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The Barman

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What? Am I well? A man who nevers drinks is always well!
Short story:
So here's the link to where you'll find me 99% of the online time, and where you'll find me tending virtual bar.
Key interests are Real Rock and Roll of the garage/Dee-troit/'60s punk variety, with excursions into the more intelligent musical depths of what was coming out of NYC and the American Midwest in the '70s. Pretty partial to '60s punk too.
I web-ize for a laugh, tending URLs for people like Scott Morgan , Real O Mind Records , international author Tony Park and Louis Tillett (pending), plus moderating the Antipodean Screams section of Garagepunk and the Divinerites mailing list , the place for all things Radio Birdman/New Christs/Citadel-related. Speaking of websites and media, cross my palm with a piece of silver and I could do something similar for you...
Weekends, you'll find me sinking ale, watching loud rock and roll, writing, humouring The Barmaid and/or the three Monkeys or going bush.
CHEERS!

My Interests



Dirtyloudfuckingrockandroll
No metal, no hair bands. Fuck emo. Fuck baggy shorts. No kiddie punk.

I'd like to meet:

Hunter S Thompson. At a Temperance Society meeting.

Music:

Radio Birdman, X, the MC5, the Stooges, Television, Screaming Tribesmen, the Visitors, New Race, The Stems, the New Christs, Celibate Rifles, Lime Spiders, Rose Tattoo, Sonics Rendezvous Band, the Hitmen, the Saints, Died Pretty, The Velvets, the Stones, The Passengers, the Dictators, the New York Dolls, the Heartbreakers, The Eastern Dark, Sunnyboys, Richard Hell and the Voidoids (R.I.P. Robert Quine), early Alice Cooper, Scott Morgan Band, Lou Reed and the Ramones, plus virtually anything warm and fuzzy from the Nuggets/Ugly Things era. Turbonegro, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Kim Salmon, Deniz Tek, Powertrane featuring Scott Morgan, Asteroid B612, BellRays, Kevin K, The M-16's, Simon Chainsaw, Louis Tillett, The Hekawis, Penny Ikinger, Ian Rilen & the Love Addicts, Sir David Graney, Deniz Tek Group, Stooges, Roy Loney, Bro Wayne Kramer, Joey Kline, the Yes Men, the Volcanics, Ed Kuepper, Holy Curse, (amped up) Neil Young, The Hangmen, Donovan's Brain, Intercontinental Playboys, the D4, Sonny Vincent, the Crusaders, The Darling Downs and Johnny Casino's Easy Action for a start. Fave rekkid labels: Citadel, Career and Off the Hip, to name three.

Movies:

"The MC5: A True Testimonial" - the best rockumentary you won't see (unless you score a bootleg). "End of the Century" (Ramones doco). Any shit with De Niro or Pacino. "Taxi Driver", "Apocalypse Now" blah blah blah.

Television:

Who needs TV when you have a bar to tend?

Books:

Bukowski. Lotsa shit. Rock n roll bios - much to The Barmaid's chagrin. Trashy Grisham, formularized shit. Robert Barrett (even more formularized) and his Les Norton shit. And of course, R.I.P. Lester and vale Hunter S. Thompson.

My Blog

Mick Medew & The Rumours sign to I-94 Bar Records

Australian label I-94 Bar Records is delighted to announce the signing of Brisbane band Mick Medew & The Rumours.The Rumours have been an off-and-on concern in their hometown for five years, scoring s...
Posted by The Barman on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:38:00 PST

Sonic-Pop Rendezvous exclusive + The Visitors live

Read the little-told story of the 1978 Iggy Pop European tour with 3/4 of Sonic's Rendezvous Band as his backing group. An I-94 Bar retrospective, penned by "i.g." (no, not that Ig), a Detroit old boy...
Posted by The Barman on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:39:00 PST

Visitors show blown out this Friday

The Visitors have had to blow out this Friday's gig at Caringbah Bizzos Club in Sydney due to a band member injury. The Empire Hotel, Annandale (August 30) and Espy, St Kilda (September 5) remain lock...
Posted by The Barman on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:40:00 PST

Check out this event: Visitors "Return To Earth" tour - first gig

Hosted By: The BarmanWhen: Saturday Aug 09, 2008 at 8:30 PMWhere: Oxford TavernCrown StreetWollongong, New South Wales|76 AustraliaDescription:The Barman Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Barman on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:13:00 PST

Check out this event: Hitmen "Beijing Blitz"

Hosted By: Lenny Flotzki and i94bar.comWhen: Friday Aug 08, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: Annandale HotelParramatta RoadAnnandale, New South Wales|76 AustraliaDescription:Lenny Flotzki and i94bar.com Click He...
Posted by The Barman on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:04:00 PST

Episode 16 of Drunk & Disorderly Podcast

Grab it here or via the interface on myspace. The thing's on iTunes too.
Posted by The Barman on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:21:00 PST

I-94 Bar e-zine new edition: Devo

We mark Devo's first full Australian tour in 26 years with an interview withGerald Casales of the band. Patrick Emery asked the questions. Coupla of new reviews at the Bar too: The Lurid Yellow Mist F...
Posted by The Barman on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:19:00 PST

I-94 Bar Podcast (forgot to mention)

There's been a new podcast up for a week here. It focuses on Aussie underground singles of the '80s.
Posted by The Barman on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:30:00 PST

New I-94 Bar e-zine: The Dogs (from Detroit)

The latest edition of the I-94 Bar e-zine focuses on onetime Grande Ballroom and path finding punks The Dogs.We review a 2CD tribute to The Dogs that's full of top names and DetroitJack gives us the r...
Posted by The Barman on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:33:00 PST

I-94 Bar Podcasts episodes 12 & 13

Get 'em from the myspace site or visit us on http://i94bar.podbean.com Here's the latest playlist (ep 13 is about drinking): I Wanna Drink - The Deviants (This CD Is Condemned - Total Energy/Alive) D...
Posted by The Barman on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:39:00 PST