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Niamh

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my client feels it was the combination of liquor and jazz that lead to her downfall

My Interests

music.singing, songwriting, jamming illustration.knowledge. learning the drums. music.literature. art. people. shiny objects. chocolate. tea.bourbon creams (mmmm) toast. time travel. cheese and crackers. circular formations on glass windows. toesocks. photography. running. tennis. astrology.drinking guinness . music. David Shrigley (just the right side of crazy) did i mention music?

I'd like to meet:

as many of the 6 billion people on this planet as possible

Music:

I like (in no particular order): J Dilla, De La Soul, John Coltrane, 4Hero, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Sarah Vaughan, Public Enemy, Yesterdays New Quintet, Kerri Chandler, Theo Parrish, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Black Milk, Ernest Ranglin, Bill Evans, Tom Waits, Beck, Tricky, Joy Denalane, Portishead, Sigur Ros, Kenny Dope, Galliano,David Holmes, Art Blakey, Wajeed, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Madlib, Beastie Boys, Zero 7, David Bowie, Les Nubians,Jill Scott,India Arie,J Davey, Steve Spacek, Bilal, Omar, Common, Canibus, Wu Tang, Sons of Man, , Finn Peters, Dave Okumu, Blackjoy, Ame and Dixon, Loefah, Slope, The Knife, Leela James, James Brown, Joy Division, DJ Shadow, DJ Format, Jazzanova, Erykah Badu, Joni Mitchell, New Order (some), Goldfrapp, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Jurassic 5, Too Many DJ's, Cut Chemist, Mr Scruff, Ammoncontact, The Beatnuts, RJD2, Roots Manuva, Bjork, Fat Freddys Drop, Salmonella Dub, PJ Harvey, Right said Fred hehehehe..... Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Massive Attack, Bent, Adam F, The Jam, The Doors, Nightmares on Wax, Bonobo, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Cinematic Orchestra, Gomez, The Roots, Swayzak, ummm, err............my brain cant take it ill add more later! Boards of Canada, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ben Harper, Lemonjelly, Air, LTJ Bukem, Groove Armada, Mark de Clive Lowe,Kruder&Dorfmeister, Rae&Christian, Masters At Work,D'Angelo, JerseyStreet, Flying Lotus, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Heart Attack, Jose Gonzalez, Heritage Orchestra, Beth Orton, Prefuse 73, Sufjan Stevens,Gil Scott Heron, Marvin Gaye, the beautiful late Alice Coltrane (Fly in Peace!)Gary Bartz, George Benson, Isaac Hayes, David Axelrod, Pete Rock, Azymuth, Flora, Airto, James Brown, Jackson Five, Prince,The Jam, Sly and the Family Stone, Public Enemy, Rich Medina, Morgan Zarate, Wynton Marsalis, Mark Pritchard, Spacek, Distance, Kode 9, DMZ, Milton Nascimento, Ed Motta,...........David Lynden Hall (R.I.P), Maxwell (where did he disappear to?).......i could go on for an eternity but you get the idea.ps- i dont really like psy-trance, or trance, but this doesnt make me a bad person. Radio: Deviation each and every thursday, put the kettle on!; GP worldwide; BTSRADIO.net (oh my worrrrd), RinseFM, ItchFM, and anything else that tickles my eardrums.......Billy Cobham, Ndugu Chancler

Movies:

The Lives of Others (watch it!)/The Burbs/broken flowers/'My Name is Albert Ayler'/ la fille sur la pont/casablanca/fight club/the shining/one flew over the cuckoo's nest/taxi/21 grammes/amelie/chocolat/high fidelity/ferris buellers day off/the english patient/un chien andalou/melinda and melinda/the dreamers/Bill n teds Excellent Adventure/Eraserhead/Cheech n Chong/Monkey Magic/Blue Velvet/A Clockwork Orange/Play/anything by Krzysztof Kieslowski FILMS I DID NOT ENJOY: The Holiday, The Waterboy,

Television:

dont have time to watch TV

Books:

Wilde.Kerouac.Bukowski.Milan Kundera.Herman Hesse.Bertolt Brecht.Maya Angelou.

Heroes:

the kind of people who are not afraid to take absurd risks in pursuit of their dreams

My Blog

new musical discoveries!

discovered on and ripped from LAst.FMDo Make Say Think-Do Make Say Think is an instrumental group from Toronto, Ontario. The band formed in the 1990s as a recording project for one of the members' sou...
Posted by Niamh on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:01:00 PST

Check out this event: LEND ME YOUR EARS

Hosted By: Niamh McCartneyWhen: 25 May 2008, 20:00Where: GRAMAPHONE60-62 Commercial RDLondon, London and South East|66 LondonUnited KingdomDescription:Niamh McCartney Click Here To View EventBe there ...
Posted by Niamh on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:56:00 PST

CYCLE CHILE TO ARGENTINA 2009- FOR DEAF CHILDREN!!

Attention all music loversHave just signed up to do this charity challenge in Feb 2009My minimum target for fundraising is £3250My reason for choosing the National Deaf Childrens Society is because I ...
Posted by Niamh on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:09:00 PST

friends?

Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. This article focuses on the notion specific to interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term...
Posted by Niamh on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:10:00 PST

T-dot dot dash dot dot....

Three things....1. I am in the Parlour of Twilight. OH YES. King size bed, silver ceiling and low light bizniz. I could get used to this. 2. Ross is here. This makes me happy. 3. I am in the Parlour ...
Posted by Niamh on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:36:00 PST

me@redbullmusicacademy

Packing me bags If you are in the Toronto A-rea....doing a gig on Wednesday the 17th October, some live monkey business....be good to meet/see you If you are in Toronto on the 22nd October its my birt...
Posted by Niamh on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:43:00 PST

Nothing in its Right Place

Last night I went to see the Robert Mitchell Trio play at the Vortex. I have had the pleasure of having drum lessons perforated by the flourish of his tinkling piano keys in the room next door on a f...
Posted by Niamh on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

ME, AND YOU, AND EVERYONE WE KNOW

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Posted by Niamh on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:52:00 PST

At last I have met my romeo....

RESPECT GEORGE ORWELL. Simple........i give my heart to him because he just gets it. See Below-If you look up 'tea' in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unme...
Posted by Niamh on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:02:00 PST

The Grass is Green on This Side....

I will confess to suffering from 'The Grass is Always Greener' syndrome earlier this year and found that after 2 solid years in London I had to get out of the UK for a bit. However, I have just come b...
Posted by Niamh on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:45:00 PST