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Alan Neilson

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About Me

ALAN NEILSON'S "The Birthday e.p." IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD FROM iTUNES AND FROM FOPP! RECORD SHOPS. BUY ONE AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS TO BUY ONE TOO......................................................... ............................................................ ...................."I could tell you a load of stuff about me; you know, a list of where, when and why, but who cares?You just need to know that although sometimes I sing as if I'm unhappy, I am fundamentally a happy optimist... at worst, a realist who only believes in chaos.A lot of my songs tend to be based around love and relationships. My philsophy is this: nothing is certain.. don't take anything for granted.. love and live life.I just think that this world is all we've got.. when you understand that you are born on your birthday, you are alive, and then you are not alive, it makes everything very clear... don't waste a second...tick, tick ............................................................ ............................................................ ...................Misc. facts about a neilson:Favourite drink: Strawberry Nesquik....................Favourite song: Tin Solder by Small Faces.....................Favourite Food: Chicken Dhansak or Steak Flavoured Roysters or Caramacs................Favourite Word: Poo..............Favourite Films: Star Wars; The Apartment; Amelie; Broadway Danny Rose.............." . a. neilson (2007)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/24/2005
Band Website: elementaryprod.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Alan Neilson
Influences: Elliott Smith; The Sundays; Belle & Sebastian; Billy Bragg; David Bowie; Frank Black; Ed Harcourt; P.i.L; The Mekano Set: Jo Stapleton; Arcade Fire; Aimee Mann; Sam Cooke; Steve Marriot; Liverpool FC; Bright Eyes; Morrissey; Ultrasound; Aqualung; Jeff Buckley; Eg and Alice; Talking Heads; Joy Division; Bobby Conn; Echobelly; Theatre of Hate; Tricky; Sufjan Stevens; Charles and Minnie Allen
Sounds Like: Bright Eyes; Elliott Smith; Billy Bragg
Record Label: elementary recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

So.. middle-aged then I guess?

It comes to each of us eventually I suppose. But today the final nail was hammered into the coffin that is my youth.. well it was a shed actually. I now have a shed; tis true. And not even an excit...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:25:00 PST

Riots in Cradley Heath - NEILSON GOES ELECTRIC

At the Wizard and Glass, in Cradley Heath (West Midlands, UK) on Saturday night, women cried and men fought in the aisles as Alan Neilson played a set (supporting local gods of music Chevron) armed no...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:22:00 PST

The Birthday ep is now on iTunes

Back of the net!Yes beerly deloved, The Birthday ep finally gets onto iTunes. Search for Alan Neilson or Birthday ep and hand over your seventy-nine pennies! You beautiful people knows it makes sens...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:34:00 PST

The Birthday ep back in the shops

Hello fans,I thought you'd want to know that if you missed the chance to purchase my "Birthday ep", released on elementary recordings, that it is now on sale at the Fopp Record Shop in Merry Hill, Bri...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Sat, 19 May 2007 09:56:00 PST

Me and Bobby (Mc) C

The god of CABARENA (which is the art of mixing caberet and arena style music for a small but elite crowd of music/art lovers), Mr Bobby Conn, is back in my life. With a stunning new LP and a tour wh...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:52:00 PST

Fresh songs, getcha new songs. Three for a pound.

Yes you good, good people. Listen to 3, get 1 one free on Alan Neilson's myspace site, today and for the rest of time... but remember time is finite, because although the universe is infinite, it is ...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:23:00 PST

Aeneas Ainsley is unleashed after 13 years

Aeneas Ainsley, the star of "Portrait: Of A Teenage Diary.." has finally been released following his original screening way back in 1994. The old 8mm master tapes have been digitised, cleaned up and ...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:30:00 PST

Chris Martin must be stopped making records

Chris Martin should be made to listen to my anus opening and closing (the same way I have had to endure years of airplay of his farts, I mean songs)I finally worked out how bands like Coldplay and U2,...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:15:00 PST

Appealing to the masses

I just thought you all might find my new video as funny as I did; it's of a headbutting tortoise, well shellbutting really.. it is actual footage I took in my local reptile house.  This is a poss...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:46:00 PST

Crisis over... it was just a bad case of wind

Yeah, I feel better now.  Mainly due to getting on with my life.  It was just boredom that was tricking me into thinking I wanted something else in my life.  Two things got me out of it...
Posted by Alan Neilson on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:47:00 PST