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Marfa And Ne-af

Keep It Shallow!

About Me


The Prague-Hong Kong tour:
Watch me turn into a
Polar Bear at YouWild.org
We (Marfa And Ne-af) try to think, ’If I were a person, what would I like to listen to?’ And then we do something else.
We are trying to lose some weight and get lots of diseases so we’ll look more interesting. At the same time, we want to teach young people about: (1) good nutrition; (2) self-esteem; and (3) "more."
We are not playing with a full deck.* In fact we play with exactly one card (10 of diamonds).
Marfa And Ne-Af: which one is which? Neither of us is either. None is any. We are all both. Or both both.
Be irritated by Marfa And Ne-Af-- today!
Marfa And Ne-af. Marfa and Ne-af. MarfaAndNe-af. MANiaf. MANe-af. Marfneafc. Marfne-afc. Marfniafc. Marfne-afcs. Marfne-acs. Marfniafcs. Marfneacs. Marfneax. Marfne-ax. MANeax. MANeacs. MANe-ax. MANe-ax. MANe-acs. MANeafx. MANe-afx. MANiafx. MANiafcs. Lights.
*of cards
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"REAL" "BIO"
Marfa And Ne-af are/is a Los Angeles-based group who play irritate-o electronic noise-pop. The music is heavily influenced by things like doorbells, movies, children’s songs, and cartoons.
Vocalist/songwriter/drummer Maren M-Ron works as an actress and model, and is a former member of The Peppermints and AntiQuark. Multi-instrumentalist Geoffrey Long works as a producer and recording engineer, and is a fomer member of Mr + Mrs Tribute To Ugliness. Both Maren + Geoffrey also now play in LA supergroup I Cant Read. And sometimes Mr. Don Bolles of Fancy Space People and The Germs plays in Marfa And Ne-af, too. And another sometimes-person who is sometimes a person in Marfa And Ne-af is Jorge who is also Core Ogg: The Coal Man.
Marfa And Ne-af have already played in interesting places like "France" (in Europe, we are told), "Italy" (also in Europe), Europe, Japan, Mexico, and the western "US," and have shared the stage with artists like 2Up, Nora Keyes, Indian Jewelry, An Albatross, the Chromatics, Arrington De Dionyso & Cat Lamb, and Replicock. Those are artists or "bands."
In November 2007, Marfa And Ne-af played at the Drop Dead Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, and then at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/1/2005
Band Members: The known unknowns, the known knowns, and the unknown knowns. And the unknown unknowns.
Maren + Geoff are also in I Cant Read . Geoffreppenek Geoff Long Longalo Bondoon also used to be in Mr + Mrs Tribute To Ugliness. Maren M-Ron Hubbard used to be in The Peppermints and Antiquark. I Cant Read is great. Sometimes Don Bolles plays with us, also. He... like, you know... plays with Fancy Space People and some band called the Germs. And sometimes with David Unger Hart + sometimes with Indian Jewelry. He is super-special, and loves sleepy kittens. We also occasionally use Core Ogg: The Coal Man . Also also, Quinn from New Collapse , Boyscouts of Annihilation, and The Centimeters has now played with us at least twice, which is like once but better.
Influences: Friends Forever, Cobra Killer, Robyn Hitchcock, GG Allin, COSTES, Boredoms, Melt Banana, Carmen Miranda, Flann O'Brien, Mindflayer, Pantslime, Mr Bitch, Gang Starr, OOIOO, Appalachian Dinner, We Had An Agreement, The Grandmas, Love Like Blood, Alien Sex Fiend, Love As Laughter, Sonic Youth, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Supersystem, Pleasures of The Sea, Neptune, Recent Shirt, Roman AquaDuck, Wire, Melvins, Ministry, Raymond Scott, The XTREMELY Dry Towels, Sentridoh, Sex Gang Children, The Naked Jungle, Keep the River on the Right, Sky Above/ Mud Below, All That Heaven Allows, Allegro Non Troppo, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer, Children of Paradise, Skinny Puppy, others
Sounds Like: See above, and also think of Nature's Toothbrush, Yoko Ono, Jello B, The Fall, Fluffy Golfers, Ass Rouge, old peeps throwin' up, Million Year-Old Women, Million-year-old Women
Record Label: Mutant Transmissions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Saturday, July 7, Illickeracy

From: M/R/XDate: 20 Jun 2007, 09:56 PMCLUB WOLFPAK & M/R/X PRESENTSTHE 7" ITCH...SATURDAY JULY 7, 07777WE'LL PLAY 7" VINYL ONLY!!!LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:I CAN'T READ (LA)FEATURING MEMBERS FROM NEW COLLA...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:16:00 PST

2nite @ Ding-a-ling w/ Chief Death Rage + Creekbird

From: Nora KeyesDate: 04 Jun 2007, 03:28 PMTuesday June 5th Club Ding-A-Ling presentsA night of Psychic Intrigue!!No Speaking!!Only non verbal vibrations!!! &Beer foam readings!!!High Pri...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:50:00 PST

MaNday et Tuesday also MaN

Monday, June 4:Sean Carnage PresentsChief Death Rage (ex-members of The Undoing of David Wright)I Cant Read+ more TBA@Pehrspace325 Glendale BlLA, CA 900269:30 pm. $5. All ages.-------THEN, on Tuesday,...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:57:00 PST

Tonight @ The Smell


Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 06:31:00 PST

LA Shows: Thurs. 5/31, Mon. 6/4, Tue. 6/5

Thursday May 31stThe Dead Hippies (Chicago, IL)Jenny Jenkins (Olympia, WA)Wellbeings (Olympia, WA)Free Agitation (Oakland)I Cant Read@The Smell247 S Main StLA, CA 90012Enter on alley btwn 2nd + 3r...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Mon, 28 May 2007 04:47:00 PST

Not playing May 15

I know you were probably all worked up about it, but we won't be playing tomorrow night after all. Got a lil job to do.yes.But we may play at Ding-a-ling again some time in June. Watch this space....
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Tue, 15 May 2007 05:11:00 PST

4:30pm Saturday for sure SD

Mr. and Mrs. Tribute to UglinessSilver DaggersNew CollapseSaturday, 12 May, 2007@ The Stabbin' Cabin1907 Kettner Blvd.San Diego, California 92101Cost : donationAll Day Party thing!!!!! Get there early...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:12:00 PST

Mr + Mrs New Collapse Saturday SD

Saturday 12 May 2007@ The Stabbin' Cabin1907 Kettner Blvd.San Diego, California 92101Cost : donationAll Day Party thing!!!!!Mr. and Mrs. Tribute to UglinessSilver DaggersNew CollapseMaybe it starts at...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Thu, 10 May 2007 01:43:00 PST

Chocolat-- PARIS-- Oui.

Do you like bugs? I don't know what to think of that. We played at Bagus chocolate shop/ tea salon in Paris last Friday. Our friend Marc played with us on a lot of it, and we did extra new stuff, and ...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:18:00 PST

Eurooo

Played at Cooperativi Portalupi in Vigevano, Italy Saturday nite. Il funno. Grazie Mille to Madame P for everything. www.mypace.com/madamep . She is the great human of the world. Still looking for mor...
Posted by Marfa And Ne-af on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:38:00 PST