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Nico

Systematically Unbummed...

About Me

I'm 31, born and bred Runcornian currently living on Castlefields. I am proud to be one of the organisers of the ever-growing Haltonative night at the Bar Studio in Runcorn. I am a resident DJ there which means that you can catch me late on, trying to get the good people of Halton to dance to The Fall!

My Interests

Music of all kinds particuarly the genius that is NICK CAVE, movies from the over-blown types such as George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers, Community Radio, Literature from the modern genii such as Ellroy, Palahniuk and Alan Moore, conspiracy theories (at least that's what you'll call 'em), drinking in The Norton Arms (finest pub in the country y'all), dropping the Bomb on Thursday nights, Computer Games, s'pecially all the Nintendo greats [YES I OWN A NINTENDO WII! AND YES, I GOT MINE ON LAUNCH DAY (THANKS TRACE!) SORRY IF YOU DIN'T] and tidying me flat.

I'd like to meet:

Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds, The Wachowski Brothers, Chuck Palahniuk, James Ellroy, all of the Suicidegirls, Angelina Jolie, The Buddah....

Music:

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Johnny Cash, The Flaming Lips, The Fall, Bonnie "Prince" Billy (in all his various incarnations), My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths, Morrissey, Broken Social Scene, Primal Scream, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, Nirvana, Pixies, Alexis Strum, The Clash, Mudhoney, R.E.M., The Boss, Ryan Adams, Led Zep, The Beatles, Super Furry Animals, Editors, Alabama 3, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, The Bevis Frond, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Clem Snide, The Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ed Harcourt, Gillian Welch, PJ Harvey, Iggy Pop, The Velvet Underground, Some Lou Reed, The Go! Team, Goldfrapp, The Stone Roses, Ian Brown, Isobell Cambell and Mark Lanegan, Mark Lanegan Solo, Screaming Trees, KT Tunstall (I still feel dirty about it...), Seth Lakeman, Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Liz Phair, The Magnetic Fields, Neil Diamond, Queens of the Stone Age, Richmond Fontaine, Sebadoh, The Fall, Sigur Ros, Sonic Youth, Willy Mason, Sons & Daughters, The Streets, The Strokes, They Might Be Giants, Two Gallants, The Waterboys and fuckloads more...

Movies:

Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2, Talk Radio, Natural Born Killers, Fist of Fury, South Park The Movie, Team America, The Godfather 1 and 2, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Secretary, Tomb Raider 1 and 2, Gia, Punch Drunk Love, The Proposition, Blade Runner, Dark Blue, LA Confidential...

Television:

Scrubs, Bo Selecta, My Name is Earl, The Sopranos, Lost, Oz, Firefly, The Simpsons, The Prisoner, Family Guy, South Park, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, The F-Word, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ray Mears, BBC News 24, Channel 4 News and as little else as possible...

Books:

The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy - James Ellroy, Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk, And The Ass Saw The Angel - Nick Cave, Preacher - Garth Ennis...

Heroes:

Nick Cave, Wayne Coyne, John Peel, Mark E.Smith, David Letterman, Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop, James Ellroy, Polly Harvey, Chuck Palahniuk, Shatner...

My Blog

Tunes you NEED people!

Yes this does expose the fact that I'm a pretentious twat who thinks he knows better that you, but you are reading this aren't you, so you're complicit in my misguided belief. Free Range - The Fall Th...
Posted by Nico on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:26:00 PST

Tunage for you to check out, My Loves! (An occasional series)

Hello Loves, I have been touting this idea for a wee while and I finally have got a bit of time to do it.  Basically I will be posting the current tunage I am loving, so you can save yourself the...
Posted by Nico on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:17:00 PST

It was viral, not veneral!

Yes Loves, I have now fully recovered from my viral infucktion that had me waylaid on the couch obsessively watching ALL of Maria Sharapova's matches at Wimbledon.  I still don't know what it was...
Posted by Nico on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:46:00 PST

Okay, I'm finally posting Show 3's Playlist 'cos I got a bit of spare time!

Hey Oop Y'all, I got a bit of spare time, so I'm finally posting the playlist for show 3 of Y'allternative.  I won't be able to post show 4, 'cos the audiologger died and didn't tape it.  It...
Posted by Nico on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:41:00 PST

Y'allternative Playlist - Show 2

Y'allternative Show 2 Las Cruces Jail - 2 Gallants Medicine Bow (full length version) - Waterboys Jesus, Take The Wheel! - Carrie Underwood Hell Yeah - Neil Diamond "There's Two of Y'all" Return of th...
Posted by Nico on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:57:00 PST

Y'allternative Playlist for show 1!

Y'allternative Playlist - Show 1 The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash Something Beautiful - Clem Snide Independance Day - Martina McBride My Madonna - 2 Gallants Hard Hand to Hold - Willy Mason Hank Wil...
Posted by Nico on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:21:00 PST