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simon

Who the hell am I? A rambling Poetic Nutter.

About Me

Music obseessed by everything from Bowie on down to Sun ra and beyond into the stratosphere of the Dream Syndicate and Johnny Thunders to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and I Roy and U Roy Stepping Up with Fela Kuti and Kevin Coyne on the side of the UPSETTERS staring on down the Beat Farmers and Patti Smith. Can't stop myself from reading all sorts of stuff much with a Russian bent from Mandelstam to Dostoevsky and Pushkin right on through to our american friends Jacks Kerouac and London, George Pelecanos and Charlie Bukowski, kind of all over the place really.

My Interests

www.usk.org the unofficial soup kitchen where I'm forum host of a long dead but still alive website as my alter ego bejesus. Generally having an interesting life

I'd like to meet:

People able to hold interesting conversations about lots of different things, people who have an opinion and taste in music, art and literature that is personal to them and not just the main stream fodder that has been given to them. The kinky the dinky and the down right slinky!

Music:

All over the place totally eclectic read my blogs to get an idea.

Movies:

Not your mainstream block busters give me Performance and Audition, Itchi the killer and The Wicker man any day!!

Television:

The drug of the nation!!

My Blog

Cindytalk, John & Jehn, Tenebrous Liar Live 12.10.08.

..TR> CindyTalk, John & Jehn, Tenebrous Liar Live 12.10.    At The Luminaire in Kilburn. Well after Saturdays over serious Nico Tribute I finally ended my 23 year wait to get ...
Posted by simon on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:15:00 PST

The Nico Tribute at the Royal Festival Hall 11.10.08.

..TR> Life Along The Borderline A Tribute to Nico 11.10. 08. At the Royal Festival Hall, London. Featuring; John Cale, Pete Murphy, Lisa Gerard, James Dean Bradfield, The Guillemots, The Fei...
Posted by simon on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:12:00 PST

Heavy trash & Powersolo Live at Dingwalls Camden 23.9.8.

..TR> Heavy Trash & Powersolo Live at Dingwalls 23.9.08.    Continuing Heavy Trash's policy of hiring different bands to be the backing band for every album and most tours con...
Posted by simon on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:15:00 PST

Duff McKagan’s Loaded Live Islington Academy 18.9.8.

..TR> Duff McKagens Loaded Live Islington Academy 18.9.8    with The Loyalties. We got into this shopping Mall venue that has vastly improved its atmosphere by covering the bare ...
Posted by simon on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:41:00 PST

Mules & Last Man Standing Live Borderline 17.9.08.

..TR> Mules and Last Man Standing @ Borderline 17.9.08.    With The Smoke Fairies. I got in to see the last three songs of the Smoke fairies who were an agreeable if slightly non...
Posted by simon on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:38:00 PST

Lila By Robert M. Pirsig

..TR> Lila by Robert M. Pirsig    This novel is subtitled "The sequel to Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance" and in Mr Pirsigs head that may be the case, but really it is ...
Posted by simon on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:37:00 PST

Big Star & Robyn Hitchcock Live Shepherds Bush Empire

..TR> Big Star & Robyn Hitchcock Live Shepherds Bush    Empire 28.8.08. Well this is the sort of double header that doesn't happen often, it being Big Star's third London gig...
Posted by simon on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:27:00 PST

Notting Hill Carnival Roundup 25.8.8.

..TR> Carnival Roundup 25.8.8.    Well having sort of come down from the Get loaded Festival on Sunday I still didn't have much of an appetite after the Purple Ohm and we stumble...
Posted by simon on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:24:00 PST

Get Loaded In The Park 2008 Clapham Common 24.8.

..TR> Get Loaded in The Park 2008 Clapham Common 24.8    With Iggy & The Stooges, Reverend & The Makers, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, Noah & The Whale, The Holloways, Th...
Posted by simon on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:26:00 PST

Black Heart Kings, Hexes and Lakes Live 19.8.08.

..TR> Black Heart Kings, Hexes & Lakes Live 19.8.8.    At The Underworld in Camden. Ok so first things first the Black Heart Kings are actually Gallows and this was a warm up ...
Posted by simon on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:05:00 PST