Totally 80s

There is no cure for the 80s music phase I am going through. My friends either recoil in horror or drop everything and dance. Here are some favorites.

Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
(David Byrne . . . enough said)



Blue Monday- New Order



Safety Dance- Men Without Hats



She Blinded Me With Science- Thomas Dolby



Puttin on the Ritz- Taco



Walk Like an Egyptian- The Bangles




Rock Me Amadeus- Falco



You Spin Me Round- Dead or Alive



Sweet Dreams- The Eurythmics



Our House- Madness

"You're A Mouth Full of Manta Rays"

Shira is currently on tour now with The SpillJoy Ensemble. This is spoken word theater at its most dynamic. Combining four of the most acclaimed young performance poets from all corners of the country: Danny Sherrard (Seattle), Shira Erlichman (Boston), Jon Sands (New York City), and Ken Arkind (Denver), gather under the same roof for one month of kinetic energy.

This foursome blends together to display the power of a new generation to reshape our world with both their words and their elbow grease. Crooked shooters, who fly right at the very sides with which you belly laugh, then make a b-line straight for the heart muscle. They are four reasons, from four cities, and one generation, that prove poetry is larger than a microphone, it is larger than ink and page; it is the very bricks that prove how human we can be.

http://shiraerlichman.com/

How Can We Hurt You Today?

Dictionary
tattoo 1 |taˈtoō|
noun ( pl. -toos )
an evening drum or bugle signal recalling soldiers to their quarters.
• an entertainment consisting of music, marching, and the performance of displays and exercises by military personnel.
• a rhythmic tapping or drumming.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.(originally as tap-too): from Dutch taptoe!, literally ‘close the tap (of the cask)!’
tattoo 2
verb ( -toos , -tooed |-ˈtoōd|) [ trans. ]
mark (a person or a part of the body) with an indelible design by inserting pigment into punctures in the skin : his cheek was tattooed with a winged fist.
• make (a design) in such a way : he has a heart tattooed on his left hand.

Elemental Ink is where to go to get a tattoo in Denver. These ladies are amazing artists. Above is Karen, the owner, and an example of her work. Heather is another artist working there, and she did my most recent tattoo. I have known Tabitha, Elemental Ink's piercer, since middle school . . . maybe I'm bias. 

http://www.myspace.com/elementalink

Dada Desk Art and Not-So Special Brownies

A productive night at The Nest (which, if we were in battle would be called "the fort"). A fiasco when it came to making special brownies. Our special brownies = peanut butter sugar chalk. I did, however, make a Dada (ish) collage on my desk. I am not yet ready to make the commitment of gluing it down. Pictures to come . . but let's say Edgar Allen Poe is dressed in an evening gown and there are trapeze artists. I was listening to Bron-Yr-Aur by Led Zeppelin.

A Disturbance in Mirrors

"Subterranean Headquarters"

Camille Rose Garcia. Working artist living in Los Angeles, showing in New York.

Creative influences include Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs, Henry Darger,Walt Disney, as well as politically aware bands like The Clash and Dead Kennedys.

http://www.camillerosegarcia.com/