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About Me

I am Mark Albert Russell, you may call me Barky, everyone else does.
I live breathe and bleed music, and if you have any sense or soul so do you.
I'm half American half English. I said that to a stand up comic once and he asked if that meant I invaded countries and made everyone tea.
I moved from South London to Seattle, and I now have sandal tan lines on my feet. Another year here and I'll probably develop gills. I live in Eastlake with my fiancee Rose Marie and we make fun of everyone. Be warned.
I like being happy. Things that make me laugh are Goon Shows, bad sitcoms, improv comedy, stupid chats and self deprecation.
I work for the County, but I am not a lineman. I am still on the line though.
I used to write for Disorder Magazine and Zero Magazine but they have both disappeared into lack-of-moneydom and I am currently organ-less. So to speak.
You should listen to Foals, Hot Club de Paris, DSP and 65 as much as your brain will allow.
Thanks for reading, now go and do something productive with yourself.

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My Blog

Barky’s FAQ’s

I set off for London on Tuesday! You know how when you meet up with a bunch of people after a while, and they all ask you the same dam questions over and over again? Doesn't it piss you off? Well, no ...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:27:00 GMT

Good things

These are some good things that happened today.I managed to create a fire while I was cooking. Strange thing is, I was cooking on an electric hob, and I managed to set fire to water with Olive Oil in ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:52:00 GMT

Good Karma Follows You Around

Word up people bizzarrely reading the writings of someone who's writing to no-one in particiular.I realised I hadn't written anything on here in a while, so the general update is:- Work is awesome- Fi...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 15:49:00 GMT

SXSW Day 4

SXSW day 4   Problems with anything in life can generally be attributed to other people. Other people are a scourge on society and should be put in their place. Setting off for 6th street with ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:35:00 GMT

SXSW Day 3

Today went from being organised down to the last detail to being a free for all. I thought I'd be doing the Island records party then hiphop tonight, but that all went out the window pretty early on...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:22:00 GMT

SXSW Day 2

So, at the beginning of this venture, I kinda wanted to better last's year's effort of 36 bands in four days. Lying in bed this morning, wondering if I really could be bothered to go and see if Bright...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:10:00 GMT

SXSW Day 1

It seems Kim Deal loves her Starbucks - as I wait to meet a lovely person called Christy to acquire a SXSW wristband (craigslist is a wicked website) Kim Deal runs in and grabs a coffee. Almost as imp...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:59:00 GMT

SXSW Prologue

So I'm in Austin, and it's pouring down with rain. Like, absolutely cats and dogs, thunderstorms, locusts etc. Got up at some ridiculous hour this morning, flew into Houston, met up with a bunch of gu...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:05:00 GMT

SXSW here I come

It's on again for another year. Last year I covered South by South West for Zero magazine, thinking I wanted to try and become some kind of 'Almost Famous' full time music writer of some kind. I ended...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:22:00 GMT

SXSW Diary from last year

Again, this is the un-edited version of last year's SXSW showcase that I wrote for Zero Magazine - in the end it got butchered to crap for space so half of these bands weren't even in the final articl...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:30:00 GMT