TWO NEW BLACK RAINBOW RECORDS OUT NOW!

Black Rainbow is lucky to have found two fine labels to put out 7″’s for us this summer. Thrillhouse Records of San Francisco put out the first one in time for our summer tour. This record has three songs and comes with a 28-page booklet with information about the Diggers of San Francisco, the [...]

YE OLDE BUTTFUCK SHOW IN CHATTANOOGA OFFICIALY ON!

YOB will be playing Friday December 5th in Chattanooga at Anarchtica with The Hidden Spots around 10:00 PM. Earlier in the night, Mitchell and I will be appearing at Ziggy’s down the street. I will read and Mitchell’s film, “I’m Like This Every Day” will make its debut in the Region. This [...]

SCAM RETURNS TO MIAMI IN DECEMBER (w/ Cristy Road) and other parts of Florida!

Fittingly, my very last events promoting this book will take place back in my home state of Florida and in my old city of Miami. I’m looking forward to cafe cubano and cheap black beans and rice and swimming in the ocean at midnight in December — some of the best things about Miami. [...]

NEW SOUTHERN TOUR DATES IN DECEMBER w/ documentary “I’m Like This Everyday”

I’m excited to announce some new dates back home in The Region. I’ll be reading in Chattanooga, TN and Asheville, NC on December 5 and 6 on tour with old friend and band member, Mitchell Powers, and his new short documentary film, “I’m Like This Everyday”. The 20-minute film, a selection at this [...]

NEW BOOK TOUR DATES IN MIDWEST AND CANADA ADDED FOR ON THE LOWER FREQUENCIES

Here are the final dates for the Midwest/Canada Tour
August 11 Chicago Quimby’s
August 12 Milwaukee, WI Cream City Collective
August 13 Madison, WI Rainbow Bookstore Co-op
August 14 Minneapolis, MN Arise! Bookstore
August 17 Ann Arbor, MI Midnight Vault Comics (part of Ann Arbor Punk Week!)
and in Canada with Jeff Miller of Ghost PIne zine from Montreal.,.
August 19 Toronto, [...]

BLACK RAINBOW TOUR DATES FOR JULY AND AUGUST!

We got to get fully rocked by Pierced Arrows last night in SF and now we are ready to head out on the Black Rainbow summer tour in a couple hours… Here’s all the info I have right now, which mostly, at least, inclukdes the actual CITIES we are supposed to appear in. Keep in [...]

SEE LIVE VIDEO OF ERICK LYLE/BUCKY SINISTER/GRETA SNIDER LIVE AT NEEDLES AND PENS

Bucky, Greta and I rolled out our unofficial tribute to Hunt’s Donuts on July 10th at Needles and Pens. There were free donuts and we both read our Hunt’s pieces. Bucky was amazing — so funny. I was honored to be on the bill with him. He read a great [...]

TOUR IS OVER — IF YOU WANT IT

I have finally wrapped up my east and west coast tours and all my local events in San Francisco for the book — just in time to go on tour with my band, BLACK RAINBOW. Yes, its a pretty hectic year.  Reading tour turned out to be one of the most fun things I’ve ever [...]

WEST COAST TOUR BEGINS!

The On The Lower Frequencies book tour continues on the West Coast this week with the following shows…
The On The Lower Frequencies book tour continues on the West Coast this week with the following shows.
JUNE 26 PORTLAND, OR @ READING FRENZY
JUNE 27 SEATTTLE, WA @ LEFT BANK BOOKS
JUNE 28 OLYMPIA, WA @ OLYMPIA PUBLIC LIBRARY [...]

LONG INTERVIEW AND READING BY ERICK LYLE ON PORTLAND’S KBOO FM COMMUNITY RADIO!

Erin Yanke of KBOO’s excellent Circle A Radio show and Life During Wartime audio zine fame has produced a 30 minute interview with me about the book. The segment also features a reading from the book about the 949 Market space. The interview aired on KBOO on June 11 on KBOO’s homelessness issues show, Hole In The Bucket, and will rerun on June 25th on the morning show. Click here to listen…

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