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SEÁN

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i am a self-taught artist, writer and spoken word/sound experimentalist. i am from south africa originally but i now live in ireland. i do not define myself by nationality, race or religion but like others am influenced by my roots and experiences. i am here because i would like to meet like-minded people and make contacts in the fields of art, writing and music. creative energy is a positive forcefield, and more needed at this time in our history than ever before. just like blood and oxygen, it is vital. i am passionate about freedom of expression, human rights, ecology, the state of the world, the state of our very fragile and volatile humanity... i know that neither you nor i can effect positive change on our own, but am encouraged by the concept of a combined effort.
join the dots in art, music and writing; that is what i endeavour to do with my work.
i'd like to meet: publishers. promoters. art agents. film makers. actors. art lovers. artists. anti-artists. art revolutionaries. musicians. anti-musicians. music lovers. readers. writers. thinkers. dreamers. doers. individuals. mavericks. eccentrics. punks. dadaists. situationists. surrealists. visionaries. rastafarians. soul rebels. social activists. collaborators. friends.
i am an anti-stereotype!
"new art riot"
like everybody else i recieve invites from people whose profiles are set to private, if your profile is private please attach a short message. if you want to befriend me, or even if you are only visiting, welcome to my site fellow human!
disclaimer: if i publish something on here which sounds or looks like it might be personal, it doesn't automatically follow that it is about me or anybody else that i know for that matter. that is why the process is known as creative, but if you're an artist or a writer you already know that. i am also allowed to change my mind, seemingly contradict myself, stop and start over or even completely change direction; it is called life!
i have a page up at www.artistsilove.com
"mama"
all of the material on my site is protected by u.s. and international copyright laws. no republication or duplication of my intellectual property, in any form or medium, is permitted without my consent. if you would like to use something please ask me.
all my writing, art and music: COPYRIGHT © SEAN.D.REDDAN 1976-2008 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
"sharpening the swords"
a pen is always hard
it is always erect
it is always ready for action
writing
as long as it has ink
the canvas will drink
markings
bold fleshed out or pink
there can be no
retraction
of words
written in
living red
vein blue
unrepentant
black
words
written in
martyred blood
words of
revolution and love
war and peace
the fear and the
fury
of the live and the
dust
thoughts
of kings and queens
commoners and saints
under
the reigns
of present past
and
future days
spilled out onto the pages of
two thousand and eight
like male
memories
of a younger age
poured into a
ghostly
receptacle
a spectacle
of a tyrant erased
a maiden once saved
and crowned by
desire
the
library
of overcoming
history and
fire.
"rasta calm"
"close"
"merge"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2008
Band Website: seanreddan.com
Band Members: parallel:creativity.horizontal:i.vertical:relativity
Influences: by no means a definitive list some stuff that i like sound cinema print art: !!!/ 999/ abc/ absolute body control/ a certain ratio/ adam & the ants/ the adicts/ the adolescents/ adrian sherwood/ adult./ advertising/ the adverts/ african head charge/ the aggrolites/ alice cooper/ alien sex fiend/ alpha blondy/ all about eve/ altered images/ alternative tv/ ambra red/ amen/ androids of mu/ angelic upstarts/ anti pasti/ aphex twin/ arthur russell/ the art attacks/ ash/ asian dub foundation/ associates/ atari teenage riot/ athletico spizz 80/ at the drive-in/ augustus pablo/ the au pairs/ the auteurs/ avengers/ aztec camera/ bad brains/ bad religion/ bananarama/ bauhaus/ the bears/ beastie boys/ benjamin zephaniah/ the b-52's/ big audio dynamite/ big country/ big in japan/ big youth/ early: billy bragg/ billy childish/ bim sherman/ the birthday party/ björk/ blackbeard/ black flag/ black randy & the metrosquad/ black roots/ black slate/ black uhuru/ the blasters/ bloc party/ blondie/ blue oyster cult/ blur/ b movie/ bob marley/ boomtown rats/ boredoms/ the boys/ brian eno/ british sea power/ bunny wailer/ burning spear/ the bush tetras/ butthole surfers/ buzzcocks/ cabaret voltaire/ can/ captain beefheart/ carbon/silicon/ the cars/ the chameleons/ charge/ charlatans/ cheap trick/ chic/ chicks on speed/ china crisis/ chrisma/ chrome/ circle jerks/ civ/ the clash/ clan of xymox/ classix nouveaux/ client/ clock dva/ cocteau twins/ colourbox/ the comsat angels/ the concretes/ the congos/ cornershop/ the creation/ cramps/ crass/ creedence clearwater revival/ crime/ crispy ambulance/ the crowd/ the cult/southern death cult/ cult heroes/ culture/ culture club/ the cure/ cut copy/ daft punk/ daisy chainsaw/ the damned/ danielle dax/ the danse society/ david bowie/ david byrne/ deadbeats/ dead boys/ dead can dance/ dead kennedys/ dead or alive/ dead 60s/ death from above 1979/ delta 5/ dennis bovell/ dennis brown/ depeche mode/ descendents/ desmond dekker/ the detroit cobras/ devo/ the dictators/ dillinger/ discharge/ dna/ don letts/ donna summer/ the doors/ dr.alimantado/ the draytones/ dr feelgood/ dr.israel/ dub syndicate/ the duel/ duran duran/ dwarves/ '84/ eater/ echo & the bunnymen/ eddie & the hot rods/ eddie cochran/ eek-a-mouse/ einstürzende neubauten/ editors/ elastica/ electro, synthpop, e.b.m, industrial, electroclash & electropunk/ early rock & roll '56 - '65, too many to mention: bo diddley, buddy holly, chuck berry, elvis, gene vincent, link wray, little richard etc/ elvis costello & the attractions/ the enemy/ the english beat/ epoxies/ esg/ essential logic/ the exploited/ '56/ the fall/ fantasy mirrors/ fashion/ fischerspooner/ the flaming lips/ flamin' groovies/ flirts/ flock of seagulls/ flux of pink indians/ flying lizards/ frankie goes to hollywood/ frank zappa/ franz ferdinand/ freezepop/ front 242/ fugazi/ funkadelic/ the futureheads/ gang of four/ gary numan/ generation x/ giorgio moroder/ the germs/ girls at our best/ the gladiators/ go-betweens/ god & the state/ go-go's/ goldblade/ the good, the bad & the queen/ grace jones/ graham parker & the rumour/ grandmaster flash/ green day/ gregory isaacs/ guitar wolf/ the gun club/ haircut 100/ hard-fi/ havana 3am/ hawkwind/ the headboys/ henry badowski/ the heptones/ the hives/ hollywood brats/ honey bane/ horace andy/ the house of love/ h.r/ human league/ husker du/ ian dury & the blockheads/ iggy pop & the stooges/ ijahman/ the inmates/ international noise conspiracy/ interpol/ the itals/ the jam/ james chance & the contortions/ jamie reid/ jamie t/ japan/ jimmy cliff/ early new wave: joe jackson/ john cage/ john cooper clarke/ john foxx/ john peel/ john zorn/ jonathan richman & the modern lovers/ johnny clarke/ johnny moped/ johnny thunders & the heartbreakers/ jon spencer blues explosion/ josef k/ joy division/ judge dread/ junior murvin/ kaiser chiefs/ kate bush/ keith hudson/ killing joke/ the kinks/ early glam: kiss/ kitchen & the plastic spoons/ kleenex/liliput/ the klf/ kmfdm/ the knack/ kraftwerk/ laibach/ ladytron/ the la's/ laurie anderson/ lcd soundsystem/ leadbelly/ lee perry/ leftfield/ lene lovich/ le tigre/ liars/ linval thompson/ linton kwesi johnson/ liquid liquid/ long blondes/ lou reed/ love/ lucy & the teenage monster/ lush/ lurkers/ lydia lunch/ m/ madness/ madonna/ mad professor/ magazine/ malcolm mclaren/ manic street preachers/ martha & the muffins/ massive attack/ material/ matumbi/ max romeo & the upsetters/ mc5/ medium medium/ the mekons/ members/ metal urbain/ michael prophet/ midnight oil/ the mighty diamonds/ mikey dread/ mink deville/ ministry/ minor threat/ minutemen/ misfits/ the mission/ mission of burma/ misty in roots/ models/ modern english/ the monks; u.k/ the monks; u.s/ the monochrome set/ monyaka/ morrissey/ motels/ motor/ the motors/ moving units/ mudhoney/ musical youth/ my bloody valentine/ neu/ the new bomb turks/ new model army/ new order/ new york dolls/ nick cave & the bad seeds/ nico/ nikki & the corvettes/ nirvana/ nitzer ebb/ nofx/ the normal/ nouvelle vague/ oasis/ the offspring/ omd/ the only ones/ orange juice/ orbital/ original mirrors/ pagans/ the passions/ patrik fitzgerald/ patti smith/ paul weller/ peaches/ penetration/ pennywise/ pere ubu/ peter tosh/ pet shop boys/ phillip glass/ the photos/ pink floyd/ pink military/ the pioneers/ pixies/ plasmatics/ plastic bertrand/ the plastics/ the pogues/ poison idea/ the police/ polysics/ the pop group/ prefab sprout/ the prefects/ the presets/ pretenders/ primitives/ prince buster/ prince far i/ prince jammy/ the prodigy/ protokoll/ psychedelic furs/ psychic tv/ public enemy/ public image limited/ puffy amiyumi/ pulp/ protopunk, punk, new wave, postpunk etc & no crossover please: hardcore/ early glam: queen/ radio birdman/ radio 4/ the raincoats/ the rakes/ ramones/ rancid/ ranking ann/ the rapture/ raveonettes/ red lorry yellow lorry/ redskins/ refused/ red kross/ reggae, dub, ska, the various roots & branches/ r.e.m/ the residents/ the rezillos/ the ruts/ '77/ the saints/ scientist/ the screamers/ scritti politti/ selecter/ sex gang children/ sex pistols/ sham 69/ shamen/ shampoo/ sigue sigue sputnik/ sinéad o' connor/ siouxsie & the banshees/ sisters of mercy/ the skatalites/ skids/ skinny puppy/ sleater-kinney/ the slits/ slumber party/ sly & robbie/ small faces/ smash/ the smiths/ snowy red/ social distortion/ the soft boys/ soft cell/ the sonics/ sonic youth/ the sound/ spandau ballet/ sparks/ specials/ steel pulse/ stiff little fingers/ stone roses/ the stranglers/ stray cats/ the streets/ the strokes/ the style council/ subhumans/ suburban lawns/ subway sect/ suede/ suicide/ the sundays/ sun ra/ supergrass/ swans/ swell maps/ sword of jah mouth/ talking heads/ tapper zukie/ the teardrop explodes/ tears for fears/ television/ television personalities/ telex/ theatre of hate/ third world/ this mortal coil/ thomas dolby/ throbbing gristle/ tin machine/ tippa irie/ tom robinson band/ toots & the maytals/ toyah/ toxic reasons/ transvision vamp/ the trashmen/ t-rex/ tricky/ trio/ troggs/ t.s.o.l/ t.v.smith/ tubes/ tuff darts/ tuxedomoon/ twinkle brothers/ tyrades/ early roots: ub40/ u.k.subs/ ultravox/ undertones/ underworld/ urban verbs/ u-roy/ early postpunk: u2/ vapors/ velvet underground/ the vibrators/ violent femmes/ the virgin prunes/ visage/ vivienne westwood/ voice farm/ wall of voodoo/ weapon of peace/ the weirdos/ whitehouse/ white stripes/ early mod: the who/ wire/ x/ x-ray spex/ xtc/ yazoo/ yello/ yellowman.

some punk-era south african artists i adore, even though it was so long ago these guys still rock my world. you are remembered: asylum kids/ david kramer/ dog detachment/ evoid/ peach/ powerage/ psycho reptiles/ radio rats/ screaming foetus/ tribe after tribe/ wild youth/ also the fantastic world music pioneers juluka/ lucky dube r.i.p.

bob dylan/ bruce springsteen/ leonard cohen/ neil young/ thea gilmore & lots more/ vintage folk, blues, country etc; preferably on vinyl, too many to mention.

"was an angel"

amedeo modigliani/ andy warhol/ banksy/ david hockney/ francis bacon/ georges braque/ henri matisse/ jackson pollock/ jasper johns/ jean-michel basquiat/ joan miró/ marcel duchamp/ pablo picasso/ paul gauguin/ roy lichtenstein/ salvador dali/ tracey emin/ wassily kandinsky.

aldous huxley/ allen ginsberg/ anne sexton/ arthur rimbaud/ charles dickens/ d.h.lawrence/ e.e.cummings/ ernest hemingway/ fyodor dostoevsky/ george orwell/ henry rollins/ jack kerouac/ jim carroll/ j.g.ballard/ john steinbeck/ joseph conrad/ patti smith/ sylvia plath/ virginia woolf/ w.h. auden/ wilfred owen/ william blake/ william burroughs.

Sounds Like: a poem.a painting.a word bomb.

A BULLETIN BABYLON.

Record Label: seanreddan
Type of Label: Indie