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Francis Macdonald

Tanktop Pop...!

About Me

Francis Macdonald has recorded 2 albums under the project name Nice Man and Nice Man & The Bad Boys....He runs Shoeshine Records / Spit & Polish in Glasgow and drums with Teenage Fanclub....Other artists he has worked with include: BMX Bandits, Kim Fowley, Robert Forster, Dan Penn, Alex Chilton, John Herald, Chip Taylor, Ben Vaughn, Laura Cantrell, Kate Rusby, Camera Obscura, Belle & Sebastian, Looper, Future Pilot AKA, The Hermit Crabs, The Pastels, Radio Sweethearts, Michael Shelley, Cheeky Monkey, Frank Blake, Astro Chimp, blah, blah...Francis has produced a (currently unreleased) Jerry Lee Lewis album....He provided the music for the British comedy feature film Zemanovaload starring Ed Byrne...His music has also been used in MTV's Real World, Fashion TV, Queer Eye For the Straight Guy, Sky News, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, Emilio Estevez's 'smash hit' Late Last Night and a mobile phone ad in South Korea.
"Love Is A Game" features in the new Adam Sandler comedy Wedding Daze...Francis manages Camera Obscura
and is co-producing the debut album by Attic Lights...
He wants to keep making music an' that...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: shoeshine.co.uk/niceman.htm
Band Members: Francis and sometimes 'The Bad Boys' (Jamie Cameron, Stuart Kidd & Brian McEwan).
Influences: Classic 60s pop, some country and a bit of rock n roll. Among other things. Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers, Beatles, Beach Boys, Kim Fowley, BMX Bandits, The Magnetic Fields, The Go-Betweens, etc.
Sounds Like: People say - The Lemonheads, Jonathan Richman and Teenage Fanclub.
Record Label: Shoeshine Records (in the UK)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

So...

..I bought a ukele. Is it a toy? Is it a wonderful new means of expressing myself musically? I'm favouring the latter but the jury is out.. Julie Fowlis is featured in the Mojo Rising section of the n...
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:36:00 PST

Blood On The Tracks In The Car

I'm keeping it real with a cassette player in my car. I pick up the odd tape from a charity shop. George Harrison Cloud 9 doesn't get a lot of plays but I've fallen in love with Bobby D's Blood On The...
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:51:00 PST

so

I saw The Vaselines tonight: Eugene and Frances backed by Richard, Stevie and Bob from Belle & Sebastian. And it was FUN. Well done everybody....
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:49:00 PST

God

Have a chat with Him here. Don't forget to ask, "Who is your favourite band?"...
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:39:00 PST

jeez

No more Sopranos. No more Gavin & Stacey. What am I going to do?
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:27:00 PST

Happy Go Lucky

Not me - the Mike Leigh film. I saw it tonight and I enjoyed it. This made me laugh....
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:32:00 PST

The Sopranos

I think I saw the last ever episode of The Sopranos without knowing it was the last ever episode. Confusion reigns....I finished season 1 of the Wire too. That seemed to fizzle out a bit....
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:31:00 PST

The Bravery Of The Poet In Deference To His Art...

Hugo Williams "Toilet". PS I'm still thinking about how great - how tight, taut, fun, moving joyous - let alone well choreographed - "Singin' In The Rain" is....
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:12:00 PST

wow

I was in a van driving down Camden high at on Thur night thinking how cool it would be to see Noel Fielding cos I think he hangs out there sometime and I glanced out the window and there he was in a b...
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:38:00 PST

Garageband

I’ve had a shot of an apple/imac/notebook thing cos a baddie sole my laptop and I’m addicted to Garageband. Help.I watched this the other night and quite enjoyed it.Tonight I sampled some ...
Posted by Francis Macdonald on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:32:00 PST