John profile picture

John

johnkater

About Me

Too many people are caught up in the day to day grind so much that they dont live day by day.

My goal is never to experience peak hour traffic, a tie, a lunch break, a synthetic plant, a multilined phone, a tinted view of the other building, a progress report, sneakers in a plastic bag, fire drill, wet hair girls, mortgage updates, charity chocolates, filtered internet, bosses flaunting the emperors clothes ever ever ever again.

I have the world's greatest job!! And ive had it for 8 years. Yes I'm stoked. I get to play music from the greatest band that ever walked the Earth - The Beatles.

Also go to http://www.myspace.com/jonahsroad to see what Jay, Rod and I have been doin'.."movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g_0vxOhfUis"
.."425" height="350"

My Interests



/style

I'd like to meet:


Actually I meet this one nearly everyday :)

Music:

This is my all time favourite Beatles song. This is the ultimate fix for me. This song in a very McCartney way says protect your dreams. So classy it kills me.

The Thorns
Crowded House
Jeff Buckley, Living Colour
Kings X
Garbage
Beatles
The Who
The Kinks
Badfinger
Manfred Mann
Searchers
Foo Fighters
Extreme
Robert Johnson
The Bangles
Velvet Underground
Manic Street Preachers
Super Furry Animals
James Taylor
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
Radiohead
Travis
Fiona Apple
Mary Hopkins
Pink
Nerina Pallot
Aimee Mann
Suzy Quatro
Gomez
The Little River Band
The Eagles
The Cure
Finn.
..Of course there are more...if you want a list send a stamped self addressed envelope to me :) lol....."425" height="350".."425" height="350".."425" height="350"

Movies:

HG Well's Time Machine, Breakfast At Tiffany's, The Party, Sideways, Shawshank Redemption, The Fifth Element, Dark City Bladerunner, The Red Violin, Capricorn One,Good Night and Good Luck, State And Main Waiting For Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, Barbarella,Dog Day Afternoon, Mr Holland's Opus, Broadway Danny Rose, Annie Hall, Deconstructing Harry, Adaptations, Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back, Better Off Dead, Mystic River, Galaxy Quest, Falling Down, Lolita, Life Is Beautiful, Minority Report, Goodfellas, Death of a Salesman. This list goes on too... ..

Television:

The Office (British), The Daily Show, I"m Alan Partridge, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Seinfeld, Black Books, We Can Be Heroes, Extras, Red Dwarf, BLACKADDER, I II III & IV!!! Anything dry and almost anything absurd.

Heroes:

Da Vinci (and no not because I'm jumping on the Dan Brown bandwagon, but for the gift he is to humankind in all facets of life).
Carl Sagan - His words will come to haunt our descendants, on that you can rely
Mohammed Yunus. For thinking outside of the square and doing the good work.
St Francis of Assisi who walked from his Family's wealth in the pursuit of goodness towards his fellow man (or perhaps he was gay or something and it was a good excuse to hide from his bigotted family).
Paul McCartney for his good use of sound waves.
Ashley Judd for restoring my faith in whatever god she believes in (yah I'm a sucker for Ash).
Colin Powell for his decision to walk, I know in time he will spill more beans.
Jimmy Carter for not sitting on his ass or make squillions in some cushy law firm or the Carlyle Group which is what most ex US presidents opt for, instead he roams the world building houses and raising money for the less fortunate.
Gough Whitlam for finding the Australian pulse.
The Marx Brothers for providing timeless wit and slapstick to make the most sophisticated among us laugh.
The Beatles for allowing my mind to venture. Recent Heroes: Keith Olbermann, John Stewart, Stephen Colbert.

My Blog

Facehook

Ok I really need to say this. Facebook makes my most intelligent friends sound like friggin nuggets!! Ill be as frank as I can. Nobody will die or lose their loved ones as a result of repost failure....
Posted by John on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:54:00 PST

Eisenhower 1961

Here is President Eisenhowers fairwell speech from the whitehouse in 1961. It aint light listening but it is an important and prophetic warning of the influence and dangers of the industria...
Posted by John on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:20:00 PST

Lending to the poor?

There is always a danger of being branded a small 'l' liberal when you decide to put some thought into your arguments, when you resort to new solutions instead of revisiting old methods. A conservativ...
Posted by John on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:12:00 PST

make up for a bad time

When I was 10 I was the biggest KISS fan. i was into all things KISS. I had KISS posters, an official KISS leather jacket,  KISS official make up etc etc etc. When my teacher announced the s...
Posted by John on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:46:00 PST

@@!!@@. ok?

Ok let me start with this passage: Hey hi! Youz alL aRe RaZ SpUnKZ!!!@@SaWZ YaL aT gYmPiE Wow YouZZ RoCKZZZ!!@@!Ok ByeZ   Now. Apart from an immediate failing heart from my 8th grade English tea...
Posted by John on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 08:02:00 PST

Making the grade of adulthood.

Sitting back on my homework as a youngster listening to Dylan or Lennon I used to wonder how did these guys get so angry? I love these guys but I said to myself  that could never be me. Time and...
Posted by John on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:04:00 PST

Banner na Republic.

Um. Am I the only person succumbing to the banners/games? I have a perfectly good PS2 with graphics so good my heart jumps when I hit a hill with Colin McRae by my side. So why why why am I drawn...
Posted by John on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:30:00 PST