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Giant Albino Penguin

So it goes.

About Me

Occasional musical project, been going about two years.I've got quite a few tunes, so I'll swap over the mp3s every now and then. Also, an Alice Donut cover version is up on the Donut Headz page.Any news on the writing front will go up on the blog-thing.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/18/2006
Band Members: Just li'l ole me. Rehearsals are a laugh.Also, I sometimes write the odd horror(ish) story. Occasionally, one of them sees the light of day.
Influences: MUSIC: shellac, sonic youth, pixies, the very things, cardiacs, sisters of mercy, alice donut, the fall, butthole surfers, pavement, joy division, pil, velvet undrground, bauhaus, pussy galore, tom lehrer, nico, roxy music, the stooges, edgar varese, at the drive in, la monte young, captain beefheart, stretchheads, loop, birthday party, spacemen 3, slint, wire, crass, julian cope, big black, steve reich, pere ubu, siouxsie and the banshees, john zorn, red lorry yellow lorry, throwing muses, glenn branca, conflict, zappa, half man half biscuit, world domination enterprises, the adverts, brian eno, stravinsky, phantom limbs, the cravats, john cale, the only ones, silverfish, lard, nick cave, swans, dead kennedys ...and so on.AUTHORS: phillip k dick, ramsey campbell, peter straub, h p lovecraft, fritz leiber, robert sheckley, j g ballard, stephen king, brian aldiss, thomas pynchon, joseph heller, kurt vonnegut, franz kafka, mervyn peake, robert bloch, ray bradbury, richard matheson, robert anton wilson, albert camus, william s burroughs, jack kerouac, olaf stapledon, hunter s thompson, harlan ellison, thomas ligotti, iain banks ...and so on.FILMS: eraserhead, brazil, carnival of souls (original), romero zombie films, scanners, texas chainsaw massacre (original), ringu, la cabina, the eye, ju-on, threads, misery, peeping tom, asylum, dead of night (ealing), 2001, freaks, plan 9 from outer space, dark star, alien, the medusa touch, dr strangelove ...and so on.TELEVISION: futurama, sapphire & steel, the prisoner, the stone tape, twilight zone (original), the various quatermass serials, tinker tailor soldier spy, father ted, the simpsons ...and so on.
Sounds Like: ....a bunch of noise a lot of the time.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Writing / reviewing 2006

(Just a recap basically, hope no-one minds...)Hello there.Well, it's a year ago since I've began to get involved in the horror / sf / fantasy small press, and I've met (virtually if not physically in ...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:13:00 PST

MP3s

Greetings.I've just uploaded up a selection of songs taken from the various batches that I've previously put up on my page (one from each lot, and a new one...)Hope you like 'em.Haven't done much late...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:07:00 PST

Another review up (and some ramblings about stuff)

My review of Gary Fry's short story collection 'The Impelled & Other Head Trips' can be found here: http://www.zone-sf.com/wordworks/impelgfry.html I'm quite enjoying this reviewing lark. Qui...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:16:00 PST

New songs done

Well, that's all really. Exhibits A,B,C,D. Hope you like 'em. Still looking for vocalist, shouty person, poet, even a writer who would be interested in having something set to music to collaborate wit...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:52:00 PST

New songs soon

Been working on a new batch of songs which should be done in a week or two (if I say I'm going to do something that makes it more likely that I'll get off my lazy arse and actually do it!). Mainly ins...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST

Some reviews I did

The first lot of reviews I've started doing have gone up: FREAKS: http://www.videovista.net/reviews/nov06/freaks.html ALICE DONUT CD - FUZZ: http://www.soundchecks.co.uk/reviews/aldonut1.html FREE -...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:48:00 PST

Mini-beasts mp3s / short short story acceptance

Got a few new mp3s up, all beasty and short and loud. Not the usual, but hope you like them anyway. Also, on the writing front, had a short short short story called TREASURE HUNT accepted by 'Flashsho...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:46:00 PST

Story online

A short story, called 'Walk' has gone on-line today. It can be found here: http://www.heavyglow.net/current.htm Woohoo!...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:52:00 PST

Another story acceptance (and some music stuff)

'Preliminary Report: Y' will be appearing in 'Trails of Indiscretion' Issue 3 in November or December. Woo-hoo! At the moment I'm working on a novella, which seems to be going pretty well, surpri...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:46:00 PST

FICTION

22 August: A flash-fiction piece called 'Sock Puppets' appeared in FUSING HORIZONS 5 at the beginning of this year. 'Mr Jones' has been accepted by ESCAPING ELSEWHERE for publication in a forthcoming ...
Posted by Giant Albino Penguin on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:27:00 PST