Tom Dunne

We came to this country in the late 70s in a viking raid, which sadly proved to be 1100 years too late... Seeing as we were here we formed a band which was quite popular at the time and certainly proved a great way to learn English.There is now almost no trace of my original Nordic accent, although at times when very drunk or annoyed in traffic, I can curse fluently in Danish, Finnish and Norwegian.It was at this time also that I noticed on the radio a man called Dave Fanning. He appeared to do nothing and get paid for it and I resolved that when I had finished learning English with the band I would try and get his gig. It is in fact, much easier than I thought it would be.The main parts of my gig are getting records for free, then if I like the band, or they have a cute singer, we invite them in for an interview (see photo wall - "Tom and Friends"). Sometimes when their follow up albums are bad, I have to stop taking their calls and hide until they can no longer afford to call me.Although I know these people aren't my "real" friends, and our relationship is based on me playing their records, I don't mind. They seem real to me! Certainly as real as my friends in school, none of whom I hear from anymore...