Sons Of Itto, obviously. They're my band. for a little while longer.

Oneida are my new favourite band. so are Pontiak.

Les Rallizes Denudes this site is in japanese. i don't really understand it. i love them in a big way, though.

Kevin Hewick Leicester legend and very nice guy. talks for aaaages between songs, but then plays great songs. you go see.

Charlie Parr i bloody love this guy.

Noir Desir my languages are bloody awful, and i don't even really understand french (typically bloody englisher), but i bloody love their music

Creech Holler made the best album i heard in 2009

Young Gods Records is my attempt at linking to Angels of Light/Swans, as its the best place to find out about them, as well as their myspazz

Nate Pilgrim and the Magnificatz Any attempt to describe them does not them justice do. wonderful live act and excellent people.

The Heads probably the most dysfunctional psych band around...

Acid Mothers Temple as if you needed me to point these to you

The Rainmakers Those of you who are shameless 80's revivalists should need no excuse. Those of you who, like me, remember how gopping the 80's actually were should note that these were one of the good bands.

Dischord Home to the wonderful Lungfish and many more excellent artists besides.

Dubdotcom If you like dub vibes, then here is a place to go. They do nice dubcasts.

Burning Babylon. More dub of a most crucial variety.

Henry Flynt Philosopher, musician and else besides. all worth attending to.

Julian Cope. has moved on a bit from 'world shut your mouth'.

Mr Plow Was a regular host on our old Itto Thursday nights. also writes fabulous songs, and is a very nice bloke too.

Indian Jewelry not long discovered them. do like, though.

Chad Vangaalen writes many genius songs

The Ebb and Flow are not even remotely linked to the frankly rubbish children's TV program, instead being a very good band.

Pissed Jeans have a brilliant name

Frodus Defunct. So what? rocked mightily.

The Knife I like The Knife

and in the absence of official sites, i'll have to link to myspace sites, so, check out The Smears, Old Time Relijun, Vent, David Thomas Broughton and more when i get round to it.

more fabulous musician types who you need in your life will soon appear when i have relevant urls to hand (this is not a netbot) but if you can be arsed to google - Parson Sound, The Boredoms, Crow Tongue, Yellow Swans, Boris, Shy Child, White Hills, Current 93, Gram Rabbit, Magic Lantern, Polvo, Cha Cha Cohen, Sailboats Are White, sunn O))), Linton Kwesi Johnson, Burning Star Core, 50 Foot Wave, Black Lips, Dalek, No Age, The Field, Les Savy Fav, Zoviet France, Valet, Zomes, Group Bombino, Kate Rusby, James Blackshaw, Goldfrapp, Mr Airplane Man, Harvey Milk, Ramesses, Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, Black Math Horsemen, and frankly so many my poor little brain can't cope. and if you can ever find anything by Floid Matrix, snap it up. they were wonderful.

and on the not known for music side of the fence, there's Alan Moore (who actually does do music as well), Laurens van der Post, Carl Jung, Bill viola, Hundertwasser, Canadian Psychedoolia,Harry Harrison, Alfred Bester, Phil K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Theodore Sturgeon and the list will go on

and for random looking at stuff, i usually find Wikipedia is good. you really shouldn't need me to make you aware of it, and i'm sure you don't, but given the vested interests that comprise everything 'official', i find it a bit laughable that the place is derided for being unreliable. Of course it's unreliable! that's what humans do with their perceptions, they distort and subjectify them. there's no such thing as objective truth. get used to it! and with that in mind, i like a good random browse.

and i look at politics/ current affairs stuff - medialens, new internationalist, reporters without borders... actually, i look at loads of other stuff as well, and really i should link to it all, even the weird paranoid stuff, who cares if 'big brother' really is watching? but this lot winds me up the least. or it winds me up the most. let's say their own opinions wind me up the least. always bear in mind my above caveat about 'the truth' when looking at anything that is essentially an opinion or an interpretation (aren't they both the same?). though i think it is worth pointing out that there is only a finite amount of times i can read an opinion, no matter how much i agree with it. for example. and i don't agree with everything anyway, but i prefer that sort of thing. at least makes you look at things from different angles. frankly, i consider it all no more or less likely than what you get here.

and the situationist international is worth looking at.

i really should put a more wide range of stuff on here. maybe i will, but not now... but if you feel like googling some mind numbing ideas, try orgone.

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