I've written books, songs and musicals. I've performed as a jazz musician and singer/songwriter. I've also performed as a stand-up comedian (but that didn't last long).
I watch too many movies and eat too much sushi, play not enough five-a-side football and coach cricket.
I'm fascinated by Mentos and Haribo sweets. I'm working on my own brand of chili sauce and redesigning the razor.
Music
Joe Craig (er, that's me),
Oli Rockberger,
Oscar Peterson,
Ray Charles,
Billy Joel,
Sting,
James Taylor,
Stevie Wonder,
Marvin Gaye,
Maroon 5,
Usher,
Toby Keith,
Hiromi,
Quincy Jones,
Gladys Knight,
Lamont Dozier,
Tower of Power,
Michael McDonald,
McCoy Tyner,
Anthony Hamilton,
Rupert Holmes,
Andrew Gold,
Paul McCartney,
The Beatles,
Jamiroquai,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Maxwell,
Bill Withers,
Crooked Still,
Michel Petrucciani,
Amel Larrieux,
Jimmy Smith,
Donny Hathaway,
Aretha Franklin,
D'Angelo,
Karine Polwart,
Randy Crawford,
Chaka Khan,
The Commodores,
James Brown,
Maceo Parker,
Randy Newman,
Kool & The Gang,
Marva Whitney,
Minnie Riperton,
Randy Crawford,
Lalo Schifrin,
Lewis Taylor,
R Kelly,
Moonraker,
PJ Loughran,
NERD,
The Eagles,
Peven Everett,
Kanye West,
Curtis Mayfield,
Sam Cooke,
Al Green,
Joe Cocker,
The Kinks,
Michael Jackson,
The Supremes,
The Fourtops,
Cold Blood,
Brick,
Slave,
Pleasure,
Babyface,
Curtis Stigers,
Booker T and the MG's,
The Meters,
Dr John,
Paul Simon,
Miles Davis,
Brian McKnight,
Gotan Project,
Pat Metheny,
Prince,
Willis Alan Ramsey,
Laura Cantrell,
Dusty Springfield,
John Mayer,
Jack Johnson,
Liane Carroll,
Lyden David Hall,
The Temptations,
Smokey Robinson,
Etta James,
Olu,
Mandrill,
Omar,
Otis Redding,
Phoebe Snow,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Gil Scott-Heron,
Joni Mitchell,
Carole King,
Rahsaan Patterson,
Bobby Womack,
Ann Peebles,
Parliament/Funkadelic,
Shuggie Otis,
Shaun Colvin,
The O'Jays,
Ann Nesby,
Me'Shell Ndgeocello,
Seal,
The Staple Singers,
Steely Dan,
Jackson Browne,
Phil Collins,
Kenny Loggins,
Robin Thicke,
Julian Velard,
Ben Westbeech,
Merle Haggard,
Groove Theory,
Jimmy Webb,
Bobby Caldwell,
Marc Broussard,
Five For Fighting,
The Zombies,
Bunny,
A Tribe Called Quest,
Common,
Luther Vandross
and about a million more...
Movies
Roman Holiday,
Charade,
Bananas,
Annie Hall,
Hannah and Her Sisters,
Crimes and Misdemeanors,
Vertigo,
The Big Sleep,
12 Angry Men,
Casablanca,
The Hidden Fortress,
Seven Samurai,
LA Confidential,
Groundhog Day,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
Chinatown,
La Regle Du Jeu,
Minority Report,
The Color of Money,
The Hustler,
A Few Good Men,
Memento,
Magnolia,
The Apartment,
Unforgiven,
The Emperor’s New Groove,
Toy Story,
Toy Story 2,
Monsters Inc.,
The Sting,
Planet of the Apes,
The Big Lebowski,
Fargo,
Intolerable Cruelty,
The Maltese Falcon,
Dr Strangelove,
Some Like It Hot,
Get Shorty,
The Philadelphia Story,
Shall We Dance,
Top Hat,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Hud,
Cool Hand Luke,
Airplane,
The Third Man,
Pale Rider,
The Good The Bad and The Ugly,
High Plains Drifter,
The Verdict,
The Empire Strikes Back,
Back to the Future,
The Godfather,
Swingers,
Tootsie,
La Grande Illusion,
The Shawshank Redemption,
The Player,
Schindler’s List,
Pulp Fiction,
The Usual Suspects,
It’s a Wonderful Life,
American Beauty,
Double Indemnity,
Leon,
High Noon,
Duck Soup,
Cinema Paradiso,
Terminator 2,
Spartacus,
Being John Malkovich,
All The President’s Men,
The Day The Earth Stood Still,
Harvey,
Twelve Monkeys,
Three Colours: Red,
Rain Man,
Traffic,
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels,
ET,
Sleuth,
The Truman Show,
The Fugitive,
Saving Private Ryan,
Mission: Impossible,
O Brother Where Art Thou?,
Throne Of Blood,
Kramer vs Kramer,
A Day At The Races,
Dumbo,
Lolita,
The Lady From Shanghai,
Bicycle Thieves,
Rififi,
It Happened One Night,
Touch Of Evil,
Bad Day At Black Rock,
Kill Bill (Vol. 1 & 2),
Sunset Blvd.,
The Naked Gun,
City Lights,
Collateral,
Ray,
Rear Window,
The Ox-Bow Incident,
Ikiru,
Atarnarjuat,
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange,
The Sweet Smell of Success,
Inside Man,
Syriana,
A Cock and Bull Story,
Finding Neverland,
Sabotage,
Batman Begins,
Marathon Man,
Les Diaboliques,
The Conversation,
The Bourne Ultimatum,
There Will Be Blood,
City of God,
The Lives of Others
Television
The Sopranos, Prison Break, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Shameless, The Thick of It, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, House
Books
Jimmy Coates: Assassin?, (of course)
Jimmy Coates: Killer, (that's the UK edition of the same book)
Jimmy Coates: Target, Jimmy Coates: Revenge,, Jimmy Coates: Sabotage, Jimmy Coates: Survival, (again, I wrote all those, so why not?),
Pale Fire,
Bend Sinister,
The New York Trilogy,
Mr Vertigo,
The Brooklyn Follies,
Perfume,
Titus Groan,
The Prize,
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,
The Sneetches and Other Stories,
The Iliad,
The Aeneid,
The Odyssey,
About me: I write the Jimmy Coates series - action thrillers published by HarperCollins in the UK and the USA, in the same genre as the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, Cherub by Robert Muchamore, Young Bond etc.
Except that Jimmy Coates is a little different to the standard spy characters in those other books. It's a bit more like The Bourne Identity, but for 8 to 13 year olds.
In the UK: Jimmy Coates: Killer, Jimmy Coates: Target, Jimmy Coates: Revenge and Jimmy Coates: Sabotage are out now. That's the order they go in, but you can read them in any order.
In the US: 'Jimmy Coates: Assassin?' is available now in paperback. 'Jimmy Coates: Target' is out in hardback.
For more about the books and the characters, exclusive competitions, inside information and sneak previews, check out www.myspace.com/jimmycoates
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Find out more about me at my site:
www.joecraig.co.uk.
Who I'd like to meet:
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Sorry bout the spam... You know how it is yea?! :) The big, warm, electro-acoustic sounds of the De-Glammafy EP are finally available here Nuff Respekk Ddr
I'm back at Charlie Wright's at the end of the month as part of my Licorice Kiss Tour. This time I'll be supported by the lovely Neo Joshua, up-and-coming singer and member of the sensational vocal group, The Boxettes.
But before that, I'll be playing an acoustic set at the legendary Troubadour club in West London as part of a showcase with various artists.
Hope you can make it!
Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Charlie Wright's International Bar, 45 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA Phone: 02074908345 Tickets: £5 on the door
Its been along time comming BUT Our brand new acoustic EP will be available to download from Thursday 1st October 2009. Only from www.10reasonstolive.com. Heres a little taster for you
Cariad has a new Facebook page. Please go there, become a fan and share with your friends! Go here: http://www.facebook.com/cariadharmonmusic Cariads new record “Four Letters” is out on August 25th! Get it at Amazon and iTunes!
Just wanted to say thank you for bein our friend and givin us the support you have done. Cant believe we have only had this space up for a couple of months and already so many people backing us! If its not too cheeky and obviously only if your not busy could you come on our page and give us a comment on our stuff! It would be reatly appreciated. Also we are giving away free 'I love suzy' t-shirts (to go with our first single) with everyone who signs up to our mailing list so get involved if you want! Thanks for reading this and i hope i didnt bore you! ha. p.s. even if you dont come on our page and comment, thank you for bein our friend on here!
Hi long time no speak hope ur OK...we are sorry if we have neglected you but we have been really busy in the studio working on our FREE EP.....so firstly un need to make sure u have registered on the mailing list to enable to download it......secondly we are gonna be the normal cheeky guys u know and love and wondered if u could pop on over to our page and leave us a lovely comment when u have some spare time...Thirdly please take a look at our Brit Bus video and leave a comment....and last of all we want to thank you for your support and we hope to be out on the road very soon and hope to see u there. 10 reasons to live x
Just wanted to say thank you for bein our friend and givin us the support you have done. Cant believe we have only had this space up for a couple of months and already so many people backing us! If its not too cheeky and obviously only if your not busy could you come on our page and give us a comment on our stuff! It would be reatly appreciated. Also we are giving away free 'I love suzy' t-shirts (to go with our first single) with everyone who signs up to our mailing list so get involved if you want! Thanks for reading this and i hope i didnt bore you! ha. p.s. even if you dont come on our page and comment, thank you for bein our friend on here!
i would just like to say, joe. jimmy coates is my hero! it is so inspiring to have authors like you to bring exciment to children like me in a book instead of watching the tv "idiot box" its fun and good for our education JOE YOU ARE A GENIUS xxx comment back? xxx
Hey, just wanted to say thank you for your friendship and support, it means a lot to us as we are a new band on here! Feel free to come listen to our music whenever you get a chance and give us a comment sometime. Hope your havin a good day! x
.. .. Even after taking a four year hiatus, Elaine Flower's writing prowess didn't diminish one bit. Her re-introduction as a published author gives us bite size morsels of love, life and leisurely reading.
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.. Who's next in the "5 Minutes, 5 Questions With..." series? .. .. ..Elaine Flowers, author of It's Morning: Torn Lovers and Other Stories
.. .. ..Ms. Flowers discusses discusses:
* how what it takes to get noticed by potential readers * how she has a daily writing regimen and a realistic approach for each of her writing projects * how she doesn't jinx her future projects by speaking excessively about them .. ..
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