Rhodri Marsden

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Rhodri Marsden (born October 1, 1971)[1] is a London-based journalist, musician and blogger.[2]

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[edit] Journalism

Rhodri Marsden currently writes The Independent's "Cyberclinic" column on technology issues. He previously wrote The Observer Music Monthly's "Guitarist Wanted" column, which required him to go undercover to audition for bands that he had no intention of joining. Apart from music and technology writing, Marsden is well known for his humorous offbeat features written in an understated, self-deprecating style. Other publications he has written for include The Guardian, Time Out and Olive magazine. His first book, "FWD This Link: A Rough Guide to Staying Amused Online When You Should Be Working" is due to be published by Rough Guides on October 1, 2008.[3]

[edit] Music

From 1990-95 Marsden played guitar in London art-punk collective The Keatons, who notably supported Blur on their first tour of the UK but were thrown off for being unprofessional – as documented in Blur's biography. He also sang with Gag, who recorded a Peel Session in 1993 – although Marsden had an earlier run-in with John Peel at the age of 17 when his fanzine, Glottal Stop, was the subject of a piece on Peel's show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

In 2007 he worked on a DIY music project called "The Schema"[4] – an attempt to get a single written, recorded, released and promoted on the internet in the space of a month. The accompanying video, directed by Alex de Campi and starring Marysia Kay, became a hit on YouTube, but the single sold poorly.[5]

He has produced several recordings for the band Spearmint, and has released three albums of his own music under the name The Free French on Spearmint's record label, Hitback Records. He currently plays keyboards with Scritti Politti and Keith John Adams, and has also appeared in Frank Sidebottom's Oh Blimey Big Band.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marsden, Rhodri. "Playing at Trains", 2007-10-01. Retrieved on 2007-10-01. 
  2. ^ Pax, Salam; Marsden, Rhodri; Wright, Gregor. "Blog all about it", Arts, Guardian Unlimited, 2004-04-19. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  3. ^ FWD This Link, Amazon.co.uk
  4. ^ Marsden, Rhodri. The Schema. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
  5. ^ Marsden, Rhodri. "How the internet can make you a pop star for almost nothing", Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers, 2007-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 

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