SINGING... Jazz, Soul, Motown, Northern Soul, Doo Wop, 60s Pop, R and B. MOVIES... French, Hong Kong, Sci Fi. GENEALOGY... Genetic Genealogy. HISTORY... Ancient civilisations, Phoenicians. LEISURE... Creative Zen, MP3, Internet, Yahoo Groups, WebRings, Family, Eating out, Travel, Nissan 350Z. MARTIAL ARTS... Tae Kwon Do, Song Shan Shaolin Kung Fu, Kickboxing. MUSIC...
Music
JAZZ... Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Sade. SOUL... Otis Redding, Teddy Pendergass, Alexander O'Neal, Lorraine Ellison, Erma Franklyn, Spinners, Dusty Springfield, Sonny Charles, Tunde Baiyewu, Lighthouse Family, John Reid, Okoye. MOTOWN... Funk Brothers, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Tammi Terrell, Jnr Walker, Chuck Jackson, Chris Clark, Edwin Starr, Bobby Taylor, Tommy Good, Debbie Dean, Boyz ll Men, Brian McKnight. NORTHERN SOUL... Robert Knight, Johnny Boy, Carstairs, JJ Barnes, Major Lance, Dean Parrish, Geri Grainger, Lyn Roman, Bobby Hebb, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Wells, Jimmy Radcliffe, Bob and Earl. DOO WOP... Five Satins, Dells, Mighty Echoes. REGGAE ... Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Desmond Dekker, Toots And The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Pioneers. 60s POP... Beachboys, Turtles, Roy Orbison, Love Affair, Cupids Inspiration, American Breed, Kinks, Manfreds, Walker Brothers. R and B, HIP HOP, RAP... Coolio, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Dr Dre, P Diddy. BRITISH POP / SOUL... Will Young, Steve Brookstein, Paul Johnson, Steve Ellis, Paul Weller, Paul Young, Mike d'Abo, Paul Jones. CLASSICAL... Andrea Bocelli. MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS...
Movies
FRANCE... Luc Besson, Claude Lelouch, Jean Reno, Daniel Auteil, Three Colours, Hasards ou Coïncidences (Chances and Coincidences), Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie), Delicatessen, Nikita, Leon, Big Blue, Escalator To The Gallows, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, Un long dimanche de Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement), Le Closet, Hidden. POLAND... Dekalog. CHINA... Chen Kaige, Gong Li. HONG KONG... Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Jet Li, Chow Yun fat, Simon Yam, Tan Tao Liang, John Liu, Simon Yuen, Tony Leung, Leung Gar Yan, The Myth, Fearless, Fist Of Legend, Infernal Affairs, SPD, The Killer, Fist Of Vengeance, Hero, A Better Tomorrow, New Police Story. ITALY... La Dolce Vita, My Beautiful Life, Il Postino, Cinema Paradiso, Barbarella. AMERICA... Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Bill Murray, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Get Shorty, Memento, Crash, Face/Off, Leaving Las Vegas, The God Who Wasn't There, An Inconvenient Truth, Pirates Of The Caribbean (Trilogy), Alien (Quadrilogy), Terminator (Trilogy). MARVEL... Spiderman, X Men, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider. DC COMICS... Supergirl, Batman. JAPAN... Sonny Chiba, Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kurosawa, Akira, Laputa, Spirited Away, Monomoke, Godzilla, Streetfighter, Seven Samurai, Ran. KOREA... The Warrior, Old Boy. HAMMER FILMS... Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Frankenstein, Dracula, She, Quatermass. CULT SCI-FI... Quatermass, Serenity. B MOVIES... Quatermass. TV SPIN OFFS... Serenity...
Television
Firefly, Star Trek, Location Location Location, Relocation Relocation, A Place In The Sun, The Root Of All Evil, Northern Lights, I'm With Stupid, Father Ted, Babylon 5, Dr Who, X Factor, Pop Idol, Hamish Macbeth, Tintin...
Books
Movie books, Music books, Motown The History. Star Trek, Tintin, Marvel... Spider Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Iron Man, Ghost Rider. DC Comics... Supergirl, Batman, Deathstroke The Terminator, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman. Manga. The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker. Angels and Demons, The da Vinci Code, Deception Point, The Righteous Men, The Last Testament...
Heroes
Dalai Lama, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Paul Robeson, Nelson Mandela, Jean Reno, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun fat, Marvin Gaye, Andrea Bocelli, Johnny Depp, Daniel Craig, Jason Statham, Bey Logan...
About me: Hi, I'm RouX. I'm a Jazz-Soul singer/songwriter busy building a Jazz-Soul band, The Cedars Of Lebanon, with friends Darryl Gonzalves (lead guitar), Simon Greening (sax) and Chris Hales (keyboards), Lisa Painter (trumpet)... currently auditioning for a bass player and a drummer.
Check out my website at rouxrenard.com and read my lyrics, check my repetoire or download some tunes! I also sing at my local Jazz Club, Bar 27, run 20 Yahoo!Groups, 28 webrings and do an inordinate amount of Daddy duties in a household of seven. I'm currently putting together a demo cd. My first attempts are here on MP3 and even more at at rouxrenard.com
Biography: "RouX's beginning's sound like something from 'The French Lieutenant's Woman", but fortunately he was adopted by a wonderful couple who provided him with an exceptionally loving and nurturing childhood.
He was raised and educated in Dorset and Somerset in the UK. His adoptive father died in 1969. He remains very close with his adoptive mother, Madge, who is now in her nineties.
RouX's met his current wife, Kay, in 2000 and is the father to four stepchildren, Charlotte, Luke, Shirelle, Rhys and their youngest daughter, Jasmine.
RouX has traced some of his birth family relations, but has discovered that his birth mother, Audrey Phillips, from Devizes, Wiltshire, died many years ago at just 45 years old. RouX is continuing to search archives and registers and knock on doors, but he is yet to track down his elusive birth father.
For most of his life RouX has been a soul music fan. Surprisingly he has only recently begun a singing career. His voice reveals both the pain and the love he has encountered in his life and his range of experiences is reflected in his vocal range, which enables him to switch effortlessly from deep sensual bass to a smooth floating falsetto.
RouX is equally comfortable singing Jazz, Doo Wop, Swing, R & B, Pop, his own compositions and his main musical passion - Motown"
Download my friend Motown Jim’s music at http://rouxrenard.com/music/motown_jim
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Genetic Haplotype??? I'm a J1... go visit Wikipedia.com
Politics??? I am a free market socialist. I remember 9 million unemployed under the previous government, no minimum wage, no social chapter, no paternity leave, etc, etc, so I am happy to stand up and say, "Thanks, Tony Blair! And thanks for writing off billions of pounds of third world debt! We'll miss you."
On the world stage, I hope the values and aspirations of Europe are echoed elewhere and that eventually, the EU joins up with the other big trade blocks to create a top level world government to ensure equal rights and opportunities for every person on the planet! europa.eu
I hope there are satisfactory answers to the questions raised in this book...
Favorite quote about me???
“An exotic enigma, for a Britt!” - Nancy Kiser (Phillips DNA Project)
Guilty pleasures??? I just LOVE icecream by Haagen - Daz, Ben & Jerry's, etc. Also Kettle potato chips with ice-cold red-hot dips! Ice-cold Grolsch lager, or Becks, in a frosted glass! Movie-wise, if given the choice, I would probably watch (sub Wang Yu) kung fu star Kung Bun do his Buddha's Palm secret technique schlock to the "Theme from Ironside" in "Fists Of Vengeance" for the 200th time, rather than watch a more modern kung fu movie for the second time
Darkest secret??? OK, I admit it. I still have my teddy bear.
Which Super Hero Am I??? Don't tell anyone, but I'm The Green Lantern!
Green Lantern
65%
Hulk
55%
Spider-Man
50%
Superman
45%
Robin
37%
Wonder Woman
35%
The Flash
35%
Iron Man
35%
Batman
30%
Catwoman
25%
Supergirl
20%
Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.
Who I'd like to meet: Dalai Lama, Richard Dawkins, Sting, Nicolas Cage, Will Young, Steve Brookstein, Seal, Simon Webbe, Jean Reno ... I've already met - Jackie Chan, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Four Tops, Tunde Baiyewu, Martha and The Vandellas, New York City, Osibisa, Sweet Sensation.
Birthday wishes from some fishes. One named Eric, and another named Eric. All my pets are named Eric, as are all articles of hosiery and assorted toiletries. Whatever you do, don't trample my garden. Peace.
