ERIC BOFF TRAVEL GUIDE Fall edition 08'

    Moving can be an exhilarating and profound experience. There is this state of reverie with every new bit of info you come across and everything instantly is sat next to your current situation. If it's getting dizzy in something completely unprecedented, then there are some ineradicably interesting adventures ahead of you and I would love to hear all about them. 

    Whether "Point B" is an hour or days away, people on the line need something to do. Here are some surefire things that keep me occupied while I am in movement...

(In no particular order)
-Pack a bag with a couple of your favorite beverages and snacks. Treat yourself like the King/Queen of the road/sky. Make sure that all of your royal "Goodies" are in the appropriate compartment designed for such consumable products. I have had my fair share of "Son of Sam Donaldson! Did I really put my camera in the same compartment as the Red Bull that exploaded and painted the walls with it's 'wings'?". I enjoy traveling full of energy so my perception is at full force. It's hard to forget the film of what you've done when It's all in smiling anticipation and honest record.

-MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC! Anytime I'm about to travel I completely reformat the songs on my iPod. I love having an entirely new library for long trips. New sound for new ground. It's amazing to me how much of my life is documented through songs. The songs I enjoy are the ones where I can recall the exact place I heard them for the first time. All influence aside, a song can hit you in a tremendously amazing and different spot when it is heard in plane, train or automobile. So here are the artists I will be rockin' on my Playlist for Dallas:

Aesop Rock
Albert Hammond Jr.
Alicia Keys
Allman Brothers
Amos Lee
Andre 3000
The Animals
April March
Babyshambles
The Beatles
Beck
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Ben Harper
Billy Joel
Black Eyed Peas
Blind Melon
Blues Traveler
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Brazilian Girls
Cake
The Cardigans
Cat Stevens
CEX
Charlie Hunter
Chemical Brothers
Coldplay
Common
Coconut Records
Corrine Bailey Rae
The Cranberries
Daft Punk
Damien Rice
David Cross
David Ryan Harris
Death Proof Soundtrack
Diana Ross
Dido
Donnie Elbert
Edwin Collins
Elvis Costello
Enur
Eric Clapton
Estelle
Everclear
Extreme
The Faint
Fastball
Feist
Freedy Johnson
G love and the special sauce
Girl talk
The Go Find
Gorillaz
Guns n Roses
Herbie Hancock
ImaRobot
Incubus
James Morrison
James Taylor
Jamie Cullum
Janes Addiction
Jason Mraz
Jessie Baylin
Jimi Hendrix
John Butler Trio
John Legend
John Mayer
John Scofield
Justin Nozuka
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
The Kills
Kings of Convenience
Led Zeppelin
Lil Wayne
LMFAO
Lykke Li
M.I.A.
Maroon 5
Matthew Herbert
Meg & Dia
The Meters
Metric
Mitch Hedberg
Modest Mouse
Mr. Big
Muse
My Morning Jacket
N.E.R.D.
Nappy Roots
Nikka Costa
Nine Inch Nails
B.I.G.
NRBQ
Oasis
Outkast
Paolo Nutini
Peaches
Peaches and Herb
Pearl Jam
Phantom Planet
Pheonix
Pink Floyd
The Presets
Queens of the Stone Age
Rachael Yamagata
The Raconteurs
Radiohead
The Rapture
Ray LaMontagne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rocky Votolato
Rodrigo y Gabriella
The Rolling Stones
Sara Bareilles
Sheryl Crow
Snatch Soundtrack
Spoon
Squeeze
Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
T Rex
Thievery Corporation
Third Eye Blind
Thom Yorke
Thursday
The Ting Tings
Usher
Van Halen
Van Morrison
VHS or Beta
Violent Femmes
The Virgins
The Wallflowers
Weezer
The Whispers
The White Stripes
Wolfmother
Ziggy Marley
311

If you haven't heard of any of these artists, check them out. That's enough for music.

-Doodle Book. Bring a new notebook with your pen of choice. Fill it up when you are not on your PSP or blackberry

-Books and Magazines. I LOVE big magazines. GQ and Rolling Stone are my favs.

-Make new friends! There's nothing more rewarding than a new friend in a new town. It pays to be nice to everyone and understanding. Just know that EVERYONE at the airport/bus station/Amtrak is under some stress so put a smile on the faces of strangers by doing something nice for someone. Buy a burger, pick up something they dropped or offer to buy a cold drink when it's hot. Anything to instigate the circle of good intention.

-Wear comfortable clothes that breathe easy. I love to dress casually savvy. There are days when I'm traveling that I wonder just how long I will be in one outfit but if it's a good one then you don't really care. ha.

-Take pictures. LOTS of them

-Tylenol for impromptu head aches or pains.

This concludes my travel tips section and I hope they helped anyone who is looking to make the transition to another location more convenient and fun. Dallas, I hope you're ready...Because you have no idea what you're in for.

Sincerely,
EB

..    It wasn't since the kind age of five or six, that I had nothing on my mind but making it over puddle after puddle. Shoe soaked in the middle of the kind of rain that slows the whole town down.  Days like these are kind of like a vitamin for those "Perfect" busy days that stress us out. I enjoy getting lost and dizzy within a stormy atmosphere.  Seems I am trigger happy with the camera these days, so be prepared for archives of new media! Been doing a lot of old school jammin' with new and upcoming artists. MC Davidlee is featured on the newest release of "Kenbrooke Sessions"  I'll post the video below so you can see what I'm sounding like these days.  I am helplessly inspired and restless to express what I feel these days. From notebook to bubble gum wrapper I am at work with pen and narritive lines to bring you into my sideways lifestyle. Check out my video and let me know how you are. I miss everyone and hope we grace each others presence soon...very soon!

Kenbrooke'>http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=42630152">Kenbrooke Sessions Feat. MC Davidlee

...Decided I wasn't quite done yet. So...

    I have been having a great time within my circle of friends as of late.  They are the greatest and I will never quit endorsing the overwelming feeling of warmth and community we provoke as family outside of family. It's lucrative to the soul's development having a framework of "buddies" that can carry the weight of everything you stand to be and at the same time, representin' a motha' fuc*a' with "I gotch-yo back" flava'. Ya dig? I got your back!

Here are some photos of my new book "My amERICa":











Have a wonderful day whatever the weather is outside your window and put in a good word for your friends...ALWAYS!

-EB Vesti

Good Morning Everyone!

    In terms of consumption and feeling satiated, I hope to deliver you a hearty breakfast blog that will get you through the day.  My mornings are always hit or miss. As often as I think I can be a morning person, there are always days that dip into the afternoon (snooze) delight category. Today is not one of those days. I beat the sun rays on my wall and watched as they caught up in illuminating fashion. McDreamy, (the coolest cat in the world) then proceeded to reiterate my comfort by creating a hammock out of my blanket at my feet. In the back of my mind I know that my alarm is still set but in hopes to keep this good morning going I think I'll watch it go off this time just so I can say "Beat ya and yes, i'm ok with it". It's always nice to be "ok with it". Don't you agree?

    Today holds potential to be a very interesting day... Hour karaoke fest in the car to Grand Rapids to see some friends. Hour karaoke fest back to Kalamazoo.  Perhaps a good photo session as nothing seduces my eyes like autumn skies. Guitaring on campus. Video talking with my dear friend in Bogota, Columbia. It should be a day full of interesting matter.

    As an avid supporter of flavor and "wild card" cooking, I wish to share with you the interesting dishes that have graced my tongue as of late... Yesterday it was Grilled pineapple chicken pasta. MMMmm.com I can't possibly say enough about how amazing it was. It was a fun summer dinner served warm and would make an awesome appetizer cold. Asians love cold noodles. I am asian. I love cold noodles. High fiveee!  There was also Broccoli mozzarella, THE WORLDS BIGGEST VEGGIE SANDWICH (I figure anything that is the world's biggest should be in caps...you'll know what I mean when you do something that deserves planetary recognition like my veggie sandwich) 
I love robust flavor that solves global warming. Hopefully, if you are reading this we will someday go on a flavor adventure together. (If we haven't already) Let's just say the last one I was on ended with orange juice in shot glasses and a single ice cube. That was right before we all dug into the amazing "dirt" that Tiff made. As a side note, I will ALWAYS love "dirt". It's simple nostalgia to a time where my chocolate milk came with lunch lines, name tags and ninja turtle school supplies. Anyways, this is the conclusion of my "flavor" section. I hope you all eat/drink something delicious then proceed to post what it was so we all can try it. Thanks in advance. I love you.

   In closing, there is only one thing that comes to mind. A "BOWer". Now if this term feels new to you or raises your hair on your arm like on mine when I hear it, I advise you to keep reading. I'm sure I'm not the first and I'm damn sure I won't be the last to have one. Because I'm a nice guy and am always insuring my friends have a MAX COOL day, (man that sounded super asian...I'm keeping it though jk just korean) I am going to include everything needed to get you into one today! All you need is:

1. A bath
2. A shower head
3. Warm to hot water (Or maybe you're a cold water freak, which is cool I don't judge)
4. Good music
5. Alcohol or flavorized liquid of your liking.
6. Pillow or "Head towel" for comfort.

Now there are several variations of the "BOWer". I only intend to get you started. hey! hey! Turn the shower to your desired temperature. Lay down in the bath as you would with a bath. Adjust the head to desired area of precipitation. Put on some good music. (Ask me if you need some recommendations) Sip your beverage like you own your "BOWer". Tell your friends how great it was and post your pics to www.showmeyourbower.com. And that's a "BOWer"!

Shake hands, give hugs, kiss lips, do drugs.

I support everyone who reads my writing with "Pat-on-the-back" happiness and hope we all can get together real soon for a bitchin' "I know you through an asian" party. Cheers ears I'll be feeding you soon with songs so soup-y you'll be needin a spoon.

-EB Vesti "Right Now"

Under pressure, my anxiousness is steadily becoming wire worn by time pressed necessary life changing decisions. I am tired. VERY tired... It's not sleep that deprives me from feeling attentive as usual, but this steady presence of false representation. I am a simple man. I love my friends like family and will defend them to my grave. However, there are a breed of people, who somehow find color by pulling "truth" from assumptious banter. This is not a matter that took place yesterday, or even a year ago. No, It happens everyday. It is always an interesting day when one hears the end of the telephone message, only finding out that the finished product is actually faulty by design. A collaboritive effort of meandering worry. One thing about worry, worry will never hurry "right" back into your life. I am tired of having my character assembled through assumption.  Don't assume to comfort the sensation of absence. Assumptions may be dead on or they may be the dying breath of a long relationship. They are not the way to show how much you truely understand someone though. There is no guessing on what my true friends believe in simply because I have "time spent" and time spent in constant open heart. I love to talk and I love to listen. Only caring to recognize what you want to believe is a small pool that every kid's pee'd in. So with that, I am signing off to the haunting conservative nature of Midwest Michigan and continuing my quest for "Right". It isn't here, right now or back when I pressed out the first time... Somethings are better left to split decision and whole hearted acceptance to FACT.

Without fear, I continue my journey into adult hood. This year has been an interesting, lonely, full, fun, sad, adventurous, spontaneous yet assertive lap around the "life track" Isn't it funny how far off one can get mapping off of expectations? I am nowhere and everywhere I never and always wanted to be. Give and take folks. I'm moving soon. I don't know where yet. But this weekend I will be far from MI. Who's ready? I am.

...to be continued.

-EB

It has been an easy Tuesday-Friday transition this week. I have some information about new material (B.C.P.) , a new nickname, new memories in a new city, a new crush... Everything has been moving like a solar car race on the sun. And it's funny how easy life is to manage when you have a salad bar of engaging moments, that not only provoke new adventures, but build you into an individual and for a second, actually feel completely a part of the human race, while, at the same time, feeling as though there is definitive movement provoked by your "life-taste buds" that will butterfly the flights of others in a time not so far around the bend. (I know it's a run-on but I really could care less. It's how I talk and it is how I write. You either get me or you learn from others what I meant...later) That is what I figure I am figuring out now. So put your snorkle on, cause you've already got your feet wet with this one...

On a bed where the firmness can be adjusted to one's palpability, I am signing off to the city of Cinncinati with steady interrupted glances from my laptop onto the late night skyline. It's bigger than I thought and It is close to what I know as home. Looking beyond bridge after bridge, there are lines of smooth roads caressing the artistic architectures that form the dreamy view I can take home with me on the five hour car ride back to MI. I enjoyed several great meals at the heart of the city. Hofbrauhaus Newport, was probably my favorite. I heard through several small talk convos, that it was the first brewery in the nation. There was a live German band called, "Prost". And enough bierwurst to sink a ship.

Following that experience was an easy transition as I joined my father for the Cinncinati Reds vs. Houstin Astros game. The home team was quickly down in the 3rd but put in a strong finish to lose respectively 6-3. It brought back a lot of memories of when I was once avidly involved with America's Favorite Past time.  Can't say I miss it when it sits juxtapose being a musician. So I'll fill you in with that...NOW:

New side project: B.C.P. (Its meaning will be released upon the first release of our single)

New Nickname: Vesti (She's preeeeeetty amazing)

Shows: Lots to choose from coming up this month and next and the next.

The Glasses: ARE necessary

Any other inquires you may have, Please email me at Eric@ericboff.com I will then proceed to post the questions and the origins of enquiring. There will then be a second vote to see which five "The People" wish to have answered. I then promise that I will make haste to deliver my answers with clean cut honesty and precision, thus further allowing me to have them laid symmetrically to correspond to the correct questions in sanguine pacification and timely release of personal information. In conclusion, I wish to deliver a deeper look at myself and find something that 1080p clarity can only surrender as "more real". 

 I love you all and I will carefully let you onto this slippery road of progression. It's fun, meandering and brimming with thunderclap like surprise. But fuck'n A... if this isn't EXACTLY all I ever needed.