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Ged

...and if I don't say a word ... you'll know that it's the truth.

About Me

43, part-time freelance music journalist / fanzine writer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex97V1IzmjU



NEiLS CHiLDREN - You Didn't Care

My Interests

Punk Rock in its myriad forms.Check out this video: The Buzzcocks - Noise Annoys

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Add to My Profile | More VideosCheck out this video: Birthday Party on Gotterdamerung - Junkyard

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Music:

In no particular order... Adam and the Ants, Scars, Luke Haines, Buzzcocks, the Birthday Party, Magazine, Only Ones, Circle Jerks, the Pixies, th' Faith Healers, the Hook'n'Pull Gang, Buff Medways, Swell Maps, New York Dolls, Nightingales, Glaxo babies, Kleenex, Heartbreakers, the Fall, Rollins Band, ZuZu's Petals, Manic Street Preachers, mclusky, the Sonics, Hollywood Brats, Eater, Adverts, Patrik FitzGerald, the Wasps, Neils Children, Penny Broadhurst, the Bad Seeds, Black Flag, Raped, the Vandals, the Cramps, Gore Gore Girls , Hot Rollers . . . loads moreCheck out this video: Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

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Movies:

Brothers of the Head, Repo Man, A Matter of Life and Death, A Clockwork Orange, I Robot, Sybil, Whistle Down the Wind, O Lucky Man, If..., Gangster Number One, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Loot, Suburbia ...Check out this video: Repo Man

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Television:

Life On Mars, Doctor Who, the Simpsons, the Prisoner, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, very little really nowadays. Porridge, Reggie Perrin, UFO, Space 1999 and Catweazle were the 'Golden Age'...

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Books:

Rock biographys and all the 'punk' books, JG Ballard, Paul Morley and Will Self.

Heroes:

Howard Devoto, Peter Perrett, Billy Childish, Nick Cave, Johnny Thunders, Mark E Smith, Luke Haines, Henry Rollins, Malcolm MacDowell, Paul Morley, Mark Perry, JG Ballard, Will Self, Mint Burston ...Check out this video: Pink Flower (Live)

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Add to My Profile | More VideosCheck out this video: the only ones - another girl,another planet (live)

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Add to My Profile | More VideosCheck out this video: Immaculate Consumptive Interview on Videowave -October 1983

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My Blog

This Manhattan - demo

THIS MANHATTAN Memories of Friday the 12th  CD EP  Why is it that bands from Southampton name themselves after places in America?  First Fleeing New York (now re-christened Skulls) an...
Posted by Ged on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:16:00 PST

Legion of Parasites, Sunglasses After Dark, Scourge of...

Some CD reviews , you guessed it, unpublished .... CD REVIEWS Sunglasses After Dark Sunglasses After Dark * * * Anagram CDMGOTH32 Goth Psychobillys with a mean fiddler A bizarre mongrel you migh...
Posted by Ged on Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:00 PST

Nipple Erectors and Johnny Moped 100 Club 6/5/ 2008

Best gig I've been to this year.... reviews and discussion here http://punk77.co.uk/talkpunk/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25045&start =45&st=0&sk=t&sd=aCheck out this video: Nipple Erectors 100 Club 6th May ...
Posted by Ged on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:26:00 PST

The Fallen Leaves - CD review

CD REVIEW THE FALLEN LEAVES It's Too Late Now * * * * * Parliament Records par003 Autumnal Genius from ex-Subway Sect members band Don't follow the many baby, we are the few & Sings the so-called '...
Posted by Ged on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:06:00 PST

Only Ones at Koko, Oh No!

The Only Ones were great, though as a gig it wasn’t as memorable as the SBE one last June - that had so much expectation, some much anticipation, so much emotion that it was awe-inspiring. ... a...
Posted by Ged on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:45:00 PST

Unpublished unfinished reviews

Haven't had the time and energy to blog lately - haven't done any 'paid' writing for three months'-worth of Record Collectors.... terrible how once you start getting paid for it 'writing for fun' bcom...
Posted by Ged on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:04:00 PST

Review of the Year 2007

This is a bit half-arsed as its been a shit year personally on the whole - various deaths, lack of money, day-job hassles and bad health....  but here are my Gigs and Albums of the Year ... ...
Posted by Ged on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:54:00 PST

Mint Rest In Peace mate

Very sad about Mints passing needless to say.  He himself had convinced me he was recovering and gonna be up and about again eventually.  He grew edible-as-it-grew lettuce on his hospital ro...
Posted by Ged on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:51:00 PST

Damned & Eat The Document Live Review -DV8 magazine

ROTFLMAO I've had a half page, 1000-word review of the Damned gig at the Brook a month back published in DV-8 (Southampton Issue for Sept 07. If you don't know DV8 is a Free 'Lifestyle magazine' aim...
Posted by Ged on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:56:00 PST

the Jamie Perrett interview -re The One Woke Up Sticky

My five outa five star review of Peter Perretts the One's Woke Up Sticky appears in the current Record Collector Magazine - I do these Question and Answer interviews to go along side the reviews. I do...
Posted by Ged on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:49:00 PST