- Erik Morse
Erik Morse (or Eric Morse) (b. November 1979), is an American underground author, rock writer and journalist.Morse was born and grew up in the small town of Conroe,
Texas near a farm site whereBeat writersAllen Ginsberg andWilliam Burroughs once lived in the 1940s. Despite suffering a tumultuous teenage life in aHouston private school where shadyjuvenile crime ultimately led him to a stint inrehab , Morse went on to graduate fromNew York University with a degree in film and philosophy.At the same time, Morse also met and worked extensively with
New York downtown writers and journalists - among them, punk laureate andAndy Warhol associateVictor Bockris ,International Times' founder andBeatles' biographerBarry Miles andPlease Kill Me "bon vivant"Legs McNeil . After a chance meeting withSpacemen 3 founder andavant-garde musician, Sonic Boom (A.K.A.Peter Kember ) in anEast Village club in 2001, Morse began penning a lengthy and exhausting biography of the band during his final year of college. The completed text, known alternatively asSpacemen 3 and the Birth of Spiritualized orDreamweapon – which detailed the two decade history of the legendary narcotic outfit – was published byOmnibus Press UK in 2004 and in the US in 2005. The book was featured in US and UK magazinesMojo , The Wire,Uncut , Harp, and Magnet as well asBBC Radio – a rare feat for a first-time author – and critically praised bySimon Reynolds ,Thurston Moore ,Dennis Cooper andChristian Fennesz . Morse has also written for various magazines and journals throughout the US and Europe, with features inArthur Magazine ,Bomb Magazine ,Bookforum ,Zink Magazine andAnimal Shelter . He is currently a contributing writer for theSan Francisco Bay Guardian .As of 2007, Morse is collaborating with
Southern rock legend,filmmaker andphotographer Tav Falco on aSituationist biography ofMemphis, Tennessee and its subterranean culture to be released byCreation Books , UK. A third, unidentified book is also in the works.External links
* [http://www.arthurmag.com Fantomas feature in Arthur Magazine issue no. 28]
* [http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4815&catid=107 Morse's Feature on The Jesus and Mary Chain for SFBG]
* [http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2007/09/thats_saint_stephen_morrissey.html Morse's Feature on Morrissey for SFBG]
* [http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2007/10/thirty_years_of_sister_lovers.html Morse's Feature on Big Star and Alex Chilton for SFBG]
* [http://www.myspace.com/pantherburns Tav Falco and Panther Burns site at Myspace]
* [http://www.dcs-distinguished-locals.blogspot.com Distinguished Locals on Dennis Cooper blog site]
* [http://blissout.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html Simon Reynolds review of "Dreamweapon" biography]
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