Menergy Pics

Only a couple of me this time, but as per usual, there's loads more over on Menergy.tv! It was a great night, one of the best vibes we've had at the club in a while, and our special guest ZsaZsa Noir got people form the audience to demonstrate fisting on stage. With a frozen chicken.




* At this point we were playing the late Loleatta Holloway's "Love Sensation", and the crowd were going bananas (even though it was chucking out time).

Dirty Minds pics

By Lisa Aspin.











So, how come you don't call me anymore?

Dangerous Minds 21st-27th March

Pigbag reform for one-off London show
RIP Disco & Soul legend Loleatta Holloway
Snuff Trax For Japan: Earthquake Aid Compilation
Alexander Robotnick 'Disco/Nu Disco Mix'
Louis Armstrong & Frank Sinatra sing Death Metal
Wallace Wylie’s ‘Death Rattle: The Travesty of British Alternative Rock in the 90s’
RIP Kurt Hauenstein of Supermax

Zsa Zsa Noir Interview

Cross posted from Menergy - which is TONIGHT!

ZSA ZSA NOIR is our live musical guest at tomorrow night's MENERGY. She also happens to be one of the hottest gender benders from the San Francisco of the south, Manchester. We sent her a few questions to get her lips around:



Who is Zsa Zsa Noir?

Zsa Zsa Noir is the seven foot tall, sordid incarnation of all my subversive kinks in musical, gender queer form.


When did you start performing? And why did you start?

I started performing when I realised I wanted to be a mermaid at the age of six. I've never looked back except now I can hold the attention of a whole crowd of freaks and scream obscene lyrics over polished electronic disco filth. I'm compelled.

Read more here.

Dirty Minds - A Tribute to Prince IS TONIGHT!!

YES! THE TIME has come - geddit? Morris Gay, Sheena Beaston, Sheela E, Myte Bubbles, Skinhead O'Connor, Tranity 6 and of course Mince will all be performing tonight at the Purple Pussycat in Manchester for this one-off Prince tribute. THe Facebook event page is here, and here's the rest of the Prince sleeve tributes I promised:

Wallace Wylie's 'Death Rattle: The Travesty of British Alternative Rock in the 90s'

This is a perfect companion piece to last week's "Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?" look-back at the 1990s, only this is exclusively British and focuses on Primal Scream, Oasis and The Stone Roses. This hits the nails right onthe head with how I feel about "Britpop" and the unavoidable media hype of the time. Originally published on Collapse Board, I linked to this on DM and got some interesting responses, but had to let fly with a bit of a ranty comment taking to task the idea that "Britpop was popular therefore it must have been good!" Urgh PLEASE.

Click here to get to the Dangerous Minds post.

BTW I actually really like both "The Stone Roses" and "Screamadelica", and you know what, even some bits of "Definitely Maybe" too. But "Britpop" was still bullshit.

SNUFF TRAX Compilation for Japan

Wow, that was fast! in just over a week Snuff Crew from Germany have put out a 45 track compilation of house and techno in aid of the Japanese earthquake relief and Red Cross. This is some serious shizzle homepeeps. I am on there as House Machine, but check out the tracklist:

01 Laurent Garnier - Cancel The Apocalypse
02 Joe Drive - The Delivery
03 Humandrone - Sun Pillar On the Debris
04 Zwei Of Snuff Crew - Fukushima
05 Billie Ray Martin and Hard Ton - Sold Life (Luke Solomon Remix)
06 Quinto - We Don`t Sleep At Night Part 1
07 KiNK - Memories From The Future
08 Neville Watson - Keep On
09 Patrick Pulsinger - 12a (Dub Version)
10 Dance Disorder - Future Retro
11 Legowelt - I Want Your Love
12 The Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club - Birds Of Japan
13 DJ Gio MC-505 - My Face On Rushmore Mount
14 Marcello Napoletano - Acid Sunday
15 Morning Factory - Deepest Thoughts
16 Detachments - Holiday Romance (Andy Blake`s Mix For A World Unknown)
17 Photonz - Carnival Of Light
18 The Model - Bump And Jack
19 Hard Ton - Marilyn (Zoe Xenia Dub`n Pop Mix)
20 Elec Pt.1 - It´s House
21 Hieroglyphic Being - Siddharta (Part1)
22 DJ M-Traxxx - House Thunda (Unreleased Mix)
23 Roberto Rodriguez - The Girl Who Silenced The World
24 Discodromo - Bunraku
25 Romina Cohn - Follow Me
26 Meschi - Stay And Play
27 House Machine - Relief (Mix for Japan)
28 Demetrio Giannice - Untidled (One for larry) (Strictly For Japan Mix)
29 Moralez aka Telecommander1 - Life Time Groove
30 Simoncino - Japanese Heart
31 Pathetik - Accroupi
32 Roland Bassline - Ode To Mick
33 Ascii.Disko - Blues For The Red Sun
34 Joel Alter - Roll With Me
35 Andreas Henneberg, Marquez Ill, Leigh Myles - Thousand Paper Cranes
36 Eins of Snuff Crew - Kana Power
37 Remute - Worldfingers
38 Oliver Dodd - Tokyo Lovers
39 Lukatron (aka Luke Solomon) - Tommy´s Cream Soda
40 Renato Cohen - Silly Walk
41 Featherweight - Featherweight (Expanded Mix)
42 Kool & Duvall - U Lift Me Up (Craig Stewart Remix)
43 Fran Mela aka I.F.M. - Not A Game
44 Phil Moon aka Valyom - Einstein Romance
45 Mark Boombastik & Eduardo Delgado Lopez - Anders

You can buy Snuff Trax For Japan here.
More info on the Snuff Crew's website.

Prince Parade LP Sleeve Tribute

In prep for Dirty Minds - A Tribute To Prince. More sleeves coming soon!

BAD TASTE BARBIES Working Up A Sweat (Niallist PumpMixx)

Here's a remix wot I dun of Kurt Dirt's drag queen hi-nrg rock troupe Bad Taste Barbies, which was heavily influenced by Madonna's "Burning Up". I'm happy with this, and apparently the band now want to perform this version in their live shows!

BAD TASTE BARBIES Working Up A Sweat (Niallist PumpMixx) by theniallist

Dangerous Minds 15th-20th March

Another slow week, but these posts have generated a fair bit of interest:

The Wit and Wisdom of Andrew WK
Steven Hyden's "Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?"
Sandals full of Dogshit: Channel 4's "The Word" ft L7, Hole, Stereolab, Snoop v Emu

More photos from the Fierce Ruling Divas Ball

Love this one! Me with Camille.

Steven Hyden/AV Club's "Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation?" series

Has come to an end, with the tenth article in the series, "1999: By The Time I Get To Woodstock '99".

Remember Woodstock '99? The one where lots of people got beaten up and raped? Yeah, just as we had almost completely erased it from collective memory, here comes Fred Douche shouting at a bunch of drunken jocks to "RAPE SOMETHING!!" in his squeaky, balls-not-dropped voice while security throw their badges an the ground and dive into the mosh pit. Ok, so he didn't encourage rape (not that I'm aware of anyway), but the point is still the same. The 90s started with Kurt Cobain in a dress, and ended with Douchface forcibly ripping dresses off harassed women. What a fitting end to the decade, this series, and the story of rock music itself over those years.

This is the comment I left, I will probably get round to doing this myself at some point as it was my own arc through the decade:

"Great series but it just underlines for me how spent a cultural force rock became over this period. The original sense of anarchy and rebellion that made rock so engaging was strip mined to nothing in the Nineties. The real story of the decade is how rock, or alternative, was superceded by other genres and how people who before would have dismissed those genres started to like them. A lot. It's what happened to me.

I would like to see someone write about what was REALLY alternative and fresh in the Nineties. Hip-hop (THE genre that defines those times), house (the early-to-mid 90s was probably the most gay-friendly the mainstream has ever been), electronica (producers like Aphex/Squarepusher pushed boundaries that rock bands are still catching up with), drum & Bass, rave, Daft Punk etc. Real progression / boundary breaking in 90s music was being done by kids with samplers, computers and machines, not by guys with guitars trying to fit into patterns established 30 years before. Not to mention that the drugs were better.

I'm not hating on WHTAN here, it's been a great ride, but it backs up what I truly feel about that decade. I hope someone will write a series about music beyond rock in the 90s, because that is the real story waiting to be explored. "

http://www.avclub.com/features/whatever-happened-to-alternative-nation/

HOUSE MACHINE Relief (Mix For Japan)

This will be on the upcoming Snuff Crew digital compilation in aid of Japanese earthquake survivors. It's a new mix of the track Relief, just for the album, and this is the unmastered mix. I hope it's of some help.

Relief (Mix For Japan) by House Machine

Skool of Rock Mix on Mixcloud

More Mixcloud action! This is still my favourite mix I have ever done, over an hour of non stop fist-pumping, power chord-crashing disco rock action!

Skool Of Rock Mix by Theniallist on Mixcloud

ELO - Don't Bring Me Down (Disco Beard Re-Edit)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Rockets - On The Road Again
Edwin Starr - The Rock
Chilly - For Your Love
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
Tantra - Hills Of Katmandu (Patrick Cowley Mix)
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (Acapella)
Material - Bustin' Out
ZZ Top - Legs (Metal Mix)
Giorgio Moroder - Evolution
Macho - Not Tonight (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit)
Skatt Bros - Walk The Night (Album Version)
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
David Bowie - Stay
Wings - Goodnight Tonight (Trippy Disco Edit)

More pics of Eat Your Heart Out

More pics (featuring Joyce D Vision) from Eat Your Heart Out at the Contact Theater:



Intro film featuring Lio "Banana Split"!


Myra Dubois!


Our Joycie!


Producer extraordinaire Martin Hairnet!


Miss Annabel Sings!


Some bloke - what's his name again? Dottie??

TRANNY NITE IS TONIGHT!

That's right it's TRANNY NITE! Tonight at the Art School, in the Vic Bar, as a fundraiser for the GSA's printing department. Get tranned up! With DJ sets from The Niallist and Lock Up Your Daughters, and performance from Lady Munter and Vanity Von Glow! This is going to be ace :-)

Old mixes, new on Mixcloud

So, I have signed up for Mixcloud, and so far it looks pretty good. Unlimited music uploads (minimum of 8 tracks per upload and track info required for wealth re-distribution) suits me, as I have A LOT of old mixes to put up. Here's two for starters:

Super Macho Mix by Theniallist on Mixcloud

^ This is the kind of thing I will be playing tonight at Tranny Nite.

DISCO CONNECTION Born To Be Alive
FLEXI COWBOYS Domination Instrumental
AVALANCHE Travelling (Space)
X-RAY CONNECTION Replay (Space Mix)
PET SHOP BOYS It’s A Sin (Disco Mix)
X-RAY CONNECTION Replay (Special Freak Mix)
TAFFY I Love My Radio (USA Mix 86)
SUZY Can’t Live Without Your Love (Double Dub Mix)
MAN TWO MAN Who Knows What Evil (Nightmare Dub Mix)
LIME Angel Eyes
CAMARO’S GANG Ali’s Shuffle
CYBER PEOPLE Void Vision
ALISHA Beat All Night
FANCY Play Me The Bolero (Dub)
GINO SOCCIO So Lonely
RONI GRIFFITHS That’s Rock’n’Roll

Night Flight Mix by Theniallist on Mixcloud