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Ian

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About Me

Hidden Talent Booking - it's an agency. That's what I do. I book shows for bands and the bands are good and the audience is happy, usually. Predominantly punk, hc, ska and metal - www.hiddentalentbooking.com. I've been involved in the scene in one way or another since I was 14 and started my first fanzine, had a record label, (Meantime / SMR) from 17, played in some bands - Dan, Sofahead, Rugrat/Bulltaco) for a bit then started with this booking bands thing I'm doing now and here we are. I try and get it right and do the right thing and usually manage that. I guess I'm in it for life................................."Each time I find myself lying flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race"- Frank, Dean and Sammy src="http://x.myspace.com/images/clear.gif"

My Interests

Music, films, KMN, Wrestling, freakshows, and music again.

I'd like to meet:

Some people more than once, I'm a bit wary initially....and Mel Brooks :

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Music:

Punk Rock from Day 1 (Sonics) to today, I'm not interested in lists but The Ruts and The Rat Pack and and Dion and Bobby Darin and the Rezillos and The Kinks get an honourary mention. Ska, Blues, Good 60's soul, good rock'n'roll, bad 60's surf,(I'm being cremated to Wipe Out by the Sufaris - fact!) soundtracks Anything with drive and passion is good and i'm discovering great new (and old) things all the time. The U.K. HTB roster is pretty fine, past and present and it would be wrong to single any specific bands out, but one split up and one moved on, and both were important, and one taught me I shouldn't care so much...life eh ? One part of doing the job is that I never thought I'd end up working with bands I was buying records by on the way home from School back in the 80's. It's wierd , but nice.

Movies:

Anything good, and quite a lot of garbage too. Kevin Smith, John Hughes, Mike Leigh, (my record label, Meantime was named after his film), Shane Meadows, Scorscese, Adam Sandler (don't ignore Eight Crazy Nights just cos it's a cartoon either - it rocks!), Mel Brooks, Hitchcock, Raimi, bad B movies and splatter, crap comedies. Best films ever - Cool Hand Luke, Taxi Driver, Shawshank, Gross Point Blanke and The Apartment. There's a really good British film called Born Romantic that I watch now and then..it's quite a messed up film, messed up like life.

Television:

Too much t.v., if nothing's on there's always the Paramount Comedy Channel! 'Outlaws' on BBC 3 was really good. M*A*S*H always is the best. Just got the boxset of 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin' which has to be the best comic satire in UK TV history, brilliant! 'My Name Is Earl' is ace too and so is 'Monk', 'Ideal', and 'Maid Marion and Her Merry Men' has just come out on DVD!! I wish they'd do a 'GONG SHOW' DVD, check out GENE, GENE, THE DANCIN'MACHINE!!!!

Books:

Cathi Unsworth, Underground film stuff and books about criminals, musicians and deviants. Rat Pack Confidential, Naked, Headpress. Biographys

Heroes:

Mel Brooks for making The Producers. I think I have more respect for people than have heroes. And Adrian Monk, the defective detective, he rocks! And C.C. Baxter, and Ferris Bueller, and Senator John Blutowski, most of my heroes appear to be fictional....and Chuck Barris!

My Blog

I've set up a new page

This was never supposed to be a HTB myspace so I've set up a new page to be more of a cross between this page and the HTB website, tour updates etc will go up there. It's on the top row of the friends...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:06:00 PST

SPLITTING UP

Bands split up, it happens. it seems to be happening more frequently but it's just that time right now. The average young band has a life of 5 - 7 years, that's why I say I have to feel righ...
Posted by Ian on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:33:00 PST

5 BANDS THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE

I think everyone has or will have 5 bands that changed their lives. you may not have them yet but I've been around a bit now and I was watching the Newtown Neurotics at Wasted when it occurr...
Posted by Ian on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:21:00 PST

life, eh ?

O.K., people have asked many times for a history/biog type thing. The outline is there on the site but I may as well put it here and if anyone really wants to read it, here it is. I was doin...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 04:15:00 PST

I'M NOT ADDING RANDOM BANDS - READ THIS!! JEEEZ...

I feel the need to re write this slightly, despite having put this on the site months ago now, I'm still getting 4 or 5 bands a day requesting to be added! So, either they/you are not readin...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:33:00 PST