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j0hn

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About Me

Born on Staten Island, NY....grew up in East Brunswick, NJ....exiled to Wallkill, NY where I languished through the last half of the 80's(I graduated from Wallkill High, not EBHS). Been slogging in Jersey for the past decade plus(currently in Old Bridge). I'm the faux opera singer for Strange Things Done In The Midnight Sun , an undeveloped graphic artist, a subterranean scenester, sunlight dodger, terminal insomniac, an occasional ego destroyer, and a pale-skinned pessimist.

The cynically geared "blog" entries are based solely on subversive muzik and concerts, NY/NJ clubs that cater to the punk/indie/new wave/gothiK crowd, and serve as an open window to an insomnia fueled nightlife that occasionally involves a handful of individuals who are on my friends list. Take it or leave it.

Add my band , bEtches!
.. You'll Never Nomi[Strange Things Done In The Midnight Sun]

My Interests

clubs, concerts, punk, post-punk, industrial, gothic, new wave, NYC, gardening

I'd like to meet:

punk rockers, post punkers, art fags, indie hipsters and NYC/NJ experimental noiZemakers.
I don't automatically accept friend requests which I've been getting a lot of lately from random individuals. Send me a message indicating who the bloody fuck you are and maybe I'll consider n0t denying your unfamiliar asses!

pic:moi, melissa(the girlfriend)& steph(the gf's best friend).

Who I don't want to meet:People who are nothing beyond their cars, kids and the beer in their hand.

Music:

on the iPod playlist(7/04/08):
01)Ode To A Boy[Yazoo]
02Plastic[Portishead]
03)Growing Up[Peter Gabriel]
04)The Step And The Walk[Duke Spirit]
05)Sweatbox[Wolfgang Press]
06)The Thought That Counts[Comsat Angels]
07)Rain On Me[Cyndi Lauper]
08)Scissors In The Sand[Echo And The Bunnymen]
09)Juliette Of The Spirits[B-52s]
10)Peter Piper[Run DMC]

4ad, adam and the ants, afrika bambaataa, alien sex fiend, alison moyet, angels of light, ann magnuson, babes in toyland, bee and flower, bel canto, bell hollow, bellmer dolls, bongwater, british sea power, bush tetras, calla, chameleons uk, cocteau twins, coil, comateens, comsat angels, concrete blonde, curve, cyndi lauper, danielle dax, dead can dance, dead or alive, diamanda galas, dresden dolls, einsturzende neubauten, eurythmics, fad gadget, foetus, frank chickens, fuzzbox, gavin friday, gang of four, geniuser, get precious, goldfrapp, gun club, hawaiian pups, jim thirlwell, joy division, karen finley, killdozer, klaus nomi, laika, laurie anderson, lene lovich, lisa germano, l.l. cool j., lush, magazine, massive attack, MDC, medicine, meryn cadell, ministry, new model army, nick cave, nina hagen, pailhead, pere ubu, pixies, prosaics, public image ltd., pylon, q. lazzarus, recoil, red lorry yellow lorry, renegade soundwave, romeo void, run d.m.c., shriekback, silverfish, siouxsie and the banshees, sisters of mercy, skinny puppy, swans, the avengers, the birthday party, the cramps, the cranes, the creatures, the dickies, the fat boys, the flying lizards, the happy flowers, the lost patrol, the passions, the primitives, the rezillos, the waitresses, thee heavenly music association, throwing muses, tindersticks, ultra vivid scene, virgin prunes, visage, wolfgang press, world/inferno friendship society, xmal deutschland, xtc, young marble giants

Biting My Nails[Renegade Soundwave]

Movies:

After Hours, Better Off Dead, Xanadu(fucked me up for life!), Color Purple, Muriel's Wedding, Beetlejuice, Little Miss Sunshine, The Muppet Movie, Grosse Pointe Blank, River's Edge, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Peewee's Big Adventure, Hellraiser, Time Bandits, Times Square, Nomi Song, URGH!:A Music War, Young Frankenstein

Television:

My favorite shows are Flight Of The Conchords, Ugly Betty, 24, Arrested Development.

Books:

Trouser Press Record Guide

My Blog

Ginkers:an indiefilm documentary trailer featuring moi

Ginker:an East Brunswick, NJ-born term typically applied to a teenage burnout/metal-head. Prominently used in the late 70s to the early 90s. rather awesome that  Motorhead is played duri...
Posted by j0hn on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:10:00 PST

my band has a crazy amount of shows coming up!

this:then January 9th at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn with our friends Glass Doll, Some Candy and more...THENMaxwells in Hoboken Sunday the 13th with Franz Nicolay(of The Hold Steady/x-World Inferno Frie...
Posted by j0hn on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:11:00 PST

Ottos Shrunken Head-10/12/07

Ok....so.....our show at Otto's was fucking awesome. (We were)Far better than our last one(even though that was amazing as well). I think my campy, goofy persona has FINALLY surfaced on stage....wheth...
Posted by j0hn on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 01:19:00 PST

neon in the window, sirens far away....

news on the radio.....happy birthday! happy birthday! happy birthday!Today is DJ Jim's, a.k.a. SaveTheWave, birthday. He passed away earlier this year from a heart attack. I'm sure some would disagree...
Posted by j0hn on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST

Aaaaaaaaaaave Maaaaaaaaaariaaaaaa.........

Despite the show having a rather poor turnout for all concerned I feel it was the most sonically precise and energetic we've been yet. Sure I fucked up verse-wise on "Red Velvet Rope Requiem"...an, ya...
Posted by j0hn on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:49:00 PST

My Proto-Goth Icon:

      ..t-->Your Score../t-->: Herman Munster!      Our test has determined that you possess 36% Hellbentness, 42% Sanguinity,  and 43% Creeps!W...
Posted by j0hn on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:22:00 PST

Happy bEtchday to me!

You know.....I'm really not a vain person...but I must say I'm rather well preserved look-wise for 36. That was taken at the Knitting Factory where I kicked off my birthday weekend last friday. Bell H...
Posted by j0hn on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:37:00 PST

Oh....mygod, a blog!

I don't think I can possibly care any less about The Cure(and the fact that they'll be in the states soon). I love a huge amount of their old stuff, as I've stated countless times before, but most ev...
Posted by j0hn on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:24:00 PST

Bell Hollow/Us@The Loop Lounge:

Last night was our show at the Loop Lounge with Bell Hollow.....and I must say, it was the most fun I've had on and off stage yet!!Bell Hollow were nothing short of brilliant......and they get even mo...
Posted by j0hn on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:41:00 PST

THE UPDATENESS(03/09/07):

Huh, been ages since I last deigned to post to this Space of My bloggish nonsense. As you can see we have a show coming up a week from now at the Asbury Lanes. Ya....a bowling alley. Plus...we've been...
Posted by j0hn on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:07:00 PST