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About Simon

Simon Houghton creator of The Bloke Show started life as a baby, going on to become a boy and then a man, at which time he became an actor. As time passed he went on to be a director, later still he became a sales guy, then a business owner. Most recently he regressed and became a writer. Then a driver, then an actor again. Decisiveness is not one of his strong suits.

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Posted on July 21, 2010 by Simon
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WikiLeaks

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Simon

Nothing I will ever write will be as important as providing the knowledge as to where you can access this information. The first link is an interview with Julian Assange -founder of WikiLeaks. The second is the link to WikiLeaks … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Simon

A quick video from george – the Brisbane band. Tyrone Noonan (keys and vocals) wrote The Bloke Show theme . This is how I remember home and the song says everything I want to convey to you. george – Still … Continue reading →

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David and a weekend unravelled

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Simon

I alluded recently to a great connection that I now have with Valerie Foley’s here oft reproduced blog, jump on the rollercoaster, which is that my son David , has many learning challenges, not dissimilar to Billy’s (Valerie’s son Billy … Continue reading →

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Update 6/14/10

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Simon

Went to see the Satellite 4 play at Tost and having spoken to them before the show indications are very positive that we will be using their songs for all the incidental music for TBS. I am delighted! Visited Meredith … Continue reading →

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