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Danny Boy's Interests
General
Good music, travelling, politics- literally and metaphorically, musing/pondering/chin stroking, lefty newspapers,laughing at my mum reading the Daily Mail, Jimmy Saville, cool films with subtitles, my Dad's love for music,pork chops, driving down windy lanes, weird theatre, slagging off my mates, feeling sorry for men with rucksacks, eating/food/cooking, the sea side, country pubs, muddy walks, real ales, looking at the sky, laughing, smiling, people gazing, sailing, chilling,lying in, clean sheets, shouting, being angry at people depriving themselves of their true beings, large sunflowers, women who wear leather boots, mountain biking, running, my wife and her sexy lips, my laptop, being obsessive-compulsive, order, freedom, green things,tea,my carhart jeans, wearing the same trainers constantly for a year, nag champa incense and getting too hot in the sunshine...
Soul, jazz, hip-hop, funk, world, nu-soul, r&b, pop, disco/boogie, rock.. Good music, know what I mean?? To list all my favourites and influences would be tedious... but hey! Here's some: Gil Scott-heron, Stevie Wonder, Radiohead, Paul Weller, The Beatles, The Kinks, Lyn Collins, DJ Shadow, DJ Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay MBE, Incognito, Galliano, The Roots, Common, Ed Harcourt, Guru, Young Disciples, Ty, U2, Led Zeppelin, Grandmaster Flash, Herbaliser, Tower Of Power, Brian Jackson, Mr. Scruff, Floris, Outkast, The Beauty Room, Razorlight, Ramsey Lewis, Miles Davis, The Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Rufus Wainwright, Doves, Spanky Wilson, Steve Miller Band, Steely Dan (I am OBSESSED), Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrel, Cheryl Lynn, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Run DMC, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash, The Verve, Urban Species, Neil Young, The Jam, PJ Harvey, Al Green, Alice Russell, The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson, Blur, Santana, Gorillaz, Donovan, Chaka Khan, Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, Charles Wright, Chic, Jazzie B and Soul II Soul, Curtis Mayfield, Damien Rice, Jack Johnson, Dionne Warwick, DJ Danger Mouse, Diana Ross, Eddie Harris, Michael Jackson, Kanye West, Matthew Herbert Big Band, Natalie Williams, Nate James, Sean Escoffery, Tyler James, N.E.R.D, Rae & Christian, Madlib, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Prince, The Beastie Boys, Nina Simone, John Legend, Sly & The Family Stone, John Martin, Ray Charles, phew, that'll do..
As well as DJing, I've recently been collaborating with my mate Jonathon and doing some rather funky remixes. Have a listen at-http://www.blipsandbeeps.com and look for our tracks on the jukebox (DJ Disco Danny vs Billy No Mates)
Movies
Too many to mention- but here's an appetizer..Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back/Return of The Jedi, O Brother Where Art Thou? Jaws, The Shining, Vertigo, Heat, 2001, The Departed, A Clockwork Orange, Thumbsucker, Good Night & Good Luck, Taxi Driver, Jackie Brown, La Haine, Amores Perros, City of God.. Foreign films are, basically, yum.
Television
The Office, Shameless, The Thick of It, Nighty Night, Peep Show, Extras, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Curb Your Enthusiasm. Respect to Larry! Oh and I'm now officially a new addict to 24!!
Books
The Outsider by Albert Camus, Lord of The Flies by William Golding and Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Oh and sadly all the Harry Potters.I also love actors biographies- Ian Holm's autobiography, Michael Simkins' What's My Motivation? and Mel Gussow's interviews with Michael Gambon. Oh and any book with so duku. Addictive.
Heroes
Gil Scott-Heron, Sean Penn, Harold Pinter, John Lennon, Donald Fagen, Robert De Niro, Bill Hicks, George Lucas
About me: Yes y'all!
In my gaps between all the luvvie stuff, I am DJ Danny Boy, playing in various bars/clubs in and around London (wkd cafe, sak bar, moonbow jakes, bar equal, white horse brixton, polka, escape herne hill,115 Chancery Lane, etc. Funk, soul, latino vibes, hip-hop, pop/rock gems and disco classics, old and new is the styleee of which I play. Currently also playing a weekly internet radio show every saturday from 2-4pm on www.jazzsyndicate.co.uk called 'Laid Back and Funky'.Please tune in and send any mp3's of new music to me and requests!
Love music. Love food. Love my wife. Generally very happy with my life as I've always done alright so far, but constantly hungry for more. The grass IS always greener. Keeping busy makes me happy. Always fantasised about being a successful singer/songwriter. Have penned songs since I was 14. Have I recorded any? Only a couple. Need to do more. Hate power and love people. Live every moment to the full. Laugh every day. Speak up and be counted..."http://myspace.nuclearcentury.com" style="position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; height:120px; width:200px; background-image:url(); background-repeat:no-repeat; z-index:9;"> I created my own profile using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM and you should too!
Who I'd like to meet: People who think that MySpace is a load of pretentious bollocks intended for desperate creative types to have some kind of meaning in their lives otherwise filled by endless hours of wondering what's wrong with the world when the answers are buried deep inside their insecurities..people who appreciate irony...Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, Mark Whalberg, Jessica Biel (she is so bloody gorgeous!)DJ's, musicians etc.
Greetings all, thanks to all those that tuned in to the first Fajita Funk Radio Show last night on www. futurebeatradio. com
if you missed it, you can catch a repeat on Thursday at 2pm or at midnight on Satuurday.
Next show is on the 31st March at 8pm so remember to tune in...
Tracklisting from last night...
James Brown ‘It’s A New Day’ Hector Rivera ‘I Want A Chance At Romance’ Marva Whitney’ Things Got To Get Better’ Latin Breed ‘I Turn You On’ Sweet Vandals ‘Too Much’ Glen Anthony Henry ‘Hope’ The Unknown ‘South West Song’ The Meters ‘Funky Miracle’ Mighty Mo and the Winchester Seven ‘The Message’ Jurassic 5 ‘Canto De Ossanha’ K54 ‘Cuba’ Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta ‘Cumbia En Do Menor’ Los Hermanos Latinos ‘Cumbia Skank’ The Explosions ‘Garden of Four Trees’ Grandmagneto ‘Tainted Love’ A Kid Named Miles ‘Ring Of Fire’ Shirley Bassey ‘Spinning Wheel’ The Mohawks ‘Mony Mony’ FDEL ‘The Crew’ QDUP Foundation ‘Cosmic Soul’ Beat Daddy ‘Just Messin’ Katalyst ‘Showtime’ Jimmy McGriff ‘Ain’t It Funky Now’ Aretha Franklin ‘Respect (One Rascal Mix)’ Professor Longhair ‘Big Chief’ Bernard Purdie ‘Soul Drums’ Speedometer ‘At The Speakeasy’ Big Ella ‘The Queen’ Jorge Ben ‘Comanche’ Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers ‘Got Myself A Good Man’ Hector Rivera ‘I Want A Chance Of Romance’ Los Hermanos Latinos ‘Cumbia Skank’ Lack Of Afro ‘Roderigo’ James Brown ‘Sex Machine (Jazz Defector Mix) James Brown ‘Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag’ Zamali ‘No Luck To Run’ Nice Up! Records ‘Tom Central’
Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
DJ Vadim (BBE / Ninja Tunes)
Pete Adarkwah (BBE)
DJ Hooch (Funkin' Pussy)
& your hosts The SoulBrew All-Stars: Spin Doctor & Andy Bird
9pm-3am @ Medicine, 89 Great Eastern Street, London EC2
With a great venue, incredible line up and 8 hours of your party favorites
across 2 floors at what is always one of London's best parties of the
year what else is there to do but.......
December started out with a cold blast from Mother Nature. Toronto got hit with a massive snowstorm leaving everyone wishing that they were in Jamaica drinking Red Strip. I decided to put down my funk 45s make a happy weather mix of reggae and Latin 45s. Visit parkdalefunk.com and check out two podcasts of fun sunny weather tunes to take your mind off the wintertime blues. Double your podcast pleasure with two hot mixes! The Latin soul 45 mix is a website exclusive so make sure to check it out! Hop onto my profile for a full playlist of the reggae mix and listen in. Visit the Parkdale Funk website and add both mixes to your itunes.
Just added on the boombox is a new 7O minute mix of funky soul 45s! Hear Etta James cover Cher, the original to Nina Simone’s Sea Line Woman that everyone forgot about, a soulful take on a CCR classic, and the original that put Biz Markie on the map. Plus so much more. Check out my profile for the full playlist and listen in. Make sure to visit the Parkdale Funk website and add the mix to your itunes.
Just added on the boombox is a brand spanking new one hour mix of funky soul 45s! Check out my profile to hear it and for the full playlist. Make sure to visit the Parkdale Funk website and add the mix to your itunes.
Terry Jones told us we are ‘very funny’, so to celebrate; here’s the first of a new bunch of web-exclusive mini-episodes. Made especially for you, oh tenacious myspace chum.
