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Total Assault On The Culture – July 2020

5 July 2020Mark

The Iron Man Records Newsletter for JULY 2020 is here, it might even inspire you. The Newsletter is free, and we send it once or sometimes twice a Month. If you aren't getting it direct to your inbox you can join here. There will be FREE download codes sometimes, and all sorts of dark temptation. The Music Business is under attack. Artists, writers, musicians and all involved with Iron Man Records are trying to survive and start anew. Join us. Enter your email address, and we will share our Monthly curation of Dystopian wonder and post-apocalyptic optimism with you. Please confirm that you are happy to receive our Newsletter by email…

Robert Anton Wilson – Cosmic Trigger II – Down to Earth – Audio Book

24 June 2020Mark

Written by Robert Anton Wilson Narrated by Oliver Senton Recorded, Edited and Mastered by Simon Reeves at Framework Studios, Birmingham. (April 2019 – May 2020) Co-producers: Mark Sampson (Iron Man Records) & Steve “fly agaric 23” Pratt Executive Producers: Richard Rasa & Christina Pearson A 21st Century Rennaisance Man . . . funny, wise and optimistic . . . the Lenny Bruce of philosophers. – Denver Post “A Super Genius . . . He has written everything I was afraid to write.” – Dr. John Lilly, writer, neuroscientist and psychonaut “One of the funniest, most incisive social critics around, and with a positive bent, thank Goddess.” – Riane Eisler, author of…

Final submission to The Bank of England’s dialogue on the design of a Central Bank Digital Currency.

12 June 2020Mark

Final document 'Response to @bankofengland's Discussion Paper on CBDC' submitted at 4pm 12th June 2020. Thanks to Iron Man Records Patrons and everyone involved for their help and support. To the Governor and Officers of the Bank of England 12th June 2020 Dear Sirs: Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on your Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) discussion paper. We believe that a bearer of a unit of CBDC must have the capacity to destroy it. Specifically, ‘to destroy’ means ‘to permanently remove a unit of currency from circulation’ such that - once destroyed - the bearer is no longer able to retrieve or access the value represented by…

Nightingales – Four Against Fate UK Tour

11 June 2020Mark

If you already have tickets for any previously announced 2020 Nightingales headline shows (April, September or November!) do not cash them in, these tickets will still be valid. This includes any previously listed 2020 headline gigs in towns not rescheduled for April/May - These will be rearranged for later in 2021. Simply a great rock group who use constantly changing time-signatures and baffling wordplay to create a playful, poetic and rockin’ mix of glam, twang, country, pop and the avant garde that’s in a category and class of its own. LOUDER THAN WAR 10/10 The ‘Gales at times completely defy categorisation and that is very much the beauty of them... ‘Four…

Submission to The Bank of England’s dialogue on the design of a Central Bank Digital Currency.

11 June 2020Mark

The Bank of England (BoE) is the UK's central bank. The Bank's mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the people of the United Kingdom. Here is an urgent message from Jonathan Harris, also known as The Money Burning Guy, the first Iron Man Records Patron. #moneyfreaks and money burners! I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP! Below is a link to my submission to Bank of England's dialogue on the design of a Central Bank Digital Currency. Please read & comment on this short letter to help improve it. Offers of co-signatories & cc's also very welcome. Thank You! The deadline for responses is Friday 12th June 2020. I apologise…

Total Assault On The Culture – May 2020

24 May 2020Mark

The Iron Man Records Newsletter for May 2020 has been extended, it might even inspire you. The Newsletter is free, and we send it once or sometimes twice a Month. If you aren't getting it direct to your inbox you can join here: There will be FREE download codes sometimes, and all sorts of dark temptation. The end of the Music Business has already taken place. Artists, writers, musicians and all involved with Iron Man Records are trying to survive and start anew. Join us. Enter your email address, and we will share our Monthly curation of Dystopian wonder and post-apocalyptic optimism with you. Please confirm that you are happy to…

Nightingales – Four Against Fate released 22nd May 2020

19 May 2020Mark

New LP/CD/DD – Released by Tiny Global Productions – 22nd May 2020 While other bands singe their puny parts on a sponsored bonfire of mediocrity, the Nightingales give the gobshites a lesson in blue collar artrock ‘n’ roll. Without beards or tattoos, the past punk/post pop Midlands’ mavericks say, “No” to the vile, but proudly keep their shirts on. Twelve songs of madness & melody, recorded with demure diligence. Featuring guitars & guts, soul & stupidity, poetry & pish, kindness & kinks, glam rock & grim rap, Bollywood & bollocks, et fucking cetera. Cool, hot & bothered, it’s ‘Four Against Fate’ Pre order the new album Four Against Fate here: https://uknightingales.bandcamp.com/album/four-against-fate…

Wub Wainwright – The Creatures With Beautiful Eyes released on Iron Man Records

5 April 2020Mark

Wub Wainwright is a composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music explores arcane, rural and dark earth experiences, both inside and outside the mind. All songs and lyrics written and performed by W. Wainwright. Documented by C. Norris and W. Wainwright in a cellar in Herefordshire on reel to reel tape on Tuesdays and Thursdays 2004 – 2005 Released by Iron Man Records 2020 IMB6044 Wub Wainwright – The Creatures With Beautiful Eyes – Digital Release (2020) Iron Man Records seeks to provide a cultural outpost for musicians, writers and travellers in the arts. An Embassy for the Imagine Nation committed to inspiring and promoting Independent creativity. The Record label seeks to…

Wub Wainwright – The Book of Buried Wings released on Iron Man Records

31 March 2020Mark

Wub Wainwright is a composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music explores arcane, rural and dark earth experiences, both inside and outside the mind. All songs written and composed by W. Wainwright Recorded by A.M.P, Golden Valley, Herefordshire 2009-2010 Produced and arranged by W. Wainwright, J.C. Herbert and M. Kirkpatrick. W. Wainwright – Vocal / Guitar / Prepared Guitar / Bass / Percussion J.C. Herbert – Field Recordings M. Kirkpatrick – Piano IMB6047 Wub Wainwright – The Book of Buried Wings – Digital Release (Iron Man Records 2020) Iron Man Records seeks to provide a cultural outpost for musicians, writers and travellers in the arts. An Embassy for the Imagine Nation committed…

John Murry – Monday 3rd February 2020 at The Slaughtered Lamb, London. Doors 7pm, Music from 7.30pm

27 January 2020Mark

John Murry was adopted at birth into the family of William Faulkner. Some have speculated that the Faulkner blood might also run in his veins, but that should be left for a Southern Gothic novel yet to be written (or perhaps re-written). Raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the shadow of Elvis, his undiagnosed autism led to troubles at an early age that led to prescribed medication, which led to un-prescribed medication, which led to being institutionalised for addiction and mental health issues at a too young age. Eventually, discarded onto the streets of Memphis, he found music, which became the one constant positive force in his life. Memphis led to San…

Nightingales – Four Against Fate UK Tour 2020

11 December 2019Mark

Nightingales - Four Against Fate UK Tour 2020 with special guests: Pete Astor (The Loft, Weather Prophets) & Kamura Obscura (Frank Chickens, Mizutama Shobodan) 2020 is due to be an exciting year for The Nightingales – The recently completed new album is to be isused in April, Fire Films will be releasing a documentary feature film written by Stewart Lee and directed by Michael Cumming, the series of reissues (Starting with the expanded 2xLP version of ‘No Love Lost’ in November 2019) will continue, the band guest on a new record by a ‘70s glam pop star & they will be hitting the road, starting in the UK in the Spring.…

Samantha Fish plus special guest Felix Rabin UK Tour February / March 2020

12 November 2019Mark

Multi-Award-winning American Blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Samantha Fish is thrilled to announce Félix Rabin as her special guest on her UK Tour in February and March 2020. Tickets are available via www.alttickets.com and www.gigantic.com. The genre-bending guitarist, singer, and songwriter released her latest studio album Kill Or Be Kind on Friday 20th September 2019 on Rounder Records and distributed in the UK by Proper Music. Fish's incendiary live performances have been mesmerizing audiences all over the globe. Now, with Kill Or Be Kind, Fish is poised for a major breakthrough. The edgy roots music album was recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis and produced by three-time Grammy winner Scott Billington and…