John Robins
General Info
Website
johnrobins.netBio
Started in March 2005. Semi Finalist in So you Think You're Funny August 2005. Went full-time March 2006. Regular Compere and opening act for Off The Kerb, Avalon, Mirth Control, The Comedy Company and CKP.
Latest Blog Entries
- Feb 21, 2007 5:48 PM Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
- Feb 16, 2007 4:55 PM I've put this off for far too long
- Jun 28, 2006 4:10 PM Astral Weeks
Music
Blurbs
About me:
Hi, I'm John. Welcome to my space. I am a stand-up comic based in Bristol. If this interests you then do check my calendar for gigs.Check out my Edinburgh festival blog at http://blogs.chortle.co.uk/john_robins
In a former life i wanted to be a rock critic, my blog is basically the remnant of that desire, and is where i will post reviews of some of my favourite albums.
Who I'd like to meet:
Details
- Status: Single
- Orientation: Straight
- Body type: Slim / Slender
- Zodiac Sign: Taurus
- Occupation: Comedian
Interests
General
Mischief, pontificating, giving interviews in my head, dancing like a spiv, compiling quotes, denying that The Beatles existed, laughing at trumpetsMusic
Will Oldham / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, The Band, godspeed you black emporer!, The Anomoanon, Tortoise, Mogwai, Jim O'Rourke, Cat Stevens, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, Elliot Smith, The Be Good Tanyas, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, The Go! Team, Philip GlassMovies
The Straight Story, The Trial, Pierrepoint, Se7en, Secrets & Lies, American Movie, When We Were Kings, Robin Hood:Prince of Theives, LOTR, Vertigo, Double Indemnity, Little Ceaser, North By Northwest, Annie Hall, Manhatton, Crimes and Misdermeanors, The Godfather Trilogy, Rushmore, The Royal TenenbaumsBooks
LOTR, In Cold Blood, The Fight, Word Freak, T.S Eliot, Philip Larkin, e.e cumings, Borges, Shakespeare, Joyce, Chaucer, Conan DoyleHeroes
Sherlock Holmes, Chris Morris, Peter Cook, Mohammed Ali, Philip Larkin, Frank Zappa, Bonnie Prince Billy
Schools
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Oxford University
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Graduated: 2004
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: English Literature
- Minor: Medieval English
2001 to 2004 -
The Castle School
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Graduated: 2000
- Student status: Alumni
1993 to 2000