Pop culture, movies, tv, radio, rock, pop and country music.
Collecting vinyl records, cds, music dvds and books. Writing and broadcasting.
Music
Mainly like rock, pop and country. Prefer watching CMC to MTV or V. Enjoy listening to intelligent well-written songs sung and played by artists who don't take themselves too seriously. Favourite bands include The Alarm, The Angels, Avion, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, Buffalo Springfield, Cold Chisel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Chieftains, The Crossing, Dixie Chicks, The Eagles, The Electrics, Flying Burrito Brothers, Giant, Guardian, Hothouse Flowers, Idea, Rez Band, Poco, The Pogues, The Rolling Stones, Seven Stories, Souther Hillman Furay Band, Steve Messer's Strange Country, Stryper, U2. Favourite artists include Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Gram Parsons, Cliff Richard, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, John Hiatt, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly, Eric Clapton, Sammy Horner, Buddy Miller, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Bryan Adams, Bruce Cockburn, David Meece, Dwight Yoakam, Steve Taylor, Rod Boucher, Bap Kennedy, Keith Urban, Kasey Chambers, Ashley Cleveland, Butterfly Boucher, Deana Carter, Emmylou Harris, Julie Miller, Lorrie Morgan, Trisha Yearwood, Alison Krauss, Dale Watson, Richie Furay, John Fogerty, Alex Legg, Edwin Derricutt, Emily Hanscamp, Eddie Cole, Lovers Electric, Simeon, Phil Madeira, Monsterpop.
Movies
All genres. Favourites include Apocalypse Now, American Beauty,The Passion of the Christ, Tender Mercies, The Apostle, The Cider House Rules, Polanski's Macbeth, Patch Adams, Bowling for Columbine, Braveheart, Dances with Wolves, High Plains Drifter, Open Range, Rattle and Hum, Ray, Chicago, Walk the Line, In the Name of the Father, The Boxer, The Shawshank Redemption, The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Michael Collins, 300, The Tracker, Ten Canoes, The History Boys, Aboriginal Rules, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men, American Gangster, U23D, Before the Devil knows you're Dead, The Dark Knight, Gran Torino, Watchmen.
Television
Watch tv often. Favourite programs include Deadwood, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, The Bill, All Saints, City Homicide, Heroes, Prison Break, 24, Lost, Teachers, Dalziel and Pascoe, Taggart, The West Wing, Seven News, Wire in the Blood, The Chaser's War on Everything, Summer Heights High, Bionic Woman, Rain Shadow, Mr Bean, One Foot in the Grave, Jonathan Creek, Midsomer Murders,The Vicar of Dibley, Damages, Judge John Deed, Rebus, Silent Witness, Spooks, The Gil Mayo Mysteries, Underbelly, The Gruen Transfer, Murder Prevention, House, Law and Order, Murphy's Law, Vincent.
Books
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit, The Wind in the Willows, Kidnapped, Treasure Island, CS Lewis' Voyage to Venus, Leon Uris' Trinity, Albert Camus' The Plague, The Outsider, Les Miserables, Madame Bovary, Ecclesiastes, Steve Turner's Hungry for Heaven, Tonight we will fake love (Poetry!), Liam Campbell's Darby, The Golden Compass.
Heroes
Hmm...Maybe Johnny Cash, Cliff Richard, Elvis, Jesus of Nazareth, Martin Luther King, Bono Vox.
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Other
Major: Grad Dip TESOL
1999 to 1999
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Graduated: 1971
Student status: Alumni
Major: French
Minor: Geography, Latin
1968 to 1971
Brighton Secondary College
BRIGHTON EAST, Australia
Graduated: 1967
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: French, English
Minor: Geography, Latin
1966 to 1967
The Royal School
Dungannon, United Kingdom
Graduated: 1966
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Chess Club
About me: I have been working with Australian and international musos since 1967. Managed bands like hard rockers Rosanna's Raiders and artists such as Roma Waterman and Les Price. Toured Australia with Petra, Whiteheart, Guardian, Leon Patillo, Barry McGuire, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Bryan Duncan, Sheila Walsh and David Meece. Promoted gigs for Amy Grant, Bruce Cockburn, Noel Paul Stookey, Stryper, Whitecross, Phil Keaggy, Leslie Phillips, Avion, Idea, Steve Grace, Rez Band, Glenn Kaiser, All Star United, Sammy Horner, Paul Colman, Emily Hanscamp, Eddie Cole and Dark Country. Worked in Nashville for two years as Operations Manager for Rebecca St James. Ran an Oz tour for Rebecca HOT Myspace Layoutsand her band.
I've taught secondary school subjects including English, Media, Drama and General Studies. Also worked as a Tech school chaplain/counsellor. Have written articles and album reviews for magazines.
Hosted radio programs on community stations, ABC radio and 3AK. Programmed music over four years on FOX-FM for Tom Stokes' talkback show. Favourite bands include Cold Chisel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beatles, Rolling Stones,The Alarm, The Angels, Eagles, The Electrics, Hothouse Flowers and U2. Favourite singer is Ashley Cleveland.
Born in Northern Ireland, lived in Australia since 1966. Have an Irish sense of humour!
You can download tracks from Justin McRoberts' newest release Deconstruction for ANY PRICE YOU WANT. Or tell a few friends about the record and get them for FREE!
VICO, hey m8, we miss u brother, i was looking forward to u giving my grad speach nxt year. sure u had ur reasons to go tho. hope its all gd in ur neck of the woods. peace
hey boss, loving this no school thing with heaps of free time :P well until i start work, but i can choose to start my apprenticeship anytime pretty much
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