Pinwheel

Just had a crazy shock to the system while digging around YouTube. This is most likely the reason I was so immediately taken with Belle & Sebastian.

Movies, Murakami, and Mailing

During these days of opening CDs, removing bar codes (so old school), and stuffing envelopes with said CDs and letters, my mind can wander. It may be the reason I’ve always loved clerical busy work. The trance you go into after the first hour of repetitive motion can bring about some wonderful ideas, or just make you question everything in your entire life. Love it!


The first thing that went through my head as I unwrapped CDs from their incredibly snug cellophane was “Do I like movies more than music right now?” Occasionally, this is how I feel when I haven’t heard a new band that I love in a long time but I’ve seen some fantastic films. Such was the case a few months ago after seeing “Rachel Getting Married” and “Vicky Christina Barcelona” in a relatively close proximity. But then I got a friend request on Myspace from a band called Dead Mellotron and their free EP, coupled with a reemergence of The Supremes and Smokey Robinson on my iPod, brought me back to the music side. Also, seeing Paul Verhoeven’s “Flesh + Blood” made me realize that the reason I think about this occasionally is because I don’t know how to make movies.

While folding and stuffing letters into padded CD mailers, I chide myself for not reading more often. Maybe it’s all the movie watching. Since finishing everything I could find by Raymond Chandler and Arturo Perez-Reverte, I picked up “Don Quixote” and got halfway through before being distracted by “Twilight”. I think I got 50 pages in before I gave up completely and lost interest in reading. Then I was given three books by Haruki Murakami which has slowly brought me back into the literary fold. I finished “The Elephant Vanishes” and am now on “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” which I will follow up with “Kafka on the Shore.” His style is completely blowing my mind. He makes me want to write.

But I don’t write well and I don’t know how to make movies, so I’ll leave that to the pros and keep on making music and mailing it out to unsuspecting writers, program directors, and listeners while hoping for some sort of success. Something has to come of spending this much money on postage, right?

Introducing the Band

I have added a BAND page to the LIVE SHOWS link. My live band is far too pretty and way too talented for me to ignore them on this site. I’ll probably add more detailed information later, but for now you can pick pick your crush.


I’ve also moved the DISCOGRAPHY and SOUNDS pages under PRODUCTION.

Upcoming studio projects include polishing off new albums by The Lights, Coulter, and Black Daisy. More details when it starts going down.

xo

E

Tea Cozies "HOT PROBS" Drops May 5th

It feels like it’s been forever since being in the studio with the wonderful ladies and gentleman of Tea Cozies, but in actuality, this may be the shortest length of time that has passed between final mix day and CD release. Normally, a good year goes by before I get the invite to the CD release party, but I guess you can’t keep a hot thing down. I am partially referring to the sweltering heat at MRX that August day when the final mixes were bounced, but I’m really talking about their music.

The first full-length release from Tea Cozies called HOT PROBS will be in stores May 5th, and the CD release show will be at High Dive (in Fremont) on May 1st. Do people traditionally get drunk on May Day? Let’s start that one together.

You may be tempted to download this one instead of getting the CD, but I have to say that you’d be missing out on some slick ass packaging. Also, kudos for the nod to my favorite call-in radio show, cozies.

Greetings!

And welcome to my new and improved website. My lovely friends and I are continuing to make little changes, big changes, add stuff, take stuff away, and try to make this the most useful resource on all things Erik Blood.

Keep coming back to this page, though. It’s going to be the best place to keep up with when shows are, release dates for Erik Blood material, as well as the projects I am involved in. Sometimes I might just rant about something. Occasionally, I might upload a song or two. Anyway, I think you get the picture.
Oh, and hello. I’m Erik. If you need anything from me, click the contact link.
xo
E

New Site

New Site!
ErikBlood.com is reborn! We’ll be tinkering away for awhile, but we’re getting the bones up!