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JoSh

Don't encourage him...

About Me

Hi...my name's JoSh...i live in Glebe in Sydney, Australia with my wife Mel and my three cats Mogwai, Bob and Poppy...i play bass guitar and sing with a band known as TRIANGLE (yes...there's three of us)...i sing in a vocal/theremin improvised duo by the name of Lecter Macabre (i get to be Dr. Lecter)...and...um...i play an array of different things that make sound for The Marquis De Sound which is a band that me and my friend Noel have...i used to play bass and sing for Box Freezer Romance, Kinderschmerzen and Cell Divide. I have also done one off performances with Tekkahada, The Exits, The Beautiful Few, Mutgash Poison and Psychic Date...i have a radio show that i do on Saturday nights at local community radio station 2RRR with my friend Brooke called Radio Show...if you like experimental radio or experimental music then tune in...it's between 8 and 10pm and the freqency's 88.5FM...you can only pick it up in Sydney unfortunately...i'm 31 years old but feel about 19 at the moment with all this stuff going on...i'm working on a bunch of different albums at the moment and i have a lifesize cardboard R2D2 next to me...he's looking out the window...oh...and i have a day job that's not worth talking about...

My Interests



my wife, my cats, listening to, collecting and making music, cooking, playing and watching cricket, the voice, radio, the human condition, apocalypse, serial killers, sound, writing, drawing, freaks, comic books, the self destructive and idiotic nature of the human race and...laughter

I'd like to meet:

this girl

then everyone once...and then i'd decide if i wanted to meet them again...

Music:

I MAKE - TRIANGLE, Lecter Macabre and Marquis De Sound. I made - Box Freezer Romance, Kinderschmerzen and Cell Divide...I have also done one-off vocal performances with Psychic Date, The Beautiful Few, The Exits, Mutgash Poison and bled from the head once with a band called Tekkahada. I LIKE TO LISTEN TO - They Might Be Giants, Pink Floyd, Steven Jesse Bernstein, The Cure, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, Neil Finn, Merzbow, Mike Patton, Les Claypool, Tom Waits, John Zorn, Cream, Otomo Yoshahide, Jimi Hendrix, Parliament, The Captain's Package, Talking Heads, The Mistakes, Nirvana, The Men From U.N.C.L.E., Mudhoney, Split Enz, Masonna, Phlegm, Beastianity, Mutgash Poison, Rica Tetas, The Exits, The Hoodoo Gurus, Kiosk, The Beatles, Glitch Jukebox, Fantomas, Psychic Date, Whore, Mr. Bungle, Mazzy Star, PRIMUS, Mr. Bamboo, 1-2-Seppuku, Gary Butler, Menstruation Sisters, The Charles Manson Experiment, Box Freezer Romance, Oddball, The Pixies, Toydeath, The Pure Evil Trio, Sports Bra, Slimey Things, Crowded House, The Annexed, The Mabobs, Psycho Nanny & The Baby Shakers, Nurse With Wound, Neil Young, Flying Testicle, Public Hanging, To Live And Shave In L.A., Nora Keyes, Singing Sadie, Bain Wolfkind, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Smegma, Wolf Eyes, Vicious Hairy Mary, Tomahawk, Sydney City Trash, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Darth Vegas, David Bowie, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Threebrain, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Tinderbox, Eliza Jaye and the Tarts, Beck, Bjork, The Resistance...to be continued

Movies:

Silence Of The Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising, This Is Spinal Tap, Wings Of Desire, Shaun Of The Dead, Igby Goes Down, Wake In Fright, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Dead Man, anything that Bruce Willis bleeds in, Brazil, Chopper, The Star Wars hexilogy (is that what it's called when there's 6?), Where The Buffalo Roam, 12 Monkeys, all the Alien movies, Superman, Barton Fink, Superman II, A Mighty Wind, Blue Velvet, Superman Returns, Natural Born Killers, Wings Of Desire, Jesus' Son, Waiting Fot Guffman, the first two Pirates Of The Carribean movies, Anchorman, Drugstore Cowboy, Amelie, Betty Blue, Heavenly Creatures, Wolf Creek, Trust, Batman with Michael Keaton & Jack Nicholson, Lost Highway, Buffalo 66, The Shining, Lost In La Mancha, Braindead, all the Evil Dead movies, Meet The Feebles, Ed Wood...to be continued

Television:

Doctor Who, Bizarre Foods, Wondershowzen, Black Books, No Reservations, House, The Mighty Boosh, The League Of Gentlemen, The Brass Eye, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Goodies, South Park, The Family Guy, House, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, Anatomy For Beginners, Seconds From Disaster, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Office(UK), Fawlty Towers, Aircrash Investigation, The Tom Green Show, A Cooks Tour, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Mr. Show with Bob and David, Extras, Father Ted, Mythbusters, American Dad, Futurama and any cricket broadcast...don't care what team show me five days of cricket and some beer and snacks and i'm pretty happy...oh! and cooking programs...any cooking programs...can get enough of the things...

Books:

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain, Perfume - Patrick Suskind, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy trilogy in four parts - Douglas Adams, A Cook's Tour - Anthony Bourdain, Red Dragon/Silence Of The Lambs/Hannibal - Tom Harris, The poetry and short stories of Steven Jesse Bernstein, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson, any comics by Jhonen Vasquez and anything about serial killers or mass murderers...oh...and cook books

Heroes:

Mel, Noel, Mark, Wilton and my mum, dad and brothers

My Blog

A rant to be sure...but at least it's self-indulgent

Everything mirrors everything else&I get angry sometimes&I'm not angry right now&but sometimes I really do&I'm playing a show tonight that was booked months in advance&the band that was supposed to he...
Posted by JoSh on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:18:00 PST

My work mantra

I do the bare minimum for my company until the company does more than the bare minimum for me& remember that love JoSh...
Posted by JoSh on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:05:00 PST

I can't stand this magazine...but it's so funny

Moving will make you cry&no appointments&technology without the cutting&a day out&a park in India with children&read only as directed&your psychic star what's best&how cruel life can be&sea horse&may...
Posted by JoSh on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:19:00 PST

Filthy filthy filth pig human filth truncheon

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGGH!!! Another year&still alive&no matter how much one thinks that one'll never make it this time for sure& Since we last checked in our hero has frequented the Peats Ridge Fes...
Posted by JoSh on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:04:00 PST

Toadstools

Good hello word reader, When I was young I couldn't touch toadstools&if I stepped on them whilst wearing shoes I felt sick whenever I put the shoes on until I grew out of them&as far as I was concerne...
Posted by JoSh on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:46:00 PST

Friday like mornings easy

Tapping the keys&tapping the keys&tapping the keys&how good are rainy Fridays when you're at work? I found a mosquito bite on my back a couple of days ago&I noticed that it's had it's top scratched of...
Posted by JoSh on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:36:00 PST

My Job

I have a job&it's not a good job&but it helps to keep my wife and myself afloat&it helps me to make music independently&it helps feed my cats, pay my bills and rent&sometimes I like it&sometimes I don...
Posted by JoSh on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:04:00 PST

A Pasta Recipe

I invented this one evening when I thought about what I'd really like on a sandwich and the answer came&TOMATO, AVOCADO and SALAMI!!! But&the reason why I'm posting this is because I made it last nigh...
Posted by JoSh on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:14:00 PST

Another beautiful Wednesday

What? Oh&Hi&she was whistling the theme to Dr. Who in the office and no one but me and my cat understood&there was a problem with his teeth so he went to the public bar first&seafood appealed more tha...
Posted by JoSh on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:49:00 PST

Are any of us getting out of here alive?

Hi beautiful folks who i love, Haven't written in a while...been pretty busy...now i'm sick and i have one week to get rid of whatever virus is living inside of me (eeeeugh)...so i'm taking a day off ...
Posted by JoSh on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:57:00 PST