Lu
QUESTIONAIRE - 2009
IF THE CONCORDE WAS AROUND, WOULD YOU TRAVEL IN IT?
Probably not
WOULD YOU CONSIDER IMMIGRATING?
Only if it were for career opportunities. I think South Africans give SA a hard time. We got great weather, lovely landscape, beautiful girls ... Only thing that attracts me about overseas, is watching live music.
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY...
Sleep in late, drink some coffee, work on music all day, invite some mates over - have a laugh - and then go out somewhere at night.
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY LISTENING TO?
Lots and lots of Motown and in particular a Holland-Dozier-Holland compilation I made for myself. Also a band called The Veils ... they're phenomenal!
IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WHAT IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM?
The Impressions 'This Is My Country'. This is an album I can just never get away from and it's my idea of perfection. The bass playing is phenomenal, Curtis Mayfield's voice is unsurpassable and the arrangements are mind blowing. It also reminds me of being in Europe in 1999 where I listened to it constantly.
MOD OR ROCKER?
Rod.
IF A TREE WERE TO FALL IN A FOREST - NO ONE'S THERE - DOES IT MAKE A NOISE?
Of course not!
IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
All this philosophy??? .... If you're drinking it's half empty and if you're filling it, it's half full!
CHINA OR JAPAN?
Vietnam
WHAT INGREDIENTS WOULD GO INTO YOUR FAVOURITE MILKSHAKE?
Bourbon
HOW MANY DIMPLES DOES A GOLF BALL HAVE?
Jeez man, I don't know!
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SATURDAY NIGHT LISTENING?
Sly & The Family Stone, MC5/The Stooges, The Clash, anything by the The House Of Love ... something punky, something ballsy.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SUNDAY MORNING LISTENING?
Anything soft, sad & slow .. Nick Drake, Miles Davis.
CURRY OR PIZZA?
Curry thanks
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
Morrissey/Marr - The Severed Alliance by Johnny Rogan
WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE NOT A MUSICIAN?
A rocket scientist.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
Nope
WHAT DO YOU WATCH ON TELLY?
TV is crap! I mostly watch borrowed DVD's..
DESCRIBE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR
I've been told it's sardonic, morose, silly, sarcastic and ironic...
WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR?
Boring
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MONEY?
Boring
YOU'RE OFTEN OVERHEARD SAYING WHAT?
"...you've GOTTA listen to this..."
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARE.....?
Disproving religion
WOULD YOU LET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE DIE TO SAVE YOUR HOMETOWN?
I think I'd prefer it, if nobody dies....
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QUESTIONAIRE - 2008
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT:
The first album I ever bought for myself, was Speak & Spell by Depeche Mode on cassette, in 1990 from the CNA. The first album that I can remember that left an impression on me, was a NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC... compilation from about 1987 and it had things like Black, The Pet Shop Boys and A-HA on it - I played that tape to death
WHAT WAS THE LAST ALBUM YOU REALLY ENJOYED:
The last great album I've heard is definitely the new JIM NEVERSINK album, 'Shaky Is Good' . It blows me away because it's as good as any music I've ever heard.. Also digging my usual fave's - Primal Scream Beautiful Future & Paul Weller 22 Dreams.
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE:
I always wanted to do something extraordinary ... I used to imagine that I'd be flying something or other when I grew up ... (I guess they call that a pilot...)
WHAT SOOTHES YOU:
Love, good red wine, Marvin Gaye
WHAT IRKS YOU:
The abuse of nature - the greatest and most beautiful facet of the Earth...
WHO WOULD YOU GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR:
Blubelle, My Mum & Sister, some very close friends, and Music
FAVOURITE WORD:
Seconds....
WHERE IS THE SPIRIT LOCATED:
What kind of 'spirit' are we talking about here? The spirits are usually located behind the bar - and I don't believe in ghosts...
WHO/WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION:
I get most of my inspiration from the fantastic friends I have...People who share the same outlook on life and similar tastes as myself. I also get inspiration from films/books/magazines and from some of the most mundane things in life ... like a park bench!
FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:
Chelsea Boots
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET:
Johnny Marr is probably the one person I'd really like to meet.. He's been massive in my life and I suspect we'd share a similar sense of humour. Possibly also Robert de Niro, Guy Chadwick, Jesus...
FAVOURITE DESTINATION:
South Africa
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC:
Yes, it's a song by the Turtles... (...er, The Lovin' Spoonful actually .... Mart...)
BEST THING ABOUT 2008 SO FAR:
Recording The One Night Stands album has been one of the funnest and most exciting experiences of my life .... and I got to play a Rickenbacker!
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Martin
QUESTIONAIRE - 2009
IF THE CONCORDE WAS AROUND, WOULD YOU TRAVEL IN IT?
Yes
WOULD YOU CONSIDER IMMIGRATING?
Yes
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY...
Waking up with Pam, going to antique shops, having a good pasta, watching a movie that will make me cry, playing a gig, having a glass of wine, making a few phone calls, watching the sun come up..
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY LISTENING TO?
The new Black Hotels is brilliant, Luna as ever, and Nick Cave's 'Kicking Against The Pricks' is on heavy rotation.
IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WHAT IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM?
Talk Talk - 'Spirit Of Eden'
MOD OR ROCKER?
Mod
IF A TREE WERE TO FALL IN A FOREST - NO ONE'S THERE - DOES IT MAKE A NOISE?
Yes it does.
IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
Empty. I am the world champ pessimist.
CHINA OR JAPAN?
Neither
WHAT INGREDIENTS WOULD GO INTO YOUR FAVOURITE MILKSHAKE?
Sorbet & Vodka
HOW MANY DIMPLES DOES A GOLF BALL HAVE?
It's all in the back swing!
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SATURDAY NIGHT LISTENING?
I like the Infadels to get me on the floor, Hot Chip, some Northern Soul, some T-Rex, basically everything I play when I DJ...
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SUNDAY MORNING LISTENING?
Mercury Rev - 'Deserter's Songs', any Talk Talk, some Spiritualized.
CURRY OR PIZZA?
I like a good curry.
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
The Time Traveller's Wife, Slapstick or Lonesome No More - Kurt Vonnegut, Rock Bottom by Pamella Des Barres
WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE NOT A MUSICIAN?
I'd like to be a journalist. I am very nosy/inquisitive
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
'Worst Week Of My Life' has me in stitches, the Graham Norton Show, Masterchef.
WHAT DO YOU WATCH ON TELLY?
Football, cooking, deep introspective weepies!
DESCRIBE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR
I think it's black, others just call me sarcastic!
WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR?
Steven Gerrard ... join a proper club Stevie, they're dragging you down
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MONEY?
I wish I had enough to buy an antiques shop.
YOU'RE OFTEN OVERHEARD SAYING WHAT?
"...but I've always had a crush on you..."
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARE.....?
Boring
WOULD YOU LET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE DIE TO SAVE YOUR HOMETOWN?
No. my hometown can go up in flames.
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QUESTIONAIRE - 2008
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT:
The Stooges - True Story. I used to spend every afternoon going through my mom's old records, and there was this Peter, Paul & Mary or whatever album that was pretty battered, so I played it and that's when I heard 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' for the first time. It was unlike the stuff that my mom used to play. She had the Beatles and the Beach Boys on all the time, but this was something else. It was only years later when I heard 'dog' at a club in Camden that I realized it was what I heard when I was 8.
WHAT WAS THE LAST ALBUM YOU REALLY ENJOYED:
LCD Soundsytem - Sound Of Silver & Tindersticks - Hungry Saw
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE:
Either a vet or Adam Ant.
WHAT SOOTHES YOU:
Sally Cinnamon, Stella, Mogli
WHAT IRKS YOU:
Unpunctuality - cruelty to animals.
WHO WOULD YOU GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR:
My mom, my sisters, my nieces, my cats, Mark Hollis
FAVOURITE WORD:
Knob
WHERE IS THE SPIRIT LOCATED:
At the moment, very, very deep underground..The monkeys are holding it hostage
WHO/WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION:
Musically I get inspired when I hear something that has elements of everything I like, noise, rhythm, honeyed voices, reverb and a certain amount of regret. It makes me wish I had played on that album and I will spend a large portion of my waking days pretending that I had.
FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:
My black suit that I bought at a second hand shop in Germiston in about 1995. It doesn't fit as well as it use to mind..
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET:
Dead : Kurt Vonnegut, Alive : Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips. Then just Britta
FAVOURITE DESTINATION:
Not that I've been there, but I do believe New York and I would be firm friends. I did spend a long weekend in Paris which was one of those perfect times. Great weather. Great friends. No great sex though. I was going through a barren patch!
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC:
No
BEST THING ABOUT 2008 SO FAR:
Not worrying about my job as much as I used or should do. My new bird and of-course getting to release an album, although the rate that it's going, it might be the best thing about 2009...
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Sarah
QUESTIONAIRE - 2009
IF THE CONCORDE WAS AROUND, WOULD YOU TRAVEL IN IT?
Yes, I think it would be quite a trip!
WOULD YOU CONSIDER IMMIGRATING?
Only if I was being paid a fortune to do it.
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY...
My ideal day would be a completely open day with no plans so that I could choose to do anything I felt like doing at that moment.
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY LISTENING TO?
The new CSS album.
IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WHAT IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM?
The Cure - 'Wish' - for nostaligic reasons.
MOD OR ROCKER?
Both.
IF A TREE WERE TO FALL IN A FOREST - NO ONE'S THERE - DOES IT MAKE A NOISE?
Yes
IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
Totall Full
CHINA OR JAPAN?
Japan, because apprently it's big in Japan...
WHAT INGREDIENTS WOULD GO INTO YOUR FAVOURITE MILKSHAKE?
Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate
HOW MANY DIMPLES DOES A GOLF BALL HAVE?
99
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SATURDAY NIGHT LISTENING?
Marvin Gaye - 'What's Going On'.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SUNDAY MORNING LISTENING?
anything by Nina Simone.
CURRY OR PIZZA?
Curry.
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
A really boring book that I can't even remember it's name not sure why I'm still reading it maybe in the hope that something exciting will finally happen!
WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE NOT A MUSICIAN?
A Film maker
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
The Mighty Boosh
WHAT DO YOU WATCH ON TELLY?
Not much, sometimes the news or the amazing race.
DESCRIBE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR
Dry, dark sometimes people just don't get it
WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR?
Not into sports
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MONEY?
It's evil but it would be nice to have some more
YOU'RE OFTEN OVERHEARD SAYING WHAT?
Not sure really ... why who is listening?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARE.....?
Playing God.
WOULD YOU LET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE DIE TO SAVE YOUR HOMETOWN?
No.
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QUESTIONAIRE - 2008
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT:
An Alice In Wonderland record with the story narrated to the music - I still love Alice to this day!
WHAT WAS THE LAST ALBUM YOU REALLY ENJOYED:
The new Jim Neversink. PJ Harvey 'White Chalk'.
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE:
An astronaut, I love the stars!
WHAT SOOTHES YOU:
A bath with candles, red wine and good music
WHAT IRKS YOU:
What humans have done to the Earth and people that cut in the traffic.
WHO WOULD YOU GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR:
My man, my family, my friends.
FAVOURITE WORD:
Don't have one.
WHERE IS THE SPIRIT LOCATED:
Everywhere
WHO/WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION:
People who live their dreams and stay humble.
FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:
My red shoes, my red velvet jacket that I bought in Camden, London.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET:
Anton Corbijn, he is my hero! Although I'd probably be quite shy and not know what to say..
FAVOURITE DESTINATION:
There are loads of places to that I'd like to travel to in the world. But generally anywhere that is surounded by nature
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC:
Definitely
BEST THING ABOUT 2008 SO FAR:
The One Night Stands recording!
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Eddie
QUESTIONAIRE - 2009
IF THE CONCORDE WAS AROUND, WOULD YOU TRAVEL IN IT?
I'm a musician I can't afford it man, are you mad?
WOULD YOU CONSIDER IMMIGRATING?
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY...
Beach, babes, booz
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY LISTENING TO?
Spoon, Bon Iver, Black Keys, Chris Cornell a few different bands.
IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE WHAT IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM?
Rock and Roll by Ryan Adams is good but then there's also Metallica - Justic for all. There are so many to listen to ,it all depends on what you like as a person.
MOD OR ROCKER?
Rocker
IF A TREE WERE TO FALL IN A FOREST - NO ONE'S THERE - DOES IT MAKE A NOISE?
If a bear shits in the woods does it stink?? Come on man.
IS THE GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
Ha.. mines always empty.. Drink up !!!
CHINA OR JAPAN?
Japan because they had the balls to bomb America
WHAT INGREDIENTS WOULD GO INTO YOUR FAVOURITE MILKSHAKE?
Don't drink milkshake I'm in a band, man
HOW MANY DIMPLES DOES A GOLF BALL HAVE?
Depends on if you can remember where you started counting.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SATURDAY NIGHT LISTENING?
Not sure really
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE SUNDAY MORNING LISTENING?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
CURRY OR PIZZA?
Pizza
WHAT ARE YOU CURRENTLY READING?
These questions
WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WERE NOT A MUSICIAN?
Production manager
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE TV PROGRAM?
South Park, King Of The Hill
WHAT DO YOU WATCH ON TELLY?
DESCRIBE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR
Twisted yet compassionate
WHO'S YOUR FAVOURITE SPORTS STAR?
Homer Simpson
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MONEY?
There is never enough, I'm not saying it will buy you happiness but it helps man.
YOU'RE OFTEN OVERHEARD SAYING WHAT?
“...Can I have another beer...”
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARE.....?
Good advances in the human race, cause without it I wouldn't be able to e-mail this back to ya
WOULD YOU LET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE DIE TO SAVE YOUR HOMETOWN?
Hell no, what are you crazy......we talking about Boksburg here
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT:
Sheesh it's been a while mmmmm........If I remember correctly it might have been Metalica Black or G'nR Spaghetti Incident
WHAT WAS THE LAST ALBUM YOU REALLY ENJOYED:
There has been so many lately that I've enjoyed, Blind Pilot - Three Rounds and a Sound , Bright Eyes - V's Her Space Holiday, Frank Black - Bluefinger and plensh more
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE:
A pilot....
WHAT SOOTHES YOU:
Good music, good friends, good times man.
WHAT IRKS YOU:
Olives on pittza and green beans
WHO WOULD YOU GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FOR:
My rockin chick.. Monz
FAVOURITE WORD:
Mmmmm.........Don't think I can write that..... Can I ?
WHERE IS THE SPIRIT LOCATED:
Ha that depends on which friends house you're at.
WHO/WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST SOURCE OF INSPIRATION:
Keith Moon (The Who) Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and Music of all types
FAVOURITE ITEM OF CLOTHING:
My jean pant wiff my belt.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET:
FAVOURITE DESTINATION:
Local :- The Drakensburg Mountain's
Abroad :- I'll let you know, would like to go to the Camor Islands, like I said I'll let ya know.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC:
Only if it's done by Jason Black
BEST THING ABOUT 2010 SO FAR:
I got back behind my kit and met an awsome girl, Monique ooh la la.