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manik

Anarchy, music, hedonism!!

About Me

Bit of a music nutter, keep it fresh, keep it interesting, keep it coming!! Formally vocalist for Atmosphere Control Unit (and before that the infamous Abstract Evil Barbie) I am currently mucking about as vocalist/rythm guitar in Machineries of Joy, ditto in Behind Eternity! As if that isn't keeping me occupied, the missus and I have just kicked off our solo (or is that duo) project Fidgety With Claws which will focus on a more experimental vein...Alternatively I dj on occasion,my famous trick being the "clearing-of-dancefloor"- sorry, I've never been able to grasp the concept of playing hoary old *yawn*'classics'... Oh yes, when i grow up I want to be a cartoonist!

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My Interests

Music! Though not obsessive enough to quote track/album/who played the noseflute, I like to discover new stuff and rediscover what has gone before.

I'd like to meet:

Likeminded miscreants that have the same skewed musical tastes.People who don't take things at face value, but like to dig a lot deeper.

Music:

Anything by Interpol, The Editors, Joy Division, Cure, Logh, Calla, Islands, The Standard, The National, The White Birch, Breath Stone, Serena Maneesh, Siousxie and the Banshees, Sons and Daughters,Echo and the Bunnymen, Chameleons, Myssouri, Nick Cave, David Bowie, Earth, aiii the list is and will always be never-ending and always metamorphosing.

Movies:

Strange Days, Bladerunner, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Tim Burton, A Clockwork Orange................

Television:

Don't do tv much at all, but i've enjoyed Six Feet Under and Arrested Development, X-Files, Simpsons, Futurama, Soap, Neverwhere, Gormnghast, League of Gentlemen, Bottom and the Fast Show.

Books:

I read prolifically.......Moorcock, Banks, Ballard, Bret-Easton Ellis, Pahulnek, Copeland have all been churned over by me in recent months.........Comics/grahic novels: Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Los Hernandez Brothers.........

Heroes:

David Bowie, Robert Smith, Siousxie Sioux, Diamanda Galas

My Blog

Bullets From the Belfry Wake up call

Working hard this week but we got Bullets from the Belfry 6 up now...Black Fortress of Opium, Dandelion Daughters, Factory Floor, The Night, Crawlspace, Eftos and Jetsunma!!...
Posted by manik on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:14:00 PST

Simple things to brag about...

A good week all 'round, putting up pictures for a worthy exhibition on one hand, a large loose end being knotted shortly and a good haul vinyl at the charity shop.When you pop into the local shopping ...
Posted by manik on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:56:00 PST

Ballardian?

Second month of (voluntary) unemployment: I roam seeking some kind of spark, inspiration. It struck me yesterday, that my life has become something out of a collection of J.G.Ballard short stories. As...
Posted by manik on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:34:00 PST

A Saturday in March

Saturday's musical meanderings have confirmed the unbridalled joy the internet brings...with a simple click I can view any number of old Siouxsie and Cure tracks-viddys that I never caught the first t...
Posted by manik on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:53:00 PST

Flexing the old dj muscle...

Hoorah, got to spin tunes this week!!Where? Well at The Red Star Cafe Thursday night shindig organised by those Propaganda folks.Hopefuly infusing a bit more eclectic (dark) rock into the now tiresome...
Posted by manik on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:14:00 PST

Prog rock

Look, I'll give any genre another look through, just to keep in touch, so, I picked up a copy of Classic Rock the other day, the one with the Prog Rock compilation on...well, apart from a few moments ...
Posted by manik on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:02:00 PST

Wednesday night and we just got paid...

So, anyway, off to Back 2 Basix to catch favs Jimi Neversink and support act, Black Hotel.Black Hotel, I aint seen before, But I'll look out for them, refreshing dose of indie-folkrock not a genre fol...
Posted by manik on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:53:00 PST

Trailer Park-again

Another festive evening at Trailer Park!! Watching two of my current fav SA bands Jim Neversink and The Bang! and quaffing rather too many bottles o' the brown.Terrific sets from both (and hoorah!! th...
Posted by manik on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:46:00 PST

Crawling from the wreckage

Argh, well, so it goes, let's see now, nearly two months since the house burnt down. Daily visits have seen the edifice reduced to a hole in the ground. 40 years of music, comics 'n books (we won't me...
Posted by manik on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST

Bang gig

So, one has to soldier on, and as music feed the soul (well certainly mine) we gotta get out! Caught The Bang at Trailer Park last night, very impressive. Very post- Postcard, elements of Teardrop Exp...
Posted by manik on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:00:00 PST