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Artist
Richard Jobson
12+ albums
poetryspoken-word
about
At age 17 Richard Jobson was the front man for the Scottish Punk band 'The Skids', who had a string of hits in a 2 year period from 1979 to 1981, the biggest being the top 10 hit 'Into The Valley'. The band was formed by Jobson and his friend Stuart Adamson who went onto create Big Country. Jobson went on to become part of the critically successful 'The Armoury Show' before moving onto a long period of making spoken word poetry recordings for the Belgian label Les Disques Du Crépuscule including an adaptation of the Marguerite Duras novella '10.30 On A Summer Night'. He recorded and wrote the memoir '16 Years Of Alcohol' in 1987 as well as the poetry book 'A Man For All Seasons'. In the early 1990's he worked as a presenter on TV shows such as '01-For London' a hip metropolitan arts guide that ran for five years and spawned his book 'An Insiders Guide To London' as well as working with VH-1 on Music and film shows before moving onto a long period as SKY TV's film critic and presenter of in depth discussion show 'Movie Talk'. He produced his first film for Channel 4 with New York satirist Joe Queenan, which was an adaptation of the writer's legendary essay where he became 'Micky Rourke For a Day'. He collaborated with Queenan again on a similar project this time based on Hugh Grant. He went onto produce 'Just another Day in London' which premiered at the London Film Festival in 1996. He followed that film by producing 'Tube Tales' for SKY TV in 1999 which also premiered at
top songs
albums
From Brussels With Love
The Ballad of Etiquette
10:30 On A Summer Night/An Afternoon In Company
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Ten-Thirty on a Summer Night/An Afternoon in Company
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The Fruit Of The Original Sin
Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1980-1985
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Some of the Interesting Things You'll See on a Long-distance Flight
Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long Distance Flight
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Auteur Labels: Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1980-1985
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16 Years of Alcohol
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Auteur Labels: Les Disques Du Crëpuscule 1980-1985
Hommage À Duras