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"Come on y'all, it's time to get NICE!"
Female
29 years old
Bristol,
United Kingdom
Last Login:
6/27/2008
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elly's Interests
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classic chairs, reading magazines in the bath, graffiti and street art, my cat Colin, discovering where samples come from, getting drunk on cider, flip books, monkeys, the Bauhaus movement, laughing, snooping round charity shops, rudeboys, scrambled eggs, kids' drawings, a fine cocktail, music history, cities, naff postcards from friends' holidays, fuschias, El Día De Los Muertos, using my brain, woodlice, jazz dancers, pigeons, funny dogs, putting on parties, Mods, trumpets, Chilean merlot, double hand claps, Modernism, leopard print, people that say 'pipe down', bassiness, playing Yahtzee, robots, British seaside towns out of season, black and white, vampires, dandy men, eating cheese, skeletons, metronomes, playing boules on the beach, tea, turkish delight, Playmobil, drawings of birds, rum, talking to clever people, stripes and spots, crumpets, Mr Men shoes and watching weird French films... | | Music |
By no means comprehensive and in no particular order, innit...
...Luke Vibert, Kate Bush, Coldcut, Fela Kuti, The Specials, De La Soul, Bernard Purdie, Marcia Griffiths, Bukky Leo, Public Enemy, Bjork, Prince, Tony Allen, Elvis Costello, Minnie Ripperton, Ernest Ranglin, Stevie Wonder, Desmond Dekker, Youngblood Brass Band, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Jstar, Eek-A-Mouse, Mr Benn, Squeeze, Zapp & Roger, King Jammy, David Bowie, Toots & The Maytals, Amon Tobin, The Roots, The Clash, Delroy Wilson, Talking Heads, Ella & Louis, The Beat, Marvin Gaye, Buzzcocks, Cinematic Orchestra, Fatback Band, Ragga Twins, The Nextmen, Atmosfear, Manu Dibango, Herbie Hancock, Sam Cooke, Booker T & The MGs, A Certain Ratio, Johnny Clarke, Recloose, Al Green, Laurel Aitken, Four Tet, Kool & The Gang, Wilson Pickett, The Unabombers, Mulatu Astatke, The Gap Band, New Order, Ty, Bill Withers, The Who, Top Cat, Beastie Boys, Antibalas, A Tribe Called Quest, Zap Mama, DJ Vadim, Lord Kitchener, The Stranglers, Roy Ayers, Peter Tosh, Daft Punk, Blondie, The Kinks, Barrington Levy, Miles Davis, Squarepusher, The Cure, Max Romeo, The Pharcyde, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Luther Vandross, Roots Manuva, The Meters, MIA, DJ Food, Dennis Brown, Outkast, Grace Jones, Quantic, KRS-One, Soul II Soul, Mighty Sparrow, Lee Perry, D'Angelo, Buddy Rich, Aretha Franklin, Fat Freddy's Drop, Cymande, The Skatalites...
...and stuff with funny noises in!! | | Movies |
Dr Strangelove, The Royal Tenenbaums, Wayne's World, This Is Spinal Tap, Bugsy Malone, Bladerunner, Rear Window, Eraserhead, The Lost Boys, The Shining, Clueless, Betty Blue, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (old version), The Big Lebowski, Walkabout, Bugsy Malone, My Beautiful Launderette, Ghostbusters, Nuts In May, All About My Mother.
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The Antiques Roadshow... | | Books |
'Where You're At' by Patrick Neate, 'The Buddah Of Suburbia' by Hanif Kureshi, 'Where The Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, 'Zebra Face' by Kid Acne, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster, 'Tales Of The Unexpected' by Roald Dahl, 'The Foot Book' by Dr. Seuss, 'Hip Hop America' by Nelson George... | | Heroes |
Not heroes as such - more people who make me smile, think or feel the need to do thumbs-up...
Charlie Brooker, Martin Parr, Ben Fogle, Luke Vibert, Ian Dury, David Byrne, Bridgit Riley, Dr Snazz from Planet Pizazz, ODB, The Radiator Lady, Dick Bruna, Luther Vandross, Gene Wilder, Sweet Gene Vincent, Fela Kuti, Pink Panther, Adi Dassler, Roald Dahl, Charles and Ray Eames, Louis Armstrong, The Dude, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Barker, Mike D, Eddie Izzard, Matthew Breastly, Sun Ra, Mum Ra, and the geniuses responsible for inventing crisps and toast.
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elly's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Zodiac Sign: | Sagittarius |
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elly's Blurbs |
About me:
Having had the great misfortune of growing up in the cultural backwaters of High Wycombe and Hull, I finally fell on my feet in the joyful hub that is Bristol. College brought me here and I've stayed ever since.
So, I have fun here hanging out with friends, drinking the local cider and getting up to all sorts of shenanigans. Well, that may be a bit of an embellishment. I am pretty tame these days! It's all about the wild nights in with the Scrabble board...
I have dabbled in a bit of club promotion, along with my super boyfriend Mr Benn, presenting a (now somewhat sporadic) night called Square One. Focusing on heavyweight dancefloor sounds, we cover all bases - from hip hop to reggae to disco to funk and all points in between. Past guests include Afrika Bambaataa, The Unabombers, Soul Jazz Soundsystem, Mark Rae, Trojan Soundsystem, Luke Vibert, The Nextmen, Dub Cartel Soundsystem, Fat City Recordings, JSTAR, Blood & Fire Soundsystem, Heatwave and DJ Derek - supported by the cream of Bristol's DJs. Click here to check out our website.
Benn and I programmed Club WOMAD at the festival in 2006 and 2007 - which was a nice little project to get our teef into. We had great fun booking some wicked global sounds - JSTAR and MC Honey Brown; Heatwave with Quality Diamond and Yungun; Trojan Sound System with Brother Culture, Chuckie Banton, SuperFour and Top Cat; Mr Bongo DJs; Marcelo D2; DJ Patife with Cleveland Watkiss; Bonobo; Coldcut; Norman Jay; Russ Jones; Balkan Beat Box; DJ Shantel; Miles Cleret; Frédéric Galliano and Kuduro Sound System; Afrodisiac Sound System; Andy Smith; Hocus Pocus and Steinski.
Over the past three and a half years I have been working for the WOMAD festival doing press/promotion/pr/marketing/programming shizzle. Click here to check out the WOMAD website.
I am now looking for new contracts in the industry and would be really keen to hear of any openings. Please do get in touch with any ideas...
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Who I'd like to meet:
'Nice' folk, lost friends of yesteryear, and characters with music in their mind, a groove in their heart, fire in their belly and a skip in their jump... make yourselves known!
Without meaning to be rude, please read my profile before asking to be my friend... Do we actually have anything in common? Can you imagine us growing old together and still feeling the love?!
Note to Indie bands in particular: check out my music list - does it look like Indie is my thing? No, it's not and that's not likely to change I'm afraid.
Also, I don't want to be an Avon lady. Thanks.
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