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Jana

Punk's Not Dead !

About Me

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A vegetarian for most of my life, living in Prague, working as NGO director (human rights and social justice area + ICT in humanitarian work) ... most of my time is taken by work, but I still love spending time on the Net, meeting people, communicating, administering my boards, going to concerts (! - best way to get off the stress), reading as much as I can ... and I love learning new stuff ! ...I shall not forget, some people across the NET know me as "Mellon" ... ... You are welcome to visit me at boards @ http://mellon.proboards4.com or @ http://mellon.topcities.com : hell lot of years under re-construction, LOL.

Perhaps I shall add few words about my background when it comes to music interests ...

In the mid 70s and throughout 80s I was involved in a semi-underground cultural thing called JAZZ SECTION of the Czech Musicians Union ... it was an all-volunteer association: i.e. we didnt work for money but troubles with the then policia, lol; we had a membership of ... For the rest of it GO HERE
List of gigs and summer fests planned to attend in 2007



Rebellion Punk Fest - Blackpool, 9-12 Aug. 2007 - photos @ the Blog section

My Interests


Web site: http://www.janachrzova.net

Early medieaval history (esp. Ireland, Britain), photography, trekking / mountains, travelling, computers / ICT, internet; metal / HC / punk ... gigs & fests; select literature .... Oh btw. I drink only occasionally however my hobby is to collect rums (aged rums especially) - sick, isnt it ?; But then and in result, I came to be an expert in the Caribbean geography :-)))

I'd like to meet:


Music:

("Extreme") metal, hard core, punk (gigs / fests ... as long as there is something really interesting around / nearby incl. U.K., Germany I just jump on bus, train, easyjet etc. and go !) ...
As for the bands (in no specific order here): Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb, Exploited, G.B.H., Hatebreed, Sick of it all, Pantera, Superjoint Ritual, Machine Head, Motorhead, Brujeria, Agnostic Front, Anthrax, Slayer, Napalm Death, Sworn Enemy, Jello Biafra / Dead Kennedys, Ratos de Porao, Cataract, Kataklysm, Pro-Pain, Ministry, Varukers, Resistance 77, UK SUBS, Conflict, Sick56, Subhumans, 3CR, Oi Polloi, Crass, Anti Nowhere League, Texas Terri ... SoD, Ill Nino, Devildriver, Finntroll, Satyricon, Graveworm, Chimaira ...
and then from my early years people like Capt. Beefheart (any time !!!), early Frank Zappa, Iggy Pop / Stooges, The Fugs, Elliott Sharp, Residents, Faust, Guru Guru, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Henry Cow, This Heat, Pere Ubu, Magma, Can, Amon Duul, Art Zoyd, Laurie Anderson, PJ Harvey ... Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, oh yes and Rolling Stones, KEITH RICHARDS, Ronnie Wood (+ I love his paintings) ....
and many many more ! When it comes to classic stuff : baroque + renaissance music, + I shall not forget Celtic music.... Hell I forgot to add Czech and Slovak bands .... so lets see who we have here : E!E, SPS, Konflikt, Benjaming Band, Visaci zmek, Nasrot, Plexis, Insania, Gloom .... bands of old : MCH Band, Extempore, Kilhets, Svehlik, Jeste jsme se nedohodli, Nahoru po schodisti dolu band, Zabi hlen, Uz jsme doma ... I will add more later as I recollect more : )

Stuck in my DVD player ...

Stuck in my CD player ...

Note: I have the full Slayer discography, but there are some other tracks and stuff … so why not

Some of the recent CDs acquisitions:

With Full Force 2007 - photos @ the Blog section

Movies:

Now and then ... I quite like Johnny Depp ... Oh yes, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the thing ! ... The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ... Coffee and Cigarettes ... MONTY PYTHON (Life of Brian is perhaps leading the MP list for me)

Television:

I hate television ! The only thing I tend to watch regularly are news ... and few music progs.

Books:

Anything by Hunter S. Thompson !!! ... Then variety of writers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anglo Saxon literature, early Irish literature (stuff like annals, early monastic rules, penitential books, early law texts ... wretched, eh ? :-) )

My Political Profile:-)
Overall: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Social Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Heroes:



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My Blog

Ulaanbaatar, April ý - 11: "report!

Ulaanbaatar, Apríl 7  11 (12), 2008 .... kind of eport   Mission organized by the Int. Organization for Migration in Prague as a pilot visit under the project Informed Migration from Mongo...
Posted by Jana on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:18:00 PST

Off to MONGOLIA ... update to follow

Yes, huge update is due ... apologies to all for my prolongd silence ... my life is a bit upside down since January 2 ... not bad, but totally crazy and somewhat absurd. I am off to Mongolia with...
Posted by Jana on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:28:00 PST

Merry Christmas .... Survival kit

Merry Chistmas &. Sorry for being late with my best wishes for the holidays (whichever way you choose to celebrate them) --- All my workoholic plans to make most of all the extra free days went to ...
Posted by Jana on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:26:00 PST

Some kind of update

I havent been much around recently - as usually - all due to work: just typical post-summer situation (which lasts almost all year round anyway  ). Even weekends in general suck, apart for s...
Posted by Jana on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:01:00 PST

Ascent of Rivnac Hill without use of oxygen / 2007

Traditions must be kept ... and if necessary ... revived. There is a hill called Rivnac near the place where I live. There used to be regular pilgrimages, especially when the rain was scarce and praye...
Posted by Jana on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:26:00 PST

Slideshows archive (gigs, fests)

NO MERCY FEST 2007 - Prague, AbatonDew Scented, Suffocation, Behemoth, Napalm Death, Moonspell ... Forever Will Burn, Betzefer, Sepultura @ Rock Cafe Prague - 10/03/2007 I have enti...
Posted by Jana on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:47:00 PST

Rebellion Punk Fest - Blackpool / Photos

REBELLION Punk Music Festival 2007  Blackpool 9  12 Aug. 2007 For the time being - here is the full set from the Rebellion punlk fest ... A kind of report only to follow !! Day 1 (http://mello...
Posted by Jana on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:54:00 PST

With Full Force 2007 - review

Right it took me some time to sit down my ass and provide at least some feedback / comments on this year With Full Force.   The thing is that  as always  I returned around 9 am on Monday (our t...
Posted by Jana on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:20:00 PST

With Full Force 2007 - photos

Here we go .... Some kind of mini-report will only follow ... it is rather late here so for the time being I am pasting just the URL for the web-gallery / the full photo-set. http://www.janachrzo...
Posted by Jana on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:43:00 PST

Kind of update / UPDATED :-)

I havent been much around lately for number of reasons .... first of all, life is currently reasonable and interesting though pretty hectic. I am combining 2 jobs (both more or less fu...
Posted by Jana on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:31:00 PST