DJ Profile: Dashiell Brown

Dashiell Brown is a freelance music journalist/writer and DJ for The New Spin, He has followed the underground music scene for 20 years. He has just finished his new project Circuit Tree, a unique blend of organic electronic folk music, now streaming at his website, thenewspin.ca. Dashiell Brown lives in St. John's, Newfoundland with his wife and two daughters. He lived in Taiwan for nine months when he was ten.

Favorite Music: The Clean, James, The Shins, The Rosebuds, Tortoise, Mice Parade, Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Pavement, Iron and Wine, The Knife, Phosphorescent, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Pixies, Band of Horses, Built to Spill, Grandaddy, Fugazi, Primus, and too many others to mention.

Questions? Email Dashiell: thenewspin@gmail.com

Or check out Dashiell website: www.thenewspin.ca, www.somewicked.ca

Full Name: Dashiell Brown
Show/Hosted Station: 93.5 CHMR-FM
Current Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Favorite movies: The Player, The Big Lebowski, Matrix, Fight Club, Waking Life
Favorite TV shows: The Wire, So You Think You Can Dance, Tru Blood, Mad Men, Breaking Bad
Favorite Books: Brave New World, Gas Sewer & Electric, Animal Farm, Frankenstein, Carrion Comfort
Favorite Drink: Good quality red wine, preferably from California
Do I Smoke? No.
Do I Swear? Not around the kids, if I can help it.
Favorite CD of the moment: Loney Dear’s Dear John
Profession I wanted to be when I was little: an actor
Different jobs held: record/video store, pizza delivery guy, busboy, host, administrative assistant, English teacher, child care provider