My sister-in-law Henrietta Andersen is an artist and a poet.

When I worked at Hanson.net I made a web page. It lives on...

Kathy Hunter is a great copywriter. See her work here.

Learn to dance with Cal Pozo - a site I designed.

I worked with Brendan at my first dotcom, now a dotbomb.

I worked with Ze Frank at a previous job. He's become a cult hero.

When I worked at PolyGram Records, my favorite PolyGram band was The Rainmakers. Here is drummer Pat Tomek's site.

I was once a regular at The Dirt Club.

While in college, I worked occasionally at this record store before it moved to it's present location.

Coming Soon

Wednesday, August 08, 2001

After spending a couple of years working at a record company I'd grown tired of live concerts, preferring to enjoy music from the comfort of my living room. I hadn't been to a concert in a while. This all changed recently when I revisited two concert venues that I hadn't been to in more than a few years.

Other than seeing Oasis a few years back, I hadn't been to the Theatre at Madison Square Garden since it was called the Felt Forum. I think I saw Guns 'n Roses when Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, a PolyGram act, opened for them in 1988. This changed when in late July I went to see Roxy Music. I'd never seen the band and I was in the mood to hear some live music so I picked up some tickets. Some things have changed and some things remained the same. What changed the most was ticket prices. A seat cost about $86 after all the ticketmaster charges. I remember a time when I saw the Boomtown rats play at The Palladium (a great lost venue) for $5 plus .25 surcharge. Ticketmaster charges more than that just for the "handling" charge alone now. What didn't change was the music and the crowd. The band mixed in some lost classics with the familiar hits and performed a great show in front of a crowd that was mostly over 40. It was if the same people that went to seem them the last time they played 18 years ago got together to come to this show. There were a lot of gray hairs and bald spots, including mine.

I can't remember the last time that I went to a concert at Madison Square Garden that I paid for. For that matter I can't remember the last one that I went to for free. I might have paid to see Styx or Queen in the late 70's and I think I saw the Allman Brothers back in the late 80's for free. On August 7th I went to see Radiohead. I'm sure I was in the top tier of the group as far as my age goes as I was twice as old as most of the crowd. They were mostly young and thin. I was bopping around to "Blitzkrieg Bop" before most of them were born.

As soon as the lights went down and the band came on, I smelled the familiar stench of pot and it felt like it was 1979 again. The crowd came alive as the band opened with "The National Anthem." The first half of the floor of the Garden was general admission and I expected that area to be more lively, but since they were "Packt Like Sardines" I guess they couldn't move around that much. A guy wearing a scarf for a headband in the row behind me flung his arms around to the music as if he was getting ready for a prize fight in a swarm of mosquitos. Otherwise, other than annoyingly signing along to "Karma Police" the crowd was rather quiet during the songs but came to life after each one ended - especially the guy next to me who whistled so much, spit fell from his hands. His buddy asked me "what the hell is that flame on the stage" when he mistook a light with an orange gel that was blown by a fan for fire. Radiohead played a great set of music mostly from their last three albums. The electronic songs
of their last two albums found new life as the band put a harder live spin on them. After three encores I left the Garden for the sweltering streets of Midtown, my ears ringing just a little and a song playing in my head. I felt like I was 19 again. But then again I always do.

Tuesday, April 03, 2001

Subway notes part 2

The other morning a women was sitting across from me in a light brown coat carrying a large black handbag. Ants were crawling out of the seams of the bag and all over her coat. I watched this for about 15 minutes before getting to my stop. By the time I got up at least 30 ants could be seen on her coat. She had no idea.

What do you do? Excuse me but you have ants all over you? Excuse me but did you know your bag is possessed? She got off the train when I did. I said nothing.
4:14 PM

Wednesday, March 28, 2001

In the late 80's I worked at PolyGram Records. People would always ask me if I was Eric Andersen the folk singer. Because of this I added my middle initial to my business card and everything else I did. Now when I search the web for Eric K. Andersen I can find web pages that I'm associated with. Here are two examples:

A Deep Purple Video I produced listed on a Russian site.

Somewhere on this page a Kool & the Gang video is listed.

The 2001 Oscar Pool is over. See who won. See pictures from the party.

Get ericactive.com merchandise!
3:34 PM

Friday, March 23, 2001

Buy Me Something!

This is pretty cool!
2:00 PM

Thursday, February 08, 2001

Help support my website. I need cash to keep it going...

Thanks!

1:51 PM

Tuesday, January 30, 2001

Gentleman, put on your high heels you bitches!
5:40 PM