About The DJ

MAL is an upper-class twit with a passion for punk. She makes her home in desirable North Dublin. You've probably met her at a gig.

To contact Mal, email her or drop her a line on Mastodon.


MAL's VITAL STATISTICS
NAME: DJ MAL, AKA THE MYSTERIOUS DJ MAL, AKA MAL, AKA [REDACTED]
FAVE MUSIC Punk, funk & 60s soul, ska, reggae and rock & roll. Plus any aul psychedelic guff.
FAVE IRISH MUSIC The Blades, Cathal Coughlan, The Nilz, Peer Pleasure, Problem Patterns
FAVE FILMS The Blades, If...., Performance, Quadrophenia, Velvet Goldmine, Withnail & I

FAVE SONGS
The Quads There Must Be Thousands
Patrik Fitzgerald Live Out My Stars
The Jam Beat Surrender
Bikini Kill New Radio
Joan Baez It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
The Blades Tell Me Lies
Wire I Am The Fly
The Velvelettes Needle In A Haystack
Soko Who Wears The Pants?
Fatima Mansions Look What I Stole For Us, Darling
13th Floor Elevators Slip Inside This House
The Four Tops Walk Away, Renee
The Poppy FamilyWhere Evil Grows

MORE VITAL STATISTICS
FAVE TV Blake's 7, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, Takin' Over The Asylum, Penda's Fen, The Young Ones
I ENJOY dancing, blogs, wearing shirts with collars
I DISLIKE filling out forms, telling the truth, putting down my phone
FAVE CRISP FLAVOURS salt & vinegar, barbeque/meat flavour

MAL'S INSPIRATIONS
FOR THE ZINE:Shocking Pink, Sniffin' Glue, Smash Hits & (shhh!) City Rocker.
....FOR THE WEBSITE:Punk77, Indymedia, Cult of the Dead Cow
....FOR THE RADIO SHOW:Gerry Anderson, John Creedon, Mark and Lard, Dr Groove, Queer Music Heritage & Pump Up The Volume.
FOR DJing:Rod Fibula, Soul Jazz Records' Punk 45s series, Jon Savage compilations


FACTS ABOUT DJ MAL
DJ MAL HAS APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MUSIC AS THE AVERAGE MOJO READER, IF THAT MOJO READER HAD BEEN KICKED IN THE HEAD BY A HORSE
DJ MAL HAS DEEP PERSONAL PROBLEMS
DJ MAL THINKS THAT SHE IS SMARTER THAN SHE IS
DJ MAL THINKS THAT SHE IS SMARTER THAN SHE IS, DESPITE OVERWHELMING CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE
DJ MAL WAS CONCUSSED IN KILLARNEY ON THE 27TH OF JULY, 2012
DJ MAL THINKS THAT THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES THE GET DOWN SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A 3RD SERIES, ALTHOUGH SHE ADMITS THAT SERIOUS PROBLEMS HAD STARTED TO EMERGE IN THE 2nd SERIES
DJ MAL THINKS THAT THE SPORT OF GYMNASTICS IS A CONSPIRACY AGAINST WOMEN
DJ MAL'S CHICKEN FILLET ROLL ORDER IS PLAIN CHICKEN, BUTTER, BROWN SAUCE, LETTUCE AND CRISPY ONIONS
DJ MAL IS A PHONY
DJ MAL WAS NEVER AN EMO
DJ MAL IS HAUNTED BY HER MISTAKES
DJ MAL WAS ONCE 40 MINUTES LATE FOR HER OWN PROGRAMME BECAUSE SHE GOT THE WRONG TRAIN

FACTS ABOUT PUNC
PUNC WAS FIRST CONCEIVED OF AS A WEBSITE, THEN IT BECAME A RADIO SHOW, THEN IT BECAME A ZINE.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF PUNC WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE PUBLISHED IN MAY OF 2022, SO IT COULD BE SOLD IN THE QUEUE FOR MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE'S GIG IN ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM. FAFFING AROUND MEANT THAT PUNC 1 WAS PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2022
PUNC HAS PUBLISHED OBITUARIES/DEATH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR: CATHAL COUGHLAN, VICKY CONWAY, SHUHADA SADAQAT | SINÉAD O'CONNOR, SHANE MACGOWAN & GARY FLOYD, AS WELL AS THAT SOCIAL CENTRE (STONEYBATTER/PHIBSBORO/LIBERTIES)