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About Me

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Hi I am Andy N, a 34 beat-nick poet,
experimental music-maker, free-lance daydreamer,
aspiring novel-writer (1/2 way through first
novel), playwright.
I live in Manchester, UK - run my own webzine -
http://www.geocities.com/aen1mpo and am always
looking to meet people who are interesting, funny
and have something interesting to say about
themselves.
I also am involved in a few bands (some of which are
more serious than others I will warn you before I go
any further). They are all listed among my friends:
DIH which can be found at http://www.myspace.com/dihuk
(Think of Jack Kerouac jamming with The Aphex Twin)
Distance who can be found at http://www.myspace.com/distanceuk
(One for the Krautrock fans among you)
M.A.N. who are at http://www.myspace.com/manofficial
(One for 'Air' and 'Chemical Brothers' fans)
I also have my own poetry page which can
be found at http://www.myspace.com/andynpoetry

My Interests

Writing (I write poetry regularly Bits of prose Am halfway through my second novel and even bits of plays),I do vocals in one band, DIH and play instruments currently in three other bands B.A.N., M.A.N. and Distance.. Dont do gigs though as my vocalist in B.A.N. Lives in Italy, my vocalist in M.A.N. in Brighton and my Two partners in D.I.H BourenmouthI also like reading Am currently Paul Austers The Brooklyn Follies and have also recently read recently Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gainman as well as lots of good poetry currently enjoying poetry by Charles Bukowski and some of Helens which I found on my hard drive before and which I had forgot about

I'd like to meet:

People who are interesting and have something to say about themselves.

Music:

Christ, now there is where the fun starts As the owner / chief hack of Setting Sun (http://www.geocities.com/aen1mpo) - I am always discovering and enjoying new music but currently, favourites are in no particular order.. Red House Painters, July Skies, Epic 45, Chris Cook aka Hot Roddy and Same Actor, Anthony and the Johnsons, August Skies, Bela Emerson, Dennis Wilson (Ex Beach Boys), Flying Saucer Attack, Gram Parsons (Get hold of his live version of The New Soft Shoe), Isobel Campbell (Her new-ish album Broken of Broken Seas is beautiful), Jeff Buckley (Such a shame), Jenny Lewis with The Watson Lewis (Dont really like Rilo Kiley but Jenny Lewis solo is something else), Matt Elliott / Third Eye Foundation, Chris Cole aka Manyfigners, Music for Once, Caroline Martin, Ryan Adams, Zoe Konez, The Sundays, Laymar, The Blue Nile and so on really but this could change tomorrow and I am sure I have missed some off here (Bad memory I know!)

Movies:

Never watch as many as I should but currently Mirrormask, V for Vendetta, The Seventh Seal, Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, Amelie, Millers Crossing, wings of the Dove, anything by Bill Hicks, Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Finding Neverland, The Nightmare before Christmas, Backbeat, Metrolopis, Stealing Beauty, The Shawshank Redemption, Before Sunset, Betty Blue. Intermission.. As you can see I like all sorts of films, although I do tend to struggle with a lot of the big blockbusters

Television:

Never seem to watch a great deal to be honest.. Current favourites are 24, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Hustle and Alias.. As you can see I watch mostly action Based ones Sad I know but I like a bit of excitement when I watch TV, although I do like watching documentaries also but I couldnt name any to you though (Bad memory I know)

Books:

Books:Only just seen this and I half answered it above but oh well Currently reading: Paul Auster The Brooklyn Follies and once I have finished this I will then return to Joolz Denbys Borrowed Light Other favourites include Margaret Atwoods Cats Eye Tom Bakers (Doctor Who) The Boy who kicked pigs, some David Gemmell books The Last Guardian in particular I must admit though I rarely seem to get time for reading novels or books I am often too busy with life in general I do love writing poetry though Have been particular enjoying work recently by Derek Jarman, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Henry Normal, John Hegley and also work by my friends Orla Fay, Conor Duffy, Helen Banks and the people in my writing group

Heroes:

My hero is the people who make a difference in their lives Whether it is in a job where they can make a difference in their life Be it big or little Remember people have the power (Patti Smith).

My Blog

New extract to read

Dear all; This will be known to a few of you, but I have being working on a novel for a bit now, which I recently finished off.. Before I go any further with it, I am going to take a little break a...
Posted by andy on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:54:00 PST

New Release on 'HICC'

I am in the middle of three or four things as always, but I have just uploaded a brand new spoken word (poetry) album under my recording alias off 'Endless Dreamer' It can be downloaded for FREE he...
Posted by andy on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 12:59:00 PST

Poetry Listed on my poetry blogspot

Dear all;You may not have encountered this by now but I alsorun a poetry page on myspace.comHere are direct links to the pages published so farwhich contain some poems 'The End of the Innocence' http:...
Posted by andy on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:55:00 PST

New Interviews on 'Setting Sun'

Quiet time recently as in updates for the interviews section for 'Setting Sun' http://www.geocities.com/aen1mpo athough can be seen there has being a number of new interviews conducted since I las...
Posted by andy on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:38:00 PST

new page on myspace.com

I now have a myspace.com page which features my poetryhttp://www.myspace.com/andynpoetryCheck it out - spoken word recordings to follow!RegardsAndy N x
Posted by andy on Sun, 06 May 2007 02:16:00 PST

New Poetry Reading for downloading

Dear all;My writing performance group recently did a poetry reading - be it a very short reading at a place called Leigh Library on 14th April 2007. For your interest or maybe not, here is the link fo...
Posted by andy on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:11:00 PST

New Interviews on Setting Sun

Dear all;Two more new interviews on my webzine 'Setting Sun' - http://www.geocities.com/aen1mpo First up, is a artist called 'Beth McKinney' who is from Austin, TexasCopying from my own notes which le...
Posted by andy on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:03:00 PST

Latest News

After a quiet spell with music and projects.. things are starting to pick up - here is the latest news of what I am up or have in the bag for be it of a better word: After the recording and release of...
Posted by andy on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

new interviews on my webzine 'Setting Sun'

Dear all; Being waiting for permissions back from these bands before proceduring with this interviews and also health has got in the way (being ill for a few weeks with a chest infection) but at lo...
Posted by andy on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:58:00 PST

Happy Xmas

Happy Christmas all! My new blog is progressing very well (See link below) but in the meantime enjoy Christmas and speak to you all soon Andy N xx
Posted by andy on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:48:00 PST