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Austin Prowess

What The World Needs Now Is.....?? You tell me!

About Me

Originally trained as an actor then acted as a trainer. Now work as the best 'Austin Powers' impersonator in Europe! and presently working on a TV/Radio concept that is so hush hush that even I don't know about it! Also hope to use upcoming British / European talent in various fields on this - music, fashion design, art etc. Can be summed up with 'Love is a many splintered thing!' My website can be found at: www.austinprowess.co.uk - I'll be rotating the Top 40 around from time to time to give as many people as possible a slice of me Mojo - so don't worry if you disappear for a while - what goes around, comes around. That's the Cosmic Wheel of Life for ya! So "Come on babies, work with people, show me love!" Austin edited his space with a jar of thick cut marmalade, a Swedish Love toy and a 1957 edition of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road".

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My Interests

I'm interested in you, baby! Comedy, music of all kinds - History (especially Ancient), philosophy, art & design, human expression, cosmology, anthropology. ologyology, whose dog keeps crapping in my garden, week-end chicken strangling and sheep rustling!, the human mind, the Music of the Spheres, out of place objects, the heights of human endeavour and the depths of human ignorance, mythology, language, mazes, daisies and all the moon's phases, that little place at the back your knees, throwing pebbles into the pool of life and watching what happens to the ripples, the great big whole in the Universe that's 1 billion light years across (that's a whole lotta nothing!)and apparently may now be another Universe bursting into ours! How cool is that? Chinese medicine and the meridian points, light, sound, symbols & symbology, landscape, pork pies - especially midget, the 12 dimentional universe and what happened to the 13th, serendipity/synchronicity and all things weird and wonderful. Staying alive.(that's surviving not The BeeGees!) Walking the borders of insanity - you meet some really groovy people out there! (but remember to take a cattle prod with you, just in case.)

I'd like to meet:

The me I was supposed to turn out to be and the me I'm supposed to avoid becoming. The various mes I could have become at all the turning points of my life. The you you were supposed to turn out to be and the you you're supposed to avoid becoming. The various yous you could have become at all the turning points of your life. HELL IT'S GETTING CROWDED IN HERE BUT THIS IS OUR HAPPENING, PEOPLE AND IT FREAKS ME OUT - YEAH MAN!!!

Music:

Classical, historical, Jazz, Blues, R&B, 1960's,Pop, Rock, Folk (from all over the world), just about anything as long as it is good, well performed and from the heart and soul. Zombies, Beatles, Stones, Cream, Small Faces, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Donovan, Yardbirds, Dylan, Lou Reed, The Band, The Animals, The Who, Blondie, Dusty Springfield, Burt Bacharach - of course!, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, Lovin' Spoonful, Kate Bush, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Jam, Elvis Costello, Carla Bruni, The Clash, Steppenwolf, Mike Nesmith, Quincy Jones, The Stiffs - check out their site on the 'Friends' link, The Stranglers, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Paul Robeson, Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Paul Robeson, Rambling Sid Rumpo, The Coral, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix, Gong and the list goes on and on...and now discovering great new sounds on myspace - what an exciting place! check out the sounds of the people in 'my friends' - these are the people that are right now making me groove! Blondied, The Stiffs, Jenny Beck, Daniela Bove, Babel, The Producers, The Jugs (and yes, I am afraid of the man in the pasty shop!), Tabloid, Glenn Gould (Stunning Classical Pianist!) The Spirals, Hoverfly, The Nash, The Lost Patrol, Andyspace, Hitchmo, Pinknruby, Andy Lewis, Smoke Faeries, Julie Ellison, Peter Grant, Ben Solomon, Charlie Barker, Polyphonic Soulo, The Bastard Fairies, The Automatics (see 'Britannia' blog), Crazy Quilt Bouquet, The More Assured (naughty boys!), The Wondermints, Ten Shades of Grey, Koopa, and the ever increasing list in 'my friends' - believe me, these are very groovy people - I've had a peeked at their Mojo when they weren't looking - go on! Have a peek yourself!

Movies:

Powell / Pressberger. Random Harvest, Head, Hitchcock, Marx Brothers, The Seven Samurai, Ai no corrida (Oh Behave!), The Adventures of Baron Muchausen, Dune, Laurel & Hardy, Great Expectations (b&w), Beetlejuice, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood (Men in Tights), To Kill a Mocking Bird, Spartacus, All the Will Hay films, Ben Hur, Ben Him, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, El Cid, Of Mice and Men (Lon Chaney Jnr version), The Man Who Knew Too Little (how would you react in life if you thought it was all just part of 'live theatre'?)

Television:

Comedy / Factual History / Documentaries on the human condition / state of the planet. 3rd Rock, Python, Green Wing, One man & his dog, One dog and his man, BBC2 Test Card (now sadly missed), Later with Jools, Planet Earth, Trumpton, Bagpus, Pusbag, Mr Benn, The Tellygoons, Addams Family (original series), The Ascent of Man, Jackanory, The Magic Roundabout, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Have I Got News For You...

Books:

Terry Pratchett, Robert Holdstock, Immanuel Velikovsky, Charles de Lindt, Desperate Dan Annual 1967. The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance, How to Rear Your Children without reaching for the Chainsaw, 101 Ways to Eat your Bank Manager, The Magic of Thinking Big.

Heroes:

Local people everywhere who work for their family, friends, community with little or no recognition and do it just because it's right. Those who strive against the odds whether they succeed or not. People who recognise the real value and meaning of friendship and love, oh - and Bugs Bunny!

My Blog

The New Striped Suit

In the opening dance sequence of Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, Austin wears his iconic blue striped suited. Apparently there's none of this material left. The film company is said to ha...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Sat, 24 May 2008 05:52:00 PST

Basic Human Rights - You can help.

There is a G8 Summit coming up in Japan soon. Please sign the End Water Poverty petition. It's really quick to sign but incredibly important and urgent - we've only got six weeks to go before the G8 m...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Sat, 24 May 2008 05:35:00 PST

Unsigned Bands

Unsigned band, singer, musician?? - Well here's a couple of places in my Top Freinds to visit and try out..... RockIndieRadio - submit your music to them and show then you're good enough to get airpla...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:01:00 PST

The Clothes Show Live - Birmingham NEC December 2007

Mojo mayhem! If you possibly can, get yourself down to the Clothes Show Live at the Birmingham NEC December 7th - 12th. You'll be in a for such a shagadelic treat! Angelina Jolie lookalike Lissa Stath...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:40:00 PST

How We Die

We've all either been there or know family or a friend that's been a victim of cancer. Please take a moment to check out Dawn's page and the award presentation on video - a lot of people doing a littl...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST

""On The Outside" by Jenny Beck - Review

Jenny Beck is a Swedish singer/songwriter who relocated to the UK in 2001 to further her music career and has since written, produced and recorded three CDs that have attracted much attention from rec...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:32:00 PST

Jenny Beck - Check this Lady out!!

Well, she makes me scream "Yeah baby, yeah!" So come on babies, work with me people and show this lady some love by clicking on the link in my Top Friends and listen to some first rate folk rock. She ...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:39:00 PST

Shagadelicly Great!!!

Two new great sound sounds to check out - The Uncle Butcher and his One Man Swamp Band, raw primal blues/punk and totally shagadelic and The Titty Twisters Orchestra that you've gottta hear for yourse...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:25:00 PST

Miss Beeby Rose

I've just come back (now there a clever trick!) from Cannes where I met a real "International Woman of Mystery" - Miss Beeby! Believe me people, this gorgeous Rose of the Netherlands is definitely not...
Posted by Austin Prowess on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:22:00 PST

New Top Friends

A groovy goodbye (only for now) to great friends who have made way for a new batch of groovy people, prompted by the upcoming Whitby Goth Weekend.
Posted by Austin Prowess on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:24:00 PST