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Ivan

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About Me

Talk talk!

My Interests

Rock and roll records -45 RPM, walking in the woods, dancing- fast & slow, girls, pistacchio ice cream, Art Nouveau, buttons, singing with my r'n'r band NERVOUS SHAKES : hear us on www.myspace.com/nervousshakes

I'd like to meet:

People but don't get too close....unless your name is Annette!

Music:

ROCK AND ROLL , Country, Western, Rockabilly, tango, german and cuban torch singers of the 30's and 40's, north italian mountain choirs: Peaches, Bobbie Gentry, Patsy Cline, June Carter & Johnny Cash, Tony Bennett, glam & 70's punk rock'n'roll, Wanda Jackson, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Aaron Presley , Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison & the Teen Kings, Massimo Ranieri, Little Richard, the Animals, the Beatles, the Everly Brothers ,Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Slade ,Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Julie London, Zarah Leander, Hildegard Knef, Irma Thomas, Solomon Burke, Marvin Gaye, Little Jimmie Scott, Etta James, Ronettes, Shangri Las, Crystals, Gene Pitney, Patty Pravo, Bongo Joe, the Cramps, the Ramones, Gun Club, les Dogs, les New York Dolls, le VU, the Lovin' Spoonfull, Blondie, Mink de Ville, Revelons, Stiv Bators & the Dead Boys, the Pagans, Waldos, Heartbreakers, Fleshtones, Zantees, Comateens, the Downbeat 5, DMZ, Real Kids, Lyres, the Dawgs, Customs, Triple Thick, Teenage Head, the Bopcats, les Mongols, the Baby Shakes, the Groovie Ghoulies, the Eddie Haskells, Reigning Sound, Undertones, Groovie Ghoulies,Queers, Muffs, Redd Kross, Pat Todd, Lazy Cowgirls, Humpers, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Dop Massacre et Melody Massacre, Adriano Celentano, Kid Congo Powers, Jeff Dahl, the Barracudas, Jeremy Gluck, Bruce Joyner & the Reconstruction, LX Chilton & the Panther Burns, Lorette Velvette & the Hellcats, Daniel Darc, the Gogo's, les Friggs, the Radio Reelers & the Leghounds, the Soda Pop Kids, les Gore Gore Girls, Katerine, les Hatepinks, B52's, James Osterberg, Scott Morgan and the Rationals, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the Fondas, ? & the Mysterians, Golden Earring, Rubettes, Buzzcocks, Sparks, Modern Lovers, Roxy Music, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Guy Marchand, Bourvil, Lucienne Delyle, Marlene Dietrich, Mr Airplane Man, the Scarecrows (Brussels 82-83), Acetylene, les Mad V', Hara' Kiri, Marie France & Jacques Duvall and of course Lange Jojo -his early 70's stuff is boss, hoss, Cowboy Joe!!!

Movies:

La strada, Paris Texas, Night of the hunter, In the mood for love, Polyester, Down by law, Jailhouse Rock, The girl can't help it, Santa sangre, On the waterfront, Les Chansons d'Amour and all Aki Kaurismaki & Hal Hartley movies

Television:

See no evil!

Books:

Everything by Proust, Steinbeck, Wilde, Capote

Heroes:

The Geator with the heater!!!! the Boss with the hot sauce : Jerry Blavat (eternal thanx to Ben Vaughn & friend for the movie on YouTube) , biologists & scientists (not the aussie band), Elvis Aaron Presley, Ricky Nelson, Michel Colucci, Lino Ventura, JJ Rassler, Rev Norb, Divine, Gene Vincent, my mom and a girl called Annette* of the Annette et Pascualino Radio Show (Radio Campus Brussels 107.2)

My Blog

Playlist Sequence du Snot’ 30 mars 08-NY, NY

intro: Fleshtones ’The dreg- Fleshtone 77’1 Dion and the Belmonts ’I wonder why’2 Evie Sands ’I can’t let go’ -une erreur, un beau morceau mais fuckin’ ...
Posted by Ivan on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:34:00 PST

45’s only on saturday at Belles Chaussures op’nin’ party

As promised, le Rockin’ Cat will play 45 RPM’s on his old Teppaz player on saturday from 6 to ? at le vernissage des Belles Chaussures in downtown Brussels; rnr, twist, yeye and other swin...
Posted by Ivan on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:40:00 PST

Belles Chaussures opening postponed end march

Next Rockin' Cat appereance is march 21: Wild Rockin' Party, hosted by the Brussels Billy Boys at The Puller, Rijkenhoekstraat, 37 in Grimbergen (1850 Belgium); two live bands - the Bop-a-Tones and Ne...
Posted by Ivan on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:23:00 PST

Playlist La Sequence du Snotrebel feb 24 2008

'Say yes to Michigan!' Special1 Santo & Johnny 'Bullseye'2 Johnny Powers 'Long blond hair & red rose lips'3 Nathanael Mayer 'Village of love'4 ? and the Mysterians 'Girl, are you for real?'5 Iguanas '...
Posted by Ivan on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:08:00 PST

Opening of Les Belles Chaussures

de Mademoiselle Francois, a store of classy italian shoes in downtown Brussels: Rue des Teinturiers, 11 in 1000 Brussels; Rockin' Cat Ivan will be playing scratchy 45's on his Teppaz Balad with his pa...
Posted by Ivan on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:00 PST

Playlist ’La sequence du Snotrebel’ 27 jan 08 Radio Judaica Brussels

27 jan 081 Santo and Johnny 'Bullseye'2 Elvis Presley 'That's allright mama'3 Gene Vincent 'race with the devil'4 Nervous Eaters 'Loretta'5 Fleshtones ' The dreg - Fleshtone 77'6 Bossen 'Little Ramona...
Posted by Ivan on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:42:00 PST

Radio on!

the second coming of 'La sequence du Snotrebel';sequel 2 since Olivier laffineur of the Alpha Rock Show kindly invited me to spread the word (the bird!) on Radio Judaica every third or fourth sunday;9...
Posted by Ivan on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:37:00 PST

Party time in Brussels dec 15th at dadas

Sophisticated Boom Boom! Garage-yeye-rocknroll party on sat dec the 15th at cafe dada, rue de la Violette in downtown Brussels; same sidewalk as Goupil le Fol -from 10pm to...From Elvis to Blondie to ...
Posted by Ivan on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:37:00 PST

Rocknroll friday in Opwijk Belgium

Texas Terri + the Briefs + Enemy Rose + 1 band TBA + punk'n'roll dj Viperellaat JH Nijdrop in Opwijk, central Belgium;organized by Make Trouble! -see flyer on comments pagewww.myspace.com/hermannothi...
Posted by Ivan on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:12:00 PST

Et encore dans le Snot:

Aussi au menu l'incommensurable (et inmesurable) Jacques Duvall, milliards!
Posted by Ivan on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:49:00 PST