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Greatfruit

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About Me


.....LATEST NEWS ---- ha ha ha I AM STILL NOT SMOKING so a big F**K YOU!! to all the doubters... I have been outside a lot lately, it's been good for my head. I've managed the odd review and demo panel for BBC Berks, and hooked up MARK GARDENER (ex-RIDE) with LINDA aka Linda Serck of BBC Radio Berkshire for an interview for THE SESSION - but otherwise I have been on a very long tea break from music stuff! BUT I AM NEVER FAR AWAY....SO --- Kick off Easter in style and watch 1DPS play the Port Mahon in Oxford, Thursday 5th April, see SHOWS for more details 1DPS stuff is now available for your delectation via LAST FM - go on, join in the fun and go to http://www.last.fm/music/One+Dollar+Peep+Show ALAN CLAYSON's mini tourette went down a storm, now waiting to hear about summer festivals, maybe CROPREDY??? His CLAYSONIC MAJESTY also has a new MySpace page - go on, add this living legend to your Friends! myspace.com/alanclayson GRUFF RHYS IS GOD!! Buy Candylion NOW! see Top Friends for Candylion MusicONE DOLLAR PEEP SHOW'S debut album SHOWREEL is available from Weird City Electric Company's online shop - go to www.weirdcityelectriccompany.co.uk ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________HMMM WHAT ELSE HAVE I DONE.... How about this lot for starters ____________________________________________________________ __________________________________the debut CD single cover, the NME ad, & promo flyer for HEARTWEAR PROCESS....CD booklet for CLAYSON & THE ARGONAUTS retrospective album, which came out on DAMAGED GOODS in 2005.....promoting the odd gig or two earlier this year at the Outlook in Reading, featuring some ace bands such as THE RACE & BIDGIE REEF & THE GAS....reporting on gigs & new music in New York for BLAST 1386AM Thames Valley Uni Radio...regional & national promo work for Reading band OFFTHERADAR's debut album launch in 2005....regional press for NYC band ALUMINUM BABE for their UK tours in 2003 & 2004....regional press for Reading-based compere JIM BOWES, who had his debut at Edinburgh Festival this year....friendly bartender at Club Velocity nights@The Rising Sun Arts Centre, Reading (don't bother asking for a single shot, I only serve large ones unless you make me do otherwise!).....promo for actress & singer PORTIA BOOROFF, back in Oxfordshire after successful run at Edinburgh Festival in 'THE ALLOTMENT' , and almost done with a tour across the Midlands - watch out for acoustic shows this Autumn with Des, Beanie & co....production assistant on a commercial with the NYC crew back in September...'expert' demo reviewer on The Session on BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE....Online reporter/blogger for BBC BERKSHIRE web site and radio at READING FESTIVAL 2006...more to come!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/24/2006
Band Members: One Dollar Peep Show, Weird City Electric Company, Heartwear Process, Velocity Recordings, Clayson & The Argonauts, Aluminum Babe, OffTheRadar, Jim Bowes, The Session@BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Berks@Reading Festival, Purple Turtle/John Peel Night, Blast 1386AM, Portia Booroff, emergency Bidgie Reef stuff....and anyone who needs a PR hussy...
Influences: Max Clifford, Frank Warren, nyxtian th NYC PR guru, the dolltastic Selene, Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards, Curtis Mayfield, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Carol in York, Kate Adie, Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis, Audrey Hepburn (especially in Roman Holiday at La Bocca della Verita), Seymour Hersh, Woodward & Bernstein, Hunter S Thompson (foremost, for Gonzo, but also for being there on the White House lawn to wave off that spawn of the Devil Mr Richard 'Tricky Dickie' Nixon on the day he resigned). Jon Snow. Robert Fisk. John Pilger. Senor Solera. MY DAD. for being a true grass roots honest trade unionist, regularly giving the finger to Special Branch in their poncy suits. My horoscope in the Sunday Mirror. The fortune cookie from Big Wong's in Chinatown, NYC, that read "look ahead without wonder, look behind without regret..."
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Christmas kicks off this Thursday...

at the AD in Reading. Blah Blah's Xmas BLOW OUT on the 14th. Due to the incredible incestuousness of the event, it promises to be an interesting evening!I'll be propping up the bar as usual. See you t...
Posted by Greatfruit on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:56:00 PST

latest music recommendations....

this week, I am mostly listening to:PHONOMONICS (Slovenia) - www.myspace.com/phonomonicsEX-OTAGO (Italia) - www.myspace.com/exotago - have kept in touch with these guys for about 5 years now, and they...
Posted by Greatfruit on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 02:51:00 PST

old friends, new territory...

Once upon a time (back in 1990-91) there was a power-pop PHENOMENON called 5:30. They still have a place in my heart. Ask the Coach, he knows.Then, to our our eternal sadness, they split up. Tara re-e...
Posted by Greatfruit on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:13:00 PST

All quiet on the music front....?

OK, I confess. I haven't been to a gig in more than two weeks, preferring instead to go away to the Dorset Coast, museums in London, and visiting people for dinner/drinks/gossip. Oooh, and Portia Boor...
Posted by Greatfruit on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:55:00 PST

The Session this Sunday

yep, back again, probably to get yet more hate mail :) bring it on!!!Stephen Long is in session this week. we loved his demo to bits. find out more about him here:http://www.myspace.com/stephenlongmu...
Posted by Greatfruit on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:31:00 PST

great weekend...

....which involved 2 gigs, including a stint behind the bar at Club V (Sice you were a gent), a suave party in London, an overnight stay in an 'executive suite' (whatever that means - but it was HUGE!...
Posted by Greatfruit on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:37:00 PST

BBC Berkshire Demo Panel

We had a couple of good ones this week! And the band live in the studio are pretty hot, too. Tune in on Sunday night at 7pm!104.9FM or www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire - 'LISTEN AGAIN' button
Posted by Greatfruit on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:08:00 PST

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT...

and don't we know it now. check out my mix-up with the kids, crowd surfing and a major mosh pit athttp://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/10/18 /earley_local_bands_review_feature.shtmlblim...
Posted by Greatfruit on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:25:00 PST

'querida'....

...my new favourite word.viva l'Espagnol!nuff said
Posted by Greatfruit on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:02:00 PST

Blardy Blars/ROCK N ROLL DISCO

my favourite track of the moment, BY A MILE. I gave these boys a 9.5/10 on the Session the other day (but only because I got told off by loads of people for dishing out a 10/10 the time before that).C...
Posted by Greatfruit on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:29:00 PST