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 Vertigo Smyth's Profile |
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I have a high centre of gravity |
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| Location: | Galway, |
| Country: |  Ireland |
| Last Login: | Sep 9, 2007 (812 days back) |
About Me |
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| "In Vertigo Smyth you get a bedroom Beatles, a bit of Bowie and doses of retro-indie, while justified comparisons with Jeff Buckley have also been made in the past, not just in terms of style, but in his ability to write songs which reach out." -Frequency Ireland |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 1/20/2006Influences: Bowie, The Beatles,The Muppet Show, Elliott Smith, The Wannadies, Antenna, Air,The Cardigans, old crackly vinyl stuff, Randy Newman, Jon Brion, Beck, Cat Power, power chords, Lo Fi stuff, Hi fi stuff, some alt country, some alt shift caps lock country, Rufus Wainwright, good ole laughing Len, Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley giving it socks with just a Telecaster, Ogden Nash, Weezer, White Stripes, My Bloody Valentine, silly punk stuff, Thomas Hardy (not many people know he had a band. He invented Hardy-Core which matched straight edge punk riffing to pastoral poetry.....) Nina, Billie, Scott Walker, Lee Hazelwood, Nick Cave, Mazzy Star, Harold Arlen, scratchy guitars and depraved blues, Gershwin, lots of 30's and 40's stuff. The type of music made for attic rooms. And The Velvet Underground. And Nico. And reverb. There isn't half enough reverb around. Did I forget Big Star?Magnetic Fields?6ths?And Harry Nilsson?and Graham Coxon?Rollerskate Skinny?They were class; I wonder what became of them...Wes Anderson, James Thurber, that Whistler painting "Nocuturne in Black and Gold", Nouvelle Vague (the album and the movement) Jem Cohen, Magnet, Luis Buneul, John Fahey, Nina Hynes, guitars played through computer speakers, twangy Duane Eddy licks, Adrian Utleys sweet and sour guitar solos for Portishead, Django Rheinhardt, John Barry, Arvo Part, Harpo Marx, Tiny Tim, Serge, Jacques, Boards Of Canada....ah, just call up to the flat and we'll put a record on... Record Label: Poltergeist Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie / Pop / Other) |
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My Blog |
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Pat Partridge/Alan Kelly |
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| Our Pat was in rare form today. Broadcasting live from the contested M3 Tara route in Meath it was vintage Kenny. After browbeating one archaeologist (male) and smarming another (female) the Irish Ala... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:34:00 PST |
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Lee Hazelwood |
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| Lee Hazelwood died on Saturday. Poor old Lee. Mostly I'll be listening to "My Autumns Done Come". Ingmar Bergman copped it too. Oh dear... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:48:00 PST |
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Bell, Book and Candle gigs. |
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| Thanks to ann marie, aaron, bushy, keith and all for the bookshop gig. twas a gas. get to one between now and tuesday! more info at www.myspace.com/mirakilwhip . ill be posting some snaps of it h... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:10:00 PST |
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Snazzy |
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| 8 out of 10 burglaries occur while people are listening to annoying ads for alarm systems. So, with this in mind why dont you go see the snazzy poltergeist records site? See it at www.polter... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:37:00 PST |
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Thanks to all... |
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| Thanks to all for those who came along to the gigs. Cheers to Nick at the underground for fixing my tremolo pedal too (one day I plan to remain on stage!!). Also, three cheers for Sile, the guy w... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:51:00 PST |
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Cereal killer. |
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| I needed a ukulele. Not just any old ukulele mind, I needed Ross' ukulele. It was red and it reminded me of a lustrous, waxy-skinned pepper. Playing it never failed to put me good form. ... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:42:00 PST |
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Some news. |
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| This weekend I came to realise that there are a lot of people I haven't seen in a while. I reckon then that it's time to bring folk up to speed with things-something I have neglect... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:00:00 PST |
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Pat O' Shea 1931-2007 |
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| It came, rather belatedly,to my attention today that Pat O' Shea passed away May 3rd. Author of the best selling childrens book "The Hounds of the Morrigan", O'Shea died after a lo... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:49:00 PST |
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Ringing Limerick part II |
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| A while ago I posted something about a prject for the EV+A show in Limerick (see below) and I'm happy to say there is a website I can dierct you to. It's www.ringinglimerick.com and it has audio ... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:26:00 PST |
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Ringing Limerick!! |
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| Forget about amps gong up to 11 and legendary gigs at the Budokan-hows about playing an entire city like like a xlophone? Yes, its true Miriam Lohan is the conductor/composer of this truly u... Posted by Vertigo Smyth on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:59:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Tricia, The Terribles, Ross, windings, Mirakil Whip, Sez Who? [Sez Froo], Cian Nugent, Peter Delaney, The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra, Stress!!, emilie moulinex, So Cow, Kiernan McMullan, Poltergeist Records, Ann, giveamanakick, The Fewer The Better, UNDERGROUND@BAKER PLACE, Maeve Stone, Gar, The Hollows, BLASTERBRA, Walter Mitty and The Realists, Kathryn Grace, Red Eskimo, Induct Melanie into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Niall, king pr0n, Patrick O'Brien, Frequency-Ireland, Ais, Helen Freeman, A boy with glasses, swizzlesticks carnival, Jes, Country Style Youth, Elaine, The Neat, Speech, [.:MaRia:.:Larkin:.] ^_^, Mañana, Yvonne, Page27, Will, GREGAROOOOO, Notebooks, Sideproject, Suzie, kramer, cars in walls, Slo-Mo Fireworks
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