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Mark J

KEEP MUSIC LIVE!

About Me

Supported housing manager again (!) and getting involved in a bit of music promotion. Almost any kind of live music is of interest but I have no credible connections with the classical community.

My Interests

Music (especially live), drinking establishments, art, cosmology, anthropology, linguistics, human origins & ecological place, history, sci-fi & other fiction, chess, Anarchism, complexity, quantum physics & so on & so on...

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with anything interesting to say (humility preferred)about anything in my profile or, for that matter, anything else! I do have wide interests. I'll always reply to messages and I like to get a good dialogue going.

Music:

South African Township Jive and Jazz, Abdullah Ibrahim, Bheki Mseleku, Zila, Moveable Feast, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk, Wynford Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Willie Dixon, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Tony Williams,Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Billie Holliday, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Fulton Allen, Hubert Sumlin, Howling Wolf, Elmore James, The Rolling Stones, Flaky Jake, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Winston Rodney, Lee Perry, The Congos, The Gutter Brothers, The Jesus Underground, Toupee, Blues Abuse, Bill Clift, Deni Bonet, Glenn Tilbrook, Siobhan Parr, Bob Dylan, Roy Harper, Leon Rosselson, Cocteau Twins, Satie, Bruch, JS Bach, Chopin.

Movies:

Life of Brian, Going South, World Police: Team America.

Television:

CSI, Have I Got News For You, Later, The Simpsons.

Books:

The Dispossessed: Ursula Le Guin. The Quark & the Jaguar: Murray Gell-Mann. Bobby Fischer's 60 Memorable games. Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy: Douglas Adams. Maya Angelou: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. The Origin of Species: Charles Darwin. Anything by George Orwell and most things by Philip K Dick.

Heroes:

Emma Goldman, Capablanca, Dudu Pukwana, Abdullah Ibrahim, Louis Jordan, Douglas Adams, George Orwell, Bob Dylan, Bessie Smith, Maya Angelou, Ursula Le Guin. Murray Gell-Mann, Richard Dawkins, Richard Feynman, Einstein, George Orwell, Kropotkin, Jacob Bronowski, AJP Taylor, Graham Greene, Kurt Vonnegut, Nelson Mandela, A.S. Neill, Noam Chomsky, Ivan Illich, Paulo Freire, Paul Foot.

My Blog

Bar Sonic Closed!

Bar Sonic is definitely closed and will not be re-opening! An absolute pain as I spent 17 months building up the music and its reputation was growing! I still don't know why its closed but it certainl...
Posted by Mark J on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:45:00 PST

BAR SONIC GIGS CANCELLED!

ALL GIGS @ BAR SONIC ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! Apologies to anyone who was planning to come along!
Posted by Mark J on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:16:00 PST

dAMIEN rENOUF & sLIM’S cYDER cO!

At Bar Sonic this w'end: Friday- the very talented young singer/songwriter (he hates that description!) DAMIEN RENOUF. Went down an absolute storm when he did a couple of guest slots so this shou...
Posted by Mark J on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:12:00 PST

BAR SONIC

Fri 11th: BG Blooze! Mick Kemp & Co do there thing: featuring the brillinat Gary Walsh ..s. Sat 12th: Dave Sutherland!! Shortly to release his next album and commence his promotional tour, Dave wa...
Posted by Mark J on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:21:00 PST

& this w’end?

Fri 28th: The Steve Mathews Trio- a very excellent blues band (harmonica, guitar, double bass). Steve is lead singer of The Razors, a 5 piece who’ve already played down Bar Sonic. This 3 piece l...
Posted by Mark J on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:47:00 PST

Bar Sonic over Easter Weekend

Friday 21st: jazz tinged country blues from Blues Abuse featuring Steve Morrison, Al Richardson & Al Hughes. Saturday 22nd: Bruise! Originals and a few covers from this brilliant indi-ish 3 piece...
Posted by Mark J on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:26:00 PST

More Bar Sonic!

Fri 14th: Moveable Feast give you a pre-Paddys nite treat this Friday with their usual stuff and and few Irish tunes which they do rather well. Also take advantage of the Guinness promotion: 2 quid a...
Posted by Mark J on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:33:00 PST

BANDS/DUOS/SOLOS WANTED!

Apart from Bar Sonic I'm in the process of setting up a number of other gigs and I'm also working with The Catapult Club at its new home, The White Hart, in New Cross. I would be very interested in re...
Posted by Mark J on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:49:00 PST

... and now: BAR SONIC

Fri 7th: THE BILL CLIFT BAND feat Al Richardson, Matt Percival & Chris Morgan: A mixture of beautiful originals and genre jumping covers interpreted to an exceedingly high standard! Sat 8th: Keepi...
Posted by Mark J on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:37:00 PST

THE DUPLICATES in Catapult Club Shock!

The Catapult Club has moved rather suddenly to:The White Hart184 New Cross RoadNew Cross SE14 5AADue to some licencing confusions at the Deptford Arms.Tomorrow (Thurs 6th) is the opening night with t...
Posted by Mark J on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:32:00 PST