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Rob

White chicks and gang signs ... as long as you commit it will always work

About Me

Things and stuff.

My Interests

Rob's interests
Music, motorbikes, photography, web-development

I'd like to meet:

Valentino Rossi; Declan McManus; Michael Taylor; SY57DW504;Watch Tommy Emmanuel play MOMBASA (with drum solo on his guitar about 3.5 minutes in - amazing!)

...This is how I dance.... and then I wake up.

The Zimmers covering 'My Generation' - awesome!!

Ani DiFranco - performing "Hypnotized" on The Henry Rollins Show.

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip 'Thou Shalt Always Kill'

Amy Winehouse - Cover of 'Valerie'

...White Chicks and Gang-Signs

Music:

Incubus, Stephen Fretwell, James Yuill , Tim Pare , Newton Faulkner, Tom Smith, SoTF, Lucy Wills, Mat Mountain, Sam Isaac, John Butler Trio, Foldback, Rose & Jess, Alice Challiner, Harry Harris, Dan Arborise , Declan O'Rourke, Craig Bradbury, The Poet Dogs, Rose & Luke, Survival of the Fittest, Dean Jones, Matt Cook, Gary Nolan, Mogwai, Idlewild, Sigur Ros, Wide Mouth Mason, John Butler Trio, Pixies, Elliot Smith, Radiohead, Love Ends Disaster, Deftones, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, The Arcade Fire, Richard Thompson, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, The Legendary Hearts, Michelle Shocked, Elvis Costello, Seth Lakeman, Kate Rusby, The Smiths, Morrissey, dEUS, Subcircus, Evan Dando, The Lemonheads, Badly Drawn Boy, Supergrass, Ian Brown, Stone Roses, Stevie Wonder, Melt Banana, QOTSA, The Thrills, The Strokes, Soul Coughing, RHCP, Editors, Kooks, Nizlopi, Scott Matthews, Andy Woodford, Alice Challiner, Polytechnic, YoungBlood Brass Band, John Butler Trio, Kiff, Kevin Pearce, My Bloody Valentine, Arbouretum, Graham Coxon, Tessa Bickers, Rob Halligan, Strap the Button, Dharma Drive, The Sleeping Years, Bedouin Soundclash, Royksopp, The Flaming Lips, Morning Runner, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Streets, Goldfrapp, PM Dawn, John Martyn, Adrian Legg, Harry Harris, Craig Bradbury, The Poet Dogs, Survival of the fittest, Paul Weller, Big Country, Wedding Present, Melys, PJ Harvey, Rodrigo y Gabriela, TMTCH, RATM, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Boards of Canada, Cantaloop, Semisonic, Sugar, Bob Mould, The Alarm.

Movies:

Vanilla Sky (and the original film in Spanish 'Open your eyes' that inspired VS - brilliant, it is); Shawshank Redemption; Being John Malkovich;

Television:

Life's too short for television.

Books:

Perfume by Patrick Suskind; Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown; The Bluffer's Guide to Sex; Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance; A Twist of the Wrist II - Keith Code;

Heroes:

Valentino Rossi; John Peel; Julie Daley; Phil Dunsford;

My Blog

Please check out these two amazing people...

I love them - you should too!! ..> Jenny Owen Youngs"... the other white meat!" Please check her out - she's amazing with a capital 'F'. Listen to her songs - especially 'Fuck was I' - I defy you...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:09:00 PST

Acoustic Moods - Jan + Feb reports + photos

Thanks to everyone who turned up to see DaisyB, Sam Isaac and Jess Reid at the Cornhouse last night. It's safe to say that everyone had a great night. Special thanks to the acts - you were all brillia...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:42:00 PST

Acoustic Moods photos (Loman & Rob Halligan)

Wow! What an amazing night!!  Rob Halligan & Loman totally blew us away with their performances. Amazing songs, amazingly performed. Thanks very much to Loman and Rob for coming all that way...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:06:00 PST

Paintballing ROCKS!!

I'm still grinning from ear-to-ear after my first paintballing experience. I was planning my excuses for bailing out the day before because it really didn't seem like my sort of thing - but now, after...
Posted by Rob on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:14:00 PST

Nizlopi gig at Wulfrun Hall with Newton Faulkner and Declan O'Rourke

Wow!  What a gig!  Nizlopi were supported by the incredible ginger-affro'd Newton Faulkner and the amazing and unfeasibly deep-voiced Declan O'Rourke - I'd have happily paid a tenn...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:48:00 PST

Photos from Acoustic Moods - Sept 6th with Michael Hargan

Acoustic Moods photos are ready. Get 'em while they're hot!!  ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:34:00 PST

Another pic of me and a groupie during my street performance...

The 'groupie' is my youngest son 'Shakey-Jakey'. Photo by Sue (Thanks Sue!!) 
Posted by Rob on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:50:00 PST

My first street gig - dramatic photo of moshpit and surging crowds...

I'm playing again tomorrow (Saturday 2nd Sept) - same place, same time - 11.30am outside the Wheatsheaf pub (opposite St Julians). See you there!! (Moshing optional) x...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:05:00 PST

Photos of Rose & Jess at the Hop last night

Hey!  Weren't Rose and Jess amazing last night?! Very mellow - just what I needed as I had a stonking headache. Here are some pretty average photos I took. ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 03:30:00 PST

Photos from last Bird In Hand acoustic session

Hi,Just a quick (and long overdue) bulletin to tell you lovely telesmic discordians about the most recent acoustic session at the Bird in Hand.But first.... WHERE THE F*CK WERE YOU?!! ... it was a ver...
Posted by Rob on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:41:00 PST