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.
| 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 |
| 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 Family | Where Evil Grows |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| DJ MAL IS THAT RAREST OF THINGS: A FAILDAUGHTER |
| 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) | |
| PUNC IS EDITORIALLY OPPOSED TO FONTAINES DC. |