Uncle Nemesis
" Misadventures in modern music "

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44 years old
London,
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Last Login: 7/7/2008
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GeneralLife. The universe. Things.

MusicI spent my formative years sitting up in bed on school nights with my headphones on, while the mighty John Peel filled my head with all manner of strange things. This had much to do with what came after...

I spent seven years (1995 - 2001) promoting live music in London. To this day, strong men shudder at the memory of Nemesis Promotions, purveyors of fine rackets to the cool and discerning. I had a lot of fun, I lost spectacular amounts of money, and it was rather a relief to stop, in the end. But live music is still my main interest, and my favourite way of absorbing music.

Like the man said: bring the noise.

A few old favourites: Magazine. Shriekback. Pere Ubu. Wire. Public Image Limited (circa 'Metal Box'). Cabaret Voltaire (before they went all happy house on us). Old-Skool Killing Joke. Dub Syndicate. Bauhaus. Blackbeard. Banshees. Dave Bowie (before he started wearing double-glazing salesman suits). Throbbing Gristle. Yello. Big Stick. Pixies. All that splendid weird stuff on On-U Sound. Sonic Youth (especially circa 'Evol').

I like a well-turned pop ditty, I like horrible fractious rackets. I like visceral darkness, I like tunes you can whistle. I like a rousing chorus, I like unashamed gleeful noise. I like both types of music: rock and roll. And most of all I like bands who do the whole bloody lot at once.

A few new favourites: The Violets. These New Puritans. Selfish Cunt. Mab. Client. Psydoll. Eve Black / Eve White. Vertical Smile. Schmoof. Marsheaux. Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians Of The British Empire. The revitalized Queen Adreena, the surprising Emilie Autumn. And, of course, more...

For updates on the stuff that's currently floating my boat or sinking my ship, look at Nemesis To Go. That's what it's there for...

MoviesA brief and random selection:

The Nature Of Our Looking (Gilbert & George, 1970)
Mon Oncle (Jaques Tati, 1958)
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)

More will follow here....I'll put some links in at some point, too.

TelevisionI do not own a TV set. Nor should you.

BooksToo many to mention (but maybe I'll put a few highlights here soon).

Oh, look, here comes a highlight now. I've recently read this:

...which proves that humans haven't changed much, and nor has the environment they create for themselves. Walk through central London late on Saturday night, and tell me it doesn't feel like one of Hogarth's more extravagant etchings come to life...

HeroesDon't talk to me about heroes, most of these men sink like subs.

Groups: Dead and BuriedWave Gotik TreffenPretty-ScaryCLIENT - satisfaction guaranteedgothrock/deathrock/darkwave/batcaveLondon PunksCompulsorySkin Friends and FansThe Damned

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     Uncle Nemesis's Details
Status:Married
Hometown:London
Zodiac Sign:Aries
Occupation:Surreal estate agent



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About me:

Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in MySpace.

Hullo there. I am known to most of the world (but not to my mum) as Uncle Nemesis. That's me in the photo above, reflected in the window of a Deutsche Bahn Inter City Express at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof a few weeks ago. That's an ART shot (he claims, unconvincingly). More photos and associated stories from that little excursion are in my Blog section...

Before we go any further, here's a disclaimer: I am not what you'd call a natural MySpacer. As it happens, I feel rather dubious about the fact that I'm employing an offshoot of Rupert Murdoch's global media empire to do my online networking for me. But I'm prepared to make a pact with ol' Rupe because of this:

What is it? It's Nemesis To Go, that's what.

Not just another webzine! Nemesis To Go is...erm, well, I suppose it's just another webzine, really. But it contains splendidly sesquipedalian excess in the name of rock 'n' roll, artfully assembled with equal parts HTML and luuurrve, and presented for your pleasure in glowing pixels.

I like to think it's not bad, considering. But, of course, that's only what I think. Please have a look at it, and tell me what you think.

What you've got on the web right now is Nemesis To Go Issue Five, in which rock 'n' roll in all its ludicrous variety is is poked and prodded with a great big HTML stick. Plenty of visual evidence, too. The banner hints at what's in this issue: by all means click it and suck it up for yourself.

Nuts and bolts stuff: Nemesis To Go is irregular and ever-evolving, and squeezed into whatever time I have available after doing my day job and taking care of other parts of my life. Much as I'd like to spend all my time investigating raucous bands in assorted subterranean dives, and then going home to fling merry quips about the experience on the web, I've never found anyone willing to pay me a living wage to do so. This serves to reinforce my long-held view that the world, in many major ways, is wrong.

But what the hell. I'll do as much of it as possible, and hurl the results up for the world to see, whether the world likes it or not.

Essential background info about Nemesis To Go (including the postal address, he says boldly, for the benefit of all those bands who keep asking me for it), is on this page.

Meanwhile, assorted updates, ramblings, and saucy photographs will appear in my blog section from time to time.

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Friends and Executioners

If you'd like to add me to your stack-o-friends, please go ahead. I'm willing to approve just about anyone who's interested enough to look in - although I tend to be a bit selective with bands whose noise doesn't grab me. My tastes are wide, but that doesn't mean I'm going to dig everything.

My Top Friends are a mix of people I know in real life, people I know in virtual life, and interesting people I've found in the random swirl of MySpace. You'll also see a few bands I like, or with whom I've crossed paths or crossed swords in some way. Feel free to guess who is who and which is which...

I change things around at irregular intervals - don't get stressed if you find yourself shifted up or down, in or out. My friends list is not a popularity chart, and it's certainly not real life. Face it, kids - it's only MySpace.

I'll click on you if I like the cut of your jib - although of course you don't have to approve me if you don't like the cut of my jib. I don't have time to engage in lengthy MySpace banter, so I may end up being a fairly quiet friend. But I do look in on everyone on my list from time to time. If you're on it, I'm interested...and I'm watching you.

I'm not in the market for gettin' it on with hawt chyxx, because I'm married to one already, thanks very much. But I'm always interested in meeting creative, individual, flamboyant, against-the-grain people...and bands making interesting rackets.

You can also catch me on LiveJournal. Same shit, different format!

I think it's about time we had another foolish photograph, so here's a pic of my own good self and my good lady wife in the Dionysius Restaurant (a fave eaterie of Steve Severin, I'm told, although we didn't see him that night) on Tottenham Court Road, in the heart of London's bustling West End. We'd just been to see Psychic TV at the Astoria (review & photos from the gig in Issue Two of Nemesis To Go - find it in the Archive section). This photo is by either RJ or Caro - I'm afraid I can't quite remember who was brandishing the camera on this occasion. We'd had a few drinks. Does it show? Fashion note: that's a Sixteens T-shirt I'm wearing. We dig the Sixteens. My good lady wife favours a Throbbing Gristle long-sleeve. Hey, kewl T-shirts? We got 'em.

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Who I'd like to meet:

Intelligent life. But I'll settle for human beings.


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Uncle Nemesis has 1622 friends.
 Women of Sodom 


 shriekback. 


 Nina Hagen 


 Liz 


 NOBLESSE OBLIGE 


 Queen Adreena 


 Vertical Smile 


 is hardcore? Magazine 


 Sugar Kane 


 SELFISH CUNT 


 M.I.A. 


 Saskia Walker 


 Psydoll 


 DANDI WIND -another new 7" single 


 Suicide 


 DEVA 


 Mark Rimmell 


 ORGAN 


 CROSSBRED 


 COLT 


 TYING TIFFANY 


 SIXTEENS 


 Scary Lady Sarah 


 DECASIA CLUB 


 Magazine 


 godgirl 


 THROBBING GRISTLE 


 EVE BLACK/EVE WHITE 


 the Human Value 


 TheEvilChemist 


 the violets 


 wishmaster 9000 


 Diamanda Galas 


 Client 


 KING TUBBY 


 SAM AMANT 


 Natasha meltdown 


 MAB 


 Mariame 


 Captain Beefheart 





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Moskow Diskow





Jul 6 2008 3:50 PM

jeee, we should. its time for the Vodkabeat indeed.
Cheers
Moskow Diskow





Jul 5 2008 5:23 AM

hello darling, thanx 4 your req, delicious taste in music and things indeed. i just finished my new mix, check it out, u might like it. Greeds. http://boxstr. com/myfiles/properties/2584713
Big City Redneck





Jul 4 2008 9:29 AM

Big Bad Love at 93 Feet East
July 10th
Doors: 7pm
£6.50

This is our first 93 Feat East gig and we’re happy to be gracing this illustrious stage so look out for special door price offers a few days before the gig…
Or you can buy in advance here:
http://www. wegottickets. com/event/32336

David Cronenberg's Wife
http://www. myspace. com/davidcronenbergswife

The Owlls
http://www. myspace. com/owlls

Voodoo Trombone Quartet
http://www. voodootrombonequartet. com/

DJ: Camden Slags

July 17th at the Buffalo Bar:
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Tom Allalone & The 78s/ The Branded

We’re also starting a brand new Friday night at The Luminaire in September – watch this space…

Join the facebook group for regular updates:
http://www. facebook. com/group. php?gid=15198868077
Facebook event page:
http://www. facebook. com/event. php?eid=49790160643
Kreepy





Jul 4 2008 5:12 AM

you will have to make it out for one of our night...



URBCOM





Jul 4 2008 2:01 AM

DISPLAY > DISOBEY!
We Make Bass





Jul 3 2008 12:40 PM

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HOC Sound System© (DJ Psy-Tek)





Jul 1 2008 12:09 PM

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OUT NOW! EX 22:20's "Reptile Zoo" on Insomnia Records' Compilation CD "In the Dark of Night." Avaliable from Chaos Theory or contact John at www. myspace. com/hoc_sound_system or www. myspace. com/ex2220




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Rubika





Jun 28 2008 6:42 AM

hey uncle nemesis!
thanx for the request!
love the list of your favorite music heros,great taste!hope you like our stuff
keep in touch!
love rubika
In Isolation





Jun 27 2008 2:34 PM

Hi Uncle!
Here's our new video for 'The Wrong Girl'. Also up on our Myspace page.
Feel free to comment! :)
Cheers.

http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=tGyu0Pb4k0Y
X-OFF presents NEON RAIDERS/FUCK YEAH!/COCKAIGNE





Jun 26 2008 12:55 PM

... and now we're gonna COCK 'N' ROLL TO THE MAX !!!


Saturday 28.06.
2008

12:30 NEON RAIDERS - THE TRUCK @ CSD

22:00 NEON RAIDERS - THE PARTY @ ZMF


Think you're strong enough ?

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Devilish Presley





Jun 25 2008 11:26 AM

COLCHESTER Next UK Show!!....








Devilish Presley Website
THE PROBLEM BEiNG





Jun 23 2008 3:21 PM


The Problem Being - Electro. Is. Dead TRAILER from simon kennedy on Vimeo
Jane





Jun 17 2008 8:08 AM

It's an A5 photocopied zine (B + W) just over 40 pages.
Interviews with Pam Hogg, Cazz Blase on riot grrrl (she wrote the chapter on RG music in that riot grrrl book), Scareifina (Wicked Little Dolls), and Velocity Chyaldd (Vulgaras).
Articles on Death By Chocolate, The Aislers Set and We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It.
Plus reviews of Scarling, The Priscillas, Ivy's Itch, Emilie Autumn, Colt, The Dresden Dolls, Wicked Little Dolls, Rosin Coven, Vulgaras, NY Loose, Little Whores on the Prairie, Gene Serene, Melora Creager, RAsputina, Hazard County Girls, Pam Hogg, Mary Magdalan, Hannah Fury, Diana Dors and Shampoo.
£1.50 (including UK postage) for payment details/non UK orders/trades please either message my MySpace or e-mail me at appleby.jane AT gmail. com
Big City Redneck





Jun 17 2008 6:36 AM

THIS THURSDAY!!!THIS THURSDAY!!! THIS THURSDAY!!! THIS THURSDAY!!!

..

Join us for another Big City Redneck Presents! Another wonderful eruption, nay, ejaculation of good music at the Buffalo Bar this month!

What can I say? We won’t disappoint.

Buffalo Bar
June 19th
£6 on the door…
8.30pm till they kick us out…

Mama Shamone
http://www. myspace. com/mamashamone
“Put Mama Shamone on at any venue and they are likely to take the roof off, this was one of the best live shows I’ve seen in years - certainly one of the best in London. In my opinion these guys are destined for greatness, it felt like I was witnessing history being shaped-something was just so right about what they were doing up there.” Vibe Bar

We Yes You No
www. myspace. com/weyesyouno
“We Yes You No sing about the end of the world, the end of everything. But in an apocalypse that would sound like this I would buy god’s last EP” – Big City Redneck

Language
http://www. myspace. com/languageuk
“"The verbosity of funk, the poetic twang of intelligent pop. The bridge between Franz Ferdinand and Smashing Pumpkins perhaps" – Bugbear

DJ: Dirty Omar

Facebook group:

http://www. facebook. com/groups. php?ref=sb#/group. php?gid=15198868077
F.I.I.K. Design





Jun 16 2008 5:04 PM

haha, it is never too late to stop using Impact.
Thanks for the Barney Bubble comparison, I had never heard of him and his work is awesome!
theDOLLDAZE





Jun 16 2008 6:03 AM

THANKS for listening. I will be so geeked when I can finally take a trip to London. Looks really cool..good vibes Nemesis. Have a great week!!
-DOLL
F.I.I.K. Design





Jun 14 2008 12:47 AM

oh, and if you ever get sick of using 'Impact' as a font, PLEASE contact me.

;)
F.I.I.K. Design





Jun 14 2008 12:42 AM

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not sure how the hell you found me but thanks for the add and should you need any art/layout/conversations about music etc let me know! :)
X-OFF presents NEON RAIDERS/FUCK YEAH!/COCKAIGNE





Jun 11 2008 2:11 PM

Freaks, Fiends, Cock Rock Addicts

Welcome to the queerest pity of Berlin. Here comes ...

FUCK YEAH! - Cock 'n' Roll and other blowtunes



14.06.
2008 | 22:00

Monster Ronson's Ichiban Karaoke

Don't miss it !!!

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Geneviéve Pasquier





Jun 8 2008 11:37 PM

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