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I live in the great state of Oregon in the Pacific North West USAI am originally from England & moved here with my Dog Kasey & my wife Lesley, I am an obsessive Record Collecting geek & I buy & sell records, mainly 45's.In a previous life I worked for Bim Bam Records & before that Virgin/Our Price, I now run NO HIT RECORDS USA & manage to keep a dayjob working in a bookstore.I also used to be in a band called "Mark Lee Allen & The Driver Brothers" I have another myspace page with some of my music on, feel free to check it out & add me if you like it, These days I play in Johnny Mercury's band as a 2nd guitar player & when I'm lucky I still get to sing a few songs, I am writing new songs for a new project next year.
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I'd like to meet:

Likeminded Record Collector geeks & anyone who's interested in collecting 45's & cool stuff, I like to chat with anyone into hunting around for old vinyl...The sicker the better!Apart from that I dunno, I met my biggest hero Johnny Cash so it's an anti climax after that...I would like to meet Tom Waits if he want to come round for some Coffee BENNY CLIFF & HIS TRIO

Music:

Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues & lots weird music, I started rockabilly music in 1978 & it became a life long obsession, my favorite label is Starday & I'm crazy about Starday custom pressings, if you're not familiar with them , it was a service offered up by Starday where you could have them press up your record (you paid) & they would give you either a label design of your own, or you could have it put on the Starday label with a catalog number that was different than the regular issues, My favorite records although too many to mention are by artist like; Bobby Roberts, Art Adams, Joe Clay, Gene Criss, Phil Gray, Jackie Gotro, Al Ferrier, Hank Mizell, The Moonlighters, Royce Porter, Dale Vaughn, Johnny Burnette Trio, Eddie Bond, Gene Vincent, Royce Porter, Jimmy Patton, Derrell Felts, Junior Thompson, Elvis Presley, Charlie Feathers, Mac Curtis, Gene Simmons, Johnny Cash, Gene O'Quin, Billy Briggs, Rod Morris, & 1000's more border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"I also love Rhythm & Blues & Electric blues, to mention a few, Young Jessie, Wynona Carr, McKinley Mitchell, Lightnin Hopkins, Wynonie Harris, Dr. Ross, Slim Harpo, & all that cool chess stuff,Also big on all the standard rockers, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee...Hell do I have to list em all,Big Hillbilly Fan, love those Rockin' Hillbilly CD's on CACTUS, wow the guy who compiled them must be a genius!!Like some new bands to, The Mack daddy of them all Mr. Deke Dickerson & The Eccofonics, The Planet Rockers, Smith's Ranch Boys, The Mighty Ronnie Hayward, Cave Cat Sammy, Charlie Thompson, The amazing Mean Devils (Never miss this band live!!) Bones Maki, not forgetting the awesome Mack Stevens, High Noon, Bo Weavil Band, Don Cavalli. I also am a HUGE Tom Waits fan. .. width="425" height="350" ..

Movies:

I like a lot of different movies, some of my favorites are Taylor Hackford's "Blood In Blood Out" (Vatos Locos)Big fan of Hal Hartley flicks like "Trust" "Simple Men" Unbelieveable Truth" Henry Fool" etcOther Big ones for me are, The Wanderers, Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Down By Law, Slingblade, Strangers In Paradise, Big Wednesday, Gone in 60 Seconds (The Orginal, not shitty remake) Bullit, Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point, Don't Come Knocking, Paris Texas, Mystery Train, Bad Boy Bubby, Hud, Amelie, Snatch, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrells, The Getaway (Steve McQueen)Harold & Maude, Last Detail, Legend Of 1900, Buffalo 66, Fargo, Jesus's Son, Ghost World, Crumb, Streetwise, Dreams With Fishes,Drugstore Cowboy, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, My Own Private Idaho, Driver, Last Picture Show & tons more!

Television:

I like some TV, my favorite show is American Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington, although it's not what it used to be now Bluebear's gone, I also like House, Family Guy, Any thing with Gordon Ramsey in it...especially Hell's Kitchen, Pretty fond of old stuff like Sgt. Bilko & Top Cat

Books:

Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, Jim Carroll, Jim Knipfel, Henry Miller on the lit side. But mostly music bio's, my favorie's are Peter Guralnick, Colin Escott the great Nick Tosches!!My favorite music bio's have to be "Born To Be A Loser" by Johnny Allen, It's the bio of "Jimmy Donley" it's an amazing story of Violence, incese, depression, rock & roll & suicide!!!IF YOU WANT TO SING THE BLUES PLEASE READMy favorite book on Rhythm & Blues has got to be Honkers & Shouters by Arnold Shaw, this book is amazing & if you're interested in all those cool labels like Meteor, RPM Modern etc...this is the bool...AWESOME!!! HOW TO SING THE BLUESby Lame Mango Washington (attributed to Memphis Earlene Gray with help from Uncle Plunky, revisions by Little Blind Patti D. and Dr. Stevie Franklin)1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning."2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, 'less you stick something nasty in the next line, like " I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes ... sort of: "Got a good woman - with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher - and she weigh 500 pound."4. The Blues are not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch; ain't no way out.5. Blues cars: Chevys and Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft an' state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, " adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in St. Paul or Tucson is just depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cuz you skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg cuz an alligator be chomping on it is.9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.10. Good places for the Blues:a. highway b. jailhouse c. empty bed d. bottom of a whiskey glassBad places:a. Ashrams b. gallery openings c. Ivy League institutions d. golf courses11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it.12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? Yes, if:a. you're older than dirt b. you're blind c. you shot a man in Memphis d. you can't be satisfiedNo, if:a. you have all your teeth b. you were once blind but now can see c. the man in Memphis lived. d. you have a retirement plan or trust fund.13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Gary Coleman could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the blues.14. If you ask for water and Baby give you gasoline, it's the Blues.Other acceptable Blues beverages are:a. wine b. whiskey or bourbon c. muddy water d. black coffeeThe following are NOT Blues beverages:a. mixed drinks b. kosher wine c. Snapple d. sparkling water15. If it occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse, and dying lonely on a broken down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or getting liposuction.16. Some Blues names for women:a. Sadie b. Big Mama c. Bessie d. Fat River Dumpling17. Some Blues names for men:a. Joe b. Willie c. Little Willie d. Big Willie18. Persons with names like Sierra, Sequoia, Auburn, and Rainbow can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.19. Make your own Blues name (starter kit):a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Kiwi,etc.) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.)For example, Blind Lime Jefferson, or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc.(Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")20. I don't care how tragic your life: you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues. You best destroy it. Fire, a spilled bottle of Mad Dog, or get out a shotgun. I don't care.

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:23:00 PST

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:19:00 PST

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:11:00 PST

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:08:00 PST

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:52:00 PST

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Posted by G-MINUS-MARK on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:08:00 PST

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Hi Everybody Out There!New episides of my podcast postedThis week "Primitive Backwoods Rockabilly"http://hasilatemyjerky.mypodcast.com/index.htmlTw o Hour 2 Part show from some small label Country Hick...
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