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 Eric Kirkland's Newsletter
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September 2005

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Greetings:
Welcome to my first Newsletter that I hope to send out monthly, but I'm pretty much a lazy bastard so there's a good chance that won't happen.

Most of the information here will also be available on my website

There will also be selected entries from my Blog, and updated show schedules.

Joke of the Month:

This one is for Darryl 

Q: Why did Snoop Dogg take his Umbrella out in the rain?

A:  Fo' Drizzle

 

Upcoming September Shows

Dates Club City For reservations call
1-3 Gary Fields II Kalamazoo, MI 269-345-5966
15 Holiday Inn Spring Lake, MI 616-846-1000
16-17 Wisecrackers @ Radisson Star Plaza Merrillville, IN 219-769-6311
22 Saddle Saloon Jackson, MI 517-783-2711
23-24 Pesto's Grand Blanc, MI  
30 Funny Farm Youngstown, OH  
Recent Comics I've worked with:

 

 

 

 

 




Dobie Maxwell and I in Muskegon, MI along with the head of City Council.   This is the first time I've had a chance to work with Dobie.  He is one funny guy!  If he comes to your area make sure you catch "Mr. Lucky." 

Simply put, this is Otto.  Otto was the host for the show at the Adams Mark in Indianapolis.  Keep an eye out for Otto he will be big some day soon.  He has a very original act and a unique style and gave the crowd his all even when there were only about 8 people at the show.

Idiot of the Month Award:

Not for any specific reason is Al Sharpton awarded the prestigious idiot of the month award besides the fact he is Al Sharpton.  You can read my Blog entry about Al Sharpton here.  

The point is, never ever, ever, ever trust a black man with a mullet.

So the other day one of my daughters cell phones goes off and it's playing "Blinded me with Science" by Thomas Dolby.  So I go up and ask who has that as their ring tone and they had no idea what I was talking about.  I say "I heard Blinded me with Science".  So the guy picks up his phone and plays it and says you mean this.  I go "Yes! Thomas Dolby".  He goes, "Who, this is Mobb Deep".

Man I'm getting old
Movie Reviews:

Guess Who:

Recently my wife and I had rented two movies "Hitch" which was awful, you can read my review on that on my web page (insert link) and Guess Who.  We thought Guess Who would be so so.  The movie stars Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher in a comedy remake loosely based on the classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner".  This movie had plenty of laugh out loud scenes and was WAY better than what we were expecting.  If you are looking for a good movie to sit down and watch with your significant other when you don't want to think but just want to laugh I would highly recommend this movie.  Having an 8 year old son there also weren't to many scenes we had to worry about him seeing.  

 

This is just an empty space that I have nothing to put in so you can stop reading this as I'm not going to say anything worthwhile here.  You don't listen do you what are you stupid or something.  O.K. now you are really just starting to piss me off.  I have NOTHING to say here and I mean it so bugger off and stop reading this stupid little box that has no meaning to anything on this newsletter besides the fact it was just taking up space and annoying me like you are now because you are still reading this box even though I told you to stop it way back at the beginning of this long and drawn out run in sentence that I'm now not going to punctuate because I hope you are running short on breath since you are STILL wasting your time reading it like there is actually going to be some really funny punch line at the end well buddy are you sure enough going to be disappointed because now I'm at the end and I still haven't said anything or used a period or comma.  Well, except for that period that was at the end of that sentence but since you aren't reading this box that is here for no reason you probably didn't notice it anyway. 

 

Book Reviews:

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Recently while traveling I have started listening to some Agatha Christie shorts.   This time however I picked up a full novel to listen to starring Hercule Poirot.  One thing with books on tape are the actors alot of time can make the books more interesting.  While the story had a slow start with Hercule Poirot not really that involved in the story you enjoy the somewhat befuddled mystery writer in the story, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver.  I throughly enjoyed this mystery and will find more Agatha Christie books to listen to while driving.

Music of the Moment:

Power to the People and the Beats
Public Enemy

As soon as I heard this CD was out I had to go and download it. (Legally, I use I-tunes)

As you can tell by the picture on my home page it was influenced by Flava Flav.

The smooth flow of Chuck D combined with the Comic Relief of Flava Flav have always made Public Enemy one of my favorite rap groups along with NWA.

It's nice to have some of my old  school favorites like:
By the Time I get to Arizona
You're Gonna Get Yours
Bring the Noise
Don't Believe the Hype
911 Is a Joke
and much, much, more yeah, boyyyy

On the Serious Tip:

Originally I was going to put something here about the gas stations I passed in Michigan where gas was up to $3.49 a gallon in a few places and I imagine it's going to only be higher today on my way to Kalamazoo.

However I started to watch the information on the situation in New Orleans.  If you are a praying type please pray for those people.  Looking at the pictures it was like looking at a third world country with the refugee situation and not like looking at the United States.

Sometimes we believe as Americans that we can handle anything and yet mother nature in a matter of moments can remind us that all the money in the world means nothing.

Yet this leads me bag to the gas companies and their money grubbing selves.  In this time of national panic God forbid they would maybe shave a few 100 million off their multi billion dollar profits.  What is the first things those bastards do?  Raise their prices even though they are making record breaking profits.  In this time of a national crises while thousands if not hundreds of thousands of everyday Joe's and Jane's are giving their time and money to help their fellow American's in need these friggin oil companies don't give a damn about what they could do to help and only see it as a way to raise their prices and make more billions.

Memo to Congress, quit worrying about if Barry Bonds and Mark McGuire have taken steroids and get big oil out of your back pocket and have them quit raking us over the coals!

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