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Midge

Myspace?...it's just a frickin' popularity contest!

About Me

Overeducated underachieving slacker who fortunately has a mate who has an eye for exploiting an opportunity and offered me a job at his 60's/70's emporium Urban Village doing his eBay stuff,so i can reguarly be seen mooching round the Custard Factory (as well as hassling customers at DIABOLIK, Birminghams finest Cult DVD peddlers).

The Hare And Hounds
(Some Urban Village Handiwork...)

Hare And Hounds, High St, Kings Heath, B14 7JZ
I also have a rarely updated Website .

My Interests

Music,Guitar, Trash Culture, Skip Divin', Linux , Fishbones, Poker, Hair Bunches, Emily 'Boof' Booth, Joanna (Guest and Angel), Hunt Emerson comix, Ed Roth/Coop/Vince Ray inspired artwork, Solar Powered Killin' Sheep !

I'd like to meet:

Anyone!!

Music:

ECLECTIC!.Punk (proper U.K punk! none of that new fangled American skate crap) and Ambient so at any one time i could be listening to.The Damned, Orbital, Distillers, Crass, Orb, Bad Brains, Banco', Zappa, Skindred, Gogol Bordello, The Ramones, MC5,Rezillos ,Cravats, Screaming Blue Messiahs,Red Snapper ,The Stranglers, etc...

Pubs If i'm in town it's The Costermongers (even though its on the skids!), Scruffy Murphys (better class of scumbag), The Yard of Ale and occasionally the Market Tavern R.I.P (tho' those Digbeth back streets were moody n' treacherous at night), if it's sunny it's gotta be the Sacks of Potatoes or The Flapper and i've just discovered Exposures Rock Ca Subside has reopened.
(an' if i'm at home ...)

Tattoos Three (ooh..hardcore!)

Movies:

Quadrophenia, Crumb, Mad Max II, Ghost World, Bladerunner, The Big Lebowski, Italian job, Cabin Fever, anything by Relishxxx (where Porn meets Carry On) , and currently a lot of 'Trash Cinema'...

Television:

The Lost Room, My Name Is Earl, The Sopranos, The Prisoner, Futurama, The Simpsons,(tho' it ain't as funny as it used to be), Mythbusters,

Books:

Killing For Culture, Slackers Handbook, The Book Of The Subgenius,Headpress back catalogue,The Day The Country Died,Burning Britain, Deathrow (The Chronicles of Psychobilly)
Magazine wise it has to be Bizarre or Naked (though it appears to have gone under?)

***I'm Desperately Seeking 'PSYCHOTROPEDIA' by Russ Kick***

Heroes:

Bender (Futurama)

"This is the land of NOWHERE...
...and whatever your searching for you won't find it here because thsre's nothing but NOTHING EVERYWHERE! "

My Blog

Midge vs SAGA

Probably the BEST piece of work i’ve seen on the process of becoming less young! (it’s long but worth the slog).Hope I Die Before Marcia Gets OldIn issue 3 of BUST, the zine for women too ...
Posted by Midge on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:17:00 PST

Amy Winehouse vs Tattoos

You know i'm getting really tired of the stick Amy Winehouse gets for the style of her inky excesses. Y' walk into any city centre rock/alt bar and most of the 'kids' (ie, right side of 25) have full...
Posted by Midge on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:48:00 PST

Rag n Bone MP3 Pikeys

Our local Rag n' Bone men (nee 'Totters') used to herald their arrival with a badly played trumpet. This morning i was listening to them coming down the road and realised each blast was identical to ...
Posted by Midge on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:18:00 PST

Frankfurt Market

'e don't sing no more? Y' know it's nearly Christmas when y' stood freezin' under the gaze of that scary flea bitten Moose in Victoria Square with a pint of fizzy German beer in one hand and a large p...
Posted by Midge on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:07:00 PST

Fiddle n Bone vs Mary Celeste !

I've always loved my noise n' Punk but i've also loved free spirited pubs that put on free Blues,Jazz and Soul in a laid back settin' several days a week.So i was frickin' fuming when the Fiddle and B...
Posted by Midge on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:03:00 PST

Brian Warner

It's no big secret that i CAN'T stand this C**T.He's a music biz Journalist come muso (Pet Shop Boys?), Started a 'killing Joke tribute' act, then went for the 'Shock Dollar' but somehow ended up on M...
Posted by Midge on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:58:00 PST

The Great White Lightning Cider PR Disaster!!

White Cider Chilled with ice cubes tastes just like crap wine.£2.00 a pop for two litres YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!!!(it's certainly givin' Meths an' Evo Stick a run for its money)From those good people at ...
Posted by Midge on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:48:00 PST

Bennie Gray s Unfortunate Gallery Door

The Custard Factory Sux!!!...
Posted by Midge on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:33:00 PST

GOUT !

Y' know there's absolutely NO QUESTION that i still Rock but the frequent bouts of Gout (crystalised uric acid! ) are becomin' a total pain in the toe Ass!....
Posted by Midge on Mon, 14 May 2007 04:15:00 PST

Burlesque or Porno Lite !?

Is it just me or is Burlesque just "ironic" pornography for people who won't admit they like REAL pornography?...
Posted by Midge on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:34:00 PST