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Matthias "Wolfboy" Connor Greatest Hits Pulished by De Stijl Records, 2013. About Matthias Connor, which will give you some idea of what the book contains: Matthias Connor Wolfboy Matt Matt Wolfboy Matthias Wolfboy Connor Matthias ‘Wolfboy’ Connor Matthias Connor aka Wolfboy Matthias Connor, Wolfboy Wolf Wülfboy Wulfboy Wulfy - promises to write a biography of Samuel Smith’s. In the meantime there’s the International John Snow Society - has worked at Camden Underworld - has performed with Gang Gang Dance - was for some years a ‘truly terrible employee’ of a book shop beside London Bridge - sorted people’s underwear by colour in a laundry for a couple of months - dresses in inspirational colourways - was a postman - worked in Sainsbury’s - lived in Palmers Green when he first moved to London to study Media Studies - was haunted by Dermot O’Leary’s face in hospital - has read aloud his short stories in art galleries in London, New York and Los Angeles, sometimes in tears - collected glasses at the Leigh Bowery-sanctioned Bar Industria - was a salesman at 90s punk-revival outfitters Acupuncture, in a cubby-hole squeezed between two Soho strip clubs - was a salesman at sex shop Dreamy Lips - folded t-shirts in a trendy men’s clothing shop - sold trainers in a limited-edition trainer shop - got fired from a trainer shop for selling the limited-edition stock on eBay - writes hilarious descriptions on eBay, the one for a Japanese fashion dressing gown being particularly memorable - lasted a day at Diesel, his worst job - djs, soul music especially - sold all his clothes and records a couple of years ago, with no regrets - goes skating in a beige Uniqlo sweater - had to Google it - is a nanny - has interviewed Roky Erickson over the telephone. Roky put the phone down on him or it was a bad line - interviewed riot grrrl band Skinned Teen for porn mag Club International Magazine - until recently was kitchen staff in a restaurant - considers himself very lucky - used to live off a can of Coke, a roll up and a custard donut - has been known to spend five hours cooking Macaroni Cheese - has put the hours in to earning the dole - has been a hunt saboteur by accident - has worked in a women’s shelter in Los Angeles - publishes short stories on his own Poppy Books imprint - sells them at the Anarchist Bookfair, on a stall shared with a member of Crass - wrote the fanzine This Is Buxton Not LA - feels like a Londoner - will cycle anywhere - spent last Wednesday walking around the chicken and chip shops of Leytonstone - learnt everything from skateboard magazines and records - is in training to be a nurse. |