Is he a cat? Is he a man? Is he the reincarnation of Hendrix only white and from Peterborough? Well let’s find out…
1 You can take one record to a desert island for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Axis as Bold as Love
2 Who is your favourite artist?
Jimi Hendrix
3 Favourite chord?
I don’t know it’s name!
4 Can God invent a rock that he cannot lift?
Nope… god IS the rock man!, yes sir.
5 Who did you last vote for in an election?
Labour when they got in to power…
6 Favourite fiction writer?
Tolkein
7 If you could invite 5 people to dinner (dead or alive) who would they be?
Peter Sellars, Hunter S. Thompson, Ken Casey, William Blake, Robert Anton Wilson.
8 What pisses you off?
90% of the human race!
9 What’s the best song you’ve ever written?
My last one
10 One wish – what would it be?
End needless pain.
11 Favourite band?
Jesus And Marychain
12 3 websites worth checking out?
http://www.b3ta.com/
http://www.rathergood.co.uk/
http://www.gilmourish.com/
13 Posters above your bed when you were a teenager?
Led Zepelin swan song poster… (the same one above Donny Darko‘s bed).
14 When was the last time you cried with laughter?
Watching a Billy Connelly DVD.
15 If you could learn and play one instrument, what would it be?
Banjo.
16 Preferred mode of travel?
Astral.
17 Shuffle your iPod – what are the first five songs that play?
I don’t have one.
18 Snowballs, snowmen, or sledging?
Snowgirls.
19 Best gig you’ve ever been to?
Super Furry Animals at The Forum.
20 What’s the most embarrassing record in your collection?
The Monkees.
21 Favourite drink?
Tea.
22 Drug of choice?
Hash cakes.
23 If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
A sloth.
24 And if you were a colour, what colour would you be?
Black with bright red flecks.
25 Are you good at any sports?
Yes.
26 Last book you read?
A Scanner Darkly.
27 First thing you think when you get up in the morning?
Shit, got to go to work.
28 Last thing you think when you go to bed?
I just empty my mind really.
29 Describe your music in three words?
Melodic swamp trash.
30 If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?
Boris Johnston.
31 Favourite comedian?
Jack Black.
32 What colour is your front door?
White.
33 Favourite film?
The Matrix
34 A quote that stuck in your head?
None
35 Favourite subject at school?
Art.
36 Which actor/actress would play you in a film about your life?
Sylvester Stallone.
37 What music makes you want to dance?
Loud dirty rock.
38 What should they write on your gravestone?
Here lies…
39 How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
Too many.
40 When did you first start writing your own songs?
14
41 What’s the weirdest thing you ever saw?
A man who was wearing a homemade wig… it was unbelievably bad.
42 Favourite smell?
Toast.
43 Favourite sound?
Breaking glass.
44 Swings, roundabout, chute, or climbing frame?
Swings are good.
45 Who is your favourite Beatle?
Lennon.
46 Point us in the direction of a band one of your friends is in?
My old drummer was in Mesh 29… They had a top 40 single.
47 A YouTube video the world should watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqC2URQstz4
48 Cats or dogs?
A catdog (see question 96)
49 If you had to join the circus what would you be?
Acrobat.
50 Favourite book?
Lord Of The Rings.
51 Have you ever been on TV?
No.
52 Have you ever been arrested?
Almost.
53 What songs do you (would you) sing at karaoke?
Only The Lonely
54 Have you ever seen a ghost?
Sort of.
55 How do you like your coffee? Or would you prefer a wee cup of tea?
Tea.
56 Punk or Raver? Mod or Goth? Hippy or Beatnik? If you had to label yourself, what
gang would you be in?
Beatnik.
57 What’s the worst job you ever had?
My current job.
58 What’s brown and sticky?
Toffee.
59 Do you have any recurring dreams?
No.
60 How many records have you released and which is your favourite?
One… Tulk…. Err, Tulk!
61 Where in the world would you like to go?
Poland.
62 Favourite kind of cloud?
Cumulous nimbus.
63 Favourite line from a song?
I gave my heart to a starship trooper.
64 What’s the music scene like where you live?
Crap.
65 Who would make up your dream band? (one singer, one guitarist, one bassist, one drummer, plus one extra)
Van Morrison (when he was 20‘ish), Hendrix, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood.
66 Favourite cover art?
Atom Heart Mother
67 Early bird or night owl?
Night Owl
68 Which of the seven sins are you?
Greed
69 Three words people use to describe you?
Funny, Eccentric, Ecclectic
70 You have ten minutes left to live, what would you do?
Take a deep breath.
71 Do you support any sports teams?
No.
71 What do you want for Christmas?
A new brain.
72 Favourite track from all the Daydream Generation compilations?
Quite a few… probably “Dinosaurs”
73 Can you cook up a storm in the kitchen?
I have good days and bad days.
74 What’s the first thing you remember?
The sound of laughter.
75 How do you go about writing a song?
Lyrics, then music.
76 When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
Two cold dead eyes.
77 What’s the best advice you were ever given?
Don’t worry be happy.
78 Do you smoke?
No.
79 Tell us a joke?
Knock Knock. Who’s there?… A Jehovah witness.
80 Pick a card, any card?
Ace of Spades.
81 One question you’ve never been able to answer?
That one
82 If you could travel back in time, when and where would you go?
Woodstock or the isle of white festival, yes sir.
83 Favourite philosopher?
None.
84 Do you have any pets?
A fish.
85 Ever climbed a mountain?
I’ve climbed a mountain in my soul, man.
86 What do you do in the real world to pay the rent?
Work in a warehouse.
87 Self-diagnosis: any psychiatric disorders?
Some minor issues maybe, but otherwise tip top.
88 Favourite poet?
Larkin.
89 What wouldn’t you do for a million dollars?
A lot of things.
90 Adrenalin junky?
Nahh, I like keeping it safe.
91 What bands have you been in?
Rattlestone, Skinny Ginger…
92 Favourite board game/computer game?
Rayman…
93 What kind of recording set-up do you have? Equipment etc.
Small mixer, monitors, a few mikes, an old PC and lots of effects pedals.
94 A character you love from a book or a film?
Frodo.
95 Who is the sexiest person in the history of the world?
Betty Page.
96 If you could genetically fuse two animals together what would they be? And what would it make?
Cat and a dod… catdog.
97 What kind of drunk are you?
A happy/depressive drunk.
98 What was the first record that really blew your mind?
“Honeys Dead” by The Jesus And Maychain.
99 What are your musical plans for the future?
We’ll see..
100 Got some websites of your own we can visit?
Nope.