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MUSIC IS MY LIFE.
I am a veteran music journalist and champion of the underground!
A m.a.d. (multimedia art dissident) artist.
A lazy writer with a dry sense of humor.
A good dancer and a passionate animal lover.
I was born in northern Italy and lived all over the UK before recently landing in southern Spain. I have a good old mix of ancient genes in my DNA: Celtic, Mediterranean and Mongolian. As far as my physical aspect is concerned, the Celtic genes have prevailed, hence the pale skin, the green eyes and the natural hint of copper in the hair, while the Mediterranean genes have largely defined my culinary preferences! My other and more exotic ancestry has always had a very strong hold on my psyche. Since I was a kid (as well as playing football in my AC Milan kit) I was fascinated by the nomadic societies of Central and Eastern Asian roots.
Today my personal life-philosophy is a very happy and satisfactory blend of thoroughly rational, evolutionistic a-theism and unorthodox tantric buddhism. I guess that makes me a modern day epicurean:
I am aware that god(s) is (are) manâ€™s own invention;
I regard mutual respect and friendship as the cornerstones of life in general;
I feel no shame or guilt in indulging in my favorite pleasures;
I have a deep fascination for sex as the mighty powerful engine operating within the cycles of life & death. (Of course, this means that I have always acknowledged and embraced â€œthe darker sideâ€ as an integral part of what we are).
Please refer to my Interests and Music list to find out more about me. If you like what you see, send me a request! And if you hear from me first, it will be out of genuine interestâ€¦

My Interests

MYSTERY FLAME ART Â© 2006FLUROPAINTINGS OF BIRMINGHAM(UK)BY MYSTERY FLAME.
ALTAN URAG, awesome band from Mongolia.
I like travelling & meeting people, gigs & festivals, contemporary art, ancient & futuristic architecture, Futurism, Minimalism, Fluxus, Exit, Space Age & Pop Art, poetry, philosophy, buddhism (as a philosophy), tibetan tantric art, tantric sex, martial arts, meditation, shamanic traditions, quantum physics & cosmology, mountains, stormy cliffs, deserted beaches, all animals - cats & felines in particular...
ALL ANIMALS ARE BEAUTIFUL: THEY ARE NOT INFERIOR BEINGS ONLY GOOD FOR EXPLOITATION OR AMUSEMENT, BUT CREATURES WHO SHARE OUR GENETIC POOL. WE ARE ANIMALS TOO, LET'S STOP PRETENDING OTHERWISE FOR A CHANGE!.... MY LIL HUNTER...
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER: ADOPT A HOMELESS KITTY! DONâ€™T BUY YOUR DOG OR CAT FROM A PET SHOP, THIS CRUEL PRACTICE SHOULD BE ILLEGAL (already is in the UK). USE SHELTERS OR OFFICIAL BREEDERS ONLY! ALWAYS NEUTER YOUR PET!!!

Last but not least, I'm into football (AC MILAN FOREVER!) and follow sport in general.

I'd like to meet:

If you are a band or an artist, click away and be sure I will actually listen to your music.
If your profile is set to private, please message me first.
I am here to interact with interesting people so, once you are welcomed amongst my friends, if you donâ€™t make a genuine effort you will be eventually deleted.
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Music:

I LOVE ALL ALTERNATIVE MUSIC! Here's some of the bands I dig:
After Death, Air, Al Di Meola, All About Eve, Alec Empire, Allan Holdsworth, Altan Urag, Amebix, Antisect, (The) Antirealists, Aphex Twin, Arab Strap, Asian Dub Foundation, Atari Teenage Riot, At the Drive-in, Atheist, Bathory, Bauhaus, Beck, (The)Bezerker, Black Sabbath, Biosphere, Birthday Party, Black Flag, Bolt Thrower, Butthole Surfers, Cabaret Voltaire, Candlemass, Carcass, Carpatian Forest, Cathedral, Celestial, Celtic Frost, Christian Death (With Rozz Williams), (The) Church, Clan of Xymox,(The) Clash, Clock DVA, Cocteau Twins, Conflict, Converge, Coroner, Crass, Cynic, Coltrane, Cult of Luna, (The) Cure, Daath, Dave Clarke, David Bowie, David Holmes, David Sylvian, Death, Death in Vegas, Deftones, Deicide, Depeche Mode, dEUS, Diamanda Galas, Die Kreuzen, Dimmu Borgir, Dirt, Discharge, Disorder, DJ Shadow, Dream Theatre,Einsturzende Neubauten, Emperor, Ennio Morricone, Entombed, Faithless, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Flaming Lips, FSOL, Nina Hagen, Gary Husband, GBH, Gojira, Gotan Project, (The) Gutter Twins, Hard-ons, Huun Huur Tuu, Interpol, Isis, Lamb of God, (The) Liberators, Loop Guru, Luke Slater, Jamiroquai, Jason Becker, (The) Jesus & Mary Chain, John Foxx, Kate Bush, Kenji Siratori, Killing Joke, Killwhitneydead, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, Kreator, Kyuss, Logical Progression Sessions, Machine Head, Manmademan, Mansun, Mark Lanegan, (all the) Marleys, The Mars Volta,
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Massive Attack, Mastodon, (The)Melvins, Mercyful Faith, Meshuggah, (The) Meteors, Ministry, Mogwai, Monster Magnet, Motorhead, Miles Davies, Muse, Napalm Death, Natasha Atlas, Negazione, Neneh Cherry, NIN, Nocturnus, Nunchukka Superfly, Obituary, Paco De Lucia, Omni Trio, One Man's Child, Opeth, The Orb, Ozric Tentacles, Paul Draper, Pavlovâ€™s Dog, Pestilence, PJ Harvey, PIL, Pink Floyd, Portal, Portishead, Prodigy, QOTSA, Radiohead, Rozz Williams, RÃ¶yksopp, Rush, Scorn, (The)Screaming Trees, Secret Machines, Sepultura, Sigur Ross, Sikth, Siouxie & the Banshees, Soulfly, SOAD, Sparklehorse, Steve Vai, (The)Stray Cats, (The)Strokes, St. Vitus, Swans, Tangerine Dream, Terry Riley, This Mortal Coil, Thrills, Tool, Transglobal Underground, Throbbing Gristle, Tricky, Trouble, Turin Brakes, UMEK, Venom, Voivod, Wire, etcâ€¦ SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUND!!! MYSTERY FLAME ARTÂ©2006 MYSTERY FLAME ARTÂ©2006

Movies:

A film on the legendary DIE KREUZEN? Dan get writing!!!
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MONGOL: LOVE GENHIS KAHN!
I LOVE MANGA, martial art films, David Lynch, Akira Kurosawa, Dario Argento and Tarantino.
FAVE NEW FILM: ALEX AND HER ARSE TRUCK by Sean Conway. Check it out if you can!!!
Mainstream: The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Million Dollar Hotel, K-Pax, Born Equal, Gattaca, The Deep Blue, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Cube, Leon, Brokeback Mountain, Fight Club, Taxi Driver, Scarface, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, A Clockwork Orange, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Natural Born Killers, Interview with the Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Minority Report, Vanilla Sky, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1&2, Crash, Lock Stock and Smoking Barrels, 28 Days Later, Trainspotting, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Seven Years in Tibet, Kundun, Akira, etcâ€¦ MYSTERY FLAME ARTÂ©2006

Television:

Books:

Heroes:

Crass - Mother Earth

Add to My Profile | More Videos True to my punk background, I donâ€™t buy into the concept of hero. Bowie, Penny Rimbaud, Leonardo Da Vinci, David Bohm, Epicurus, Siddartha, Genghis Kahn or Attila the Hun are/were just people with a superb ability to push themselves and their surrounding boundaries and I admire them very much. Also, here are a few of the "big players" in the world of contemporary art I am interested in: Don Judd, James Turrell, Marina Abramovic, Beyus, Banksy, Chris Cunningham, Floria Sigismondi, Mariko Mori, Grayson Perry, Olafur Eliasson, Bill Viola, Zaha Hadid. Side shot of an incredible piece of architecture to be found in Birmingham (UK) city-centre. LOVE IT!!!
manu le malin
.. DARK, UNDERGROUND TECHNO: my idea of a good night out! THAT'S UNTIL I'VE BUILT MY OWN SPACESHIP, OF COURSE; EMULATING THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LUCY LASTIQUE: A TRUE ASPIRATION OF MINE...
EDâ€™S FURRY FUCKING GUIDE TO METAL: MY SENSE OF HUMOUR IS NOT ALWAYS SUBTLE HAHA!!! BRUMMIE METALLERS (that means from Birmingham UK)TAUGHT ME A THING OR TWO :)
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NOW, THIS IS FOR MY OWN PLEASURE: MY PLATONIC INFATUATION FOR PAUL DRAPER WILL NEVER END... six
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Finally, if you have scrolled all the way down this page, I can only thank you with one of my favourite songs ever:
manic street preachers
Under neon loneliness
Motorcycle emptyness...

My Blog

HOW EMPIRES END

American dream, American nightmare By Nick Louth, MSN It was in August 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, that TV viewers around the world first started to question whether America ...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:52:00 PST

JUST HATE

A few considerations on an article seen today on MSN News. Human evolution is grinding to a halt, according to a leading genetics expert. Prof Jones, from the Department of Genetics, Evolution ...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:58:00 PST

A GIRL CAN DREAM...

This is my dream, my life-time journey mapped out by the power of childhood fantasies of wilderness and freedom, adulthood dreams of tantric perfection and the almighty strength of an ancient genetic ...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:06:00 PST

HAPPILY UPDATING MY FRIENDS

Y'day I received a lovely compliment that made my day, and I feel I have to publicly boast about it (I'm not fishing for more, honest: I'm just pleased with myself)! My physiotherapist, aware of the r...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:13:00 PST

BUM NOTES & CRUELTY

I'm not joking, last night I was getting ready to go to bed when I heard a flamenco guitar playing outside my bedroom window. Judging from the bum notes, it was not someone's car stereo. Unfortunately...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:52:00 PST

BODY PARTS

This article from The Science Channel was brought to my attention by a friend (cheers mate!), it's the TOP TEN of USELESS BODY PARTS: "10. Plica semilunaris -- You may not know it, but you have a thir...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:17:00 PST

NEW BAND(S) OF THE WEEK

BLACKIE & RAY: THE SPIRIT OF OZ (THE HARD-ONS & NUNCHUKKA SUPERFLY FOREVER!) I've been gagging to put these guys on here for a while; to me they represent the free spirit of Oz that is in all of us, s...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:21:00 PST

BAND OF THE WEEK

FOR THE SERIES: BAND OF THE WEEK An almost regular feature where I can rant about the music I love to my heart's content! (WARNING: Expect my music taste to be as variegated as the scales of ...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:19:00 PST

MARK LANEGAN: NUFF SAID.

I had one last hopeless go at finding all the band photos I took during the years, but the large cardboard box marked as "Very Important" has gone, for good. I have lost all sorts of things during my ...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:28:00 PST

INTERVIEW WITH PENNY RIMBAUD (CRASS)

Highly controversial and bloody wonderful CRASS' PENNY RIMBAUD is still a driving force within the alternative art-world, is an inspiring natural-born agent-provocateur and a genuinely thoughtful huma...
Posted by Mystery Flame on Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:00 PST