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Andy Skank

PROMOTER & DJ

About Me

I live in Northampton with my wife Fran. I have 3 boys, Alfie & Rudy,and Dan. Love going Gigs & Festivals,and going on adventures with the Kids. ,Cycling/Camping/ Sunny Days / & Dancing/and my garden shed. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// center

My Interests

I spend a lot of time at ,Northamptons,friendliest venue,the Labour club,where I work sorting,the entertainment,and stuff.to see whats on there check out.www.northamptonbands.co.uk Also i DJ at partys & Festivals for more info; www.skanksoundsystem.co.uk

Music:

Tinariwen/ LO,JO/Sidestepper/Manu Chao/Lee Perry/Fela Kuti /Fourtet/Retro Spankees/ Culture/ Jimmy Cliff/Augustus Pablo/Quantic/Ruts/UPsetters/The Necks/Taraf de Haidouks/Kocani Orkestar/Konono number 1/Kasai allstars/Tea and Toast band/Ivor Cutler/Tom Waits/The Pepper Box/ Magnetic Fields /Nick Cave / Fat Freddys Drop / Skatalites /Toots & the Maytals/ The Fall / Columbus & Crusoe / Lee Dorsey / Who / Small Faces / Doves / Spirtualized/David Byrne/Don Drummond/Underworld//Jam/Terry Hall/Josh Wink/Edwin Starr /Mrs Pilgrimm //Tricky/Smiths/Slits/Nouvell Vauge/Talking Heads Sam Cooke/Stereolab/Pulp/Bhundu Boys/Billy Bragg/Clash/Ian Dury/Massive Attack/ Go Team/Velvet underground/Jah Shaka/Duod/St Germaine/Martina Topley Bird/Kinks/Nick Drake/Cat Power/the Congos/

Movies:

One Flew Over The Cuckoos nest / Cry Freedom / Wish You Were Here /Last exit to Brooklyn/ Toy Story / The Incredibles / Withnail & I / Kes / Saturday Night Sunday Morning/ Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind / The Railway Children / To kill a mockinbird / Spirted Away / The Sunshine Boys/ Fargo / As Good as it gets / O Brother where art Thou / Les Amant du pont neuf / Rabbit proof fence/ Cinema Paradiso / Girl on a Bridge / Motorcycle Diaries / 12 Angry Men / Blair witch project /Powaqqatsi /Koyaanisqatsi/ matilda /Brokeback Mountain/

Books:

Cider With Rosie/ The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test / Ripley boogle/Travels with my trombone/ As I walked out one midsummers morning/ Rude Boy,once upon atime in jamaica.

Heroes:

John Peel

My Blog

THE WOODENTOPS @ The labour club Northampton 10th June

Legendary ROUGH TRADE band are to play a show at the Labour club on Sunday 10th June Signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records, they released a series of singles in 1985 and their debut al...
Posted by Andy Skank on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:35:00 PST

JUNE /MUSIC@LABOUR CLUB

Friday 01 Jun MASTERS OF BUDVAR presents Plasticsoul / The Pepper Box DJ Baldylocks and MC Schadenfreude Saturday 02 Jun RETROTONIC presents JAVAFUSS with MILLERS HAG myspace...
Posted by Andy Skank on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:03:00 PST

MUSIC@Labour club for MAY

sday 02 May BEAT WEDNESDAY Unpluged acoustic acts playing upstairs 9pmhosted by Joe Woolley Friday 04 May MASTERS OF BUDVAR presents TIM CHAPLIN / WILL HALL Saturday 05 May RE...
Posted by Andy Skank on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:51:00 PST

MUSIC@LABOUR CLUB ---APRIL

Friday 06 Apr MASTERS OF BUDVAR presents WILSON / THEY CAME FROM THE STARS I SAW THEM Saturday 07 Apr RETROTONIC presents Prego & Ben Johnson This month's Retrotonic we have ...
Posted by Andy Skank on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:39:00 PST

PREGO @ Labour club Sat 7th April

This month's Retrotonic we have London five piece Prego. Tipped for the top by Steve Lamacq and vote in the top 5 of Rocksound magazine's Top 100 for 2007; these guys are on the verge of being as big ...
Posted by Andy Skank on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:06:00 PST

THE SURGENS @labour club FRIDAY 16th MARCH

Make sure you get down to The Labour Club on Friday 16th March to see an amazing band that have had INCREDIBLE reviews playing in the Famp for the FIRST TIME. That's right - you get to see The Surgen...
Posted by Andy Skank on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:20:00 PST

MARCH MUSIC@LABOUR CLUB

Friday 02 Mar MASTERS OF BUDVAR presents BLACK CARROT plus PAT FISHDJ James AcasterBlack Carrot display a high degree of inventiveness in extemporising without stepping on each other or ...
Posted by Andy Skank on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:43:00 PST

Febuary@ Labour Club/ Northampton

FRIDAY 16th Febuary8 MILES HIGHTheir influences go as far back as the 1960's such as The Kinks, The Who, The Small Faces and David Bowie. Their influences are a definite reflection on their live perfo...
Posted by Andy Skank on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:22:00 PST

PETE MOLINARI @ labour club Saturday 3rd FEB

RETROTONIC Featuring Retrotonic DJsGuest DJ Jimmy Rufflive music from PETE MOLINARIPete Molinari is a folk blues singer/songwriter of Egyptian / Maltese parentage, raised in from Chatham, ...
Posted by Andy Skank on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:56:00 PST

BROKEN SHACKLE TABERNACLE Fri 26th Jan@Labour club

Napoleon IIIrd Pagan Wanderer Lu Joe Woolley 8pm-12am Cost: FREE This is not your typical indie show. The second in a series of shows at the Earl Street club organised by, lets not be shy, legendar...
Posted by Andy Skank on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:33:00 PST