Author Archives: Simon

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.

Back to the drawing board

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Simon

This is what we’ve got, actually I’ll rephrase that -this is what I’ve got – completed scripts, enough to begin shooting; two new enthusiastic believers in Meredith and Evan Fishkin, through them a website (to be constructed), plenty of artwork … Continue reading →

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Jumpontherollercoaster 2

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Simon

Into spreading the joy as I am . Im reproducing a post from Valerie Foley’s jumpontherollercoaster blog. A blog I now have a vested interest in …details to follow. Billy is a hero and Valerie is a wonderful storyteller and … Continue reading →

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Nina Simone – for no other reason than it's Nina Simone

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Simon

From the album Live at Ronnie Scott’s If Nina doesnt touch your soul there is either something really, really wrong with you or you’re dead. If You Knew Mr Smith And one from an unknown album – my favourite Here … Continue reading →

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Relationship breakdowns, personal (unscientific) kaizen… and a tattoo

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Simon

Kaizen Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania. Dorothy Parker (1893 – 1967) The unexamined life is not worth … Continue reading →

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The Satellite 4 / Ferkin Merkin and Fishkin and the death of my SEOing aspirations

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Simon

Another busy weekend. On Friday night went specifically to see The Satellite 4 play at Nectar and they did not disappoint. It’s not good to compare bands but they were so much more to my taste than the headliner band … Continue reading →

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