fluff, kittens, righteous anger, cake, mermaids, green + blacks (NOT olives!), composting, mooooncuPs, poetry, fiction, ranting, bedroom dancing, green gloves, chasing bands around britain, trying to do poi, cake (both cake and code), environ-mentalists, peak oil, consideration, bucket sealion!!, planting, art in its goodest and baddest forms, cheap photocopying, drunken internet shame (sorry sorry sorry) goldfish nation the blog
Music
eclectic doesn't quite cover it.
Heroes
godhaven ink - no quarter - knockback - ctrl alt. - colouring between the lines - stool pigeon - ponygirlsbutwronger - padma newsome - germaine greer - dave - you (maybe. if you bring cake / rub / and/or nice).
About me: the zine Goldfish Nation is a small, ramshackle publication, currently based in london .
issue 1 (april 06) was a fat 60-odd pages, shiny, with a complementary bookmark, and can be described as....
ramshackle, enthusiastic, heart of green and gold, urban mermaids, hate, bad illustrations, fear, fiction, stories, joy, lies, half truths, drunkenness, milly molly mandy, band stalking, interviews, anti corporate, grafitti-ing, stompy booted, tongue in cheek, hands down pants, fifties adventure stories for girls, beauty, illustrations, sandwiches, cups of tea, social centres, satire, ranting, righteous anger, groovy people, cheap photocopying, full of love
a bit more properly, it contained very short stories - artwork - articles on tribal brains in a global village, alternative feminism, flying/environmentalism, 'ethical shopping' - a few well placed chunks of satire -
a couple of band interviews - tour reviews [the music bits included the national, clogs, thomas truax, the books and hush the many] - original poetry -
and random(er) bits and bobs...
issue 2's gone a bit tits up...
unfortunately, i had an impromptu hurtled down to london in august 07 and have been here ever since (with my computer, containing all contributions, being Looked After a couple of hundred miles away...
existing contributions will be reclaimed in january. and more contributions are extremely welcome.
finally
a stolen thing from godhaven:
make yourself a god. fill your house w/gods. change. grow. choose your friends. only make friends w/those who change & grow. don't spend what time you have on stupid people.
Who I'd like to meet: i am here for the boys, the girls and the dating.
not really. unless you're very unlucky.
WLTM people who want to write for me.
and people who want to read the end result.
oh, and minions to make me coffee while i'm surrounded by paper and tippex.
i'm also looking to publish something about non-monogamy/polyamory/whatever tag you want to give it, written from a girl perspective.... anyone out there want to write it?
germaine greer and kiwis anyone who's touched germaine greer (to date, i've touched one person who's touched her, and another whose brother touched her). or, indeed, if you *are* germaine greer, i'd like to meet and touch you. like, prod you on the shoulder, nothin' kinky.
oh, and anyone with a new zealand accent who's prepared to say 'sick sex sucks' and have me point and cackle for a while.
There will be a running count of each at the bottom of this profile.
oh and i'd like to meet you if you are this man:
oh, and if you love this more than anything else in the world:
It’s been far too long since I last said hello and so much has happened I thought it about time we did.
We’ve changed a lot, now we are an “UltraModern, post-electro rock, post-nu rave behemoth where Muse and Mansun meet a Massive Attack with Duran Duran pop sensibilities, louder guitars, and a stunning female front person/guitar virtuoso”, or so we have been told.
I’d love to know what you’ve been up to since we disappeared into the dark damp studio cave, let us know how it’s going, I’m always up for a chat! May your thoughts be Scarlet and your actions Blonde ;-) Dawn xx Scarlet/blonde
Nice to hear from you! It's been a while. Would be great if you could make one of the Big Chill House gigs...they should be a bit special. It'd be nice to see you again too.
It seems like years since the last Moorfest happened and to be honest I think the weather was very much a factor in whether people enjoyed themselves or not. Some thrived in the mud whilst others wept until their dads could pick them up. Moorfest is still carving an identity for itself and in the three years that it has been established I think I can say that the one thing that most people love about it is the friendly atmosphere, and this gig is a good opportunity to meet up with friends that perhaps you haven't seen since the festival, to make new friends, enjoy quality music, get a flavour of Moorfest if you haven't already been and also to talk to the organisers in order to give your opinions on how to improve the festival. We'll also be projecting your favourite photos that you've taken from previous Moorfests to create a live mashup that will adorn the walls of the Brudenell so please send them to bandsformoorfest@yahoo.co.uk and make sure that everyone in the picture is cool for you to use them like this.
There'll be much more to boot like gorgeous organic food, t-shirt stall, films and raffles to win tickets to Moorfest 4 which we're working on right now and aim to make it the best yet.
We really appreciate your continued support in making Moorfest what it is and hope to see you all there.
You've forgotten nothing as far as Home of the Brave is concerned - but what about everything else, eh? eh?
Reading into your email about timings, we decided to turn up in time for a soundcheck at 7, since Tim and Sam are going to be soundchecking at 6-6.30?
When are the various bands playing - are we earlier or later? Since we are a more sit and listen- type happening, maybe we should be near the earlier end of the evening...
rinkadon "some say he shot a man" ormrod.
ps sweet substitute not an option at this stage. Being staked out in the desert to die from ants and sunburnt toes highly likely.
