John_K
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| full name | John |
| age | 56 |
| location | Dublin, Ireland |
| gender | male |
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Now started to add some mixes, and I'm probably all over the place here as I try to get up to speed!
This is what I'm listening too
http://www. last.fm/user/John_K
This is what I'm listening too
http://www. last.fm/user/John_K
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Favorite Music Artists
- The Beatles / Bob Dylan / Neil Young
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / The Go-Betweens
- The Smiths / R.E.M. / The Fall
- Robert Wyatt / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / David Bowie
- Talking Heads / Public Enemy / Super Furry Animals
Favorite Likes
- Wife and Kids
- Music
- Friends
- Liverpool FC
- Black Cat Bone
Favorite Music Artists [2]
- Richard Thompson / Wilco / Elbow
- Midlake / Triffids / Sonic Youth
- Johnny Cash / Grandaddy / Flaming Lips
- Can / Pixies / Pretty Things
- Big Star / Mogwai / Burial
Favorite Wastes of Time Online
- Black Cat Bone
- Last FM
- Rate Your Music
- Word Magazine
John_K's Highest Ranked Mixtapes
John_K's Mixtapes
1310 points (Level 2) · 3/31/09 2:00pm
Late last year myself, my wife and some old friends got together in Dublin for a night out.
Getting older, having kids and one of the guys living in London means we don't get out as often as we used to.
Anyway, we'd had a few beers and something to eat when we decided to visit The Gaiety (a Dublin theatre) which over the weekends has different entertainment over its various levels. As luck would have it, the bar we settled into had a Madness tribute band playing the 2 Tone Ska tracks that were really popular while we were kids.
So seven friends spent the reamainder of the night dancing like crazy fools to the soundtrack of their early teens.
This mix is a momento to the guys for the night...
Getting older, having kids and one of the guys living in London means we don't get out as often as we used to.
Anyway, we'd had a few beers and something to eat when we decided to visit The Gaiety (a Dublin theatre) which over the weekends has different entertainment over its various levels. As luck would have it, the bar we settled into had a Madness tribute band playing the 2 Tone Ska tracks that were really popular while we were kids.
So seven friends spent the reamainder of the night dancing like crazy fools to the soundtrack of their early teens.
This mix is a momento to the guys for the night...
1160 points (Level 1) · 3/24/09 8:36am
Toyed with a themed mix for the first time, browsing through my collection looking for the word 'Radio'.
1058 points (Level 1) · 3/23/09 5:08am
A friend recently suggested my Top 15 played tracks on LastFM was a cracking playlist, so I figured I'd put it together for him.
The list is based on plays scrobbled since the 13th December 2005.
I've listed them 15 to 1, in good old-fashioned countdown way...
The list is based on plays scrobbled since the 13th December 2005.
I've listed them 15 to 1, in good old-fashioned countdown way...
![BCB Mix Club 2009 01 [Corrected Version]](/img/mixtape/John_K/thumb_mix_1237634418.jpg)
1087 points (Level 1) · 3/21/09 4:20am
A somewhat sleepy start to the new year, I've always liked tracks that will close the day and take you into the small hours.
1053 points (Level 1) · 3/20/09 3:10am
A somewhat sleepy start to the new year, I've always liked tracks that will close the day and take you into the small hours.
1192 points (Level 1) · 3/19/09 8:39am
The BCB members like to get together for Jolly Ups whenever they can, and some of them decided to come over to Dublin in January '08.
As is tradition, attendees make Jolly Up Comps for other members attending.
Here on Dublin's Northside there's a particular way of telling someone where to go...
Q - 'D'ya Know Where De Five Lamps Are...?'
A - 'Well Ya Can Go and Hang Yer Bollix Off It!'
;-)
As is tradition, attendees make Jolly Up Comps for other members attending.
Here on Dublin's Northside there's a particular way of telling someone where to go...
Q - 'D'ya Know Where De Five Lamps Are...?'
A - 'Well Ya Can Go and Hang Yer Bollix Off It!'
;-)
1440 points (Level 2) · 3/19/09 5:33am
A Mix I put together for the kids to play to get them into the Halloween spirit last year.
1087 points (Level 1) · 3/19/09 4:36am
I was at a loss this month as to what to do for mix club, so I decided to pull something together quickly. Only caveat, the tracks had to be shorter than 2 and a half minutes...
1087 points (Level 1) · 3/19/09 3:42am
In September 09 I was paired with a long time BCBer who had just joined the mix club the previous month. He practically shat on his first mix, stating disappointment and expecting a greater listening challenge from his fellow BCBers.
I'd been listening to some Dubstep / Grime around the time, so he got a challenge this month, and he was reasonably pleased!
I'd been listening to some Dubstep / Grime around the time, so he got a challenge this month, and he was reasonably pleased!
1095 points (Level 1) · 3/18/09 1:56pm
The BCB Mix Club started in August of 2008, this was the first disc I made...
1196 points (Level 1) · 3/18/09 5:00am
April last year had me paired with a new member to the forum and to the Mix Club, so this mix was tailored towards new sounds...
1139 points (Level 1) · 3/18/09 3:43am
This was my October submission for the Black Cat Bone Mix Club. Knowing the recipients tastes made it a pleasure to create a mix with new material from him to enjoy. This one was very well received!
1299 points (Level 2) · 3/15/09 6:49pm
My mix for the Black Cat Bone Mix Club from January '08.
Tag Board (8)
Team Robot Member
Bit more than nice. I got up at 7 on a Sunday morning to watch it live here in the US. The first half we are one up and it is ok...then explosions. I saw the other two times we scored 9, in 1979 against Bristol in the old division 1, and in the early 70s when we put 9 against an Icelandic part time team in the Eufa Cup. That was the highest win my anybody in the premiership since 1995, and the first time an individual has scored five in a premiership game since Shearer in 1999. I was just a little bit pleased. By the way, Spurs highest score ever was against a team I am sure you don't like that much, Everton. What's more, it happened the day I was born and my dad missed the game because of my debut!
11/23/09 4:50pm
Team Robot Member
I know, 3 - 1 to Liverpool, but to be honest, at the start of the season an 8th place spot for Spurs by the end of the season looked impossible so I am not too sad
5/24/09 9:34pm
Team Robot Member
I got that match live in California I was sitting here at 2 - 0 to Spurs joking that we would probably end up losing 4 - 2 or something! Well, only one out!
4/27/09 9:06am
Team Robot Member
I used to read a lot of Michael Moorcock as a spotty teen. Didn't touch him or any other sci-fi for thirty years, reread one of his a year or so back and that Eternal Caberet mix was kind of the result. Thanks for the kind words
3/27/09 1:11am
Team Robot Member
Rednapp has done wonders, our form in the last month or so is pretty hot. His approach of putting the team back together that the last guy broke up pleases the fans and gets results. In the last few weeks though, Liverpool look good again (I watch a lot of live premiership over here in the US) and with Man Utd currently on self destruct you must still have some kind of a chance
3/24/09 3:54pm
Team Robot Member
Best match I ever saw, Spurs vs liverpool around 1970. Steve Heighway's debut, your winger Peter Thompson on fire, Pat Jennings at his peak, Spurs shading it at 1-0. I also saw Liverpool destroy Spurs at Anfield 7 -0 (1977 I think), the only time I have seen a match there.
3/24/09 2:05am
Team Robot Member
Nice to have you here. Not so sure about Liverpool though, I am a Spurs fan for my sins!
3/18/09 7:23am
