landscape // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Newsletter, donations and download the song for €/$1 @ https://podsongs.com // LINKS // Website: https://podsongs.com Podcast episodes: https://podsongs.com/podcast-episodes Songs: https://podsongs.com/music Spotify artist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/32FYyRx1y1ex3jHHAgLMC7?si=4Nv7WW85SbSPZvCsj1o7Ig Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6sN1viy82HPiNTVX2YBxpq?si=1b84c2b9bdea4656 // SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/podsongs Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsongs Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsongs --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podsongs/message

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 23 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 3: Tierra Whack and Kim Gordon In Round 3 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss new albums by two solo female artists: Tierra Whack's WORLD WIDE WHACK, and Kim Gordon's THE COLLECTIVE. Though Whack and Gordon come from very different backgrounds, it's surprising how many parallels there are between these two albums. Have you heard them yet? Which do you like, if any? Can you find the parallels between the two? Discuss dammit! Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS PODCAST, SO I CAN BRING YOU A SEASON 7! Join Patreon for as little as $1/month Donate any amount to the fundraiser ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 23 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 3: Tierra Whack and Kim Gordon In Round 3 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss new albums by two solo female artists: Tierra Whack's WORLD WIDE WHACK, and Kim Gordon's THE COLLECTIVE. Though Whack and Gordon come from very different backgrounds, it's surprising how many parallels there are between these two albums. Have you heard them yet? Which do you like, if any? Can you find the parallels between the two? Discuss dammit! Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David and Rachel talk to Steve about the resolutions he posted on The Journal of the Plague Years on January 1, 2024. Click to read the post. The conversation touches on the dangers of confusing imperfect choices for clear ones; the shift from James Carville's "it's the economy, stupid" to what Steve sees as our current reality ("it's the culture, stupid"); and how his work American Stutter would appear to a novelist in a parallel universe where Hillary won the presidency in 2016. The talk also turns to living near the stars on Hollywood Boulevard, and plants seeds of optimism that Steve, Rachel, and David agree need urgent, active, and immediate tending. Bonus: an answer to the question David posed to Wayne Liebman of the Blue Voter Guide (Season 8, Ep8) about how many different ballots there are in a given US election. Register and request your ballot at Vote From Abroad!

Steve Erickson is on the #ReadingWithYourKids #Podcast to celebrate his children's book "Where Do Animals Go on Vacation?". Steve discussed how he came up with the idea for the book over 15 years ago and finally wrote and published it after retiring from his career in advertising. He explained the premise of animals going on vacation to places that suit their abilities and interests. Steve enjoyed reading the book to school classes and engaging the children to think about where different animals might vacation. Both guests agreed on the importance of reading with children and fueling their imagination through books and travel. Steve shared that writing children's books allows him more creative freedom than his past career creating advertising. The conversation highlighted how reading can open children's minds to new places and cultures. Click here to visit Steve's website - www.steveaerickson.com  Click here to visit our website - www.readingwithyourkids.com 

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 7 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 2: A Second Look at First Albums In Round 2 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss early albums of famous artists, and whether or not they're worth a second listen. What famous artist do you think people should explore the earliest work of? Discuss dammit! BONUS BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO on how I put this (and many other) episodes together, including more thoughts on the subject. Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 6 Episode 7 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – ROUND 2: A Second Look at First Albums In Round 2 of BackTalk, Steve Erickson & I discuss early albums of famous artists, and whether or not they're worth a second listen. What famous artist do you think people should explore the earliest work of? Discuss dammit! BONUS BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO on how I put this (and many other) episodes together, including more thoughts on the subject. Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" *mid roll music credit: The Drop - "Outerloper" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Close friend of Michael Silverblatt's and Bookworm editor for 30 years, Alan Howard guest hosts this episode on grief and loss. When the two met more than 33 years ago, Michael's first words were, “What are you reading?” It was a question that brought Howard back to literature. Over the years, Michael did the same for thousands of listeners. With Bookworm, he was determined to return literary fiction and poetry to the center of the zeitgeist. In the process, he faced the realities of loss and grief. In conversation after conversation with writers he was forging collegial friendships with, loss itself was a frequent topic of those friendships and conversations. We'll hear from Marilynne Robinson, Joan Didion, Jim Krusoe, Steve Erickson, Dave Eggers, and Mary Ruefle.

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 41 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – South African Music This week kicks off a new series I'm calling BackTalk, wherein a guest and I converse on a topic we think deserves attention. For the first BackTalk, I bring back Steve Erickson, music & film critic, and music producer. We get into South African music – the history, recent & current artists, its future, how the country's politics & culture have shaped it, and how in the last 100 years or so it has had a particularly & surprisingly close relationship with US music. Select South African music playlist (compiled by Steve): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfrAP6IL7DaXwKJp0cWR2C0hsV2eZMXQn   Recommended South African music compilations: NEXT STOP…SOWETO (Volumes 1-4) ZULU JIVE / UMBAQANGA THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO (Volumes 1-6) AMAPIANO NOW Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support MxG & REC: Get a shirt! - NEW DESIGNS Support @ $5/month - TRY IT FREE! Subscribe & see the videos! Listen to REC on Bandcamp Subscribe to REC on YouTube Get Nick's Newsletter! - WEBSITE UPGRADES ~~~~ Season 5 Episode 41 - BackTalk with Steve Erickson – South African Music This week kicks off a new series I'm calling BackTalk, wherein a guest and I converse on a topic we think deserves attention. For the first BackTalk, I bring back Steve Erickson, music & film critic, and music producer. We get into South African music – the history, recent & current artists, its future, how the country's politics & culture have shaped it, and how in the last 100 years or so it has had a particularly & surprisingly close relationship with US music. Select South African music playlist (compiled by Steve): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfrAP6IL7DaXwKJp0cWR2C0hsV2eZMXQn   Recommended South African music compilations: NEXT STOP…SOWETO (Volumes 1-4) ZULU JIVE / UMBAQANGA THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO (Volumes 1-6) AMAPIANO NOW Find out more about Steve: http://steeveecom.wordpress.com http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ ~~~ *music credit: REC - "Sing Owwt" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were going to do this episode in Rooster's famous garage last year but never got to it, so we benefit from technology so we can still get the history of Shattuck- St. Mary's and stories about legends who played there.  Stories about:Sidney CrosbyJonathan ToewsTy Gretzky and his Dad- that's Wayne World Jr's and Shattuck- St. Mary'sJoe Casey- part of the fabric of SSM HockeyListen, subscribe and share your feedback!  

2 April 2023 A Journey to the Ends of the Earth with Steve Erickson

Retired Judge Steve Erickson reacts to Retired Judge Bob Flanders' endorsement of Ashley Kalus' energy plan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Erickson, Chris Worthington and Dean Swain get nostalgic for the decade that gave us virtual pets, pagers and the Sony PlayStation. It's the 1990's! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech1 Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen Roushimsx Guto Threadbare Chris Atwill Axeman Harvey Watson Martyn Jones Tim TJ Walker Ricardo Engel HeavyMetalDon Tony Parkinson Gaz H Mal Woods Red-Crested Breegull Cane and Rinse LamptonWorm Salvio Calabrese Mitsoyama Rhys Wynne Clint Humphrey Mark Bylund Paul Ashton Chris Rowe Jon Sheppard Laurent Giroud Deadl0ck Aaron Maupin Jim-OrbitsIT Jon Veal Thomas scoffham Patrick Fürst Laurens Andrew Gilmour Stephen Stuttard Matt Sullivan Darren Coles Garry Heather Edward Fitzpatrick Nick Lees Blake Brett Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount. Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/ Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/ Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/ Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum Twitter: @theretroasylum Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

#throwbackthursday to Season 5 Ep 9 with belated birthday boy Steve Erickson

Dealerscope Editor in Chief Tom Samiljan interviews Steve Erickson, COO of Cyber Acoustics, which makes bang-for-the-buck computer accessories for school and work scenarios. Erickson discusses the latest trends in the office tech space, as well as the story of Cyber Acoustics and its further expansion into B2B markets.

We're joined by Andrew Kendall to discuss the new German film Fabian: Going to the Dogs, directed by Dominik Graf, and how it portrays life in a totalitarian state. This episode features  Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney, Executive Editor Orla Smith, and special guest Andrew Kendall On this episode: Related episodes (1:52) Fabian: Going to the Dogs synopsis (4:36) Connecting the past to the present (6:57) Adapting a 1932 novel with the knowledge of hindsight (15:01) The film's tone (33:40) Meret Becker as Frau Moll (47:03) How the film approaches the rise of Nazism (48:56) How this is like Tony Richardson's Tom Jones (54:07) Period costumes (58:48) Pietro Marcello's Martin Eden and masculinity (1:05:35) Conclusion (1:20:27) Show notes: Read Alex's review of A Radiant Girl (Sandrine Kiberlain, 2021) Read an interview with Dominik Graf about making Fabian with Steve Erickson of The Film Stage Purchase our ebook Peterloo in Process: A Mike Leigh collaboration Purchase our ebook Roads to nowhere Kelly Reichardt's broken American dreams Read Andrew's reviews at Stabroek News Related episodes: Ep. 93: The films of Agnieszka Holland (Member's Only) Ep. 82: Quo Vadis, Aida and Our Lady of the Nile: Genocide on film (Member's Only) Ep. 5: Christian Petzold's Transit (Member's Only) Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.

SUPPORT MUSIC IS NOT A GENRE ON PATREON WATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE I talk for an hour with Steve Erickson. Steve is a music producer and music & film critic. You can find his music on Bandcamp, including is forthcoming album, Very Special Episode. His critiques are published in the Gay City News and on his blog. For more on Steve, go here: MUSIC - http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/ WRITING - http://steeveecom.wordpress.com/ https://gaycitynews.com/the-best-music-2021/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support

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In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” host Kasey Cronquist, president of the USHBC and the North American Blueberry Council (NABC), recaps the Tech Tour that took place recently as part of Innovate 2021. Cronquist takes you on an audio version of the Tech Tour that highlights forward-thinking field experiments happening today in the blueberry industry. In this episode, you'll hear from: Josh Dietrich, farm manager at http://www.pbgblues.com/ (PanAmerican Berry Growers), talking about their cooling system that helped save their crop during the Pacific Northwest heat wave.  Dr. Bernadine Strik, professor of horticulture and a berry crop specialist at https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/users/bernadine-strik (Oregon State University), demonstrating research on mulch and fertilization in organic blueberries. Jim Hoffman of Hopville Farms speaking about the energy savings of Monarch Tractors.  George Kaufman, an agronomist at https://agricare.com/ (Agricare), introducing a pollinator habitat project implemented at Halls Ferry Farm. Steve Erickson, president and CEO at http://www.pbgblues.com/ (PanAmerican Berry Growers), speaking about the value of collaboration to keep bringing new innovations to the table.  To view the virtual Tech Tour videos from Innovate 2021, click the links below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhOnLbTJHU (OSU Extension) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBBUK7raCI4 (Panamerican Berry Growers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrUrnyFcmeU (Monarch/Hopville, Bee Better, Agricare, Peerbolt) Crop Report The Blueberry Crop Report is an update on crop conditions and markets throughout North and South America. In this episode, you'll hear from Luis Vegas in Peru and Federico Bayá from Argentina. This was recorded on October 20, 2021. Marketing Boost Halloween is right around the corner and it provides marketers a creative way to promote blueberries! USHBC is capitalizing on these next few days with photography, social media posts and recipes, which are also free for industry members. Check out the https://ushbc.blueberry.org/all-resources/toolkits-and-marketing-materials/grab-a-boost-of-blue/holiday-toolkit/ (Fall & Winter Holidays) toolkit to see the latest.

Steve Erickson (a Gustie at heart) drops some good Auggie wisdom.

To kick off Episode #20 of the Cine-Cast, Associate Editor Ben Sachs talks with contributors John Dickson and Steve Erickson about a wide range of new releases and upcoming revival screenings. The conversation touches on everything from Fritz Lang's RANCHO NOTORIOUS (screening on 35mm at the Music Box Theatre the first weekend in October) to James Wan's MALIGNANT (now playing in general release), then settles into a far-reaching discussion of WIFE OF A SPY, the first period piece by Cine-File favorite Kiyoshi Kurosawa (that film opens at the Gene Siskel Film Center on September 24). Next, Associate Editor Kathleen Sachs and contributor Megan Fariello interview experimental filmmaker Jennifer Boles about her short THE REVERSAL, which will play on a loop on the limestone wall of the McCormick Bridgehouse and River Museum on the Chicago Riverwalk on the night of September 30. The introductory theme is by local film composer Ben Van Vlissingen. Find out more about his work here: www.benvanv.com Sign up now to receive Cine-File's Cine-List via email every Friday: www.cinefile.info/subscribe

In Episode 61, we welcome the highly celebrated, multi award-winning American writer Steve Erickson, author of Shadowbahn, Tours of the Black Clock, These Dreams of You, and a host of other novels and non-fiction. To help celebrate the release of Conversations with Steve Erickson, out now from University of Mississippi Press, we're joined by the book's editors, familiar faces on the show, Matt Luter and Mike Miley, who talk with Steve about the book itself, his body of work, his latest online piece "American Stutter," music, film, and lots more.  Stay tuned for the Patreon bonus episode in two weeks, where Matt and Dave talk to Steve about his favorite novels of all-time.     Show Notes: Conversations with Steve Erickson: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Conversations-with-Steve-Erickson Literary Conversations Series: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Series/L/Literary-Conversations-Series "American Stutter" by Steve Erickson (from Journal of the Plague Years): https://www.journaloftheplagueyears.ink/long-player-special-edition Steve Erickson Official Website: https://www.steveerickson.org/ Steve Erickson Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Erickson Matt Luter Website: https://matthewluter.com/ Matt Luter Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewjluter Mike Miley Website: https://www.mikemiley.com/ Mike Miley Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikecmiley   Housekeeping:  Matt's appearance on the Beyond the Zero podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5v3OcB0IPDcvzpydFH8x2s?si=Ap5clHZESWCmJskwwUzZNg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1&nd=1 David Jensen's Society 6 store: https://society6.com/infinitejensen David Jensen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/infinitejensen?lang=en David Jensen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitejensen/?hl=en Howling Fanbot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/howlingfanbot?lang=en DFW Amsterdam Conference 2021: https://www.dfwsociety.org/dfw2021/ DFW Masterclass with Allard den Dulk: https://www.nica-institute.com/event-masterclass-metamodernism-new-sincerity-post-critique-25-years-after-wallaces-infinite-jest/ DFW Austin Conference 2022: http://www.dfwsociety.org/dfw22/   Contact Matt and Dave:  Email - concavityshow@gmail.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/ConcavityShow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/concavityshow/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/concavityshow/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/concavityshow Threadless Merch Store - https://concavityshow.threadless.com/  

Mickey's guests for the hour are Susan Zakin and Steve Erickson. Zakin created the online journal www.JournalOfThePlagueYears.ink as a place for new literature and new kinds of literature, especially work examining life in the pandemic. Novelist Steve Erickson is a contributing editor to the site.    Susan Zakin is an environmental journalist, and the founder of Journal of the Plague Years. Her previous works include "Coyotes and Town Dogs." Steve Erickson is a prolific novelist, and teaches at the University of California's Riverside campus. His latest work, "American Stutter," is published at Journal of the Plague Years.    

In this entertainingly super-sized episode, we have two guests for the price of one! First up, is a teacher and writer from Lafayette, Louisiana. After graduating from AFI with an MFA in directing, Mike Miley first got his start as an award-winning short filmmaker. Having left life in the L.A. entertainment industry behind to work in education in California and Louisiana, Mike has taught middle and high school English for fifteen years and Film Studies at his alma mater Loyola University (New Orleans) for the past six.Additionally, an essayist and author who's written about both subjects in popular and academic publications including TheAtlantic.com and Bright Lights Film Journal, in 2015, one of his works was included as a notable literary essay in 2015's Best American Essays. Mike's first book, Truth and Consequences: Game Shows in Fiction and Film was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2019, Conversations with Steve Erickson, which he co-edited will be released from there in July, and he is currently working on his next book - about filmmaker David Lynch - to be published in the future.Joining me to discuss four films from the '90s and early '00s that made game shows either a central focus or the goal of its characters, we move from Ron Shelton's terrifically funny White Men Can't Jump to Robert Redford's classy yet now largely forgotten Quiz Show to Paul Thomas Anderson's epic Magnolia to George Clooney's messily ambitious Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Dissecting key points in these movies and sharing our own experiences watching these films growing up and/or in the theater, it was great fun both reminiscing and hyper-analyzing all four with Mike.Adding in a bonus round because how can you not when you're discussing game shows, after my chat with Mike, I welcomed my pal, actor, writer, and film buff Rob Belushi - who serves as a real live game show host on Game Show Network's Get a Clue - to the podcast. In a short, breezy chat, Rob shares his take on the movies Mike and I discussed and then lets us behind-the-scenes of life working on a game show. Answering some of your burning questions from social media and sharing some amusing stories, this conversation with Rob was the perfect coda to this episode.Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music ArchiveOriginally Posted on Patreon (5/28/21) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51800513

Days Between Stations, a prog-rock band founded in 2003 by guitarist Sepand Samzadeh and keyboardist Oscar Fuentes. The duo named themselves after the cult novel by Steve Erickson and have devoted themselves to, as they say, Art Rock and Post Prog – music that reflects their varied influences, as well as shared disregard for stylistic boundaries. Days Between Stations (DBS) released their 3rd album titled “GIANTS” which features guest appearances by legendary XTC member Colin Moulding, Billy Sherwood of YES and backing vocalist for Pink Floyd Durga McBroom on September 2020. daysbetweenstations.com

To commemorate 35 years of https://www.accesssciences.com/ (Access Sciences), President & CEO Steve Erickson joins Access Answers to talk about the company and its industry's past, present, and future. Steve Erickson: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenerickson/ Contact Us: info@accesssciences.com

Could you kill your best friend? What would you say if a cruel, repressive regime forced you into a bloody deathmatch with your classmates? This week, the gang slashes through cult favorite "Battle Royale," a dense gorefest about the raw horrors of adulthood and authoritarianism. Also, who would you rather be your sidekick in a battle royale? Motion Picture Terror Scale: 4 (Marcus) / 1 (Melissa) / 3 (Grady). Quality: 5 / 4 / 4. Enjoyment: 4 / 4 / 5 Articles mentioned in this episode:  "Kinji Fukasaku • Retrospective" in Timeout "'Battle Royale' wins the game for hungry fans," by Andrew Lee in The Japan Times "Dangan-rompa Interview Discuses Character Design And Battle Royale," in Siliconera "How 'Battle Royale' Became a Cult Hit and Capitalized on 'The Hunger Games'" by Steve Erickson in The Atlantic "The Real Hunger Games: “Battle Royale”" by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker "The New Cult Canon: Battle Royale" by Scott Tobias in the AV Club

Pastor Larry White is joined by Steve Erickson to talk through Psalm 40.

Steve Erickson, Dakaria and Phillip Buttslayer Jr. have been awoken by a strange noise in the night. What evil could be lurking behind that door? Is it just a big misunderstanding? https://anchor.fm/dungeon-tales/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The latest ep is here and we’re joined by Steve Erickson from The Retro Asylum Podcast. The boys get together and review the elusive Gemini Wing by Tecmo.  How will the guys handle this difficult shooter, what did they think about the onslaught of enemies that just came their way? This ep also includes so many tangents it’s bound to make you laugh.  Also The Golden Turd is again revealed and once again which Platform surprisingly steals the trophy for best port???? Download and find out. Thank you to Steve for joining us. You can find him at https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/  A very big thank you to Garry Arnott for making up our episode avatars. You're awesome https://twitter.com/GaryArnottYou can also check out Arcade Perfect Podcast on Facebook here >https://www.facebook.com/arcadeperfectpodcast/Also check out This and That Gaming Postcast with Daz and Mark here > Facebook >https://www.facebook.com/thisandthatgaming/This and That Gaming Podcast > https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/this-and-that-gaming-podcast/id1451402585Outro track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMg7Yt4BWc&fbclid=IwAR1LJw4I6Y40T0rI-ZEbxd0cTijEV0io2OOoaZyDHIJOWpgB_rthiuKMsho

On this episode, Bill Bartholomew examines Rhode Island's current, past and future election processes with Board of Elections Vice Chair, retired judge Steve Erickson.  The conversation also expands to an overview of Rhode Island's current state of affairs.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bartholomewtown?fan_landing=true)

Primarily chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. Sherri and Steve Erickson share their new invention to bring freedom and better health! See: .

Ken Block and Steve Erickson joins the Tara Granahan Show to in reaction to this weeks Hummel Report.

Ken Block and Steve Erickson joins the Tara Granahan Show to in reaction to this weeks Hummel Report.

In this episode, Hans, Chris, and I discuss the fantastic Zeroville. This novel follows autistic protagonist Vikar as he becomes a film editor in 70s-era Hollywood. It's hilarious, moving, and tragic.

In this episode Chris Worthington, Steve Erickson and Matt Wilsher delve into Core Designs and some of their games, without hardly mentioning Tomb Raider. A massive thanks to Simon Phipps for allowing us to use his awesome Rick Dangerous artwork. If you would like to purchase a poster print of this lovely art, please visit the store over at www.simonphipps.com  

Steve Erickson – Vistage Private Advisory Board Chairman A few months ago I had a great conversation with Steve Erickson about succeeding in business, life, and personal fulfillment. Steve shares the experience and knowledge he gained as the president of Erickson Companies and how it helped him become a Chairman of Select Private CEO Advisory...

Evangelism. It's a scary word for a lot of people. Most Jesus-followers don't engage in it, and those that do often do it from impure motives. Teaching from 2 Corinthians 5:9-21, guest teacher Steve Erickson walks Jesus-followers through four reasons why they should share the gospel with others, and how to do it with the right heart.

American Weimar, novelist Steve Erickson’s 1995 essay on threats to American democracy, has always been among Alec Baldwin’s favorite pieces of writing.  But last year, when all of the chickens Erickson identified came home to roost, it became clear that the piece, and its author, deserved even closer study.  Erickson warned, “Democracy cannot long navigate a sea of national rage. Untempered by rationale and open-mindedness, fury eventually consumes democracy rather than nourishes it.”  Today, Americans look back on the 90s as a relatively happy time, but Erickson saw our increasing polarization and our unwillingness to make tough policy choices, and he saw where those failures could lead.  Erickson’s updated observations are just as fascinating, and troubling, as the original essay.  His latest novel, Shadowbahn, riffs on the same American themes.  In funny and moving prose, it captures a fractured people, unable to overcome our troubled past but stubbornly holding out for redemption... as one reviewer put it, “a country with hellhounds on its trail but better angels just over the horizon.”     Steve Erickson is a lot of novelists’ favorite novelist.  Pynchon says he has a “rare and luminous gift;” Rick Moody says he’s in a league with Pynchon.  Murakami’s a fan.  David Foster Wallace (in a presumably rare lapse into cliché) deemed Erickson “the cream of the crop.” Erickson’s own novels employ a wild range of genres and narrative devices -- from the Hollywood farce Zeroville, currently being turned into a movie featuring Will Farrell, to the meditative Shadowbahn, a family roadtrip through alternate American histories, featuring Elvis’s stillborn twin brother.  Erickson’s exuberant mashups feel natural and even spontaneous, but he is also a professor of Creative Writing, so in his other life he has the near-impossible task of teasing out and precisely naming the building blocks of great fiction.  And he has to decide which books best model each one for his students. During Alec Baldwin’s conversation with Erickson on the latest episode of Here’s the Thing, he asked Erickson for the reading list he provides to his Creative Writing students at UC Riverside, matched to which writing-tool each one can help budding novelists master.  Below (in the order in which it came), is that list.                Unreliable Narrative:  Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMixed Textual Media:  Cane by Jean ToomerThe Interior Vision:  To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfStructure: Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Light in August by William FaulknerVoice Driving the Narrative:  Tropic of Cancer by Henry MillerLandscape as Character:  The Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesSocial Commentary Posing as Genre:  The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler (crime) & Ubik by Philip K Dick (science fiction)Integrity of Worldview Posing as Anarchy:  V. by Thomas PynchonFiction of Ideas:  Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges, Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, & The Names by Don DeLillo  

Neste episódio, num bate-papo com Gustavo Domingues, ele nos indica três obras que todo fã de fantasia deve conhecer. Falamos sobre Brandon Sanderson e Mistborn, Robert Jordan e A Roda do Tempo e Steve Erickson, com O Livro Malazano dos Caídos.

In this stand-alone message, guest teacher Steve Erickson shows from the life of Jesus how a Jesus-follower can use the everyday spaces he or she finds themselves in to grow spiritually  and be a blessing to others.

When making small talk with a young person, we often ask, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" And when they respond, we might follow up with something like, "That's great! How are you going to make that dream become a reality?" But rather than ask WHAT they want to do and HOW they are going to do it, perhaps we should be asking "Who are you?" When we ask this of ourselves, this critical question of WHO helps us know who we are, which then affects what we do. But did you know this question also helps us understand the Christian faith? For when we ask "Who is God?" it helps us discover the character and nature of God, which explains what He does and how He chooses to do it. So listen in as guest teacher Steve Erickson teaches us "Three Core Beliefs."

Shadowbahn (Blue Rider Press) In Granta Jonathan Lethem called Steve Erickson’s forthcoming novel Shadowbahn "Jaw-dropping … Erickson weaves a playlist for the dying American century with his usual lucid-dreaming prose. I've read every novel he's ever written and I'll still never know how he does it: A tour-de-forcer's tour de force." A prescient book about a divided USA, Shadowbahn is a winding and reckless ride through intersections of danger, destiny, and the conjoined halves of a ruptured nation. The sleep of reason produces monsters, said Goya—including monsters of architecture and history that meet, most uneasily, in the pages of Erickson's latest. It's a startling scenario, a kind of deus ex machina at the beginning instead of the end of a story: What would happen if, two decades after their collapse, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were to loom up in the South Dakota Badlands? Well, it being America, they turn into a tourist attraction made all the more alluring by the fact that there's a presence up on the top floors of the southern building—a presence that just happens to be the revenant brother of another American icon. It would be a spoiler to get too much into specifics of that fellow's identity and why on earth he happens to be inhabiting a building he never lived to see, but suffice it to say that with this book, perhaps his oddest yet, Erickson stakes a claim to be one of the most centrifugal writers at work today. Even then, he works his magic mostly by conjuring sci-fi-ish plotlines and then having characters move across them in more or less realistic ways: youngsters on their way to visit family on the coast are pulled down a dusty rabbit hole into a place that requires conversations on Adlai Stevenson, Elvis, the old folk song "Shenandoah," Dealey Plaza, Churchill, Wounded Knee, RFK ("Was his big brother being metaphorical now? Ironic? Literary?"), and the whole swirl, for better and worse, of American history. Whatever is normal is upended, but it's all oddly believable. Throughout, Erickson, a master of the mot juste, writes with archly elegant lyricism: "He heads toward a west that is the dreamer's true north, where the desert comes looking for us and curls at the door, a wild animal made of our ashes…." Think Philip K. Dick on smoother acid and with a more up-to-date soundtrack, and you've got something of this eminently strange, thoroughly excellent book. Praise for Shadowbahn “A great, great, great, great novel. I could say more -- about its big-world heartedness and old-world shadowness, about twins and towers, brothers and sisters, road trips and all the borders we design and transgress, and of course Erickson’s beautiful heart-bit music -- but it would still add up to the same thing: great.  Sung, of course.”–Mark Z. Danielewski, author of The Familiar “Steve Erickson is one of America’s greatest living novelists.  He is always inventive, always engaging, always surprising. In Shadowbahn, Erickson combines the social novel, the science fiction novel, the pop music essay, the comedic set piece, and the family novel into a wild, idiosyncratic tour de force.”–Dana Spiotta “Not sure whether Steve Erickson's off-kilter whoppers have gotten more plausible or the country gets more and more unhinged.  He and his book's bewitching nouns, from the Badlands to "La Bamba," are good company either way.”–Sarah Vowell “Shadowbahn maps out an American counter-history where events that have touched all Americans, and people from all over the world, are given new shape and speak in new voices.  As both a revisioning of a national story and a family drama, the book has a simultaneous weight and lightness, an older person’s high seriousness and the ability of younger people to see right through it.”--Greil Marcus Steve Erickson is the author of nine other novels, including Zeroville, which James Franco has adapted for film, Our Ecstatic Days, and These Dreams of You and two nonfiction books that have been published in ten languages. His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, such as Esquire, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, American Prospect, and Los Angeles, for which he writes regularly about film, music, and television. Erickson is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently he teaches at the University of California, Riverside.

Shadowbahn (Blue Rider Press) In Granta Jonathan Lethem called Steve Erickson’s forthcoming novel Shadowbahn "Jaw-dropping … Erickson weaves a playlist for the dying American century with his usual lucid-dreaming prose. I've read every novel he's ever written and I'll still never know how he does it: A tour-de-forcer's tour de force." A prescient book about a divided USA, Shadowbahn is a winding and reckless ride through intersections of danger, destiny, and the conjoined halves of a ruptured nation. The sleep of reason produces monsters, said Goya—including monsters of architecture and history that meet, most uneasily, in the pages of Erickson's latest. It's a startling scenario, a kind of deus ex machina at the beginning instead of the end of a story: What would happen if, two decades after their collapse, the twin towers of the World Trade Center were to loom up in the South Dakota Badlands? Well, it being America, they turn into a tourist attraction made all the more alluring by the fact that there's a presence up on the top floors of the southern building—a presence that just happens to be the revenant brother of another American icon. It would be a spoiler to get too much into specifics of that fellow's identity and why on earth he happens to be inhabiting a building he never lived to see, but suffice it to say that with this book, perhaps his oddest yet, Erickson stakes a claim to be one of the most centrifugal writers at work today. Even then, he works his magic mostly by conjuring sci-fi-ish plotlines and then having characters move across them in more or less realistic ways: youngsters on their way to visit family on the coast are pulled down a dusty rabbit hole into a place that requires conversations on Adlai Stevenson, Elvis, the old folk song "Shenandoah," Dealey Plaza, Churchill, Wounded Knee, RFK ("Was his big brother being metaphorical now? Ironic? Literary?"), and the whole swirl, for better and worse, of American history. Whatever is normal is upended, but it's all oddly believable. Throughout, Erickson, a master of the mot juste, writes with archly elegant lyricism: "He heads toward a west that is the dreamer's true north, where the desert comes looking for us and curls at the door, a wild animal made of our ashes…." Think Philip K. Dick on smoother acid and with a more up-to-date soundtrack, and you've got something of this eminently strange, thoroughly excellent book. Praise for Shadowbahn “A great, great, great, great novel. I could say more -- about its big-world heartedness and old-world shadowness, about twins and towers, brothers and sisters, road trips and all the borders we design and transgress, and of course Erickson’s beautiful heart-bit music -- but it would still add up to the same thing: great.  Sung, of course.”–Mark Z. Danielewski, author of The Familiar “Steve Erickson is one of America’s greatest living novelists.  He is always inventive, always engaging, always surprising. In Shadowbahn, Erickson combines the social novel, the science fiction novel, the pop music essay, the comedic set piece, and the family novel into a wild, idiosyncratic tour de force.”–Dana Spiotta “Not sure whether Steve Erickson's off-kilter whoppers have gotten more plausible or the country gets more and more unhinged.  He and his book's bewitching nouns, from the Badlands to "La Bamba," are good company either way.”–Sarah Vowell “Shadowbahn maps out an American counter-history where events that have touched all Americans, and people from all over the world, are given new shape and speak in new voices.  As both a revisioning of a national story and a family drama, the book has a simultaneous weight and lightness, an older person’s high seriousness and the ability of younger people to see right through it.”--Greil Marcus Steve Erickson is the author of nine other novels, including Zeroville, which James Franco has adapted for film, Our Ecstatic Days, and These Dreams of You and two nonfiction books that have been published in ten languages. His work has appeared in numerous periodicals, such as Esquire, Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, American Prospect, and Los Angeles, for which he writes regularly about film, music, and television. Erickson is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, and the Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Currently he teaches at the University of California, Riverside.

In Erickson's intense, absorbing novel, the Twin Towers suddenly re-appear in the Dakota Badlands. This road novel is a trip through a phantom country where the American dream was never realized.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Steve Erickson author of Shadowbahn, just published last week by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin. Steve is the author of ten novels, including (some of my favorites) Days Between Stations, Tours of the Black Clock, Arc d’X, Amnesiascope and Zeroville. He’s written for everyone---Esquire, Rolling Stone, Salon, NYT Magazine. He’s received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and a grant from the NEA. I used to think that Steve’s books dealt with an alternative universe that somehow ran parallel to my own waking day-to-day reality. Given the recent troubles, I now feel that Steve’s new novel presents a more logical version of reality than the one I currently find myself in. I find it more likely that the twin towers reappear in the South Dakota badlands along with Elvis’ stillborn brother than I do that Steve Bannon is our new Cromwell and Sean Spicer spins the world weekly news, and the (Betsy Devoss) Tupperware queen is distributing the royal jelly of our educational resources to our youngsters. Nonetheless it is true. The novel begins with the towers reappearing 20 years after their felling and in the upper floors (the 93rd to be exact) Jesse Presley finds himself alive, a life that had previously gone unrealized. He doesn’t quite live up to certain standards however and due to that in part, the music we should have grown up on is not what it should be. Not often that you read a book that references: The Dead, The Doors, Hendrix, The Flatlanders, The Velvet Underground, Missy Elliot, The White Stripes, Aretha and Fredi Washington, to name (really!!) but a few. To steal Steve’s (and Ralph Ellison’s) epigraph we can either live with music or die with noise and I sure as hell would rather spend my last years with a soundtrack. Shadowbahn posits one of a myriad of futures, a future in which a divided America lives out a timescape in which the names Kennedy, Lennon and Presley carry different connotations and the most amazing thing about the book as I alluded to earlier, is that you feel you can hitch the caboose of the novel to another car that is the train that plummets down the track of this new and really really scary America.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Steve Erickson author of Shadowbahn, just published last week by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin. Steve is the author of ten novels, including (some of my favorites) Days Between Stations, Tours of the Black Clock, Arc d’X, Amnesiascope and Zeroville. He’s written for everyone---Esquire, Rolling Stone, Salon, NYT Magazine. He’s received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and a grant from the NEA. I used to think that Steve’s books dealt with an alternative universe that somehow ran parallel to my own waking day-to-day reality. Given the recent troubles, I now feel that Steve’s new novel presents a more logical version of reality than the one I currently find myself in. I find it more likely that the twin towers reappear in the South Dakota badlands along with Elvis’ stillborn brother than I do that Steve Bannon is our new Cromwell and Sean Spicer spins the world weekly news, and the (Betsy Devoss) Tupperware queen is distributing the royal jelly of our educational resources to our youngsters. Nonetheless it is true. The novel begins with the towers reappearing 20 years after their felling and in the upper floors (the 93rd to be exact) Jesse Presley finds himself alive, a life that had previously gone unrealized. He doesn’t quite live up to certain standards however and due to that in part, the music we should have grown up on is not what it should be. Not often that you read a book that references: The Dead, The Doors, Hendrix, The Flatlanders, The Velvet Underground, Missy Elliot, The White Stripes, Aretha and Fredi Washington, to name (really!!) but a few. To steal Steve’s (and Ralph Ellison’s) epigraph we can either live with music or die with noise and I sure as hell would rather spend my last years with a soundtrack. Shadowbahn posits one of a myriad of futures, a future in which a divided America lives out a timescape in which the names Kennedy, Lennon and Presley carry different connotations and the most amazing thing about the book as I alluded to earlier, is that you feel you can hitch the caboose of the novel to another car that is the train that plummets down the track of this new and really really scary America.

Steve Erickson is joined by the legendary pixel pusher Simon Butler in a no holds barred chat about making a living as a graphic artist in the gaming industry.

Matt Wilsher and Steve Erickson take a look at the music, art and design software of the past, and how it inspired today's creative applications.  

Broken Sleep (Other Press)Spanning 1940s to 2020s America and told with contagious vivacity, Broken Sleep knits the stories of four distinctly memorable characters into an indelible portrait of American culture that is at once sweeping, irreverent, and heartbreaking. When everyman Moses Teumer discovers that he has an aggressive form of leukemia, his search for a donor who can save him sets off a wild chain of events as he discovers that the woman who raised him is not his birth mother. Encompassing a Pynchon-esque saga of rock music, sex, drugs, art, and politics, this novel is an unforgettable examination of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in the name of commandeering our own destinies. After his diagnosis, Moses is led to his real mother, Salome Savant, a rebellious avant-garde artist who has spent her life in and out of a mental health facility. Salome’s son and Moses’s half-brother is Alchemy Savant, the mercurial front man of the world-renowned rock band The Insatiables. As Moses’s fate intertwines with Salome and Alchemy’s, the shocking secrets of his lineage and his Jewish identity are revealed. As Moses begins to lose his grip on the life he once thought he had, Alchemy abandons music to launch a political campaign to revolutionize 2020s America. Joining these characters is Ambitious Mindswallow, aka Ricky McFinn, who journeys from juvenile delinquency in Queens to being The Insatiables’ bassist and Alchemy’s Sancho Panza, along with an unforgettable constellation of artists, musicians, movie stars, and creatives who populate the twisted terrain of the Teumer and Savant family’s pasts and futures.As each of Bauman’s characters comes closer to understanding their identity and the truth about their origins, the reader is gripped by this portrait of life lived to the fullest.  A colorful and provocative tale that takes the reader from Los Angeles to NYC to London to Brazil, Broken Sleep stuns with its propulsive energy and its hilarious and poignant observations about myth-making, the secrets we keep from one another, and how we come to terms with our pasts.Praise for Broken Sleep“Such a pleasure to plunge into this joyous kaleidoscope of a novel, a multi-voiced tumbling chorus of outrageous characters, hidden parenthood, secrets and discoveries, the gritty outré art world of the 1970s, rockers and mad visionaries and a man named Moses who just wants to live his life when illness forces him to open up the closed door of his family’s mysterious past. I haven’t seen a book with such energy and joy and sweeping delights since The World According to Garp. Bauman’s novel is a tour de force.” —Janet Fitch, author of Paint It Black and White Oleander“Consuming multitudes of novels before it and after, Bruce Bauman’s flipbook-epic spectacularly shuffles voice and memory—a careening travelogue on psychic terrains of fate, art, sex, madness, history, philosophy, rock ’n’ roll, the personal political, and laws of identity for which no statute of limitations can exist. This is raging, inspiration-jacked literary insomnia at the deepest hour of our brilliant dreaming.” —Steve Erickson, author of These Dreams of You and Zeroville“Broken Sleep is a stunning, original, unpredictable novel, with a mix of wild voices and riveting, driving stories.  I love all the characters… The world that Bauman imagines is chilling and vivid, and there is an abundance of wisdom throughout the book, with startling insights on every page. The novel is a brilliant success—brave, wonderfully eccentric, utterly confident and engrossing.” —Joanna Scott, author of De Potter’s Grand Tour“Broken Sleep is an unabashedly Big Think book that refuses to be categorized. On the surface it’s a roller coaster, jetting forward with ideas/observations on everything from avant-garde art to rock ’n’ roll renown to history and philosophy. Yet beneath the surface it is also a warm-hearted exploration of the deep messiness of families. Of parents, present and absent, and their children. Of siblings and spouses and volitional families of friends and bandmates. It’s a simultaneously poignant and exhilarating ride.” —Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of After“Broken Sleep could be considered the author’s great American retort to Stephen Dedalus’s declaration in Joyce’s Ulyssesthat ‘History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.’...Bauman’s philosophical, humorous, and compelling storytelling ponders many different riddles of exile—personal, political, artistic with an always acute eye and an unfailingly intense empathy.” —Anthony Miller, critic and author"Bruce Bauman is one of the most engaging and engaged writers and thinkers that I know." —Rebecca Goldstein, author ofPlato at the GoogleplexBruce Bauman is the author of the novel And the Word Was. Among his awards are a COLA (City of Los Angeles) Fellowship in Literature, a Durfee Foundation grant, and a UNESCO/Aschberg Fellowship. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Salon, BOMB, Bookforum, and numerous anthologies and literary magazines. Bauman is an instructor in the CalArts MFA Writing Program and Critical Studies Department and has been Senior Editor of Black Clock literary magazine since its inception in 2003. Born and raised in New York City, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the painter Suzan Woodruff.

After lengthy discussion, lawyers and C15 cassettes changing hands the second installment of 8 Bit Wars is finally upon us. Join Paul Davies as he looks to wrangle Dean Swain, Steve Erickson and Chris O'Regan into agreeing whether the Commodore 64, Amstrad or ZX Spectrum came out top from a specially-selected list of 10 classic retro games. Expect plenty of heated discussion and laughter along the way as we decide which 8 Bit system comes out on top this time round. Including: Cobra, Jack the Nipper 2, The Trap Door, Turbo Esprit, Wizball, Nebulus, Spy Hunter, Shadowfire, Green Beret and Salamander. Also, be sure to check out Chris O'Regan's podcast The Sausage Factory which is a current gen gaming show that lifts the lid on video game making through interviews with the creators of the titles we all love to play - find it here.  

In Celebration of Halloween the retro hosts Paul Driscoll, Steve Erickson and Matt Lamborne set to work through some spooky themed games... Don't forget to join us on the Retro Asylum forums under Retro Asylum Podcasts & Feedback to see detailed show notes with gameplay links to all the games discussed - http://retroasylum.com/phpbb/index.php Thanks to all of you who kindly sponsored Retro Asylum this month. Hope you all enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Steve Erickson jumps into the hot seat for this episode of Retro Asylum, the team are also joined by Chris O'Regan of “The Sausage Factory” fame as they look at the Amstrad CPC range of computers and a few CPC games along the way too.  

This week Dean Swain, Paul Davies, Steve Erickson and our special guest Chris O'Regan, host of Spong.com's ‘Sausage Factory' take sides and prepare for battle in our 8 Bit Wars Special. Paul tries to maintain order and decide which comes out top out of the Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad. Will there be 8 bit tears before bedtime?! Be sure to check out the Official Retro Asylum YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag Main Site Sponsors Play Expo- http://www.playexpo.net/ Retro Towers http://www.retrotowers.co.uk/ The only place to pick up the fantastic Everdrive and retro console cables and peripherals. Remember to use the code ‘retroasylum' for an exclusive 5% discount against any order. Funstock http://www.funstock.co.uk/ Home of the JXD7800, Dingo A330, NeoGeoX and stacks of retro gaming merchandise and usb controllers. Remember to use the code ‘asylum' for an exclusive 5% discount against any order. November Site Sponsors Dino Dini Mark Rung TheRetroHunter Anthony Tillet Matthew Clarke If you'd like to sponsor the show please visit our website at retroasylum.com and click the donate button at the bottom of our homepage. Everything pledged goes straight back into maintaining the site, so if you enjoy the show please consider donating.

Yes Is the Answer: And Other Prog Rock Tales (Barnacle Books/Rare Bird Books) Progressive rock is maligned and misunderstood. Critics hate it, hipsters scoff at it. Yes Is The Answer is a pointed rebuke to the prog-haters, the first literary anthology devoted to the sub genre. Featuring acclaimed novelists, Rick Moody, Wesley Stace, Seth Greenland, Charles Bock, and Joe Meno, as well as musicians Matthew Sweet, Nathan Larson, and Peter Case, Yes Is The Answer is the first book that dares to thoughtfully reclaim prog-rock as a subject worthy of serious consideration. So take a Topographic Journey into a 21st Century Schizoid land of Prog-Lit! Marc Weingarten is the author of The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight and Station to Station. He is producer of the 2011 documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne, as well as television's The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. He lives in Malibu, CA. Tyson Cornell is the founder of Rare Bird Lit, a Los Angeles and New York-based literary PR and marketing company specializing in book promotion for authors, publishers, and organizations in North America and Europe. He lives with his wife and two children in downtown Los Angeles. Joining the editors of Yes is the Answer in lively discussion will be the following contributors:  John Albert cofounded the semilegendary cross-dressing band Christian Death and also enjoyed a stint as the drummer in Bad Religion. He lives in Los Angeles and has contributed to LA Weekly, Hustler, and BlackBook, among others. He won the Best of the West Journalism Best Sports Writing Award in 2000, for the LA Weekly article from which his first book, Wrecking Crew, derived. Margaret Wappler has written for LA Weekly, Rolling Stone and The Believer. She loves ginger tea, F. Scott Fitzgerald and the judicious use of the drum solo. Matthew Specktor is the author of That Summertime Sound and The Sting, his writing has appeared in Harper's Magazine,Salon, and Open City, and is forthcoming in Tin House, The Believer, and The Paris Review. He is presently collaborating with James Franco on a film adaptation of Steve Erickson's novel Zeroville. A MacDowell Colony fellow and a founding editor of theLos Angeles Review of Books, he lives in Los Angeles. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS JUNE 13, 2013. COPIES OF THE BOOK FROM THIS EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED HERE:  http://www.skylightbooks.com/book/9780985490201

Report on SWAP in Eastern Kentucky

Report on SWAP in Eastern Kentucky

These Dreams of You (Europa Editions) We're thrilled to present Steve Erickson, author of Zeroville and editor of the literary journal Black Clock, who will read and sign his new novel These Dreams of You. "In its gorgeous, vivid prose and its acutely sensitive soul, These Dreams of You shows us just what a novel can still do in our own crazy times." --Boston Globe "Erickson's seemingly fractured novel turns out to be something else -- the novel as fractal, a series of endless, astounding tessellations." --The New York Times Book Review "Over his entire career Erickson has challenged readers with a fiercely intelligent and surprisingly sensual brand of American surrealism." --The Washington Post Steve Erickson is the author of eight previous novels, including Zeroville, which was named one of the best novels of the year by Newsweek, the Washington Post Book World, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and noted as one of five favorite novels in a winter 2008 National Book Critics Circle poll. He also has written two books about American politics and popular culture, Leap Year and American Nomad.  Erickson has written for Esquire, Rolling Stone, Bookforum, Frieze, Conjunctions, Salon, the L.A. Weekly, the New York Times Magazine and other publications and journals, and his work has been widely anthologized. Currently he is the film critic for the Los Angeles Magazine and the editor of the literary journal Black Clock, which is published by the California Institute of the Arts where he teaches in the MFA Writing Program. Erickson has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts grant and a fellowship from John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. In 2010 he was been nominated for a National Magazine Award for criticism and received one of seven awards in literature given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS February 22, 2012.

Jonathan Lethem and Steve Erickson discuss science fiction-prophet, writer Philip K Dick.

Steve Erickson latest novel seeks to find a haven in the midst of our economic despair and our fears of global catastrophe.

Black Clock 13 An amazing lineup of writers -- Aimee Bender, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Lethem, Susan Straight, and Lisa Teasley --  will read from their pieces in Black Clock 13, the latest issue of this great literary journal.  Author Steve Erickson, Black Clock's editor, will moderate. Aimee Bender is the author of four books; the most recent is The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, winner of the SCIBA award. Her short fiction has been published in Granta, Harper's, The Paris Review, Tin House, Black Clock and more, as well as heard on "This American Life" and "Selected Shorts." Janet Fitch is the author of Paint it Black and White Oleander, an Oprah's Book Club selection from which a 2002 motion picture was made starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her fourth novel will be published next year. Fitch teaches writing at the University of Southern California. Jonathan Lethem has written eight novels, including Girl in Landscape and Chronic City, and four collections of stories and essays, including the forthcoming The Ecstacy of Influence. His monograph on John Carpenter's They Live was published in November last year. He's lived in New York, Vermont, Oakland, Toronto, and now Los Angeles. Susan Straight's new novel is Take One Candle Light a Room, named one of the best novels of 2010 by The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and Kirkus. Highwire Moon was a Finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and A Million Nightingales was a 2006 Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Her short story "The Golden Gopher," a chapter in the novel, won the 2008 Edgar Award for best Mystery Story. She has published stories and essays in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harpers, Salon, Zoetrope, McSweeneys, The Believer, Black Clock, and elsewhere. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family, whose history is featured on susanstraight.com. Lisa Teasley is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Heat Signature and Dive, and the award-winning story collection, Glow in the Dark, all published by Bloomsbury. Lisa Teasley is writer and presenter of the BBC television documentary "High School Prom," and currently teaches poetry and fiction at UC Riverside. Steve Erickson is the Editor of Black Clock. He is the author of eight novels, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2007. In 2010 he was nominated for the National Magazine Award for his film criticism and was the recipient of one of seven awards in literature given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His novel novel These Dreams of You will be published in early 2012 by Europa. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS FEBRUARY 13, 2011.

The episode you’ve been waiting for, the breakfast tea rematch. Will throwing a quality Adagio tea in the mix change the results? Will switching seats help the tasters? Will everything taste like green beans from now on?Stay tuned, Steaple!Introduction written and performed by Steve Erickson.

Steve Erickson's breakthrough novel Zeroville is about the The Movies — not the movie business, not the wheels and deals— but The Movies themselves.

Our Ecstatic Days, Chaos, order and apocalypse

We explore the hallucinatory intensity of Steve Erickson's visionary novel born out of the anxiety provoked by the imagined loss of a child....

Steve Erickson's novels dramatize the disintegration of the American dream, using a prose style that is itself dreamlike.

Novelist /film critic Steve Erickson discusses the unusual narrative strategies that help him to explore the contemporary abyss.