Rick O'Shea

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Rick O'Shea
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    Dublin

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  • Member Since: March 2006

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Me, Myself, and I
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I'm a national radio presenter in Ireland with RTE 2FM.

The regular show is 2.30 to 5pm weekdays on 2FM:

http://www.rte.ie/2fm/

Blog:
http://rickoshea.wordpress.com and http://www.culch.ie

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ri...

Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/rickoshea

I'm also the patron of Brainwave - The Irish Epilepsy Association. They're at:

http://www.epilepsy.ie

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Currently Reading
Harlan Ellison - Strange Wine
Films
Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Jacques Tati's Playtime, David Lean's Lawrence Of Arabia and Brief Encounter, Godfather 1 & 2, The Royal Tenenbaums, Kane, Casablanca, The Birds, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Easter Parade, The Great Dictator, Some Like It Hot, 2001 - A Space Odyssey, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, Annie Hall, Groundhog Day, Smokey & The Bandit 1 & 2 but not 3, Pump Up The Volume, The Fifth Element, 3 Colours: Blue, Spirited Away, The Life Of Brian, anything by Pixar, anything with Gerard Depardieu in it, Little Miss Sunshine, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, Ferris Bueller's Day Off...
Sports
Liverpool FC, Ireland in anything...
Music
Jaysus...... Right then - from my mp3 player alone: A House, Arctic Monkeys, Barenaked Ladies, Beck, Ben Folds, Bob Dylan, Charles Trenet, Coldplay, Count Basie, David Kitt, Dean Martin, The Eels, Elvis Costello, Fountains Of Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Goldie Lookin" Chain, Hard-Fi, Jack Johnson, Jamie Cullum, Janis Joplin, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Josh Ritter, KT Tunstall, LCD Soundsystem, Lemon Jelly, Leonard Cohen, Linkin Park, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, Noel Coward, Public Enemy, REM, Sammy Davis Jr, Serge Gainsbourg, Snow Patrol, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Beastie Boys, The Beatles, The Beautiful South, The Chalets, The Cure, The Divine Comedy, The Flaming Lips, The Go! Team, The Killers, The Magic Numbers, The Monkees, The Polyphonic Spree, The Stones, The Smiths, The Statler Brothers, The Streets, The Stunning, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Toasted Heretic, U2, Van Morrison..... That"s just the tiny, tiny tip of the iceberg...
Out In The Real World
Wed June 10th - Dundrum Town Centre Studios... Thu June 11th - 02 Store, Grafton Street, Dublin... Fri June 12th - Expert Electrical, Naas, Co Kildare...
Books
George Orwell - 1984, Lynne Truss - Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Malcolm Gladwell - The Tipping Point, Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials Trilogy, Donna Tartt - The Secret History, Hunter S Thompson - Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little, Bill Zehme - Lost In The Funhouse: The Life And Mind Of Andy Kaufman, Salman Rushdie - The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Terry Southern - The Magic Christian, Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler"s Wife, Robert Evans - The Kid Stays In The Picture, Cynthia True - American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story, Douglas Adams - The Hitch-hiker"s Guide To The Galaxy, Noel Coward - Diaries, Alice Sebold - Lovely Bones, Greg Palast - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, James Ellroy - American Tabloid, David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas, Alain DeBotton - The Consolations Of Philosophy, Joseph Heller - Catch-22, Nick Hornby - High Fidelity, James Plunkett - Strumpet City, Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar, Chuck Barris - Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Heroes
Noel Coward, Bill Hicks, John Peel, John Pilger, Andy Kaufman, Larry Gogan, Sinatra, Noam Chomsky, Johnny Cash, Zane Lowe, Christy Moore, Lenny Bruce, Sylvia Plath, Bob Geldof, Bono...

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  • Ger H
    Ger H

    Hey Rick, thanks a million for the tickets to Anastacia today, cannot wait for the concert!! :D

    xxx

    1 week ago
  • Richie Walsh
    luv Richie Walsh

    Rick and Gang, this is Richie from yesterday, Cheers for the phone and another dose of Public humiliation... Lord knows I needed to be knocked down a peg or two :L
    Although though you may have embarrassed me a year or so earlier ya gave me a Nintendo DS then, so my Current "Rick O'Shea" Swag thus far is...

    P.S Dan loved the Sunflowers and Cheers to Autism Ireland, and apologies to Take that :L :L

    3 weeks ago
  • Barack Obama
    Barack Obama

    Thanks for acceptin rick :D ...keep it real :P

    3 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Flambo
    Flambo

    thanks for lookin out for my wee amigo lastnite rick...;) [i guess it´s our wee amigo really] dunno if you get my tweets, so droppin you a line on here instead.

    chowzers.x

    4 weeks ago
  • Eileen Kennedy
    Eileen Kennedy

    Hi Rick can you please play me Don Henly the Boys of summer am sitting outside enjoying the sun but i think am melting

    4 weeks ago
  • Paula Frain
    Paula Frain

    Hey rick luk at my profile pic.i tink dis photo of u is gud! My claim 2 fame.

    4 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Michelle Mc Colgan
    luv Michelle Mc Colgan

    hey rick!! as of tomoro im unemployed i wont know what to do with myself!!!!

    4 weeks ago
  • .X.Amy Holden.X
    .X.Amy Holden.X

    Thanks a million ricky 4 the add acceptance :P ... Wud you do me huge favour and find out the name of the song Nikki played After Cormac battles beach list for me Please!...?

    i <Luv> 2fm :D

    'Ox

    5 weeks ago via Mobile
  • XeilishX
    XeilishX

    Cavan girl listenin to u frm New York, plz play me a gud tune!!!!!!!!!! :D :L :D

    5 weeks ago
  • Dorothy Duffy
    Dorothy Duffy

    hey rick thank u 4 answering my friend request :-)

    5 weeks ago
  • Eoin Murphy
    luv Eoin Murphy

    Heres some love 4 d best thing on d airwaves.

    5 weeks ago
  • Johnbi
    Johnbi

    if anyone,s in ibitza this summer go to the funky lizzered it,s class :L :L :L

    5 weeks ago
  • Connie Harding
    Connie Harding

    Anyone on facebook please do this

    1. Follow link - http://www.facebook.com/virginatlantic
    2. Click on become a fan
    3. Click on vote now
    4. Click on Final face off Picture
    5. Click on John’s picture - (the race Car)
    6. Leave a comment saying (VOTE)
    7. Pat your self on the back and pass this on to all your friends.

    5 weeks ago
  • Pearse Park Pirates 6 weeks ago
  • Frances Ní Ghallachóir
    Frances Ní Ghallachóir

    where you on graffton st yesterday??? 5pm??

    think i passed ya on the bus :D :D

    6 weeks ago
  • Flambo
    Flambo

    hello hello rick..!

    how's the latest screen dating coming along..?!
    been wooorrrrkkkkking so it's hard to keep me ear in all the time.!

    hope all's well. :D

    6 weeks ago
  • Bella Hawk
    luv Bella Hawk

    hello...i entered for the screen dating and diarmid rung me yesterday to say i got a ticket..but my email adress isnt working so im not able to get the details could you pls send them to my bebo email thanks...love the show xxx

    6 weeks ago
  • Emma D
    Emma D

    Hey ricky any oxygen tickets to give away to me :) ha... love the show :)

    6 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Liam M
    Liam M

    well rick ! how ye!!!

    6 weeks ago
  • Eamon Reilly
    Eamon Reilly

    Rick, If you're leaving Bebo can you leave me your 13,000 friends.:L
    Still a great page this.
    I'm having an exhibition of my paintings in the 'Furniture Sales' building, Finea Village, Co. Westmeath on Friday 29th May (8-10pm), Saturday 30th May (2-6pm) and Sunday 31st May (2-6pm) . I'm hoping to see y'all there.

    7 weeks ago