Joe Wenderoth is producing a poetry and music event on the UC Davis campus this coming Thursday evening, the 23rd. At 8pm, two alumni from the UC Davis Creative Writing Program will be performing in 126 Voorhies Hall, near the corner of First and A Streets in Davis.
Chris “Whitey” Erickson mixes fiction, performance poetry, cerebral comedy, alien invasion and corn-pone generosity to provoke and delight audiences with his exuberant performances. Elsewhere Dr. Andy has said that “Whitey’s performance pieces create ecstatic hilarity from an irrepressible mix of small-town midwestern yarns and science-fiction hyperbole.” Whitey’s work has appeared in some of the select markets that you would expect. McSweeney’s is worth mentioning. As you will discover, Whitey is very discriminating.
Jason Morphew is a talented musician who also happens to be a first-rate poet. The author of nine albums, Jason has many fans. About him The Oxford American has said, “He takes from ABBA as fast as he steals from fellow Arkansan Sleepy LaBeef, and he combines the two in a jointed way.” Speaking of Jason’s current tour with collaborator Geoff Reacher, CMJ Monthly notes that “Their songs have appeared in various films, magazine compilations, and have gotten ‘lots’ of college radio airplay. They’ve shared stages with the likes of the Magnetic Fields, Cheap Trick, and Eek-A-Mouse.”
