Listening to, promoting, organising, playing and touring music in Australia and abroad. Getting out and about in the local scene (music that is...) and discovering new areas of the biz. The law and the legal side of the industry, networking and letting it all hang out. I love a good scotch, a fine red wine and a gin & tonic (generally not at the same time though...)
Anyone interested in promoting, supporting, booking, recording, touring and publishing Aussie music. Especially other managers or music industry folk, bands, musos and die hard fans. Anyone really. And people who like ice cream
BLACK GUNS, Airbourne, Showcard - pretty much ALL M Town rock'n'roll...And in no particular order -
Pink Floyd ~ The Doors ~ X ~ Free ~ New Order ~ Wilson Pickett ~ Trust ~ Poison ~ The Bronx ~ Alice Cooper ~ Joy Division ~ Buckcherry ~ The Spencer Davis Group ~ Black Flag ~ Lynard Skynard ~ Nick Cave ~ The Easybeats ~ Europe ~ Twisted Sister ~ Steve Earle ~ Stone Temple Pilots ~ W.A.S.P ~ The Small Faces ~ 10CC ~ MC5 ~ The Cosmic Psychos ~ The Meanies ~ The Stooges ~ James Brown ~ The Saints ~ Percy Sledge ~ The Pogues ~ Janis Joplin ~ Turbonegro ~ The Allman Brothers ~ Leadbelly ~ Warrant ~ Robert Johnson ~ Led Zeppelin ~ Canned Heat ~ The Rolling Stones ~ The Angels ~ Rose Tattoo ~ AC/DC ~ Rainbow ~ The Clash ~ Bo Diddley ~ Aretha Franklin ~ Ian Rilen ~ Helmet ~ Leonard Cohen ~ Slayer ~ ELO ~ The Cure ~ The Cult ~ The Distillers ~ The Screaming Jets ~ Tears For Fears ~ Deep Purple ~ HIM ~ Icehouse ~ Jeff Buckley ~ The Screaming Trees ~ B.B. King ~ Elliot Smith ~ Alice Cooper ~ Black Sabbath ~ KISS ~ The Angels ~ Blur ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Australian Crawl ~ Judas Preist ~ Iron Maiden ~ The Smiths ~ Elvis Costello ~ Queens of the Stone Age ~ Pulp ~ Radiohead ~ David Bowie ~ Jimi Hendrix ~ The Beatles ~ The Yardbirds ~ The Pixies ~ The Datsuns ~ Bob Dylan ~ The Kinks ~ Patti Smith ~ Neil Young ~ Johnny Cash ~ Roy Orbison ~ Neil Diamond ~ Metallica ~ The Hoodoo Gurus ~ You Am I ~ The Mars Volta ~ Pennywise ~ The Hunters & Collectors ~ The Living End ~ Aerosmith ~ The Ramones ~ Muse ~ Radio Birdman ~ The Doobie Brothers ~ The Police ~ Bodyjar ~ INXS ~ Nirvana ~ Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ~ The Beastie Boys ~ Paul Kelly ~ Status Quo ~ Susie Q ~ Toto ~ Foreigner ~ Men At Work ~ Dinosaur Jr ~ Motley Crue ~ White Snake ~ The Hellacopters ~ Skyhooks ~ Cold Chisel ~ any Aussie pub rock band...Did I mention Black Guns and Airbourne?Playing/listening to anything else I can get my hands on.Listening to anything that FUCKEN ROCKS
Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
Tom Waits... charismatic story-teller with a penchant for freaky people and unusual settings. You thrive on the concept of the underdog coming out on top.
This Is SPINAL TAP ~ The Wall ~ Napoleon Dynamite ~ Nacho Libre ~ Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels ~ The Usual Suspects ~ Apocalypse Now ~ Full Metal Jacket ~ Donnie Darko ~ The Life Aquatic ~ Requiem For A Dream ~ Transformers ~ Mullholland Drive ~ Swingers ~ Old School ~ Dazed and Confused ~ The Squid and the Whale ~ anything about music...
Australian Idol, Big Brother and The Biggest Loser.
Yeah right - Who the f*@k has enough time in their day to waste it on the crap they offer these days. Oh, hang on. World Cup Cricket, Poker Championships. And Miss V8 Supercar Australia.
Yes, books are good. Should read more...
Napoleon Dynamite, EJ Whitten, Derek Smalls, Optimus Prime, The Milky Bar Kid, Voltron, Monkey Magic, Boonie, Roger Waters