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the moog

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About Me

Hello. I am me. I have no idea how to describe myself. I get on with (and like) most people. Especially if they talk to me. I think most people like me too but they might be pretending. My job is doing techie stuff for the Beeb (but I'm far too much of a backroom boy to meet anyone famous). I like music. I used to play various woodwind instruments in various bands and orchestras and twiddle the knobs behind the mixing desk at gigs. But these days the closest involvement I have is to run the Chikinki fan site with Amanda and occasionally being helpful on the Chikinki message board . And going to loads of (but not enough) gigs. I like drinking beer in pubs. But don't get me talking about Glastonbury because I'll never shut up about it. It's about the only interesting thing that ever happens to me. I don't look anything like the picture in my profile. And my name's not The Moog either. It's Tim.

My Interests

Music. Mainly listing, but playing too if I get a chance. Glastonbury. Reading (books, not the festival. Although I might like that too, but I've never been). Beer. Techie stuff. Sport (watching, not doing).

I'd like to meet:

People. Is that specific enough?

Music:

Air, Aphex Twin, Beck, Bjork, Broadcast, Chikinki (see the fan site ), John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Nick Drake, Beth Gibbons, Gravenhurst, Herbie Hancock, Mercury Rev, Joanna Newsom, Ozomatli, Portishead, Radiohead, Shostakovich. For starters, anyway.

Movies:

Amelie, Dancer in the Dark, Fargo, Leon, Pulp Fiction, The Station Agent, Magnolia, Usual Suspects

Television:

Brasseye, The Day Today, Have I Got News For You, Look Around You, Newsnight, The Simpsons, Yes Minister

Books:

George Orwell, Ernest Hemmingway, Joseph Heller. Biographies of the famous and infamous. And spy stuff for a bit of light relief.

Heroes:

Peter Cook, John Peel, John Simpson, my mum. Not necessarily in that order.