After a decade playing Bass with various bands Solomon began to sing and play the guitar at the turn of the millenium with a 3/4 size acoustic given to him by his dear friend, Mick, initially strumming a few chords and playing along to his favourite reggae songs. Reading the works of Ginsberg and Burroughs and being a devoted listener to Bob Dylan from an early age Solomon began to pen his own lyrics, many of which are potent and poetic social commentaries. The influences of Joe strummer, Lou Reed and the late Peter Tosh are clear for all to hear, combining a joyous love of music with astute political observation. Solomon worked in many different jobs throughout his teens and twenties, from wine seller to log-chopper and these formed the basis of alot of his work. His growing love of the music of Neil Young resulted in the creation of some touching love songs but even when performig these there is rarely a moment that he is not wearing a smile and communicating directly with his audience. Solomon has performed regularly in Pubs and venues since early 2000 but he is always in his element when standing in a busy city centre brightening up the streets and taking his love of music directly to the people.
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY:
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"Solomon Smith 'the vanishing white Rasta' whose potent wordplay and fast-paced tunes stopped us in our tracks".
- Arboretum Records
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"Your music really made the event feel more like a celebration and launch of our Community Kitchen Garden."
- Beeston Transition
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"Inspiring"
- Terry Lilly (Terry & Gerry)
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"That was f*****g brilliant mate"
- Rob Love, Alabama 3, Outlaw, Brixton Jamm
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"Another regular Tickle man, Solomon is a punk-folkster. Feisty, honest, potent word-play alongside anarchy-ridden riffs."
- AcousticTickle
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Welcome to my page, I have been performing solo since the turn of the millennium in various pubs and streets around the Midlands...
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I am currently undergoing treatment for addiction to helplines and thoroughly recommend the service below...
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PSYCHIATRIC HOTLINE:
"If you are obsessive compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2.
If you have multiple personality disorder, please press 3,4,5 and 6.
If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want; stay on the line till we trace your call.
If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press."
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Here are some of my favourite quotes:
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"Everybody has heard that if you use every letter in RONALD WILSON REAGAN, permuted, you will obtain INSANE ANGLO WARLORD - but did you know that GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, similarly cracked open to reveal its hidden secret, gives us HUGE BERSERK REBEL WARTHOG.
We all know how to deal with an Insane Anglo Warlord; we've had lots of them in our history. But nobody is really prepared for a Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog. Its like living in a surrealist painting"
Robert Anton Wilson R.I.P.
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Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroys information and religions destroy spirituality.
Michael Ellner.
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Oh beloved Solomon Smithasaurus. You are the winner of the SEXIEST SCALES AWARD!!! The competition may not be quite what it was in the late cretaceous, but nevertheless YOU DID IT!!! Anyway, do we have a prize for you...our reseasoning (i.e. remix) of Goodie Mob's-Soul Food will make your cold blood a cozy lukewarm temperature...just the way us dinos like it. Enjoy, spread the word and leave us your thoughts. Happy Thanksgiving from our cave dwelling to yours!
Yo Solomon Smithasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
Rubber Biscuit would like to invite you to the ' KINGCLAW ' 7" Vinyl Single Launch Party ! The party is due to take place at The Golden Fleece (Mansfield Rd Nottingham) on FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER . KINGCLAW will be playing a live set with full light show , special guest BECK STACY will provide support and DJ KING KAHLUA will entertain with his tuntable skills . There is a late license and Admission is free , we look forward to seeing you there . . . . .
BLAZING FIRE
ESTE MES DE NOVIEMBRE EMPEZAMOS CON MUCHAS NOVEDADES...
TODOS LOS JUEVES
"DRUM & BLAZING"
(drum&bass-dubstep-raggajungle & more)
INAUGURACION JUEVES 5.
CON LAS ACTUACIONES DE:
DJ OROZKO,
DJ SION,
RUBEN CRUZ,
+ INVITADOS.
ADEMAS POR INAUGURACION SORTEAMOS UNA BOTELLA
ENTRE LOS ASISTENTES, Y OFERTAS TODA LA
NOCHE: TERCIOS A 2€ Y COPAS A 4€. Y
PARA TODAS LAS CHICAS LA PRIMERA COPA
GRATIS!!! ENTRADA GRATUITA, APERTURA DE
PUERTAS 20HRS...
BENDICIONES.
Stig Of The Dump.. aka Stevie DickheadCall the BNP from a phone box Free 0800 008 6191 & leave the phone off the hook, its costs them £ , Bankrupt the FUCKERS
The Rubber Room presents a Night of Crazed, Derranged, Psychotic and downright Degenerate Halloween Spookiness.
We will be dressing the room up and projecting vintage monster edits through the night as well as spinning some of the strangest and most disturbed 45s in our collections. Alongside the usual mix of blues stompers, rockabilly, sixties garage and frat, surf instros and rock'n'roll.
Hope you can make it!
The Maze, Forest Tavern, Mansfield Road, Nottingham.
as for local poetry my longtonian dad used to recite me this. does anyone know where it comes from? molly dear a pint of beer awoodbine and a match a tuppenny halfpenny walking stick to go to the football match after the ball was centred after the whistle blew old stanley got his hair off and up that wing he flew he passed it to old frankie frankie wouldnt do he passed it to ole nobby and nobby banged it thru where was the goalie? when the ball was in the net tied to the goalpost with his knickers round his neck they put him on a stretcher they put him on a bed they rubbed his belly with a lump of jelly and this is wot he said rule brittania two tanners make a bob three make eighteen pence and four 2 bob xxx
Hello, its sir cliff richard week on the parker page, as the ptince of pop influenced you in any way shape or form? please reply by comment only, thank you, mr n p.
Yo Solomon Smithasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding a support group (read: comcert) this Friday in San Francisco. Please come, we promise it'll be a (non-meteor-related) blast. Here's the flyer:
hi mate how was the set at loggershead ? i have now moved to cardiff, trying to find my feet here, it feels wierd as i dont know many people wot else u been up 2 ??? got any gigs lined up ?
