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Courteney Hocking

Mixing pop & politics he asks me what the use is, I offer him embarrassment & my usual excus

About Me

i'm excited to be here.

My Interests

riding my bike while listening to bruce springsteen. swimming. watching question time. walking over bridges just as a trains pass underneath. seafood.

I'd like to meet:

alan rickman

Music:

aimee mann, air, air supply, andrew bird, ani difranco, antony & the johnsons, arcade fire, art of fighting, athlete, augie march, badly drawn boy, ballboy, band of horses, the bangles, barenaked ladies, bay city rollers, beach boys, the beatles, beck, belle & sebastian, ben folds, ben kweller, ben lee, bernard fanning, bernie hayes, beth orton, billy bragg, bjork, bloc party, blueline medic, blur, bob dylan, bob evans, bonnie prince billy, the boy least likely to, bran van 3000, the bravery, brendan benson, bright eyes, broken social scene, bruce springsteen, cake, cat power, chet baker, christopher o'riley, the church, clap your hands say yeah, clare bowditch, the clash, clem snide, clifford t ward, cold war kids, coldplay, cordrazine, cowboy junkies, crowded house, the cure, cyndi lauper, the dandy warhols, darren hanlon, david bowie, david bridie, david ford, david gray, de la soul, the dead salesmen, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, depeche mode, devo, dolorean, don henley, the doves, echo & the bunnymen, ed harcourt, eels, elbow, electric light orchestra, elephant gun, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, eric carmen, eskimo joe, evan dando, explosions in the sky, the fantastic leslie, feist, the flaming lips, fleetwood mac, francis dunnery, franz ferdinand, the fray, garbage, gary jules, gersey, glenn richards, the go-betweens, gomez, gotye, grand salvo, hall & oates, hamish, handsome boy modelling school, hanson, hartley goldstein, har mar superstar, heatmiser, hilltop hoods, hole, holly throsby, hot chip, hot chocolate, huey lewis & the news, hunters & collectors, i am kloot, icecream hands, iggy & the stooges, iggy pop, the ink spots, interpol, iron & wine, the isley brothers, jack & jeffrey lewis, jackson five, jackson browne, james, jane's addiction, janis joplin, jeff buckley, jenny lewis, jens lekman, joan baez, johnny cash, jolie holland, jon brion, joni mitchell, jose gonzalez, josh joplin, joshua radin, joy division, junior senior, jurassic 5, kanye west, karma county, keane, khancoban, the killers, kind of pluto, kings of convenience, kings of leon, lamb, lazy susan, leonard cohen, lew stone & his band, lionel ritchie, lior, lisa miller, lo-tel, lou reed, louis XIV, love outside andromeda, lucinda williams, the lucksmiths, m. ward, machine gun fellatio, magic dirt, the magnetic fields, marvin gaye, mazzy star, mcalmont & butler, mercury rev, micah p hinson, michael penn, midlake, midnight oil, miles davis, mint royal, missy elliot, modern giant, modest mouse, mogwai, moneen, morphine, the most serene republic, the mountain goats, my friend the chocolate cake, my morning jacket, naughty by nature, neil young, neko case, nelly furtado, neutral milk hotel, new order, the new pornographers, the new radicals, nick cave, nick drake, oasis, ok go, okkervil river, orson, otis redding, outkast, pj harvey, panic! at the disco, paradise motel, patrick swayze, patti griffin, paul kelly, paul simon, peaches, pedro the lion, peggy lee, the pernice brothers, peter gabriel, phoenix, the pixies, placebo, the polyphonic spree, the postal service, powderfinger, queen, queens of the stone age, rem, the raconteurs, radiohead, ray lamontagne, the raylenes, regina spektor, regurgitator, the reindeer section, rick springfield, rilo kiley, rod stewart, roy orbison, rufus wainwright, ryan adams, sarah blasko, scott edgar & the universe, scott walker & the walker brothers, seu jorge, the shins, shout out louds, sia, simon & garfunkel, sinead o'connor, skipping girl vinegar, small sips, smashing pumpkins, smog, snoop dogg, snout, snow patrol, sodastream, something for kate, stars, sting, the streets, the strokes, sufjan stevens, the sundays, surrogate turnip, swan lake, take that, ted leo & the pharmacists, teenage fanclub, tegan & sara, they might be giants, things of stone & wood, thom yorke, tilly & the wall, tom petty, tom waits, townes van zandt, transvision vamp, the travelling wilburys, turin brakes, tv on the radio, u2, van morrison, the velvet underground, voxtrot, wannadies, weddings, parties, anything, the white stripes, the whitlams, william shatner, the wrens, yann tiersen, yo la tengo, you am i, zero 7, the zutons.

Movies:

the cable guy, three men & a little lady, the muppets take manhattan & citizen kane.

Television:

the west wing, arrested development, six feet under, deal or no deal.

Books:

anything by f. scott fitzgerald, nick hornby, jonathan safran foer, johnathan franzen, j.k. rowling, helen garner, george orwell, arthur miller, irvine welsh, saul bellow, tim winton, j.m. coetzee, dr. seuss & any australian political biographies & memoirs.

Heroes:

are invariably disappointing in real life, so lower your expectations.

My Blog

I have a new blog

Hullo,Just wanted to drop in & say I've started my own blog, which can be found here:http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.comCome. It'll be fun. For now, I think that's my tumbleweed - I'd bette...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:10:00 PST

Is this thing on?

Hello gentle blog readers,Hope it’s all happy days in your parts. Just wanted to post a few things & say we’ve come to the final week of my comedy festival show which has been fun &...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

No sleep til... Festival!

Hello there,Only 8 more sleeps until the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which is super exciting in the pants.I have a show entitled "Mixing Pop & Politics" which is on at Trades Hall, e...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:10:00 PST

Five songs for December

Hello there,It's been a long time between blogs, I learnt how to play online scrabble & well, you can probably guess at the impact that had on productivity. In the spirit of end of year lists &...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:15:00 PST

"Live through this & you won't look back"

Afternoon, If you're bored & so inclined, have a listen to the following song from an album called Do You Trust Your Friends? (Stars Set Yourself On Fire remixed). One reviewer...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:30:00 PST

Five songs for May

Evening,This time last year I ran a little room called Loungeroom Fancies with some friends of mine & it was designed for people to talk about music they loved. Since we're lazy & disorganised...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Sat, 19 May 2007 04:47:00 PST

Thankyou & so it goes

Thankyou to all the people who came to see my festival show at Trades Hall this year. It was a long month of frenetic madness & despite it sometimes seeming like one long house party, it's really ...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:52:00 PST

Un-Australian things to read

Good afternoon, Thankyou for visiting my blog, mysterious reader of wherever you come from. The Comedy Festival is rocketing along nicely, my show Un-Australian is now polished like a North Korean jun...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:09:00 PST

First Un-Australian Review from The Age

Good morning ladies & gents,Please see below the first review of my comedy festival show, "Un-Australian".Dancing with the Stars rates an ironic mention in Courteney Hocking's tackling of that rec...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:52:00 PST

Celebrating another victory in the War On Terror

The 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival can start off on the joyous note that we are winning the War On Terror. David Hicks has confessed to providing material support for terrorism. It's cle...
Posted by Courteney Hocking on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:19:00 PST