Mark Badger
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Music Promoter |
| Location | Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | Mark runs a Birmingham based independent record label called Iron Man Records, set up the Birmingham Music Network, and has organised gigs in Birmingham for over ten years. In addition he plays in a band of his own, does a bit of tour management and driving, he lectures at Birmingham City University as part of their music business degree course, works with The Orb and enjoys a good game of mental chess with local funding organisations who have no idea. |
| Interests | asking people to pay me for work I did 7 months ago, music, books, chaos, art, borrowing money, Collecting boxes of Cds nobody wants to buy, writing letters to no one, turning up late, deleting emails, complaining. |
| Favorite Movies | Brazil, Catch 22, Easy Rider, Taxi driver, Come and See, Koktebel, Stalker, Dr Strangelove, Jaws, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Repo Man, films by Wim Wenders, Andrei Tarkovsky, Terry Gilliam, Koktebel |
| Favorite Music | Crass, Subhumans, Public Enemy, Rollins Band, Fugazi, Nomeansno, Jello Biafra, Roger Waters, Godflesh, Post Regiment, SNFU, Neil Young, Dufus, Culture Shock, American Music Club, Blade, Seein Red, Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Rhythm Pigs, Michelle Shocked, Bob Dylan, Herman Dune, Meat Puppets, Steve Earle, Alice Donut, Hard-ons, Krzycz, Will Oldham, Black Flag, MDC, Scream, Circle Jerks, Four Letter Word, Slint, Misfits, Leonard Cohen, Napalm Death, Carcass, P.A.I.N, Tom Waits, Tarantism, Haydamaky, Fleas and Lice, Sink, Stupids, English Dogs, Suicidal Tendencies, Foetus, Butthole Surfers, Lvmen, Stratford Mercenaries |
| Favorite Books | Favourite Book writers are: Harry Crews, Henry Miller, Lydia Lunch, Rollins, Bill Drummond, Charles Bukowski, Pablo Neruda, Hubert Selby jr, Robert Anton Wilson, Hunter s Thompson, William Burroughs |
When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?
Play seein' red records