robram
37 years old
London, United Kingdom
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Feb 13, 2009
Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman
This is one of the more bizarre, but genuinely entertaining celeb talk show interviews you'll see for a while.
There has been speculation that Joaquin Phoenix was being serious, but I think it's clear that even though David Letterman wasn't in on the gag, he's playing …
Feb 2, 2009
Where did that come from?
Shock, horror! The Met Office gets a weather forecast right for once.
I can honestly say, this is probably the heaviest snow in the UK I've seen in a good 10 years. At least 123 and with more still comingâ¦
Photographic evidence belowâ¦
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Jan 26, 2009
Just to say...
Clearly I haven't written a blog post for a while for various personal reasons.
And while my blog will not drift into total disrepair, I will probably be limiting my updates to as and when, rather than regular.
Apologies if my wittering was really that entertaining …
Movies
the sting, some like it hot, memento, oceans 11, the exorcist, donnie darko, princess bride, usual suspects, battle royale, hitchcock, anything with robert downey jr, anything with denzel washington (except pelican brief), coen brothers, harold and maude,
Music
Nick Drake, Kate Bush, Tom McRae, Angie Stone, Depeche Mode, Regina Spektor, R.E.M., Doves, Martha Wainwright, Stevie Wonder, Elliott Smith, Amy Winehouse, Leonard Cohen, The Dears, Richard Hawley, Cat Power, Richard Ashcroft, Leela James, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Rufus Wainwright, David Bowie, Tom Lehrer, The Smiths, Scott Matthews, Remy Shand, Talking Heads, Gram Parsons, Kirsty MacColl, Dusty Springfield, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, Massive Attack, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Antony and the Johnsons, The Veils, Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, The Pipettes, Beth Orton, Solomon Burke, The Cure, David Axelrod, Ben Folds, Terry Callier, Candie Payne, Michael Jackson, Ed Harcourt
Television
csi, house, life on mars, prison break, lost, shark, the thick of it, lead balloon, hustle, heroes, ER, intelligent drama (ie not ITV), HIGNFY, match of the day, QI, grey's anatomy, later with jools holland, veronica mars, frazier,
Books
ian rankin, jasper fforde, the secret history, perfume, ian mcewan, lee child, easy riders raging bulls, wind-up bird chronicle, middlesex, michael chabon, carter beats the devil, with nails, william goldman, adventures in a screen trade, new york trilogy, paul auster, haruki murakami, alan wall, john fowles, peter biskind
Activities
eating, drinking, music, movies, tv, reading, singing (badly in the shower), playing with my daughters
The OaKs, Jul 11, 2007:
Thanks for listening! Glad you liked it. As to your blog question, Sorry is the most vindictive board game and I can be quite vengeful when playing it. I'm ruthless at Monopoly as well. - Tim