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Eric G. Müller was born in Durban, South Africa, and studied literature and history at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. After a few years working at a variety of jobs, playing and performing music, and traveling around Europe, he attended Emerson College in Sussex, England and the Waldorf Institute in Witten-Annen, Germany, where he specialized in music education. Together with his family he moved to Eugene, Oregon, where he taught for eight years. Currently he is living in upstate New York teaching music, drama, English literature and creative writing. He is a founding member of the Alkion Center where he heads the education department. He has taught at Simon’s Rock College of Bard as an adjunct teacher and in summer courses at Sunbridge College.
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A collection of poetry written over the years by the author of Rites of Rock. Contents: Excerpts from a Letter; Preface; Spirit, Art and Friends: Epidaurus, Resurrection, Dish and Cup, Dead Dog, Buddha’s Birthday, Three Impressions of Arles, Jean Baptist, Cloister Walk, My First Bible, That Face, Donkey, Good Friday, Kitchen Maid, Blood is a Very Special Juice, Silence, Call it What You Will, Cremation, Forty, For Fiona, The Clay Tablet, The Philosopher’s Stone, Far Away, Homeless, Birth of Matthew, Reprimand, Woman, In the Park, Hogmanay, Jan 1, Peter Dufault at a Poetry Reading, Greatest Need, I and U; 65 Little Espressos; Ten Early Poems; Our Surroundings, Young Man Walking Down the Road, Allen Ginsburg, Parting Wound, Odysseia Bar, Sunday Afternoon in a Rented Room, Red Suede Distraction, No, Outside, My Bad; On Writing: Starting, Confirmation To write this, Gone, Stop, Exercise, Dancing Fawn, Penning, Uninspired, Sitting ~ Sensing, Modern Muse, Inscription, Back Again, Thoughts Come, Day, Java Jive: Haiku, Coffee and Tea, Cappuccino – Nat, Beer and Coffee in Berlin, Muguccino, Paper Cup, South Street Café, Dollar Bill, At Max’s; Travelin’ Man; A Date; Siesta; Evocation; Temple Gate; Apollo; Two Souls; Leave Taking; Fruit Stall; Each Step; Shasta; Way Up North; Inland Village; Evening; White Cliffs of Dover; Coliseum Now; At the Trevi Fountain; Tempt Me; General Humanity; On Yellow Tram #10; On My Journey; Ossuary; Figs, Oaks and Olives; Haze; Minoan Cemetery at Armeni; About the Author. |
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"The riveting saga of a sensitive musician's initiation into rock 'n' roll and his ultimate struggle to remain true to himself, Rites of Rock burns with passion as it explores the most potent musical hybrid--rock, in all its variegated forms. This fast-moving biographical novel takes us from South Africa through Europe to the United States, through outrageous rock scenes, romance, and chilling encounters with evil to new frontiers of musical experience. At the same time, it offers a rare glimpse into the heart of an artist's soul." "Eric
Müller's succulent Jeremiad of rock rings necessary bells. The
insidious commercial culture of rock, indubitably megalomaniacal,
present and past, is his subject. The author doesn't bandy with religion
to make his spiritual points, he goes right to the boss, his own
presciently audible inner voice, which never stops pestering his
fledgling attempts at self-destruction. Charging at a good clip through
a mindscape of devilish villains, sublime goddesses and the walking
dead, he makes it experientially clear that, for a musician, salvation
is in the music or nowhere, certainly not in the absurd trappings
of success. His observations on the art of music are deeply intuitive
and fully educated. This book feels like it just had to be written
and Müller took fifteen years to do so gracefully, poignantly
and with unquestionable sincerity. If this book makes him famous,
I reckon he can handle it." "When Vincent
Erling discovered Rock and Roll, he was exhilarated by its power,
energy and vitality. This rollicking novel (on the surface
hip and savvy) is the story of a young man's odyssey through a world
of new sound and his search for a new way of living--the Rites of
Rock." "This is a beautifully
written book about a life lived attendant to the right kinds of questions. Eric
writes like the Laurens van der Post of the subsequent generation."
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