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stuart freeman

..I only said to blow the bloody doors off.....michael caine in the italian job

About Me

i was born in the seaside town of blackpool, england and became interested in music at an early age, i tried to learn a variety of musical instruments including the guitar, mandolin and the piano (all very badly!). and then became interested in soul music after seeing otis redding in concert. i collected soul records as a hobby and started to write articles for the "blues and soul" magazine. i began working as a dj in soul clubs in the north of england, notably the mecca in blackpool, a haven for northern soul, and then left the uk to work as a dj for the american forces in germany.i returned to great britain to live in swansea, wales and presented "soul time" for one of the early uk independant radio stations, "swansea sound". after spending some time in america observing american radio stations, i progressed to presenting the breakfast show and left to work at the tv staion "htv" as newsreader, continuity announcer and sports reporter for itvs "world of sport" (this was when swansea city were at the top of the league!!)in 1988 moved to the radio station "2CR" in bournemouth (another seaside town!) as head of presentation and in 1990 came out to vienna to work for the english radio station "blue danube radio". returning to england in 1992 a 2 year spell at "essex radio" (another seaside town!) before returning to vienna to present "continental breakfast" once again for "blue danube radio"....(well it is near water....the river danube!)i was the first voice to be heard on fm4 when it was relaunched as a 24hr alternative music radio station for the whole of austria, southern germany and surrounding countries...hungary, slovakia, czech republic, switzerland and liechtenstein and present the morning show (6am-10am)I joined myspace with the aim to promote the great music we have here in austria...I hope you like the bands pages...www.stuartfreeman.com

My Interests

Promoting Good Austrian Music........there is some real good stuff out there!! www.stuartfreeman.com

I'd like to meet:

I would have liked to have met... jimi hendrix, james dean, john lennon jim morrison, janis joplin all at the same party!

Music:

go betweens, placebo, flaming lips, adam green, aimee mann, mando diao, pink floyd, manu chau, foo fighters,belle and sebastian, franz ferdinand, editors, early springsteen, massive attack,jovonoti, nirvana, art of noise,depeche mode,kasabian, fatboy slim, echophonic, ennio morriconi, manic street preachers, fratellos,regina spector,yeah yeah yeah's naked lunch,fuzzman,calexico, bob dylan, morcheeba, moloko, buddah bar cd's, clap your hands say yeah, adam green, morrissey,fleetwood mac,seesaw, mauracher, wa(r)um,chalets, the bishops, bromheads jacket,the beatles,paul weller,the jam,the doors,depeche mode,feeder, snow patrol,razorlight, embrace, anthony and the johnsons,red hot chilli peppers,weezer, nada surf,muse(esp after the frequency,)kosheen,heather nova,element of crime,divine comedy,loving spoonful,beach boys(esp pet sounds)

Movies:

crash,once upon a time in america,da vinci code,the man who wasn't there, the big lebowski, el marachi, desperado, once upon a time in mexico,bonnie and clyde, godfather part1,cinema paradiso, il postino,butch cassidy abnd the sundance kid, the sting,the odessa file, the french connection, the italian job, easy rider,ghost dog, magnolia, the crying game, lost in translation, clockwork orange,easy rider

Television:

sopranos, m.a.s.h.,little britain, cold feet,the office,life begins, this life,the rutles,the fast show,coupling,blackpool(of course!)black adder,life begins,life on mars,nip tuck(brilliant soundtrack)catherine tate, the robinsons.

Books:

Still reading my lists!!