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PopCult

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About Me

PopCult are:

Dan – To me, Dan is like Ivan Campo. Hard working, silly hair and you know he could turn nasty. Yet at the same time has a lot of class and would welcome you into his house any day of the week and cook up a mighty meal served with a drink of your choice. I’m certain that Christmas at Dan’s and Ivan’s respective houses are amazing.

Pete - In many ways Pete is similar Jimmy Bullard. Pretty hard to dislike but does get pretty annoying if you spend too much time with him. They are both kinda unsure how they ended up where they are and are not having the best of times at the moment, but it's just a matter of time before Pete and Jimmy are back to their best.

James – Is almost certainly like Kevin Nolan. Both are hideously underrated by a lot of people but yet people who see them week in and week out are certain that they are class acts in their own worlds. Sometimes you take it for granted just how hard working they both are but just stop for a second and consider and you smile to yourself.

Squad Players – We also have many many extra friends who make the whole sorry mess work. From Luke and Blake and Pat who write amazing things to Nicola who takes amazing photos. The loyal pals like Steve and Malcolm who will write words for us when we are too busy/lazy. Then we have superstars like OD who will sit and staple in return for a beer and a couple of songs on a juke box.

Pop Cult do:

Fanzine – Every now and then we bash out a fanzine. We all get annoyed about how few times this is done but we always are slowly working on it. So far Hope of the States (RIP), The Polyphonic Spree, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The National, Battles, My Latest Novel, redcarsgofaster, The Answering Machine, Hot Club de Paris and many others have agreed to sit and chatter with us. It also features reviews, reviews, reviews of tea, coffee, , gigs, demos, cds, books, anything we do or see or eat. It is totally free and totally fun.

PodCast – A new addition and the best thing so far. Click here to find where to download them. Half an hour of brilliant music with as little talking as James is prepared to do.

Club Nights – Manchester has so many amazing club nights. Pineapple Folk , Friends Of Mine , Blowout , House On Fire , High Voltage are some of our favourites so far. This means that PopCult don’t see any reason to put on a gig a week. When we do put one on, they are always amazing and the bands we will have personally chosen because a) we love them and b) noone else has given them a gig. Recently we put on Los Campesinos!, The Former Bullies and Sir Yes Sir. It was wonderful. Lots of good stuff coming up too.

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My Interests

Music, Good Music,Manchester,Short Shorts,Stockport County FC, Coffee, Free CDs

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who thinks they have something to say. Anyone who likes Hefner.Anyone who will make us tea. We don't read event invertation's, so don't waste your timexxxx

Music:

At the moment we are into:
Neutral Milk Hotel
Beirut
Los Campesinos!
Pavement
Broken Social Scene
Sky Larkin
The Shins
Brendan Benson
The Search Map
Ed Cottam
Team Machine

That's it for now. We will update it one day soon

Movies:

Amelie is the most beautiful thing you will ever see. City Of God is simply breathtaking. Cool Runnings has us in tears everytime. Home Alone I + II is a must to see, especially with the rise of crime. Jurassic Park cures all the evils of modern society, especially the hangover - good lordy does it sort out a hangover.

Television:

The Office,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Spaced,Neighbours,Seinfeld,The Hits (at 2am when the people do signing for the deaf),The Mighty Boosh,Quizmania, Brainteaser, Raven,

Heroes:

Adem, James O'Donnel, Rob Kelly, Jason Wilcox, Larry David, Old Gregg

My Blog

Tour. tour. tore.

Hey folks, Just before I finish work for Glasto, a quick PopCult update for you. As you probably know from a million bulletins I've sent out over the past two weeks - PopCult are taking Tim and Sam's ...
Posted by PopCult on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

PopCult DJs - Not tonight, but Bank Holiday Sunday!

Good afternoon one and all, I hope that you are good and well. Manchester appears to be confused by itself at the moment. As Thom Yorke (nearly) said, May has April showers. That said, I rather like t...
Posted by PopCult on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:14:00 PST

The Sunday Papers - Rampant Lion this Sunday!!

Hallo one and all! I do hope that everyone is enjoying the sunshine at the moment. Manchester is lovely. I have spent a little bit of time lying on the grass today, and have eaten an ice cream! It was...
Posted by PopCult on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

Roll up roll up!

Ladies and Gents,Shine the Dark Mark over the city. PopCult are back.For those of you who didn't notice, on Tuesday night we put on a great gig at the Star and Garter. My Side Of The Mountain were ace...
Posted by PopCult on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:55:00 PST

STOP PRESS - Last minute gig alert!

PopCult presents...Esio Trotplus ace support.This Tuesday night. Star and Garter. £4. 8 door. More details to follow...
Posted by PopCult on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:25:00 PST

We're Stupid, But We're Happy - Ace reviews

Well that was the week that was. "We're Stupid, But We're Happy" is officially out there, and it appears that people are enjoying it. Just in case you have missed any of what has been going on, here i...
Posted by PopCult on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:33:00 PST

Steve Lamacq - Album of the Week

Yep, you heard. Mr Steve Lamacq has made 'We're Stupid, But We're Happy' his album of the week. And he doesn't even do an album of the week for his show usually! He is going to play a track off the r...
Posted by PopCult on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:04:00 PST

We're Stupid, But We're Mass Media

Hey folks, Another 'We're Stupid, But We're Happy' update for you. Since last we spoke Conrad Murray on The Revolution has played a couple of tracks on the wireless, whilst the ace ace Air Cav played ...
Posted by PopCult on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:31:00 PST

Three days, three radio mentions!

Ladies and gents. After having been mentioned on BBC 6 Music for two days running, yesterday PopCult's 'We're Stupid, But We're Happy' got it's first mention on Xfm last night. And not just Xfm Manche...
Posted by PopCult on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:42:00 PST

PopCult on Lamacq

Ok, so last night we were metioned on Tom Robinson's 6Music show. This afternoon Mr Steve Lamacq took the time to big up our great new compilation 'We're Stupid But, We're Happy.' And he's not even go...
Posted by PopCult on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:59:00 PST