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L-TRON

♠Be yourself whatever happens, in a time of the assassins- HW♠

About Me

About me?Who knows?Surely Not I...Music?!...I'm British born n' bred and now live in Canada (got to love that duel citizenship lark!).I'm a musichead...can't get enough of the stuff...I have a weekly radio show called 'About the music' which airs every friday from 3-5pm EST on CIUT 89.5 FM . I write about music, interviews and reviews for Ukula Magazine & the Seattle based music site The Wig Fits All Heads . I've also been known to do vocals for a bunch of different bands in the Tdot and in O-town ( Redxdown , Boycrusher , Stop Die Resuscitate & KrisblaiR )....You can check out some trax in my Music section, DO IT!!!I am also mad about visual arts in a wide array of formats, graphic design, film, annimation, photography, painting...I need to find a job where I can work and travel...I love learning about new places cultures, people...yip!! Massive!!*************************************************** ****
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My Interests

Broadcasting, producing/hosting my own radio show....reading, yoga, cycleing, traveling, collecting fun socks...knitting, sewing, reading mags (Heeb, Urb, Bust, Source, XXL, Paste), painting...making crafts (girly I know!), reading about herbs and learning about their healing properties, drinking tea, Writing poetry & short stories/articles...singing (www.redxdown.com, www.boycrusher.com) dancing, drinking, dancing some more and meeting eclectic open minded people. I'm also mad about kicks...soooo superficial but oh so true....Etnies, Puma, Royal Elastics, Replay, Vans, Gravis, Pony, Fly London...I've got them covered...nothing like a pair of comfortable, colourful trainers to get me spending money I don't have *sigh*I am About the Music..I love going to shows, writing about music, performing...promoting...singing the praises of and selling my passion for brilliant bands and talented solo artists...it's what keeps me happy and what keeps me going when the going gets tough....I'm Interested in artist management. I've worked for a few small artist management companies in Toronto (MCM management & Wonderboy Entertainment) and used to manage a band in Ottawa (www.clarktheband.com). I now act as a music consultant/promoter for a few bands (The Diableros, JP Hoe), and am looking to get back into the industry and establish myself fully in the form of a career....I also have experience booking/planning/advancing mini tours. I love touring, one of my ultimate goals is to tour manage by the time I'm 30!!! I know...I'm mad...I love all types of music, I'm from a very diverse background so growing up I was exposed to a wide variety of sounds. My dad is Mauritian (half African, half Indian) and my mum is British (half Spanish Jew and half Bulgarian)...yes, I'm a big mutt!******************************************************* ************************************************* ********************************* ************************

I'd like to meet:

People who take time to breath....smell the roses, think large and are in like with...quirky eclectic music, unique food, reading, writing and traveling inside/outside of their heads....*Big Grins*.... oh yeah, and I'm also looking for a job a full time career gig, something to get passionate about...Music Industry styley....management, promotions, marketing, broadcasting...you name it I can do it!! Anyone with any job leads, hook-ups or tips IM me - Leandatron much appreciated lovelies!!!I'd also like to meet people who like to write real letters with real stamps. I've always been an avid letter writer, what with my constant moving around, but this past while more so than ever, it's a nice change from tap, tap, send. If you feel like putting a real pen to real paper and being my pen friend send us a message and we'll exchange addresses...I know people generally don't have time, but it's a nice idea init?!!***************************************************** ******P.S - If you're a band/solo artist and you want to add me...please take a few minutes to write a message and tell me a little about yourself....I check out everyone who adds me and sends a message...it shows you care to make a connection, and that shows me a lot about how seriously you take your bizness of music makin and the spreadin o'yo goodness!!...I get tons of adds a day an no real contact from the requesters...So be a dear and hollah at ur gurl!!! d*__-b---BOOM!!!******************************************** *************~ Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill - Debut single to be released as a digital download, 2nd April on Lex Records and as a very limited edition 7" Vinyl ~***************************************************~ DJ Shantel feat. Orkestar Bobana Markovica - Bucovina Club ~****************************************************~ KUDU (BK, NY) - "BOOM BOOM" ~*********************************************************.. ~Man Like Me (UK)- "Oh My Gosh"~****************************************************** *****..~Drop the Lime (NYC)- "E Lock"~****************************************************** ***~ Hadouken! - That Boy That Girl (Promo Vid: UK)~******************************************************** **....~Trinity Chris (Toronto)- feat. Blessed - "In the Streets"~*************************************************** ******~ BunnyRabbit (NYC) - Lovers and Crypts ~

Music:

where to begin?!! ~

~ Izzy, Ghislain Poirier, TEEF, Man Like Me, La Goutte, Bunny Rabbit, Black Cracker, TTC, Hess is More, Para One, Edu K, The Bug, Tuggs, These electric Lives, Girl Talk, Jewish Legend, Pase Rock, Mr.Lacy, Yo Majesty, Neon Neon, Miss Odd kid, Cavalier King, Subtle, Mylo, The Knife, Spank Rock, Four tet, Nightmares on Wax, Boards of Canada, M.I.A, cLOUDDEAD, telepopmuzik, Dizzee, So Solid Crew, Xiu Xiu, The Books, Air, Spain, Silver Jews, Just Jack, The Lucksmiths, The Animals, The zombies, The Epochs, Akron/Family, Jay Jay Johanson, Why?, Simon Bookish, Delata, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Sun Kill Moon, Smog, Mogwai, Patrick Wolf, Super furries, Sigur Ros, Poor Rich ones, Yo la Tengo, Cat power, Iron and Wine, Gomez, Ween, devendra banhart, Ives Mendez, Mum, Portastatic, The Acorn, Arcade Fire, Low, Red house painters, Spoon, Deus, The Frames, Mark Geary, Bellx1, Damien Rice, Flaming lips, The Hidden Cameras, The new pornographers, Josh Ritter, Gillian Welsh, Aqualung, Mendoza Line, Tom Waits, Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots, The Beat, The Kinks, The Shins, K-OS, Beans, Broken Social Scene, Stars, Metric, Fiest, Quartertones, Ben folds five, Wintersleep, Jill Barber, The Wooden stars, Calexico, Giant sand, zuco 103, Buck 65, Boom Bip, Mike Ladd, Diplo, CEX, 13 and God, Sasha, Timo Maas, leftfield, morcheeba, frou frou, bossacuconova, Brazillian Girls, Kepler, The hilotrons, Clark, Boycrusher, The Rheostatics, Theivery Corp, St Etienne, M83, beck, PJ harvey, Beth Orton,Chemical Bros, Champion, The Weakerthans, the constantines, J.P Hoe, Hawksley Workman, Adam Mcbride, Fats Waller, Doris Day, Juno falls, The Station Myth, Alphastates, modest mouse, shudder to think, god speed, fugazi, Helmet, Rex, Kasabian, Snog, Coldcut, Killers, Montag, Decemberists, Wolf parade, polyphonicspree, Steve Reich, Men in love, The faint, kinky, The gotan project, smoke city, Walking Concerts, The roots, Postal Service, Arab strap, belle and sebastian, The french, Hefner, Bright Eyes, Buck 65, rsive, The Thermals, Mull historical society, Ida, The faces, The La's, Jim Bryson, Gemma Hayes, scratch lee perry, Barrington levy, upsetters, peter Tosh, DJ Flip, Toots the maytals, Manu chau, Twilight Dub circus sound system,Orishas, Great Lake Swimmers, Grizzly Bear, Julie Doiron, The Moving Units, Prefuse 73, Ferry Corsten, Regina spector, Mocky, Black Thought, Hot Chip, Arctic Monkeys, RJD2, K-Rino, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Devin the Dude, Jens Lekman, Jamie Lidell, Faithless, Animal collective, Zero 7, The sea and cake, Japan cakes, The Gay, Jimmy Edgar, Valley of the Giants, Battles, Kinky, Books on tape, Thunderbirds are now!, Aqueduct, Fannypack, Deltron 3030, The Streets, Kotchy, Chin up chin up, TVOTR, Black Dice, The Go! Team, Clap your hands and say yeah, Arms, Her Space Holiday, Matthew Dear, nybbl, vitamins for you, Do make say think, M.Sayyid, Crunc Tesla, The Presets, Stop Die Resusitate, Soul Position, Jel, Doseone, The Mitchelle Bros, Kudu,The Coast,Soul Coughing, The Lovely Feathers, Cadence Weapon, Kid 6o6,Pinback, The Dudley Corp, The Fatales, Phoenix, Leceda, The Diableros, Apostle of Hustle, Holy Fuck, The Remains of Brian Borcherdt, Contrived, Kary, Soft & Slick, King Cobb Steelie, Imogen Heap, Figurines, Shout out louds, Morningwood, P.O.S, T.I, Jeezy, Kanye,Wooden wand, David Ford, Castanets,The Album Leaf, The Exhale, Worship, peter and the wolf, Apsci, Bambo Brothers, DJ Olive, The Tape, Willie Cortez, Casio tone for the painfully alone, Fanny pack, Bound stems, Daiquiri, Mobious Band, Jahcoozi, RQM, NICE, Drop the Lime, Trinity Chris, Bassnectar, Lady Bug, No Surrender, Roger O'Donell, Man Man, favorite Sons, Dragonette,Junior Boys, Chris Clark,Justice, Boys Noize,DJ Mehdi, MC Soom T, kissogram, Data MC, Sneaky, Metal Kites, ....and on and on and on....Check it.... Me and some lads doing our dealz! ----..
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Movies:

Lost in Translation, Garden State, I heart Huckabees, The station Agent, Rumble Fish, The Big Labowski, Run lola Run, Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, Amelie, Gregorys Girl, Brazil, The Goonies, Guess whos coming to dinner, Being there, One flew over the cuckoo's nest, The lost Boys, High Fidelity, Empire Records, Way down Town, Baraka, Smoke signals, Serpico, Sweet here after, Intermission, Disco pigs, 28 Days Later, (yes I'm in-like with Cillian Murphy *sigh*) Fargo, waking Ned Devine, The Van, Clockwork Orange, Snatch, Palindromes, Kung Fu Hustle, Ghost World, Shaun of the Dead, Before Sun Set, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal (If you loved this film...you are already a mate of mine!), Long Days journey into Night, Little Miss Sunshine...********* Big Rig - A film about the soul of the American truck driver. World debut at the 2007 SXSW film festival in Austin, TX********* Music by ATM fave Buck 65 **********More info? - www.myspace.com/bigrigmovie************

Television:

No Thank you...I create it...don't like to be fed it..."it's chewing gum for the eyes"Now Youtube.....that's TV....~ TV On The Radio - (Do Yeah Yeah Yeah's) Modern Romance ~*************************~ Archie Bronson Outfit - 'Cherry Lips' (UK) (Ta Ben! ;0) ~******************************************************~ www.myspace.com.yacht ~*******************************************

Books:

Anything written by: Emily Bronte Jane Austin shakespere Jeanette Winterson Maeve Binchy Maya Angelou Roald Dahl Virginia Wolf George Gissing Irving Welsh Micheal Collins Charlotte Bronte James Joyce Oscar Wilde Don Delillo

Heroes:

My Nanny....Shirley Rose, my first true Canadian friend Corwin Fox, My best friend Laney who's one of the strongest women I know, My mate Josh Ritter for his words, light and positive energy. What's a hero for me? Someone that can focus on attaining thier personal goals and dreams despite all obsticals that are thrown in their path, a person with a kind, fair and good heart. A person who can see light in the dark and hope in the gutter....I strive to help others, and to bring truth and harmony to the world however I can. Whether times are good or bad, you can always count on me. I'm a shoulder to cry on, a champion for the helpless, and an all around nice person.How about you? Click here to find your own inner hero
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I love this! I got shat on by a bird a few days ago....It's supposed to be goodluck, or so my Nan says....bring on the luck for Lea....more bird poop please ;0) ~ Lea ...
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Where I'm from....

UK Fam!! why? Why not...check/add 'em...all good peeps d*_-b Mum Sister Step Dad Best Mate Paul Best Mate Laney  ...
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New Yacht Vid!!

See a Penny!www.myspace.com/yacht  ...
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Sleepeaters....New Delish audio yummies...

Toronto Duo Sleepeaters (musician/Producer Vangel & emcee Modulok) are set to drop their debut E.P 'The Rocket Ship'....super soonish.... enuff psych-broken-beat-hip-hop to make you...
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About The Music - Newletter 114!!!

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Check out this video: '88 Cutlass Supreme

'88 Cutlass Supreme Add to My Profile | More Videos HERE BE MY BROOKLYN BOYS, SOFT & SLICK.....I LOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE THIS SONG! MORE TUNES HERE...
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About The Music - Newletter 113!!!

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ATM - Newsletter 112!!

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About The Music - Newletter 111!!!

..>..>..> ..> ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /> About the Music Newsletter # 111 CIUT 89.5FM Your Friday afternoon Dose of Wonderful Music and Mad Banter! What - About The Music Where - CIUT 8...
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