Profile - Phil Smith
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Name | Philip Andrew Smith |
Born | 1972 |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
Lives in | Rugby |
Works as | Assistant Product Manager for a leading supplier of door and window hardware technology. |
Interests | Hospital radio, music, films, current affairs, popular culture and the media in general. |
Favourite Artists | Bob Dylan, Presley, Sinatra, Neil Young, Prince, Beck. |
Favourite Groups | The Band, REM, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, U2, Oasis, Wilco. |
Broadcasting Gods | Nicky Campbell, Andy Kershaw, Mark Radcliffe, Chris Evans (although I can tire of him), Peel, Wogan, Tarrant. |
Favourite TV | Have I Got News For You, The Simpsons, The X-Files, Fawlty Towers. |
Favourite Radio | I try to listen to a bit of everything, but I don't listen to as much radio as people might expect. I think the state of radio in the UK at the moment is pathetic on the whole. Too much sameness with no personalities and predictable music. |
Favourite Reads | The Independent, Mojo. |
Favourite Albums | Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind; Blood On The Tracks; Planet Waves; Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld; The Beatles - White Album; REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi; U2 - Achtung Baby; Oasis - Definitely Maybe; The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street; The Band - Stage Fright; Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely; Johnny Cash - Live At Folsom Prison; The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds; Prince - Sign O' The Times; Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue. |
Favourite Films | JFK; Taxi Driver; North By Northwest; Das Boot; Citizen Kane; Paths Of Glory; The People vs Larry Flynt; Chinatown; Leon; Carlito's Way. (Oh, am I allowed to include the video of Prince - Lovesexy Live? Because those concerts were probably the greatest live pop shows ever staged). |
Drives | Ford Fiesta Zetec. |
Drinks | Guinness, Caffreys, Jack Daniels & Coke, Tea. |
Likes | Insulting Ben; music; producing/presenting radio programmes; going to the pub with friends; the English language; women; keeping up with current affairs; the Internet; rock and roll played live; irreverent or wacky humour (especially if it annoys people who take themselves too seriously); films; looking at paintings; lying in bed in the mornings; having a good wet shave and feeling how smooth your face is afterwards; sunshine. |
Dislikes | Miserable or selfish people; not having enough time to do everything; dumbing down in the media; fully-grown adults who act like five-year olds when behind their steering wheel; repetitive dance music; the Tory party; people not being bothered to write and spell properly; getting rain on my glasses; anything that is supposed to be "fashionable"; DIY maniacs drilling and hammering during summer weekends; the national obsession with football; those who barge in and try to get served ahead of you in pubs. |
Ambition | To reach the zenith of broadcasting genius...whatever that is. |
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