Rick O'Shea

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Rick O'Shea
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  • Male, 36, Luv 637
  • from Dublin
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  • Member since: March 2006
  • www.bebo.com/rickoshea2fm

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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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  • Questhousebudda New
    Questhousebudda New

    Sat 12th Sep - Bar Budda, Odysssey - Belfast

    1 room - 8 djs

    djs

    Reece Rodgers
    Haywire
    Bozy
    Aaron Watton
    Copy and paste
    Phunk

    and resident Colin Gent

    Funky to Progressive House

    5 quid in
    8.30 til 1am

    Hope to see you there !!

    House Music in the Odyssey ?

    Every Thur, Sat, Sun

    Comment sent from Commentor
    10 weeks ago
  • Questhousebudda New
    Questhousebudda New

    Sat 29th AUG - Bar Budda, Odysssey -
    Belfast

    OUR BIG WEEKEND

    We introduce our very special guest
    SOULSEEKERZ to join the Questhouse
    residents Colin Gent and Emo

    Funky to Progressive House

    7 quid in
    8.30 til 1am

    Hope to see you there !!

    House Music in the Odyssey ?

    Every Thur, Sat, Sun

    Comment sent from Commentor
    12 weeks ago
  • Susan Curran
    Susan Curran

    love ur show!!!

    15 weeks ago
  • Katie M
    Katie M

    Please pass around all your friends that Katies WALK FOR LIFE around the towns in the coast of Ireland will be taking place soon and we really need volunteers to collect with us. If you are interested please give us a call on mobile number 07521974588 or email us at events@keepbabykatieawake.com Thank you

    17 weeks ago
  • The Saw Doctors
    The Saw Doctors

    Become a fan
    www.bebo.com/sawdoctors-official

    New single "She Loves Me" out on July 24th

    17 weeks ago
  • Martin-K Project
    Martin-K Project

    WEL MATE HOW THE RADIO BUSINESS TREATIN YA

    17 weeks ago
  • Mike Buckley
    Mike Buckley

    Thanks for the twitter update during Oxegen

    17 weeks ago
  • Wide Open Spaces
    Wide Open Spaces

    Thanks for the add :) Hope you enjoy the film!

    17 weeks ago
  • John
    John

    hows de best djaaaa in ireland ??
    send the love lol

    17 weeks ago
  • Support Audrey And Dave
    Support Audrey And Dave

    THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CAUSE TO HELP FIND AMY FITZPATRICK PLEASE GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN KNOW AMY IS MISSING. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT WILL LEAD TO AMY BEING FOUND PLEASE CONTACT 0034 617 561 319 OR EMAIL missingamy@live.co.uk

    Visit http://www.helpustofindamy.com FOR MORE DETAILS.

    19 weeks ago
  • Noel
    Noel

    HUSBAND: Shall we try a different position tonight?
    WIFE: That's a good idea... you stand by the ironing board while I sit on the sofa and fart.

    19 weeks ago
  • Eamon Reilly
    Eamon Reilly

    Hi Rick
    Sad about MJ, wasn't it

    This one's called 'Farewell my fans'.

    19 weeks ago
  • Alexia Golez
    luv Alexia Golez

    Ha! 9 weeks now. * tumbleweeds *

    20 weeks ago
  • LiamO Walsh
    LiamO Walsh

    U look like ur gonna get sick man!!! Haha

    20 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Mandy Hall
    luv Mandy Hall

    Hiya mandy here do u have any gifts u want to give away can i have sum please write me back ya xx

    20 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Mandy Hall
    luv Mandy Hall

    Hiya have u got any gifts u want to give away please can i have sum please! Write me back ya xx

    20 weeks ago via Mobile
  • Ger H
    Ger H

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

    xxx

    20 weeks 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

    22 weeks ago
  • Barack Obama
    Barack Obama

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

    22 weeks ago via Mobile