Writing and performing music in various disguises.
Bringing up two little boys.
Writing books.
Drinking Belgian Beer.
Science.
Politics / human behaviour
Business and personal coaching
Top team strategy facilitation
Public Speaking on Creativity, Innovation, Strategy, Leadership and Change
Music
Bill Nelson, Madonna, Deep Purple, Wire, Doctors of Madness, The Cure, Prince, Hendrix, Loads of Punk rock, Loadsa Glam Rock, Queen, Led Zeppelin, LostProphets, My Chemical Romance, Velvet Underground, Pulp, DJ Sammy, Murray Torkildsen, Morrissey, Django, Mozart, The Killers, T.REX, Bowie, Placebo, Communards, Hawkwind, Gong, Budgie, Man, Britney, Alanis Morissette, Depeche Mode, Syd Barrett, Robert Fripp, Robin Trower, Snow Patrol, The Lightening Seeds, Kiss, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, The Shadows, The Move, Wizzard, Slade, Jilted John, Bjork, Yeah, yeah, yeahs, Ms Dynamite, Kate Bush, The Damned, Velvet Underground, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, George Michael, Harold Budd, Rolf Harris, The Kinks, UpC Down C, Blur, Oasis, AC / DC, John Otway, Franz Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys, Cats n Cats n Cats, Tori Amos, The Cheeky Girls, Erasure, Velvet Revolver, Billy Bragg, Katie Melua, Spinal Tap, Warm Jets, David Gray, Cowboy Junkies, Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Roxy Music, Buzzcocks, Small Faces, Stones, Beatles, Norah Jones, Wes Montgomery, Santana, The Magic Numbers, Sandi Tohm, Mott The Hoople, Paul Weller, The Jam, Go West, Stevie Wonder, Tom Waits, Japan, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Joe Cocker, Imagination, Tamla Motown, James Brown, Otis Redding, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, The Automatic - the list goes on and on
Movies
Spinal Tap, The Exorcist, Jurassic Park, The 39 Steps, The Meaning of Life, The day the earth stood still, It's a wonderful life, Shrek, Village of the Damned, The Blues Brothers, Harry Potter, School of Rock, The singin' ringin' tree, A series of unfortunate events, Oliver Twist, The Killing Fields, Nacho Libre, Schindler's List, Garfield and on and on
Some of my own films at http://www.youtube.com/academyofrock
Television
The News, Extras, Dr Who, Little Britain, The Office, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Simpsons, Dad's Army, Some mother's do 'ave 'em, Not Only But Also, The Fast Show, Reeves and Mortimer, David Attenborough documentaries, Catherine Tait, Rock School
Hardly watch TV these days, too busy
Books
My own two of course!!
Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll - Peter Cook,
Best Practice Creativity - Peter Cook,
Diary of a hyperdreamer - Bill Nelson,
Tragically I was an only twin - Peter Cook,
Strange - Punks, Drunks etc. - Richard Strange,
Harry Potter - J K Rowling
George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, C P Snow
The portrait of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Books by Tom Peters, Peter Senge, Tony Buzan, Peter Senge, Robert Fritz, Charles Handy, Peter Honey, Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Peter Drucker
and loads of others.....
Heroes
Bill Nelson,
Ritchie Blackmore,
Jimi Hendrix,
Einstein
My Dad
Bob Geldof
David Brent
Reggie Perrin
Bambi - BTW who killed Bambi?
About me: I have managed to combine a serious career as a creative business consultant with rock music
and wig / skirt wearing - that's pretty average really isn't it? My transition into self
employment was more inspired by George Michael's line 'Enjoy What You Do' from Wham Rap than
my MBA and other formal learning. Personality type ENTP - that's a rare breed!!
Author of three books on creativity etc. The latest one: SEX, LEADERSHIP AND
ROCK'N'ROLL is acclaimed by top business guru TOM PETERS, the business equivalent of Madonna or Prince, who said of it "Sex,
Leadership and Rock'n'Roll is a marvellous book, which closes the door on the tidy,
hierarchical, know-your-place 'Orchestral Age' and ushers in a new, creative era of
challenge and change.
Hooray!". Phil Beadle, Punk Rock Teacher and Guardian Columnist thought: "This book rocks
harder than early period Sabbath. I gulped it down quicker than Ozzy Osbourne used to down a
bottle of bourbon."
Copies available at AMAZON
Also available in POLISH
The book has a cameo section on the great Bill Nelson and his approach to personal
reinvention. Bill is an all round genius and my most admired artist. Add him from my Top
Friends if you wish.
Also the author of a much more academic tome 'Best Practice Creativity' - see AMAZON - Now in Russian
after 8 years in print!
Recently on TV on an educational lite chat show - Kinda like 'Parkinson for Teachers' - Take
a peek at TEACHER'S
TV
Run my own business: ACADEMY OF
ROCK for radical creativity with rock music and HUMAN DYNAMICS for
creative business consultancy.
Play instruments in spare time and organise jam sessions around Kent. Most recent gigs were
with Wilko Johnson's band featuring Norman Watt Roy - the engine room of Ian Dury and the
Blockheads and Splodgenessabounds with my Glam Punk outfit GLUNK - on the 30th anniversary
of 'two pints of lager and a packet of crisps please'
My all time love of guitar is the enigmatic Bill Nelson. Admired as much for his approach
and attitude to the instrument than 'technique'. No one does it better!
I've also played a few times with veteran cult punk rocker John Otway and he wrote the
foreword to 'Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll' - As a result I poured my life savings into his World Tour and tried to help him execute this audacious strategy. This was a once
in a lifetime experience which broke my heart and bank balance and a great deal was learned
in doing it. During the course of this, I also met Rainbow George, fringe pacifist
politician and next door neighbour of Peter Cook of 'Not Only But Also' fame. He had some
interesting tales to tell!
Two lovely but precocious boys and all the usual joys / nightmares that this brings!
There is some of my own music on ALTE
RNATIVE POSING - recorded at various points over the years.
Who I'd like to meet:
People from all over the world - variety is the food of diversity - play on!
People who share a sense of fun, music and anyone who is as stupid / brave as I am to combine their passion with their job.
Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt would be nice (but time travel still not possible).
Aristotle and Plato would also be good - glad that My Space has reincarnated some of my heroes!!
THANK YOU FOR JOINING MY PLAYBOY MODEL FANPAGE PLEASE COMMENT YOUR FAVOURITE PLAYBOY MODEL WHEN YOU STOP BY THANK YOU LOVE JOANNE XXXXXXX Destiny White 2009 SE Model of the Year
Just stopping by to say HI!
Sure is getting HOT in Las Vegas.
When you get a chance, check out the “COOLEST SHOW IN TOWN”
Starring Larry G Jones~Singing Impressionist and Brian Hoffman as 'Red Skelton'
We have a blast every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Larry G Jones was just named 'Entertainer of the Year' in Las Vegas.
We have a 'COOL DEAL' for you.
Get General Admission and VIP preferred seating tickets at half price by using discount code MYSPACE (all Caps)
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Next time you are in the neighborhood, check out the funniest show in Las Vegas!
I wish you continued success in all you do.
"Goodnight now and may God bless"
Brian Hoffman~Red Skelton Impersonator
Hi Peter Thanks for Adding me to your Friends! Wishing you all the best! If you got a few minutes checkout my new tunes on the Player. Have a great week! Brian
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