Found This

 Searched for the Kingston cement factory on google and THIS came up.  Dope.

Dont forget your roots.

who's trying to make it out to Cali during christmas break.?

MY THESIS>

Yeah I grew that..

senior photos. haha

Kno's Solo Album Dropped...

...and it is fucking incredible.  Get it here.  Just click the first album cover at the top left.

This Is Poetry

Jon Sands performing on the subway, doing a piece that plays with how a stranger's vernacular speech can be just as valid an example of poetry as anything else.  This is kind of an odd piece, it took me a couple watches to see how genius it is, but this guy is absolutely incredible.  No one else could make this poem work like he can.

note

i wish i could have stayed the night but even so your show last night was an amazing experience. so good to see your faces and share that. i want to see some of those videos and pictures i saw matt and jake taking up here. also when is there going to be a recording of you guys playing live? josh, i totally forgot the name of the song that you told me about last night. again, it was truly amazing to see and hear you all last night and i cannot wait for the next gathering.

song i'm listening to right now:

love

e

Threw this logo together for Tyler's guitar shop.

He started a shop in new paltz and is now opening a second one in saugerties. its called root note.

hehe

Some wise words from my pops..

lets look at it this way…

When I was 22, and didn’t have a clue…
I spent many hours on the road…they called me the wandering Jew

But somehow or another, without much time to wander
Things fell into place, and I’ve fared pretty well in the race

Sometimes you need to say thanks, and work hard to reap the rewards
Because in the end its not sleep you will miss, especially when granted all that you wish

The adventure has just begun my son. I know you have the motivation, skills, intellect and good humor to take this on…and more. Ride this beast, and touch the ground each day for just enough time to track the journey, enjoy the ride!

It begins

To be continuously updated. This is the first version of our project site. Time to work.

ev.entplex.org

Of Mics And Men

In case yall somehow didn't know...
http://www.TheNewConfusion.com/WordSmith

sound of the cosmos

this is dope. very dope. rhythm of the planets. i put it on when im typing, reading, power nap. whatever needs a peaceful background noise. i like it at a slow tempo. crazy cause first its a little awkward but then your mind gets used to the scale of the pattern and it just flows. try it.


http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/

History of the Motion Picture Camera INFOgraphic

just a little something something i threw together..

Time Crisis

This is a collaboration album that two friends from Conn and some of their friends from Pennsylvania and Boston. My friends Jon Markson and Will Brown produced the whole album. Josh, they want to send you some beats. They just opened on campus for Sleigh Bells. Such a amazing concert. I am definitely interested in coming to the Wordsmith & Concert G's show since I might be at a conference at Wesleyan anyway.

hope to see some of you at the show,

love,

erik

Album Drops 9/25, First Show 10/2

Hey, just wanted to let yall know (in case you didn't already) that Of Mics And Men officially drops this weekend.  I will post a link as soon as the Bandcamp page is up.  Also, the first WordSmith & The Concert G's show of this year will be happening on Saturday, October 2nd at 200 Church...it's sort of a mid-sized venue on this campus.  Bigger than a house party, smaller than Psi U or something like that.  That's not this Saturday but the next one.  Let me know by the week of if any of yall are gonna come visit for that so I know what to expect.  This week is crazy for me because of the release, but really exciting.  Hope all of you are doing well.

Peace,
J

Ken Arkind - Volume Knob

Seeing this poem performed live over the summer single handedly made me fall back in love with spoken word.  Ken was the 2010 Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion and was on the Nuyorican Slam Team that came in 2nd at nationals this year.  Enough said...check it out.

ridiculous

everyone should watch this. dude is the best driver ive ever seen.

Taking a swing

Hey friends,

i was inspired by the resurrection and although i have never been a major contributor i figured i would, you know, take a swing at it. right now i am in the library pretending to be working on my study abroad application. i am applying to an ecology program that is based out of quito, ecuador. matt and jordan, the trip sounded so fun from the brief but enthusiastic description jordan told me. check out the program if you want. some highlights: couple days snorkeling in the galapagos, orchidology and ornithology.

the house i am living in this semester is awesome. a four person house with only three people and a cat named thomis (pronounced thomas). plenty of space if anyone ever wants to crash.

i am trying to organize a group of kids to go down to dc to this conference/day of action appalachia rising

song i am listening to right now:

most recent inspiring youtube video:

yeah so i love you guys miss you guys and will try to stay in contact

e

draft of a new one

Tronics

an army on the road
five nights in Los Angeles
shredding for hours under crimson light
they gutted the codas
and threw griddle hiss into
the frequencies just below ear reach

in the crescent city            
they dropped Playa Playa from the setlist
and built a fire at stage left
til the floor turned to river mud

they cast horns as trumps
and sent young girls
dancing slackjaw toward the aisles
hands reaching to tear the roof off
and send it on skyward

a ripe sweet funk
curling toes til the morning
when brother Jacques watched
a second line coming down Esplanade
piping Blackbird Special into the distance

when they told how
D snapped the mic stand
like an olive branch
and busted through the pantheon
growling at Jimi on the way in

commissioned to
write a dirge for hip-hop
on a paint-splattered reel-to-reel
they packed the heat into buses
and wandered on to
try to shake that load off
roaming the french quarter
sounding the chords to Fall In Love
on a pawn shop Wurlitzer