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Mark The C's Interests
General
Music and self-development... maaaan! Getting clever (or trying) with graphic design. Shopping in foreign parts. Building up my iTunes collection to a silly level. Photography with my lickle Nikon S5 Coolpix. Contemplating my navel.
Music
Beatles, Beach Boys 66-67 (God Only Knows is my all-time top song), Led Zep, The Feeling, Horslips, U2, The Who, The Storys, Camel, Small Faces, Early Rod, Pink Floyd, Wings, The Zutons, Kaiser Chiefs (Ruby ROCKS!), KT Tunstall, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cat Stevens, Rosie Cunningham, Springsteen, Dylan, Blondie, Stranglers, Buzzcocks '78, 10cc, Chill Out stuff... too much to mention and it depends on my mood. Favourite new band: PUBLIC SYMPHONY who are destined for greatness. Check them out at www.publicsymphony.com
Movies
The Railway Children (1970 original) is all-time fave... and the Back To The Future trilogy. Da Vinci Code was great. Almost Famous was genuine. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was pretty mind-blowing. Fond memories of seeing Grease five times in the first week it came out. Quadrophenia. Layer Cake. The Omen 1 and 2 were pretty worrying. Mike Myers is a genius.
Television
Life On Mars (is that the best TV series ever or wot?)... Hustle... Life Begins (ouch!)... New Tricks (if only for Amanda Redman)... Little Britain... Fawlty Towers... The Persuaders (Moore & Curtis rocked)... CSI... Waterloo Road... EastEnders... Auf Wiedersehen Pet... music documentaries (intelligent ones)... definitely not reality TV and crass talent (?) shows like X-Factor.
Books
The ones what I wrote maybe (50p in remainder shops while stocks last). Music biogs. Roget's Thesaurus. Yellow Pages. Showcase directory. Instruction manuals a definite no-no. New, as yet unpublished, works by a young Petina Strohmer who is destined for literary greatness.
About me:
Woke up this mornin'... duh da-da duh................................
Former Eastender who was blown further east along the Thames Estuary sometime in the mid-70s, then even further east much later on. Now hanging on to the coast for dear life in case there's a fierce wind and I end up somewhere like Holland.................
Reviewing my previous biog I realised that, although true, it sounded acutely pretentious and I don't much care for that................
So all you need to know (if indeed you give a monkey's) is that since 1979 when they let me out of school, I've done very little else than be involved in music. As a musician/singer/songwriter/producer/jingle creator/plectrum wielder/hired hand/string winder/occasional humper of flight cases/occasional kicker downer of large white cardboard bricks/member of bands/unknowing ex-member of same bands... the list goes on and on and on. I play bass, guitar (12 string acoustic is my speciality), slide guitar (similar to Harrison's style), drums (like a frustrated Kenney Jones) and dabble ..boards. Still awake? Good..................
Once I realised I was never going to be as famous as Brian & Michael (of course you remember Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs), pretending to be a wild rock star started to become less of a priority. So I started writing about the big bad biz and hey-ho, as if by magic I now run a magazine that deals with the subject of hairy-arsed roadies and their expensive gizmos. Well, that's the simplified version. Anyway it gets me around the planet and serves to bolster my huge collection of backstage passes which I stick on my walls to hide the damp spots....................
I also host an annual awards event which is frequented by many of those neanderthal road warriors, and also (I'd like to add) some of their celebrity bosses......... Riddled with envy? Oooh you don't know the half of it...........................
When not writing and editing this funky little mag (see it at www.mondiale.co.uk/tpi), I'm either found washing-up, cooking meals that no one likes, ferrying my off-spring around to dubious nitespots or to casualty, telling the worst jokes you've ever heard, or sleeping.......................
I am a firm believer that I was supposed to have been born on a different planet, but obviously someone cocked up and I'll just have to make the best of it.............
You don't need to know anything else about me. Really. But I don't mind you asking.
Oh.... and that version of John Lennon's "Love" that you can click on below... that's my musical contribution to this site. It's all ME ME ME... what I mean is it's ME singing with my voice and playing all the instruments you hear. All at once, in fact. I have several sets of arms and legs, all of which are interchangeable and of varied sizes. I'm available for children's parties as a novelty magic act.
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Who I'd like to meet: I've been fortunate to meet and chat to (and sometimes work with) most of the people I admire. Having met all of The Beatles, separately on various occasions, my life in some ways is complete... I was even bought popcorn by one of 'em! The only ones I'd still like to meet are unfortunately dead: Hendrix, Moonie, Ronnie Lane and Elvis. So it'll be a long wait (hopefully!)... Mind you, I did always want to meet Joe 90 and The Persuaders when I was a kid. And Julie Driscoll (my first crush).
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Really was a brilliant night, I didnt notice that you where in the back till this morning! Looks like someone has edited you in after just after having your toe trod on!
Many thanks for everything last night, I will bring your recording mic back tomorrow for you, early afteroon as promised! It was such a night to remember, and really mingled well, I cant beleive the conversation we had with Mr. Goldsmith - took my breath away.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! MANY HAPPY RETURNS! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
So I lay down these words as a testament to us, we are the chosen people, we are glorious! We are the soul survivors, steeped in history, so shine your light and chant for victory!
Thank you for being our friend! And have a great BIRTHDAY!
Love and Light to you,
CHI-QI crew
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Alreet Mr cunningham, glad to gave you aboard the good ship bernaccia when you up north next you can fix my pa only kidding, you should check some of the bands out we have playing or have played at the bar. 35yd beat experiment were a highlight
Thanx for checking out my space and for the friend request ofcourse :D
Your site is really great, especially all those very nice pics :)
And what did you think of The Beatles Revival?!
I'd love to tell you but I think they kick people off MySpace for using that sort of language!!! We'll have to meet up soon and I'll tell you in person!
To get our videos look at our profile then click videos which is next to pics.
The videos are
What happens when i die?
This video is a dark and beautiful video, with a great ending. The video was shot in Burgh castle, on a summers night in 2006, the song is from our last album Artificial Happiness.
The other end of a very big room
This video was made using cut out figures of Balance, it took ages to make and record. It is all very blue peter. The song is on our new album Slightly to the side.
Little Angel
This video was shot on Gorleston beach, at the end of summer 2006. The song is about Andy dauguter. It was only released as a single, it is not on any Balance album.
Balance would be gratefull if you would view our videos and give us a comment about our videos or the songs or even better both thanks alot
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