Some of my interests

Favourite bands/artists

• Pink Floyd
• The Animals
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• The Byrds
• The Doors
• The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• The Rolling Stones

Honourable Mentions

Bands/Artists I've seen live

• 2012 & 2018 - Roger Waters - The Wall Live and Us + Them Tour
• 2012 - The Beach Boys - The 50th Reunion Tour
• 2014 - The Rolling Stones - 14 On Fire
• 2015 - Alice Cooper & Mötley Crüe - Mötley Crüe Final Tour
• 2016 - Black Sabbath - The End Tour
• 2016 - Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls World Tour
• 2017 - Sir Paul McCartney - One On One
• 2019 - The Monkees (Micky Dolenz & Michael Nesmith) - The Mike and Micky Show
• 2022 - Foo Fighters - (ft. The Meanies and Amyl and the Sniffers) - Live at Geelong Stadium (worked as security)
• 2022 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Return Of The Curse Of Timeland

Favourite films

My 5-star picks from the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die challenge

Interesting people born on the 11th of October

• 1552 – Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)
• 1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
• 1738 – Arthur Phillip, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
• 1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
• 1827 – Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1869)
• 1844 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
• 1872 – Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
• 1884
  • Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
• 1885 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Sir Ken Anderson, Australian politician (d. 1985)
• 1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
• 1926 – Neville Wran, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 1927
  • Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
  • Jim Prior, English politician and soldier (d. 2016)
• 1932 – Barry Jones, Australian politician and lawyer
• 1937 – Sir Bobby Charlton, English soccer player and manager
• 1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 – Lucas Papademos, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1953 – David Morse, American actor
• 1956 – Nicanor Duarte, 47th President of Paraguay
• 1957 – Dawn French, British actress, comedian and screenwriter
• 1960 – Nicola Bryant, English actress
• 1962
  • Joan Cusack, American actress
  • Andy McCoy, Finnish musician
• 1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Luke Perry, American actor and producer (d. 2019)
• 1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
• 1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
• 1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
• 1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress

Interesting people who died on the 11th of October

• 1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
• 1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
• 1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician (b. 1774)
• 1850 – Louise of Orléans, 1st Queen of the Belgians (b. 1812)
• 1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1960 – Richard Cromwell, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Walther Stampfli, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1991 – Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
• 1996 – William Vickrey, Canadian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1999 – James Franklin Hyde, American chemist and inventor (b. 1903)
• 2000 – Donald Dewar, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Edward Szczepanik, 44th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain and war criminal (b. 1913)
• 2014 – Bob Such, Australian politician (b. 1944)
• 2019
  • Robert Forster, American actor (b. 1941)
  • Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
• 2022 – Dame Angela Lansbury, Irish-British American actress and singer (b. 1925)

Places I've visited