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richard

I can talk to the animals

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Oscar Wilde, Kristin Hirsh, Julie Burchill, Mark E Smith, David Lynch.

Music:

SHOUTY GIRL-PUNK RULES! "You don't like nice music" (SM). "You only like stuff that's wilfully obtuse" (SD). "You only like awkward" (SB). "You're a cunt" (SD) "you're a sad cunt who rushes into things too quickly" (AAB) DIE! DIE! DIE!, The Chap, Park Attack, Bikini Kill, Huggy Bear, The Young Knives, Franz Ferdinand, mclusky, Liars, Dada Swing, Kania Teiffer, Cantankerous, Xerox Teens, Earth, PiL, Gang of Four, The Cure, Sonic Youth, Shellac, Girls against Boys, The Fall, Stereolab, Manic Cough, The Hot Puppies, REM, David Bowie, Gertrude, Biere, Shrag, Crack Und Ultra Eczema, Erase Errata, Theoretical Girl, Trouble vs Glue, Paradise Island, Ladyfuzz, Kaito, Goldfrapp, Girls against Boys, Acoustic Ladyland, The Stooges, Chemical Brothers, Pavement, PJ Harvey, The Ken Ardley Playboys, Crimes of the Future, CSS, Jesus Lizard, Nirvana, Pixies, Throwing Muses, 50ft Wave, Electrelane, Nick Cave, The Birthday Party, The Grates, Echo and the Bunnymen (first four albums), The Holy Bible (MSP), The Art Goblins, Talking Heads, The Pop Group, The Human League, Magazine, The Slits, Joy Division, Wire, Art Brut, and anyone else that I either can't remember, or haven't heard yet...

Movies:

Eraserhead

Television:

Seinfeld, Father Ted, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Cracker, Cheers, Frasier, The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, etc

Books:

Burroughs, Bukowski, Amis, Self, Chomski, DBC Pierre, John Irving, Fitzgerald, Hardy, Dostoevsky, Dickens, Kafka, Iain Banks, + more, when I get the time...

Heroes:

Mark E Smith, Charles Bukowski, Oscar Wilde, Picasso, Vernon God Little, Hunter S Thompson, friends who wish me well and who are happy that something is finally going right for me, Michael Stipe, Kristin Hirsh, Julie Burchill, The Joker, King Kong.

My Blog

Brighton Rocks!

The Great Escape was excellent. See FRINKmusic.com and the next issue of Artrocker to find out why...
Posted by richard on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:02:00 PST

Comatose

I was invited to three things last night, but fell asleep for 12 hours and missed all of them.
Posted by richard on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:00:00 PST

Sad

I'm very sad, because THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD, Erase Errata, just cancelled their gig in London next week, due to health issues (get better soon!). They also had to cancel lots of other dates all o...
Posted by richard on Fri, 11 May 2007 04:54:00 PST

Stupid things I've done whilst interviewing people - part 1

Liars I was about to interview respected experimental rock band, Liars, in their chalet, at the ATP festival. I began to ask the first question. I finished asking the question. Angus, frontman, l...
Posted by richard on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:11:00 PST

Artrocker v NME part 2

So, another day, another DJ standoff. Me and Tim Chester, to be precise. Key words: people dancing/team stuff/got on well/huge hangover. You can read all about it - in full - here: www.frinkmusic.com...
Posted by richard on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:07:00 PST

Tiny Masters of Highbury

Tiny Masters of Today They are 11 years old and they sound like Sonic Youth. And they're playing at Artrocker next Tuesday. Need I say more?...
Posted by richard on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:29:00 PST

Awards

The Richard Artrocker Awards 2006 Go to:   Best new band: Future of the Left Best British Band: Kaiser Chiefs (only joking) Victorian English Gentlemens Club Best International Band: Erase Errat...
Posted by richard on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:41:00 PST

Fierce

Fierce Panda 13th birthday report I'm determined to present the facts as they are, so here goes... I was hired to DJ for this event, at the two-room venue, Electrowerks, and was looking forward to it...
Posted by richard on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:19:00 PST

Artrocker vs NME - the latest

Lessons learnt on both sides... At a recent festival in Norway (By:Larm), Richard Artrocker (that'll be me), came head-to-head with the NME's representative, Rob Webb. On the first occasion (let'...
Posted by richard on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:11:00 PST

Bands who turn out to be idiots

Working for a music mag, you quite often get to meet people that you admire, musically. You hope that they're going to live up to your expectations. Most of the time, they do. Occasionally, however, y...
Posted by richard on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:01:00 PST