Ben Myers
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99 years old
Yorkshire, Northwest
United Kingdom



Last Login: 11/15/2009
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    Ben Myers's Interests
GeneralWatermelons, woodlands, and the way that city foxes look at you like you're a chicken wing in in the street after midnight.
MusicBritish Sea Power. Minor Threat. Nation Of Ulysses. Wu Tang Clan. PiL. Nick Drake. At The Drive-In. Can. Refused. Bad Brains.The Mars Volta. Gogol Bordello. The Teardrop Explodes. Guns N Roses. Wild Beasts. Black Flag. The Fall. MIA. Circulus. Fugazi. Tappa Zukie. Dizzee Rascal. The Slits. Suicide. Bert Jansch. Ol Dirty Bastard. Manic Street Preachers. Davey Graham. King Tubby. Weird War. The King Blues. Biffy Clyro. Buzzcocks. Pentangle. Lee 'Scratch' Perry. Incredible String Band. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
MoviesWerner Herzog, Lindsey Anderson, Shane Meadows, Mike Leigh, Klaus Kinski.
TelevisionGash.
BooksKnut Hamsun, Richard Brautigan, Jack London, Li Po, Bret Easton Ellis, Henry Miller, John Fante, Yukio Mishima, Jean Genet, Cormac MacCarthy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Henry David Thoreau, Dan Fante, George Mackay Brown, Charles Bukowksi, Jim Carroll, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Jim Carroll, Roger Deakin, Halldor Laxness, Harold Norse, William S. Burroughs, Roald Dahl, Tony O'Neill, Adelle Stripe, Daniel Woodrell, Brendan Behan, John Rechy, Frank O'Hara, Daniel Woodrell, Willy Vlautin, Billy Childish, Julian Cope, Dennis Cooper, Halldor Laxness. And many more.
Groups: Your face identified in clip by 2 members of this groupThe Authors Den

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     Ben Myers's Details
Status:In a Relationship
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:London
Body type:5' 6"
Religion:Atheist
Zodiac Sign:Capricorn
Occupation:Writer

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Captains Of Industry
London / Durham, UK
Machiavellian CEO / A&R / PR / Joint roller
Record label.

2003 - 2008.
Freelance writer / Author
London / Durham, UK
Spinning webs of words.
Fiction / Poetry / Biography / Music journalism

1996 - present



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   Ben Myers's Blurbs
About me:




I'm a writer. I've written books.

My new novel 'Richard' will be published by Picador in 2010.

As a journalist I've written for The Guardian, NME, Mojo, Bizarre, Caught By The River, The Quietus, Melody Maker, Kerrang!, 3AM Magazine, Q, Alternative Press (US), Arena, Shortlist, Time Out, Loose Lips Sink Ships, Playlouder.com, Careless Talk Costs Lives, Plan B , Record Collector and some others.



For information about my books, anthology appearances and regular writing updates please visit:

www.benmyersmanofletters.blogspot.com

And for a bit of fun: www.iaxl.blogspot.com





Some press quotes...

“There's no denying the abundant energy, passion and pleasingly warped imagination of Ben Myers” – The Guardian

“Something odd but irresistible that’s both poetry and prose…yet neither one nor the other.” – Time Out

“So self-aware you’d think he had spent ten years on a Tibetan mountain” – Rock Sound





Praise for The Brutalist poets (Ben Myers, Adelle Stripe, Tony O’Neill)

“This series of blank verse ruminations on the horrors of small town living are among the most open and direct poems in circulation today." - The Roundtable Review

"Remembering has rarely been so rewarding ..like postcards from places you’ve been to but long since forgotten" - Shortlist magazine

"These are poems for the modern generation; they thrust the underbelly of Britain that we all try so desperately to ignore straight in our faces.” - Caught in the Crossfire

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highway j. michael

J. Michael Niotta



Nov 12 2009 10:44 AM

now available for pre-order, j. michael niotta's chapbook, "the devil's doin the same damn thing he's always done.'

noir, bars, women & cars - from vegas to dago, the brothels of germany to doha, kuwait: a wild & gritty collection of 17 cuts: pomes & prose, plus 3 excerpts from the novel, ‘the ants, thirsty,’ all from the former editor/columnist of 86…the man who put "hard fic" on the streets…the hardcore referee/translator/negotiator you’d hire when sitting bookended in a bar between nick tosches & chuck palahniuk.

"look, the stuff is good. quite good. straight up - like a good half-glass of whiskey."
—dan fante, author of ‘mooch,’ ‘spitting off tall buildings,’ ‘kissed by a fat waitress,’ & ‘a gin pissing raw meat dual carburetor v-8 son of a bitch from los angeles.’

cover & bio photography by adria photography
www.myspace.com/adriaphotography

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pre-order a signed & numbered copy today

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Damion

Damion hamilton



Nov 8 2009 1:59 PM

hi ben,

loved your articles on Dan Fante and Jim Carroll.
DOM BOUFFARD

DOM BOUFFARD



Nov 7 2009 4:12 PM

wassup, ben x


Nic Chapman

Nic Chapman



Oct 14 2009 12:35 PM

Cheers for dropping by and becoming friends Ben.

Best wishes

Nic
Northern Echoes

Northern Echoes



Oct 11 2009 5:13 PM




Jenni

Jenni



Sep 28 2009 9:03 AM

Urchin Belle - Impromptu reading in Cape Verde

Shoes With Rockets

Paul Ewen



Sep 27 2009 4:34 PM

Congrats on the Picador deal, Ben.
Perpetual (soso)

buhara soso



Sep 14 2009 10:46 AM

welcome friend
 

LINT the Movie

LINT the Movie



Sep 1 2009 10:23 AM



... starring Alan Moore, Steve Aylett, Josie Long, Stewart Lee, Jeff Vandermeer, DH Wilson, Mr Solo, Robin Ince, Leila Johnston, 7-Inch Stitch, Bill Ectric, Andrew O'Neill, Mitzi Szereto, Mo Ali etc.


Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers



Jul 21 2009 10:59 PM




Epic Rites

Epic Rites



Jul 17 2009 4:41 PM

The monster, a bellyful of anarchy by American poet Rob Plath, is available now from Epic Rites Press. Check out the creature's web-page at http://www.robertplath.com. Additional material available in the Third Epic Rites Journal at http://www.epicrites.net. Please show your support for this incredible author and his masterpiece, a bellyful of anarchy, by picking yourself up a copy today.
 

Wicked Hemlocks

Wicked Hemlocks



Jul 9 2009 10:55 PM

..Download Wicked Hemocks New Album FREE
Jenni

Jenni



Jul 9 2009 1:07 PM

Afternoon Ben, let me know if you are Adele are reading down this way at any point, salut, Jenni
Windy City Gentleman

Windy City Gentleman



Jul 1 2009 4:53 PM

you rock
Ross Brodie

Ross Brodie



Jun 24 2009 12:16 PM




Chicks Dig Scars - Chapter One

Chicks dig scars, everyone knows that, right? Meet Severence DeSnappio, a man who creates ‘fake’ injuries for desperate clients. He’ll get you a stab wound, shot gun blast, snowboarding injury - but a bite from a great white shark?

S
et in Miami, Chicks Dig scars is a lyrical, Lynchian mix of dream logic and hard boiled detection.

Subscribe to my blog to follow the serialization.


Lili Wilde

Lili Wilde



Jun 19 2009 1:05 AM

Please add my new film DELPHINIUM to your friends list. Thank you. xx


Gabe Phoenix

Gabe Phoenix



Jun 19 2009 8:09 AM

Greetings from Brisbane, Australia. Just thought I'd drop by and say hi. I must say that your taste in music - and literature, for that matter- is impeccable. Which is most probably the reason I'm sending this.

Keep up the good work.

Kindest Regards,

Gabriel
Shoes With Rockets

Paul Ewen



Jun 13 2009 7:05 AM

Arlo Ben, I have a new story on 3:AM. It's a bit bloody stupid. Thank you very much.
A.Ladyland DECEMBER TOUR!

A.Ladyland DECEMBER TOUR!



Jun 11 2009 4:09 PM

Come see us on our tour! Album review in OMM this Sunday. Exclusive hand- decorated vinyl! Tshirts! Album out July 6th... Photobucket
coyotemen

coyotemen



May 19 2009 8:01 PM

you up fer this?
blast off
Offset Festival, London

Offset Festival, London



May 7 2009 9:16 PM

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Apr 15 2009 8:54 PM


So Shush

So Shush



Apr 7 2009 5:23 PM

Hi – thanks for adding us.

A great honour for us contemptible DIY nobodies to make friends with a somebody.
Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits OUT NOW!

Typical Girls? The Story Of The Slits OUT NOW!



Apr 5 2009 5:19 PM

hello untypical one! thanks for being a pal. Join us in celebrating the 30-year anniversary of Cut with this upcoming official book about The Slits - 'Typical Girls?' You can pre-order it at a great discount (from Amazon).
Huzzah! love und romanze, zoe x
Soho Dub Club

Soho Dub Club



Mar 26 2009 1:46 PM

GOOD FRIDAY SOHO DUB CLUB!

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