Dangerous Minds 20th-27th February

Emeralds "Does It Look Like I'm Here?"
Jiz & The Mammograms vs Christianity
The Young Lady's Post-Punk Handbook Volumes 1-3
Goblin play live in the UK tonight and tomorrow
The Orb & Alan Parker "Grey Clouds"
Dario Argento's "Deep Red" aka "Profondo Rosso" in full
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Goldfrapp "I Wanna Life (Niallist MNRG Edit)"

Menergy @ The Vic Bar is TONIGHT, so in prep here's a cowbell-tastic re-edit wot I dun of "I Wanna Life" by Goldfrapp from her 2010 album "Head First", which is really ecellent. I love this tune, it's proper 80s dance-pop, and it will be getting played tonight as a request for oor Laird.

I Wanna Life (Niallist MNRG Edit) by theniallist

A Dinner Date With The Niallist ON MONDAY!

If you're in Manchester then COME!

Here's the Facebook page.

Goblin play live in the UK tonight & tomorrow

Cross-post from Dangerous Minds:


 
Yes, that's THE Goblin, Italian prog supremos and soundtrack authors of Suspiria, Dawn Of The Dead, Tenebrae, Deep Red and more. Not only will this be the first time the band have played in Scotland and the North-West, but this will be their first shows in the UK featuring founder member Claudio Simonetti. I know, right?! I haven't been as excited about a gig in years!

OK, I know this is only relevant to readers in the UK, but amazingly there are tickets left for both shows (why haven't they sold out?), so if you live in Newcastle/Gateshead or Glasgow, there's still time to catch the band in action. I've had my ticket for ages - it wasn't cheap but it wasn't extortionate (£22 inc booking fee - it's cheaper in Gateshead) and this is GOBLIN we're talking about here. Beloved of horror afficianados, prog rock fans, electronica and dance artists, break spotters, goths, metal-heads, sleuths, zombie hunters and Black Forest headmistresses alike.
 
 
 
Tonight Goblin play at The Sage in Gateshead, with support from Warm Digits. Tomorrow they play The Arches in Glasgow, as part of the city's Film & Music Festival, with a special occult-cinema manifestation from the band OV. Tickets are available directly from the venues (follow the links above) or from Ticketmaser (here's links to The Sage and The Arches). If you don't go, here is what you are missing:
 
Goblin - "Tenebrae" live in Paris 2009
 

 
Goblin - "Suspiria" live in London 2009
 

 
Goblin - "Profondo Rosso" aka "Deep Red" live in Paris 2009
 

 

Niallist CYBERNETIC LOVE Mix

A mix I've put together of Italo-house, in preparation for Saturday's Menergy at the Art School. We're currently counting down to the night over on Menergy.tv with a blog post a day. Check it out!

CYBERNETIC LOVE Mix by theniallist

Chose Chaton - Teenage Love
Mark Du Mosch - Now Or Never
Hercules & Love Affair - I Can't Wait
Cnut - Talking to the DJ (Frenchbloke Remix)
Alden Tyrell - Hills Of Honolulu
Den Haan - Universal Energy
Skatebard - The Party Trap (Sferro Remix)
Hard Ton - Food Of Love
Sam Sparro - Pink Cloud
Casco pres Blackway - New Life

Heathers Screening in Liverpool

Me and Joe popped over to Liverpool for the evening to catch a screening of Heathers at the city's CUC. It was a bit of a disappointment to be honest, as there were about 12 people in the audience (in a real cinema). I donned my Glenn Shadix outfit, and Joe had a Big Fun t-shirt, but we felt a bit overdressed. Still, it's an amazing film, and I could watch it forever.

Dangerous Minds 14th-20th February

Another slow week on DM, due to the gigs in Glasgow and Leeds.

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Sapphic Traffic rocked!

Wow, that was awesome! Thanks to everyone at Sapphic Traffic and the Common Place in Leeds for a brilliant night. There were lesbian threeways, Blind Date (with Joyce D Vision and Godcilla Black), drunk people fighting outside, gays dancing to gangsta rap, cheap but tasty beer, drag burlesque, No Scrubs, the lot. Let's do this again sometime! :-D



Cute couple!



Elliot and Corin



Sofia and Liz (God Cilla Black)



Charlotte



Tia Maria perform "Two Hearts"



Our Joyce in action



Dunno her name but she was lovin it (with ST promoter Ema in the background)



Me and soundman/DJ Dani behind the decks



Photos by Trent of the blog Bad Fotography!

DJ set @ Sapphic Traffic (Leeds) TONIGHT

I'm looking forward to this - I'm djing at "My Heart Is A Vital Organ Part 2" for Sapphic Traffic in Leeds tonight. My first time DJing there! There's going to be a live Blind Date (hosted by none other than Joyce D Vision) and I have a handful of anti-love songs to play (Love Will Tear Us Apart/No Scrubs/Love Is A Battlefield/I Hate Myself For Loving You/This Is Not A Love Song/etc). Facebook deets right here.

A Dinner Date with The Niallist!

Live @ Knock Knock, The Art School TOMORROW!

This was a short notice booking, but I am looking forward to it - a live set at The Art School's weekly Wednesday band night Knock Knock. For more details here's the facebook, and the Art School website is here.

Dangerous Minds 7th-13th February

MYWTF?!: The Rise and Fall of MySpace
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Video Tape
'James Blake' Full album stream
Little Known footage of 'Vamp' era Grace Jones
Supermotion! The Sound of Ben Butler & Mouse Pad
New Scandinavian Electro-funk: We call it "Skweee"
Momus: 'Strawberry Hill' and the 'Hypnoprism' album

Menergy February flyer

Two weeks to go to our residency at the Art School! We're doing a blog post a day until then, over at Menergy.tv, and for more info check out the Facebook event page.

Joyce D Vision live @ Eat Your Heart Out

Last night's show at Eat Your Heart Out was great! People responded really well to Joyce D Vision, and the rest of Scottee Scottee's cabaret troupe were excellent too. Special shout out to Myra Dubois who we hear got lucky while she was in town. Here's pics of Joyce in action (with legendary drunken producer Martin Hairnet in the background) taken by the lovely Will of Will'n'Rick. We performed covers of Joy Division's "Isolation", "Transmission" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the style of Raw Sex from French & Saunders. I think we will be seeing more of Joyce...







Joyce has a glamour fit during "Transmission":

Eat Your Heart Out Manchester (this Fri)

I'm really looking forward to this! London performance artist Scottee Scottee is bringing his cabaret-not-cabaret to Manchester at the Contact Theatre this Friday. It will see performances from Zsa Zsa Noir, Will'n'Rick, Sheela Blige, Scott Gillespie, and our own Growler will be debuting his new incarnation as "Joyce D Vision" (with a little help from Peter Fook and Martin Hairnet). There will be some folk from London there, like Spencer Wood, Dickie Beau and Myra Dubois, so all in all it's gonna be great! Tickets are £10/£6, and for more details here is the Facebook page.

Dangerous Minds 1st-6th Feb 2011

Bit of a slow week for me on DM, what with my trip up to Glasgow and all. Also, last week's Iggy Pop piece was posted on the Friday, but held back til Monday to clear space for some other bits and bobs.

JD Samson's MEN "Talk About Body"
New BBC TV Children's show Rastamouse
Classic British nuclear attack drama "Threads"
Happy Anniversary Lux Interior
Demdike Stare "Tryptych"

TONIGHT!! Come...

Salty Lips "Smize" vid

I'm in this video somewhere - it being the work of Manchester's queer electro rockers Salty Lips. There's a whole bevvy of lovely local bears in here, and when I get my grubby mits on this I am going to turn it into divatastic bitch house :-)

Dirty Minds @ Purple Pussycat, Manchester

Here's the next (bar one) party by Growler & Niallist - a tribute happening in March at the Purple Pussy, with performances by Kurt Dirt, The Niallist, Emma Peate, and more tba. More details soon...

Presenting "Growler & Niallist Presents"

Well, after the success of Vogue Brawl, the Paris Is Burning screening, and individual nights like Zombie Pride and Menergy, we have decided to start an event management/promotions company. We being me and Joe Spencer. If you live in Manchester you will probably recognise him. He's a total camera whore. ;-) Our next few events are being planned right now, more news on that in a wee bit...

Mancy friends

Nice pic of us lot upstairs at Affleck's Palace the Monday after Vogue Brawl. Who's the campest?