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 Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart
The Jam Beat Surrender
Bikini Kill R.I.P
Dicks No Fuckin' War
The Blades Tell Me Lies
Wire Ex Lion Tamer
The Velvelettes Needle In A Haystack
Jacques Dutronc Les Cactus
Microdisney Mrs Simpson
13th Floor Elevators Slip Inside This House
The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There
Susan CadoganHurts So Good

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 & 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 IS A PHONY
DJ MAL IS HAUNTED BY HER MISTAKES