Adolecence

This is a no-holds-barred reflection of what went on in the mind of a young man between 1966 and 1974, beginning when he was just fifteen years old. It explores everything that went on in the mind and emotions of a young man, including poetry, short stories and illustrations that featured in a series of publications from those heady days, including ‘It Can’t Be’ a magazine, first published in Muswell Hill, London in August 1972 by a lot of very diverse and interesting folk. They certainly packed a lot into a very short space of time.

It’s a wonder that anyone survived those heady days - yet here we all are with our stories to tell. It is fair to say that the poetry was inspired by mind blowing experiences, music, and more often than not by women. Here is Romance in the Raw, with nothing spared and totally contemporary to that epoch making era. It includes Off the Wall Observations and Mind Blowing Philosophy. And, threaded through the whole compilation, are Erbie’s beautiful and sensuous women, influencing him, and inspiring him. “Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end”, some words of a song that inspired Erbie not a little. It is an honest expose of the fact that some little boys never really seem to grow up. It is certainly true that some of us never learn. Erbie remains an adolescent in lots of ways, certainly throughout the years encapsulated in this book. The confusion of his adolescence just seems to get more and more intense. This book is occasionally weird, especially for those who never actually experienced that whole scene. “Be Glad or be Sad, the Song has no Ending” are words from a song of that era that summed up beautifully how Erbie viewed life. Whatever happens be happy, because life goes on regardless.