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carl

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm a 31 year old musician/artist who's into anything creative, different and intriguing. If it sounds weird, chances are I'll like it!

My Interests

My main interests/pursuits are music, music ( did I mention music) - (listening, composing, performing, recording),art (in its many guises - specially art deco), the lovely Miss Anna, graphic design, the net + computers, reading, cooking, pyrotechnics, architecture, designing kinetic light sculptures, making funky Tshirts for friends and anything paranormal and abnormal.....

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet anyone who finds my interests vaguely intriguing and who would wish to converse. In particular, musicians with similar influences.

Music:

The Beatles, Spiritualized, Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Pink Floyd, Swervedriver, The Stooges + Iggy Pop, Primal Scream, Squarepusher, Joy Division, The Cramps, Kyuss, The Swans, The Gordons, Rodriguez, Mudhoney, Helmet, Janes Addiction, Butthole Surfers, Straightjacket fits, Syd Barrett, Squarepusher, Autechre, Gram Parsons, Public Enemy, Soft Machine, The Move, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Devo, At the drive in, Beastie Boys, Fu Manchu, Queens of the Stone Age, Teenage Fanclub, MC5, the Stones, The Byrds, Love, KISS, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Suicide, The Rapture, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, Neil Young, Aphex Twin, Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Popul Vuh, Cluster, Wire,The Church, Loop, ACDC, Ride, The Telescopes, Funkadelic/Parliament, Beach Boys, Flaming Lips, James Brown, Ministry, Polvo, Dandy Warhols, Mars Volta, Spacemen 3, Ramones, Television, Sergio Mendes, Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Roland Kirk, Pussy Galore, Royal Trux, Sun Ra, Roxy Music, Led Zep, Ravi Shankar, Stereolab, Add N to X, Lemon Jelly, Mouse on Mars, Tortoise, Trans Am, T-Rex, Galaxy 500, Public Enemy, Bailter Space, Orbital, Pavement, Beasts of Bourbon, The Birthday Party + Bad Seeds, Massive Attack, Mercury Rev. - Vintage Jazzmasters, Fender Twin Reverbs, Binson Echorettes, Hammond B3 organs + leslie cabinets, ARP Odysseys, Moog Modulars, VCS3's (analogue RULES!) - and they're my choices just for today.

Movies:

Apocalypse Now, Spinal Tap, Decline of Western Civilisation Part 2, Ferris Buellers Day Off, The Shining, Shaft, Black Belt Jones, Mudhoney, Vanishing Point, Withnail and I, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Easy Rider , The Party, The Trip, Performance, Clockwork Orange, Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

Television:

the Office, the Bill, Rage, Simpsons, Battle of the Planets, Banana Man, The Goodies, Metal Mickey, Iron Chef, Benny Hinn, Mass for you at home, The Junkies, Hour of Power, Ab-sculptor ads, Aerobics Ozstyle

Books:

Electric Koolaid Acid Test, Junkie, Shakey, Hammer of the Gods, Please Kill Me, Crazy from the Heat, Motley Crue - The Dirt., Whats Welsh for Zen?.

Heroes:

Bowie, Brian Eno, MC Escher, HR Giger, John Cale, Kevin Shields, Jaki Leibzeit, Michael Rother, Neil Young, Gustav Klimt

My Blog

ALL TIME FAVE ALBUMS + HOT TUNES

Having been making many compilation CD's in the last several hours for a friend who's already late for the airport....all the shivers, the tingles, the goosebumps from long forgotten and no-so-forgott...
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

One of lifes little treasures........

having those kind of friends that you just know are going to be there till the end, no matter where they might be, what you might do or what may happen. That unique bond that just rises over everythin...
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Justifying spending $165 on A reserve seats for David Bowie....plus other stuff

I maybe rich in many things but having an abundance (make that a regular abundance) of cash is one thing that has continued to plague me. Ok so Bowie decides to come to Perth....AWESOME FANTASTIC G...
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

All I appear to do is complain...so now I shall say something affirming....

ok....gimme a tic here....
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

So it's 2004 huh?

Mebbe I'm a boring old twat but every NYE (since I was 'legal') has been a major letdown.....and talking to a few pals just this last one a few days back agreed with me. What could it be? Here are ...
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I just saw the most bizarre interview on TV.......

Steve Irwin.......Crocodile Hunter......the real life 'Crocodile Dundee".....the guy who says "Crikey" all the time....the guy who looks permanently wired to the gills on some sort of potent stimulant...
Posted by carl on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST