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'''Born:''' 24th September 1977
'''Born:''' 24th September 1977
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'''Where:''' Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK
'''Where:''' Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK


Tom Kirk is the media manager for the band and might also be referred to as any of the following: the camera man, the kebab man, Ross Geller, The Pianist, Tom Kirk and any matey play on his name (ie Kirky etc). He arranged and edited footage for their video releases [[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullaballoo DVD]] and the [[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour DVD]], he also filmed the Hullabaloo DVD documentary and most probably any backstage footage on any of [[Muse]]'s DVD single releases, you can usually tell the culprit by wild and shaky camera work coupled with sporadic outbursts of giggling.
Tom Kirk is the media manager for the band and might also be referred to as any of the following: the camera man, the kebab man, Ross Geller, The Pianist, Tom Kirk and any matey play on his name (e.g. Kirky etc). He is known to be the brother of Helen and Alex Kirk. He arranged and edited footage for their video releases [[Hullabaloo (live) | Hullaballoo DVD]] and the [[Absolution Tour (live) | Absolution Tour DVD]], he also filmed the Hullabaloo DVD documentary and most probably most backstage footage on any of Muse's DVD single releases, you can usually tell the culprit by wild and shaky camera work coupled with sporadic outbursts of giggling.


He would be the closest thing to a fourth member of the band, as he is always seen with them. Tom does play guitar in one of the B Sides ([[Do We Need This (song)|Do We Need This]] probably), he was also part of the stamping people in the [[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] [[Intro (song)|Intro]], the finger-clicking in [[Time Is Running Out (song)|Time Is Running Out]] and perhaps some other random percussiony adlib stuff.
He would be the closest thing to a fourth member of the band, as he is always seen with them. Tom does play guitar in one of the B-sides ([[Do We Need This (song) | Do We Need This]] probably), he was also part of the stamping people in the [[Absolution (album) | Absolution]] [[Intro (song) | Intro]], the finger-clicking in [[Time Is Running Out (song) | Time Is Running Out]] and perhaps some other random percussion-related ad-lib stuff.


He is a great photographer and most of his [[Muse]] members shots are on the dvds or on the [[Official Muse site|Official website]]. He runs the official website: he puts all the media, photo, videos, news and dates on there. He generally oversees the design and gets the whole thing together.  
He is an avid photographer and most of his Muse members shots are on the DVDs or on the [[Official Muse site | official website]]. He runs the official website: he puts all the media, photo, videos, news and dates on there. He generally oversees the design and gets the whole thing together.  


All the visuals you can see on stage during the shows are from Tom.
All the visuals you can see on stage during the shows are from Kirk.


His sister was [[Helen Kirk]]. [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]] is dedicated to her memory after her accident on Boxing Day in Dorset, travelling back from Christmas in Shaldon, [[Teignmouth]].
His sister was [[Helen Kirk]]. [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations]] is dedicated to her memory after her accident on Boxing Day in Dorset, travelling back from Christmas in Shaldon, [[Teignmouth]]. Tom's cousin [[Callum Taylor]] has appeared with Muse in Glasgow on bagpipes on the [[Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 2009 (gig)|Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 2009 ]] gig and the [[Glasgow SSE Hydro 2016 - 18th (gig)|SSE Hydro - 18th]] April 2016 gig on bagpipes.


==Favourite Muse songs==
== Favourite Muse songs ==
Kirk's favourite pre-Black Holes and Revelations songs are [[Butterflies and Hurricanes (song)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]], [[Fury (song)|Fury]] and [[Futurism (song)|Futurism]].<ref>[[Tom Kirk Live Webcast (20050302 Muselive feature)|Muselive.com 20050302]]</ref>
Kirk's favourite pre-Black Holes and Revelations songs are [[Butterflies & Hurricanes (song) | Butterflies & Hurricanes]], [[Fury (song) | Fury]] and [[Futurism (song) | Futurism]].<ref>{{cite/muselive20050302}}</ref>


==Comment on site==
== Comment on MuseWiki ==
<pre>what is this.. some kind of monopoly on fansites?
<blockquote>
what is this.. some kind of monopoly on fansites?
are you the new rupert murdoch or something?
are you the new rupert murdoch or something?
i checked it out the other day and was quite impressed.(quite).
i checked it out the other day and was quite impressed.(quite).
must have taken some setting up.</pre>
must have taken some setting up.
</blockquote>


[[Image:Tom with a Sony.jpg|thumb|right|Tom during [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2006 (gig)|Shepherds Bush Empire 2006 gig]]]]
<blockquote>
==Sony cameras==
BIG shout out to @musewiki - http://t.co/7BukSqE5E0 Quickly finding all old tour dates & release dates is making video cataloging a breeze!
</blockquote>
 
[[File:Tom with a Sony.jpg | thumb | right | Tom during [[London Shepherds Bush Empire 2006 (gig) | Shepherds Bush Empire 2006 gig]]]]
 
== Sony cameras ==
Tom is a Sony fan boy, all his cameras and camcorders used were made by Sony.
Tom is a Sony fan boy, all his cameras and camcorders used were made by Sony.


==Videos he recorded==
== Videos he Recorded/Directed ==
*[[Hullabaloo (live)#Disc 2|Hullabaloo DVD Disc 2]]
'''Live'''
*[[Dead Star (video)|Dead Star]]
*[[Hullabaloo (live)#Disc 2 | Hullabaloo DVD Disc 2]]
*[[Butterflies and Hurricanes (video)|Butterflies & Hurricanes]]
 
*[[Stockholm Syndrome (video)|Stockholm Syndrome]]
'''Music Videos'''
*[[Time Is Running Out (video)|Time Is Running Out - USA Version]]
*[[Dead Star (video) | Dead Star]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (video)|Supermassive Black Hole (Alternative Live Version)]]
*[[Butterflies & Hurricanes (video) | Butterflies & Hurricanes]]
*[[Stockholm Syndrome (video) | Stockholm Syndrome]]
*[[Time Is Running Out (video) | Time Is Running Out - USA Version]]
*[[Supermassive Black Hole (video) | Supermassive Black Hole (Alternative Live Version)]]
*[[Undisclosed Desires (video) | Undisclosed Desires]]
*[[Unsustainable (video) | Unsustainable]]
*[[Isolated System (video) | Isolated System]]
*[[Follow Me (video) | Follow Me]]
*[[Panic Station (video) | Panic Station]]
*[[New Kind of Kick (video) | New Kind of Kick]]
*[[Dig Down (video) | Dig Down - Band Footage]]
 
'''Lyric Videos'''
*[[Psycho (lyric video)| Psycho]]
*[[Dead Inside (lyric video)| Dead Inside]]
*[[Reapers (lyric video)| Reapers]]
*[[The Handler (lyric video)| The Handler]]
*[[JFK + Defector (lyric video)| JFK + Defector]]
*[[Dig Down (lyric video)| Dig Down]]
 
== Muse Blogosphere ==
Anyone who follows twitter will agree, Tom is quite the twitterer providing tantalising Musey tit bits and insights in to the behind-the-scenes Muse action.    As of late he seems to have a thing for his dogs [[Sir Charles]] and [[Lord Henry]].
 
Without Tom Muse fans would be none the wiser as to what Matt, Dom are up to.  Chris is also a frequent Twitterer co-ordinating football games with friends and fans.
 
When asked if he was a Buddhist, via a twitter follower, he replied with #AthiestButLikesBuddhaAndHisDressSense, confirming that doesn't have a religion.
 
== Banoffeesky & Hidden Road Studios ==
 
Banoffeesky was a video production company, formed in January 2008. The company was established by him, [[Si Bennett]] and other colleagues, who produced visuals and video content for artists such as [[Muse]], Pulled Apart by Horses, Lilly Allen, Paul Van Dyk and more.
 
The company was disbanded at around 2011, when Kirk moved to Los Angeles, where he co-founded Hidden Road Studios, together with Rowan Glenn. Like Banoffeesky, Hidden Road Studios also specializes in producing video content including both live visuals and music videos. Their clients, alongside [[Muse]], include a variety of both musical artists, as well as TV shows and other companies such as Billy Idol, [[Coldplay]] [[Elton John]], Google, [[Metallica]], Netflix, Nickleodeon, Tyler The Creator, Khalid and more.


==References==
== References ==
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==See also==
== See also ==
*[http://amusing-tom.livejournal.com/ Dormant blog at LiveJournal]
*[http://amusing-tom.livejournal.com/ Dormant blog at LiveJournal]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/nowheretom11 Tom Kirk's YouTube channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/nowheretom11 Tom Kirk's YouTube channel]
*[http://uk.movember.com/mospace/151557/ Alex Kirk - Doing his part in "Movember"]
*[http://www.thehelenfoundation.org.uk/ The Helen Foundation]
*[https://twitter.com/#!/Nowherethomas/ Tom Kirk on Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/nowherethomas/ Tom Kirk on Instagram]
*[http://banoffeesky.com Banoffeesky]
*https://www.hiddenroadstudios.com/ Hidden Road Studios]
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 10 June 2020

Tom Kirk

Born: 24th September 1977

Where: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK

Tom Kirk is the media manager for the band and might also be referred to as any of the following: the camera man, the kebab man, Ross Geller, The Pianist, Tom Kirk and any matey play on his name (e.g. Kirky etc). He is known to be the brother of Helen and Alex Kirk. He arranged and edited footage for their video releases Hullaballoo DVD and the Absolution Tour DVD, he also filmed the Hullabaloo DVD documentary and most probably most backstage footage on any of Muse's DVD single releases, you can usually tell the culprit by wild and shaky camera work coupled with sporadic outbursts of giggling.

He would be the closest thing to a fourth member of the band, as he is always seen with them. Tom does play guitar in one of the B-sides ( Do We Need This probably), he was also part of the stamping people in the Absolution Intro, the finger-clicking in Time Is Running Out and perhaps some other random percussion-related ad-lib stuff.

He is an avid photographer and most of his Muse members shots are on the DVDs or on the official website. He runs the official website: he puts all the media, photo, videos, news and dates on there. He generally oversees the design and gets the whole thing together.

All the visuals you can see on stage during the shows are from Kirk.

His sister was Helen Kirk. Black Holes and Revelations is dedicated to her memory after her accident on Boxing Day in Dorset, travelling back from Christmas in Shaldon, Teignmouth. Tom's cousin Callum Taylor has appeared with Muse in Glasgow on bagpipes on the Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 2009 gig and the SSE Hydro - 18th April 2016 gig on bagpipes.

Favourite Muse songs

Kirk's favourite pre-Black Holes and Revelations songs are Butterflies & Hurricanes, Fury and Futurism.[1]

Comment on MuseWiki

what is this.. some kind of monopoly on fansites? are you the new rupert murdoch or something? i checked it out the other day and was quite impressed.(quite). must have taken some setting up.

BIG shout out to @musewiki - http://t.co/7BukSqE5E0 Quickly finding all old tour dates & release dates is making video cataloging a breeze!

Sony cameras

Tom is a Sony fan boy, all his cameras and camcorders used were made by Sony.

Videos he Recorded/Directed

Live

Music Videos

Lyric Videos

Muse Blogosphere

Anyone who follows twitter will agree, Tom is quite the twitterer providing tantalising Musey tit bits and insights in to the behind-the-scenes Muse action. As of late he seems to have a thing for his dogs Sir Charles and Lord Henry.

Without Tom Muse fans would be none the wiser as to what Matt, Dom are up to. Chris is also a frequent Twitterer co-ordinating football games with friends and fans.

When asked if he was a Buddhist, via a twitter follower, he replied with #AthiestButLikesBuddhaAndHisDressSense, confirming that doesn't have a religion.

Banoffeesky & Hidden Road Studios

Banoffeesky was a video production company, formed in January 2008. The company was established by him, Si Bennett and other colleagues, who produced visuals and video content for artists such as Muse, Pulled Apart by Horses, Lilly Allen, Paul Van Dyk and more.

The company was disbanded at around 2011, when Kirk moved to Los Angeles, where he co-founded Hidden Road Studios, together with Rowan Glenn. Like Banoffeesky, Hidden Road Studios also specializes in producing video content including both live visuals and music videos. Their clients, alongside Muse, include a variety of both musical artists, as well as TV shows and other companies such as Billy Idol, Coldplay Elton John, Google, Metallica, Netflix, Nickleodeon, Tyler The Creator, Khalid and more.

References

  1. Thomas Kirk. (2005-03-02). Tom Kirk Live Webcast. Muselive. Retrieved 2007-03-07 from www.muselive.com. [verify]

See also


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