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Mariflan

High times and vodka in the morning

About Me

Jewellery making - have a website www.carnelians.co.uk please place orders, it's not expensive, and all handmade by me!

My Interests

Jewellery making - www.carnelians.co.uk. It's not expensive, but it is clever....

I'd like to meet:

No one. I've got enough friends thanks.

Music:

Porcupine Tree, Pure Reason Revolution, Blackfield, Rush, Our Lady Peace, Amplifier, Frost, Kino, Francis Dunnery, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio, Muse, Radiohead, All About Eve, Geist, A Perfect Circle, 30 seconds to Mars, Aerosmith, Air, Alice in Chains, Alien Ant Farm, Alter Bridge, Anathema, Anthrax, Aqualung, Audioslave,Lacuna Coil, 3 colours red, The Wildhearts, Baby Animals, Bad Company, Bad Religion, Black # 5, Bush, Kate Bush, David Byrne, Cast, Clannad, Alice Cooper, Chris Cornell, Crash Test Dummies, Creed, The Cult, The Dandy Warhols, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Diamond Head, Dodgy, Dream Theater, Eels, Faith No More, Faithless, Feeder, Fish, Foo Fighters, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Free, Fun Loving Criminals, Genesis, Gomez, Green Day, GTR, Guns n Roses, Heart, Infectious Grooves, Iommi, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Journey, Judas Priest, Kansas, Kings X, Kingdom Come, Kiss, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Liberty 37, Little Angels, Linkin Park, Live, Magnum, Marillion, Manic Street Preachers, the Mars Volta, Metallica, Moby, Monster Magnet, Morcheeba, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Man, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, The Offspring, OSI, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Robert Plant, Presidents of the USA, Prodigy, Queen, QOTSA, Queensryce, Rage Against the Machine, Rainbow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dan Reed Network, REM, Rocket from the Crypt, Rolling stones, Rush, Ruth Ruth, UJoe Satriani, Soundgarden, Saxon, Scorpions, Screaming Trees, Seahorses, Kyuss, Shirehorses, Sisters of Mercy, Skunk Anansie, Skyscraper, Slayer, Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Soil, Spocks Beard, Stabbing Westward, Stereophonics, Stone Temple Pilots, Styx, Suicidal Tendencies, Super Furry Animals, Supertramp, Ty Tabor, Talking Heads, Temple of the Dog, Terrorvision, The The, Thin Lizzy, Threshold, Thunder, Tool, Transatlantic, Triumph, Type O Negative, UFO, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, the Violet Hour, WASP, Whitesnake, Yes, Neil YoungI may have repeats, and there are shed loads more... but that's a taster.

Movies:

The Crow, Local Hero, Highlander, Blade Runner, This is Spinal Tap, Waynes World, Lord of the Rings, Tenacious D Pick of Destiny, Watership Down.

Television:

Alan Partridge, Coast, Ever Decreasing Circles, Scrubs, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Saxondale. League of Gentlemen Watch very little telly.

Books:

Bret Easton Ellis, 'classics' (love Moonfleet), Kids books (JK Rowling, Philip Pulman), Raymond E Feist, Terry Brooks.Currently reading Lunar Park

Heroes:

The Dave.

My Blog

Alice Cooper/Motorhead/Joan Jett - Wembley 17-11-07

In the seated bit.   Was all right though. Fucked off with myspace and facebook. Will post dates/bands from now on. And purge 'friends'.    ...
Posted by Mariflan on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:05:00 PST

10th November - Heaven and Hell - Wembley

Missed Iced Earth supporting, saw Lamb of God (poor man's Slayer.  Yuk).   Set list as follows: Mob Rules Children Of The Sea I Sign Of The Southern Cross Voodoo Vinnie Appice Drum Solo Comp...
Posted by Mariflan on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

Porcupine Tree/Anathema - The Forum, Kentish Town 9-11-07

Jesus - there's a Craig David advert at the top of this page, and I've just been sick in my mouth Aaanyway - I gave up smoking four weeks ago, but since then, I've had bronchitis, chest/mouth/th...
Posted by Mariflan on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:08:00 PST

Rush - Wembley twice, Brum and Manchester

Yes - not quite stalking the band, but a fair few gigs nonetheless!   The first one was Tuesday 9th October - and thanks to a very dear friend, we were in the third row from the front.  I've...
Posted by Mariflan on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:08:00 PST

The Standard, Walthamstow 21-9-07. ENGAGED!!!! Whitesnake UK Tribute

Dave and I headed off to the Standard in Walthamstow (first pub we met in) and watched the crap support band for Whitesnake UK. He asked me to marry him, I said yes, got very drunk.   Blissfully ...
Posted by Mariflan on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:06:00 PST

Anthem, the Cauliflower, Ilford 8th September 2007

Headed off again to meet The Grudge, with Dave this time to see Anthem again.  Thankfully not supporting the fuckwit fest that is Expose. We were treated to a much longer set, and even with two r...
Posted by Mariflan on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:56:00 PST

Chris Cornell - Roundhouse,Camden - 3rd September 2007

Due to the rotten tube strikes, met Dave at Gants Hill and drove up to Camden. Met up with The Grudge and a few of his mates, at the Misty Moon pub (a nice pint of Directors - very Alan...) then trund...
Posted by Mariflan on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:25:00 PST

Anthem - The Cauliflower - Ilford 26th August 2007

Met up with my good friend 'The Grudge' at the Cauliflower for an evening of Guinness and Blackcurrant and carnage! Saw the excellent 'Anthem' - proper covers band - and talented too. Sadly, they were...
Posted by Mariflan on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:32:00 PST

Tool - Brixton Academy - 21st August

Due to a bit of a mix up with the tickets (Dave forgot he had them!) we ended up arriving just as Tool were starting - and had to stand near the bar. After a slight altercation with a midgetous austra...
Posted by Mariflan on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:33:00 PST

Los Endos (Genesis Tribute), The Cauliflower Seven Kings, Sat 11th August

After a lovely evening out with friends on Friday night, Dave asked me if I wanted to go and see a Genesis tribute band on Saturday. I decided once I got there that Dave was driving, and started on th...
Posted by Mariflan on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:51:00 PST