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Nile Raven

I'm always in transmission...

About Me

"And if you have five seconds to spare. Then I'll tell you the story of my life" - "Half A Person" by The Smiths

"Then came by a friend of mine, suggested we go out together. Then I knew it from the start, this friend of mine would fall apart" - "The Perfect Kiss" by New Order

"And she gave away the secrets of her past, And said 'I've lost control again.'" - "She's Lost Control" by Joy Division

"London calling upon the zombies of death. Quit holding out-and draw another breath" - "London Calling" by The Clash

"We talk and we talk until my head explodes. I turn on the news and my body froze. The braying sheep on my TV screen. Make this boy shout, make this boy scream! - And the public wants what the public gets. But I don't get what this society wants. I'm going underground, (going underground)" - "Going Underground" by The Jam

"Never trust a hippie." - "Who Killed Bambi?" by The Sex Pistols

"Take a chance (Like all dreamers can't find another way) You don't have to dream it all, just live a day" - "Save a Prayer" by Duran Duran

"I hate these people staring, make them go away from me." - "How Beautiful You Are" by The Cure

"Sometimes I can fake a smile, but still the world looks down on me. Twenty five years of growing old, it just hangs infront of me. I can't see or understand why pushing up can drag me down. Take my time in everything, it breaks me up if I can't sing" - "Down on Me" by The Jesus and Mary Chain


A Music Video Moment...
"New Song (live)" by Howard Jones
John Lydon interview with Jimmy Kimmel.
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My Interests

    playing, writing and recording music, guitar/bass/vocals/keyboards astrology (i'm a scorpio/sag. born on a cusp) violent video games excorsisms, cathedrals, demonology and gargoyles New Castle Brown Ale Guinness!!! cats and bats chix with fangs film and music cursing in different languages japanese food, culture and horror films anime pin-ups food/cooking tasteful nude art/photography comic books/graphic novels reading/research/self educating women's issues

I'd like to meet:

The dead... Ian Curtis, Edgar Allen Poe, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Edward Munch and St. Teresa of Calcutta.

The dreaming... Sandman/Morpheus, Death/Didi, Elric, Jack Skellington, The Powerpuff Girls, Harley Quinn, Cat Woman and Jack Bauer.

The living... Johnny Depp, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Mickie James, Nora Greenwald, Elvira (Cassandra Peterson), Tim Burton and Danny Elfman.

Myspacers... only people I know, fans or people who have the same interests. Please message me first with an add request out of courtesy. Thanx!

Myspace bands... you must message me first. And don't bother if your influences aren't even on my music list.

Music:

  • Joy Division
  • The Jam
  • The Cure (up until "Wish")
  • New Order
  • Bauhaus
  • Peter Murphy
  • Love and Rockets
  • Sisters of Mercy
  • The House of Love
  • The Ramones
  • The Dandy Warhols
  • The Medusas
  • Juno's Circus
  • Duran Duran
  • Mazzy Star
  • BB King
  • The Cranberries
  • The Jesus and Mary Chain
  • Blondie
  • Shonen Knife
  • Yuki
  • Bow Wow Wow
  • Ministry
  • The Clash
  • 18th Dye
  • Lush
  • Adorable
  • The Damned
  • Sugarcubes
  • Pretty Girls Make Graves
  • The Killers
  • The Bravery
  • The Smiths / Morrissey
  • Magnapop
  • A Flock of Seagulls
  • Erasure
  • Eurythmics
  • Echo and the Bunnyman
  • Billy Idol
  • The Mighty Lemon Drops
  • Cub
  • Depeche Mode
  • Martin Gore
  • The Difference Engine
  • The Damnbuilders
  • Oingo Boingo
  • X-Ray Spex
  • Public Image Ltd.
  • The Sex Pistols
  • Glow
  • Echobelly
  • Modest Mouse
  • Luna
  • The Clientele
  • Inspiral Carpets
  • The Chameleons U.K.
  • Bikini Kill
  • Love Spit Love
  • Human League
  • Bjork
  • 10, 000 Maniacs (w/Natalie Merchant)
  • Weezer
  • Nirvana
  • Poster Children
  • The Psychedelic Furs
  • Fools Dance
  • The Buzzcocks
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Wire
  • Adam and the Ants
  • Kill Hannah
  • They Might Be Giants
  • Elvis Costello
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Pixies
  • Breeders
  • Berlin
  • J-Pop

    • Movies:

  • Napolean Dynamite
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Pee Wee's Big Adventure
  • The Excorsist
  • The Excorsism of Emily Rose
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Day of the Dead
  • Ju-On
  • Ringu
  • Uzumaki
  • Dark Water
  • Jeepers Creepers
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Buffalo '66
  • Donnie Darko
  • Drop Dead Fred
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space
  • The Corpse Bride
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Taxi Driver
  • Finding Neverland
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Office Space
  • The Terminal
  • Batman Begins
  • Spiderman
  • X-Men
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Eraserhead
  • Amelie
  • Dig!
  • 24 Hour Party People
  • Monty Python (all of them)
  • Freaks
  • Henry Fool
  • Ghost World
  • Ed Wood
  • Nasferatu
  • Shadow of the Vampire
  • Monsters Inc.
  • King Kong (2005)
  • Two Brothers
  • Fast Times at Ridgmont High
  • This is Spinal Tap
  • Bela Lugosi films
  • The Bride of Frankenstien
  • Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
  • The Name of the Rose
  • Charlie Chaplin

    • Television:

  • Lexx
  • The Munsters
  • All in the Family
  • Sienfeld
  • Fraiser
  • Banana Splits
  • G-Force
  • Speed Racer
  • Futurama
  • Grounded for Life
  • Charmed
  • Boston Public
  • The BBC (Are You Being Served? - Dave Allen at Large - Faulty Towers - Absolutly Fabulous - Monty Python's Flying Circus - The Young Ones - Benny Hill)

    • Currently:

  • 24
  • Drive
  • Gilmore Girls
  • The War at Home
  • South Park
  • Simpsons
  • Family Guy
  • Doctor Who
  • IFC (Independent Film Channel

    • Books:

  • Plato's Republic
  • The Divine Comedy
  • Edgar Allen Poe
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Animal Farm
  • The Prince
  • Micheal Moorcock (pretty much anything)
  • Comic books / graphic novels (Sandman, Death, Destiny, The Girl Who Would Be Death, Faultlines, Harley Quinn, G-Force)

    • Heroes:

  • Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Born: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
  • My parents
  • Bret Hart
  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Johnny Rotten
  • Honorable people
  • and all those who have to clean public bathrooms :P

    • My Blog

    News on the Panic album. UPDATED 4-8-07

    On the Juno's Circus band profile, the Panic album blog has been updated.I've been recording with Ryan Coscia (drummer for Solar Powered People) and with Lucky Lew (recorded Grandaddy) at the helm. So...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST

    My new radio show - Channel 13

    Yep, it's finally up, the first installment of Channel 13. I can finally play the songs I couldn't play on FCC regulated radio. Lots of great songs, I don't want to censor. I'll be taking requests in ...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:14:00 PST

    Leon Stern R.I.P.

        Recently, my friend, co-author and mentor passed away after struggling for years, fighting cancer. He was a major influence for me as a writer and lyrisist.Leon made his living as ...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:04:00 PST

    Why does Bowie still look so fucking good?

    I just saw an interview with David Bowie, and at 50... geez, he still looks good. While the American pop culture is so obsessed with youth, I've been appreciating the older generation of musicians mor...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 09:35:00 PST

    My Modern Rock radio show playlists. Nevermore!

    From my radio show, here are the playlists... (also broadcast online from www.kcss.net at a low bit rate)to Download a show, right-click on the MP3 link and choose "save link as..." or "save target as...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:58:00 PST

    Back in Hell (photos)

    Yep, I'm back among the Missing People and the meth-heads of this God-forsaken shithole. But my trip to Chicago was time well spent. Ate alot of burgers and pizzas , saw a lot of friends and family an...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:19:00 PST

    What's your favorite lyric?

    I've loved this line from Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" for quite sometime. I think it optimizes the kind of lyrix I aspire to write. Well, here it is:   And she gave away the secrets of he...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:08:00 PST

    Top Albums...

    I shall add more later... Top Albums:  1) Darklands - The Jesus and Mary Chain  2) Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division  3) Republic - New Order  4) Seventeen Seconds - The Cure  ...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:05:00 PST

    Top Bands...

    This is a working list... Top Bands:    1) Joy Division    2) The Jam    3) New Order    4) The Jesus and Mary Chain    5) The Sex Pistols  &n...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 12:51:00 PST

    Disorder in the Court!

    Thanx Jessica for posting this.I picked these up from Jessica's post, but I couldn't track down exactly from which book these transcripts are from. There are a couple I found. It may be from, "Disorde...
    Posted by Nile Raven on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:53:00 PST