Music, Art History, Archeology, Egyptology, Food, Sleep!
Music
All kinds except new country (Johnny Cash & Patsy Cline Rock) and techno...don't do drugs so 12hrs of the same bpm gets boring after the first 10 minutes.
pantera (r.i.p. dimebag), guitar wolf (r.i.p. billy), slayer, sepultura, motorhead, misfits, fu manchu, kyuss, motley crue, metallica, thine eyes bleed, sinkin ships, lunachicks, muffs, devotchkas, supersuckers, turbonegro, os catalepticos, queens of the stoneage, dead kennedys, slits, vice squad, plasmatics, class assassins, prong, tit fuck me jesus, nashville pussy, judas priest, groovy ghoulies, tiger army, vapids, horrorpops, wolfmother, the tossers, the mahones, nebula, flaming sideburns, sonics, detroit cobras, orange 9mm, reverend horton heat, matadors, melvins, cramps, clash, operation ivy, dwarves, ramones, c'mon, riot 99, atomic bitchwax, brass knuckle therapy, dyneomite, wasp, dropkick murphys, the fallout, g-men, datsuns, orange goblin, adicts, deadboys, zeke, glucifer, maximum rnr, 2pump louie, shaftdrive, redeemer, anthrax, public enemy, body count, 12 step rebels, blood for blood, demented are go, meteors, minor threat, jp5, gbh, refused, cancer bats, koffin kats, manntis, hillbilly hellcats, psychocharger, bitter grin, the threat, the heatskores, oklahoma bomb squad, switchblade valentines, the wrecking dead, the brains ...and the list goes on...
Manic Mondays Playlist
Cure, Clash, Cramps, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Smiths, Apoptygma Berzerk, Wolfsheim, Covenant, VnV Nation, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, PWEI, B52's, Pulp, Gwen Stefani, PTP, KMFDM, Billy Idol, Garbage, Portishead, Prince, Marrs, Bjork, Sisters of Mercy, Klaus Nomi, Delerium, Simple Minds, Tones On Tail, Bauhaus, Psychadelic Furs, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, David Bowie, Talk Talk, Tool, Nick Cave, Prodigy, Juno Reactor, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Marilyn Manson, Guns N Roses, ACDC, Propellerheads, Killing Joke, Joan Jett, Stray Cats, Deelite, Cyndi Lauper, BoneyM, Specials, English Beat, Selector, Madness, Desmond Dekker, Blondie, Beastie Boys, Raga Against the Machine, House of Pain, Gruesome Twosome, Zodiac Mindwarp, When in Rome, Chameleons UK, Chemical Brothers, Consolidated f. Yeasty Girls, Alien Sex Fiend, the bravery, metric, franz ferdinand, arcade fire....and much more!
Swingers, How to get ahead in advertising, Frida, The Hunger & Near Dark especially but all vampire flicks, Dangerous Liasons, Fantasy Films in general, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Baraka, Finding Nemo, The Jungle Book, Horton Hears a Who, Loose Change, Zeitgeist...the list goes on and on..too many faves to mention
Television
Terminator: Sara Conner Chronicles, Battlestar Galactica, 24, Weeds, Six Feet Under, Enterprise, Alias, Lost, Boston Legal, Nip Tuck, Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI and any shows on egypt, ancient civilizations, dinosaurs, sharks, weird deep sea creatures, crocodiles, snakes and forensics.
Books
History of Modern Art, Vampire Books (too many to list)
Heroes
My mother, baby brother Gabriel and best friend Steve Mek!
12+yrs spinning punk, psychobilly, metal, hardcore, goth, industrial, ebm, top 40, old school, retro, nu wave, garage rock, stoner, disco, reggae, classic rock, underground rawk and more!
1/2 of the booking and promoting team Hell's Belles bringing punk, hardcore rock, psychobilly and metal to the masses in downtown Toronto for over 9 years. Have also booked the Elmocambo with Daibhid James, Neutral and Smiling Buddah.
Email me for GUESTLIST for FRIDAY OCT. 10th shannon@djshannon.com
ATTN..PUNK, METAL, PSYCHOBILLY, HARD ROCK BANDS:
For booking at Rok Boutique
Send details to shannon@djshannon.com
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Dj Shannon has been spinning since September 1994 and still rocks toronto harder than anyone! She started out playing retro alternative tunes at the Dance Cave upstairs at Lee's Palace and just recently had her 12th Anniversary Party! The following spring she got a call from Whiskey Saigon to join their Sunday CFNY Retro Party where she stayed for 6 years. March 1996 she got a call to start a night at the world famous Bovine Sex Club and still shakes up Queen St West with the likes of Slayer, Dead Kennedys, Supersuckers, Fu Manchu, Motley Crue, 3 Inches of Blood & Body Count! Dj Shannon has been musical slave to many a venue over the years and has appeared on Much Loud Day on MuchMusic and Electric Circus. November 2002 she started at Crocodile Rock downtown and got the dancefloor bouncin' to Top 40, rock, RnB, Reggae, Retro and Dance for 2.5 years.
Currently working on GhoulyGear.com .. store while running it's myspace version. www.myspace.com/ghoulygear
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone that loves music as much as i do!
to the most busy girl in showbiz,Shannon the best Throbbin B-Day Wishes for you on this very special day,what is it now 18 or 19 i can..t remeber.Sincerly Sev Micron and the Hoods. Peace
Here's to your day! Breithlá sona duit. Breithlá sona duit. Breithlá sona a Shannon, Breithlá sona duit. May your birthday be a grand affair! Slán agus beannacht, O'Doom, Finn's Fury
Have you heard the news?!! The 4th Lucky Devils album will be available by September!!!! It's called "Goin'Mad", and it's made of 13 songs among which 9 baffling originals and 4 surprising covers, just the way the Lucky Devils can do it! There are prestigious guests too, such as Mark "Mad Dog" Cole, Christian "Paddle Cell" Preiss, and Fritz (Fritz & the Catz)! The incredible cover was drawn by Fred "Lord Fester" Beltran, and the lyrics are illustrated with pix by Lucky Phil himself in the wonderful 16 pages full colour booklet.
Your favourite label, Crazy Love Records, will make it all available by September as a luxuous digipack and as a LP too! But to make you patient, you can listen to 4 new songs of that crazy new Lucky Devils album on their Myspace page!
ALONE, directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, is the winner of the Audience Award at the 2007 Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Read more at torontoafterdark.com