Eric Newborn 1986

A fragmented audio collage mixing intimate caregiver-child interactions with a child named Eric against news segments about a 25,000-person civil rights march in Poseidon County and an IRS case demanding $310,000 from someone named Allen. The juxtaposition creates an unsettling, disjointed narrative without clear context or intent.
Chapters
7-2. 21. Noise effects. Stop messing around so much. What you telling me?
Don't chew in your diaper.
No!
Oh, you're squirming all over. Oh, okay, all naked, all naked. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that feels good, doesn't it?
Yeah.
Rub-a-dub-dub on your tummy.
Yeah.
Wash your head off. Can you smile for the camera? Smile!
Smile!
Yeah!
Maybe if we get lucky, you'll pee for us too. Pee in your bathwater just like you usually do. Yeah, let's have one final rinse and then we're There, you got it. You got it.
Once more, beads.
Mmm, those beets are good, aren't they? They're good. Aww, they're good, Eric. Don't choke on them. Aww, aww. Did you decide you don't like them all of a sudden?
Huh?
Did you decide they're hacky all of a sudden? What's wrong? Okay, we stop. No more beats. No more beats. We'll give you a bottle, okay?
Hi, Eric.
What are you trying to do, get to Mommy?
Aah! What are you doing, coming to Mom? Mm, you coming to mommy? Uh-oh. Teeth marks.
Ah!
Ah! Ah! Who's got you?
Is that good? Hmm?
You silly boy. Hi, Mom! Say hi, Mom! Hi, Mom!
Wait, we're not in the, uh, go mode yet. How do you get to unzoom? Boy, that's straight.
It is.
Say hey, Mommy.
You say hey to Mom? What is it, Eric? Don't ignore me. Oh, you going to grab the camera? Give me a kiss. Give me a kiss.
Mmm. Good. Yeah.
demanded a trial in U.S.
Tax Court, guilty or being acquitted, for the Internal Revenue Service demanding $310,000 in deferences from Allen's 1977 and 1978 income tax filings.
When asked why they were going after Woody 9 years down the road, an IRS spokesman said, "We need the eggs." Recently agreed to submit to drug testing. Now this is a clumsily symbolic gesture, isn't it? Do they really think they're going to find anything? I mean, how silly are they going to get? Next thing you know, they're going to want to give them an electroencephalograph to see if there's any brainwave activity.
This should be good.
Go ahead and get on off that horse.
Don't you dare touch me. Back up now.
Now, good evening, all covers for today's new fashion, new president.
25,000 marchers protected by National Guardsmen and police. Well, one of the biggest civil rights demonstrations since the 1960s. But does that mean blacks can now live peacefully in Poseidon County? In the aftermath of yesterday's event, George Foster talked to some residents who say their attitudes towards blacks haven't changed.
As darkness fell on Highway 9 where the Brotherhood's march began, the crowds were gone, but many attitudes remained unchanged.
We will not back down.
The rebel flag still waving under streetlights, the GBI still watching for troubled areas. This Forsyth County family spent most of the day out of town. Coming back home for them was overwhelming.










