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Shifty

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm a former producer and presenter of an Australian "emerging" music show, base.tv.I used to contribute to a monthly segment on the UK's largest commercial radio station, talkSPORT. The Mike Mendoza show featured some of Australia's leading emerging artists.I was born and grew up in East London, UK and came to Australia in 2003 looking for adventure.Since then I have seen 1000's of Aussie bands and developed a healthy obsession, with sharing my knowledge of the Aussie scene with anyone in the UK.

My Interests

Music, Doco's, Soccer, Boxing and Eating!

I'd like to meet:

Any Australian original band or music producer doing something new and exciting! Interview with The Gin Club @ New York Slice, May 2004.Community Cervix @ the Jubilee Hotel, 2004. These lads are crazy as a bag of frogs!!Interview with Noel Mengel Chief Music Writer @ the Courier Mail. Here is some free legal advice from Sean Simmons, KRG Entertainment Law. Interview with The Disables May 2004 @ The Jubilee Hotel. Interview with Fourth Floor Collapse May 2004. Interview with Gyroscope June 2004. Interview The Boat People September 2004. Devolved Interview and Live @ The White Sands, WA. 2004 Interview and Live Footage of Chick Flick, 2004. base.tv Promo

Music:

Favourite Albums: Nevermind, The Bends, Pills Thrills and Belly Aches, Hendrix: Are You Experienced, Axis Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, Blur: Liesure, The Best of The Clash, Rolling Stones: Hot Rocks, Stones Roses, Joy Division Unknown Pleasures, Buzzcocks: Operators Manual, Manic Street Preachers Gold Against The Soul, SRV, Albert Collins, Flaming Lips, Supergrass, Pulp, British Sea Power, Portishead, The Cardigans, BRMC, The Undertones.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, The Big Lebowski, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Godfather I, II, The Shining, Jackie Brown, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and Casablanca.

Television:

Doco's, The Wire, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Deadwoord, Marian and Geoff, Pheonix Nights, The Comic Strip Presents, Stella Street, The Royale Family, Arrested Development, Simpsons, Family Guy, The Office (UK) and News, Sport, News, Sport, News.

Heroes:

Alexander Fleming, Elizabeth I, Winston Churchill, Alexander Graham Bell, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Guglielmo Marconi,Thomas Alva Edison, John Logie Baird and anyone who has fought in the defence of democracy, free speach and liberty!

My Blog

TalkSPORT, Australian Question and Answer.

Trucking Industry UK qualified truck drivers will have to re-sit the practical and theory test. The basic test is called an HR license which is for a rigid truck weighing approximately 31 to...
Posted by Shifty on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:26:00 PST

Aussie Band No 1 In The UK!

TalkSPORT the UK's largest commercial radio station has been running a competition to produce a monthly music chart for unsigned bands.  This is broadcast as part of The Mike Mendoza Show.&n...
Posted by Shifty on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:59:00 PST