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Neil Mooney

Dublin's finest psychedelic punk bard, apparently

About Me

I also play drums for The Pulpit .

I can be found busking in the Blackrock Market on Sundays.

almidonado(at)gmail(dot)com.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/11/2006
Band Website: neilmooney.deviantart.com
Influences: Dan Treacy, Ray Davies, Neil Hannon, Scott Walker, Joe Meek, Morrissey, Thee Intolerable Kidd, Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Jarvis Cocker, Buddy Holly, Cat Stevens, Wreckless Eric, Lou Reed

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Ever been happy?

It's really good. You should try it.
Posted by Neil Mooney on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:08:00 PST

There are some things I will never understand...

... such as the reasons why the name "Dorian Gray" has gone from evoking images such as these: ... to evoking images such as these:Dorian Gray used to be all about the homosexual and the beautiful. No...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:36:00 PST

From Daniel Treacy to me:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEIL,HAVE A NICE EVENING,FROM DAN(TVPS):-)"Best birthday ever!-Neilx...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:23:00 PST

Last night's gig in Voodoo...

The gig in the Voodoo Lounge was a disaster. I got kicked off stage for playing My Autobiography, because it makes a passing swipe at the MoshSpace scene. The lad setting up the gig didn't like what I...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 03:42:00 PST

Dinner with the Trachtenburg Family

Okay... an absolutely fucking amazingly weird thing happened to me. I went to Frants for two weeks, during which the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (the indie-vaudeville conceptual art-rock po...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:16:00 PST

I love getting friend requests and all...

...but when you're a pseudo-professional "artist" who's got 80,000 "fans", do you really think I want to have anything to do with you?Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are loads of famousish peop...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:20:00 PST

Cleaning up my friends list...

Because there's alot of stuff on there for no reason...I'm keeping anyone who I love, or who amuses me, and I'm releasing anyone who annoys me or has no personality.I hate big boring friend lists. If ...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:17:00 PST

Plays Today: 138

Fuck me!
Posted by Neil Mooney on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:52:00 PST

The New Song

It's odd... It makes references to two different TVPs songs. "I'm just looking for rainbows in a star-filled sky" was the original line from a song called Happy All The Time, and Brian's Magic Car is ...
Posted by Neil Mooney on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:12:00 PST

Robert Smith?

Apparently I'm copying him. Apparently I'm singing with an English accent, and being untrue to myself. This criticism came from an Irish laddy playing in an American-o horror punk band......
Posted by Neil Mooney on Thu, 11 May 2006 05:08:00 PST