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It would be good to meet up with people in London who have a similar taste. London's such a weird place, millions and millions of people here and we barely speak to one another.I'd especially like to meet James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy from DFA because quite frankly what they've done with a small NY electronic label is inspiring to everyone.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:
Paul
Birthday:
02nd December
Birthplace:
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Current Location:
West London
Eye Color:
Green
Hair Color:
It was light brown, now its all shaved
Height:
5ft 7
Right Handed or Left Handed:
Right
Your Heritage:
Northern British
The Shoes You Wore Today:
Nike Oregon Waffle
Your Weakness:
Great music / Laughter / Honesty / Ladies with a big smile and a glint in their eye
Your Fears:
So much, the world's a sick and scary place to live in these days.
Your Perfect Pizza:
Spinach and Ricotta
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:
Sort out my finances, continue to do the best job I can at work, continue to get fit, have a decent holiday - USA here I come!! Pass my driving test, sort out my mortgage then complete the work on my flat. I also aim to complete the Nike Run London 10km roadrace in under 50 minutes, help my parents move house and finally help my friend Miles to get the Vanilla Swingers live.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:
anyway......Really Seriously!!...at the end of the day.....
Thoughts First Waking Up:
I hope something good happens today...OR I hate that damn alarm clock
Your Best Physical Feature:
Big green eyes...so i'm told
Your Bedtime:
Generally around 11.30 during the week. Later on weekends. I'm a complete night owl, I start to wake up just as I should be going to sleep
Your Most Missed Memory:
Being totally in love and laying in bed for hours. Being a teenager with a wide eyed view of the world....and being able to grow my hair
Pepsi or Coke:
Diet Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King:
Neither, both are utterly rancid
Single or Group Dates:
Single...never been on a group date
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:
Neither....a good ole cup of tea thank you very much
Chocolate or Vanilla:
Chocolate cake, Vanilla Ice Cream (thats it Paul, sit on the fence!)
Cappuccino or Coffee:
Can I have a Latte? No, erm...I'll have a coffee
Do you Smoke:
No.
Do you Swear:
Not that much unless im watching the footie
Do you Sing:
Yes
Do you Shower Daily:
I certainly do...sometimes twice a day
Have you Been in Love:
Best three years of my life (so far). It makes the world a far nicer place to be
Do you want to go to College:
Been there, done that
Do you want to get Married:
Yes...If I meet the right person (again - I was engaged a few years ago), which at the minute is looking increasingly unlikely.
Do you belive in yourself:
Most of the time
Do you get Motion Sickness:
If I try and read a book in a car I do (when its moving, otherwise that would be terrible really)
Do you think you are Attractive:
look normal, I have good days and bad days..Wouldnt ever go so far as to proclaim i'm good looking, Vanity is a very bad trait
Are you a Health Freak:
I have periods of being a tad obsessed. I exercise regularly and eat decent food..
Do you get along with your Parents:
Very mush so.
Do you like Thunderstorms:
Love them
Do you play an Instrument:
Guitar and drums. If pushed I can play the odd tune on a piano or harmonica
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:
Yes
In the past month have you Smoked:
No, although I was out at a bar last week and im sure I must have passively smoked a whole pack
In the past month have you been on Drugs:
No
In the past month have you gone on a Date:
No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:
No - which is a good thing as malls are hell on earth
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:
NO
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:
No. fish needs to be cooked
In the past month have you been on Stage:
No
In the past month have you been Dumped:
No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:
No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:
No
Ever been Drunk:
This cannot be a serious question!
Ever been called a Tease:
I've been called a lot of things but a tease isnt one of them
Ever been Beaten up:
Too many times when I was younger. I was small, had long hair and an opinion about things which made me an easy target
Ever Shoplifted:
No
How do you want to Die:
Peacefully, with my family around me
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:
I wanted a to be a professional musician, constantly recording and on tour...i've ended up with a music degree and a job at a record label, i'm established as a DJ, and I write songs with a few friends,and I've just joined a very good band..so not too far out. I can't complain
What country would you most like to Visit:
I'd like to go back to Australia or America again. I'd also like to see more of Europe. I'd actually like to permantly move to Australia, England is finished
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:
Anything but red
Favourite Hair Color:
Not bothered but if pushed I suppose dark or maybe black, i've never actually even dated a girl with blonde hair which is really weird.
Short or Long Hair:
Long
Height:
Smaller than me
Weight:
Lighter than me
Best Clothing Style:
Sort of Mod, Bohemian, Indie ish. Anything that doesnt involve tracksuit bottoms and fake gold rings is a good start. BTW, What exactly is the point of Chavs??
Number of Drugs I have taken:
That would be telling...and i'm not
Number of CDs I own:
Thousands...I've pretty much filled two rooms in my flat.
Number of Piercings:
one
Number of Tattoos:
none yet
Number of things in my Past I Regret:
I've made a lot of mistakes.
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Music:
post punk / new wave/ indie /electro / psych / electronica / folk /alt rock /northern soul..
Movies:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind / Withnail and I / Jackie Brown / American Beauty / LA Confidential / The Fearless Freaks / Go! / The Virgin Suicides / Lost In Translation / Trainspotting / Dig! / 24 Hour Party People / Spun / Quadrophenia / Almost Famous / Pulp Fiction / Star Wars / Anything directed by Stanley Kubrick / Pretty much anything that comes out of the Pixar studios...I could go on and on....but I won't
Television:
QI / 24 / Live Sport / The Office/ Phoenix Nights / Room
101 / Weeds / 120 Minutes / Have I Got News For You / Top Gear / Gonzo /Never Mind The Buzzcocks / Spaced / This Life /Mock The Week / Panorama / South Bank Show / Documentaries / Life on Mars
Books:
Anything by: Nick Hornby/James Frey / Bill Bryson/Paolo Hewitt/Lester Bangs/Tony ParsonsT BZOINK.COM SURVEY CODE
Your Life: The Soundtrack
Opening credits: David Holmes - No Mans Land
Waking up: Slowdive - Rutti
Average day: David Bowie - The Bewley Brothers
First date: Veruca Salt - Somebody / Violent Femmes - Add It Up / Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life
Falling in love: Air - You Make It Easy / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Are You The One That Ive Been Waiting For
Love scene: Otis Reading - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Fight scene: Hole - Violet / Sonic Youth - Tunic / Amusement Parks on Fire - Back To Flash
Breaking up: Depeche Mode - Precious / World Party - And I Fell back Alone
Getting back together: Bjork - One Day / Lemonheads - My Drug Buddy
Secret love: Delia & Gavin - Relevee / Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
Life's okay: Josh Rouse - Winter In The Hamptons / The Kinks - Days
Mental breakdown: The Orb - A Large Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from The Centre Of The Ultraworld / Primal Scream - Damaged / Kristen Hirsch - The Letter
Driving: Mercury Rev - The Funny Bird / Midlake - Roscoe
Learning a lesson: R.E.M. - Fall On Me / Super Furry Animals - Demons /
Deep thought: Flaming Lips - Do You Realize or Race For The Prize
Flashback: New Order - Temptation / The Cure - A Forest / Talking Heads - Cities
Partying: Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People / The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Pete Heller Mix) / LCD Soundsystem - Beat Connection
Happy dance: A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray / Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House / Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler / Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
Regreting: John Martyn - Over The Hill / The La' s - Looking Glass
Long night alone: The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved me / Elliott Smith - I Didnt Understand
Death scene: Joy Division - The Eternal
Closing credits: The Beach Boys - God Only Knows / Johnny Cash - Hurt
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Heroes:
BILL HICKS, JOHN PEEL, MARTIN HANNETT, DANIEL MILLER, DEPECHE MODE, MUTE RECORDS, JOHNNY MARR, LESTER BANGS, TALKING HEADS, KRAFTWERK, ANTHONY H WILSON, FACTORY RECORDS, LENNY BRUCE, BRIAN WILSON, PATTI SMITH, ROB LEE, MODULAR RECORDS,DOMINO RECORDS,BEATLES, JAMES MURPHY, DAVID BOWIE, LOU REED, TIM GOLDSWORTHY, JOE HARVEY, GANG OF FOUR, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, GREG DULLI, HAPPY MONDAYS, KING TUBBY, SONIC YOUTH, WAYNE COYNE, JONATHAN DONAHUE, FFRR RECORDS, GRAND ROYAL, THE DANDY WARHOLS, LEE SCRATCH PERRY,SUGARHILL RECORDS, SOULWAX, ALAN VEGA, PRIMAL SCREAM, BEASTIE BOYS, THE DOORS, MICK RONSON, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE,ANDY WEATHERALL, ALAN MCGEE, PEACHES, JOHN MARTYN, BRIAN ENO, MARK E SMITH,CREATION RECORDS, SUBPOP RECORDS,BLONDIE, HUNTER S THOMPSON, STEVE RUBELL, HILLY KRISTAL, TERRY FARLEY, THE ORB, THE PRODIGY, STEVEN DROYZD, WILLIAM BURROUGHS, DAVID BOWIE, ROXY MUSIC, ARTS & CRAFTS RECORD(CANADA), STANLEY KUBRICK, JASON SPACEMAN, MARVIN GAYE, JAH WOBBLE, ALDOUS HUXLEY, NEIL TENNANT & CHRIS LOWE, ARTHUR BAKER, RUSS WINSTANLEY, ROUGH TRADE RECORDS, LIQUID LIQUID, BILL DRUMMOND, MICHAEL IVINS, NEW ORDER / JOY DIVISION / JOHNNY MARR, KEVIN SHIELDS, KEVIN ROWLAND, DAFT PUNK, R.E.M, JACK KEROUAC,FRANK BLACK,DJ SHADOW, JAMES BROWN, TWO TONE RECORDS, CAN, IGGY POP, MADONNA, MUTE RECORDS, NICK DRAKE, AUGUSTUS PABLO, THE CLASH, UNDERWORLD, 4AD RECORDS, PETER SAVILLE, PIAS, THE CURE, VAUGHAN OLIVER, CABARET VOLTAIRE, PRINCE, THE MC5, SONIC YOUTH, BILLY BRAGG,SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, WILLIAM ORBIT, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PADDY MCALOON,INXS,TROJAN RECORDS, RAY DAVIES, PETER MEADEN, MOTOWN,..START BZOINK.COM SURVEY CODE
Odd Facts about ME
DO YOU SNORE?: Sometimes - Especially after a beer.
LOVER OR A FIGHTER?: Lover
WHAT'S YOUR WORST FEAR?: A painful death
AS A KID, WERE YOU A LEGO BUILDER?: I was. Lego was great
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF "REALITY TV"?: Brainless crappy television for a nation of non thinkers - A scam dreamt up by phone and television companies to fleece the nation of its intellect
DO YOU CHEW ON YOUR STRAWS?: no
WERE YOU A CUTE BABY?: Apparently so...I don't know what the hell happened
HOW IS THE SINGLE LIFE FOR YOU?: It can be VERY lonely but it has a lot of plus points
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR KEYBOARD?: sort of beige
DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?: I do - great acoustics in the bathroom
HAVE YOU EVER BUNGEE JUMPED?: No. I'm not mad
ANY SECRET TALENTS?: Erm - possibly
WHAT'S YOUR IDEAL VACATION SPOT?: Somewhere with a non too busy city, a near by beach, cool people, decent weather and a laid back attitude
HAVE YOU EATEN SUSHI?: I really can't get my head around eating uncooked fish
HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOVIE "DONNIE DARKO"?: I have. I own the DVD. Its amazing
DO YOU GIVE A DARN ABOUT THE OZONE?: I do, but its going to take a mighty effort from everybody to fix it.
HOW MANY LICKS DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE CENTER OF A TOOTSIE POP?: Who's Tootsie Pop??
CAN YOU SING THE ALPHABET BACKWARDS?: No.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON AN AIRPLANE?: Lots of times. I get really bad problems. Generally lose my hearing for a couple of hours after landing.
ARE SPEEDO'S HOT?: NO - Im from Newcastle, not Miami Beach
WHAT'S YOUR STAND ON HUNTING?: Hunting to eat is fair enough (I suppose), Hunting as a "Sport" is sick
IS MARRIAGE IN YOUR FUTURE?: I'd like it to be - unfortunately the small problem of finding somebody who will put up with me is holding this up
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?: I don't mind
WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO?: Cats, Grass - I get REALLY bad hayfever
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAID, "I LOVE YOU": Yesterday
IS TUPAC STILL ALIVE?: I couldnt care less.
DO YOU CRY AT WEDDINGS?: No
HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR EGGS?: Scrambled or Fried
ARE BLONDES DUMB?: No
WHERE DOES THE OTHER SOCK END UP?: If I knew that I'd be able to find it
WHAT TIME IS IT?: 13.53
DO YOU HAVE A NICKNAME?: Jeffers
IS MCDONALD'S DISGUSTING?: It's vile.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A CAR?: About a week ago
DO YOU PREFER BATHS OR SHOWERS?: Showers
IS SANTA CLAUSE REAL?: No - Otherwise Ive been dishing out loads of presents unnecessarily
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?: No.
WHAT ARE YOU ADDICTED TO?: Music / Running
CRUNCHY OR CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER?: Neither
HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN IN AN AMBULANCE?: Yes
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BRUSHED YOUR TEETH TODAY?: Once
IS DRUG FREE THE WAY TO BE?: Definitely - if you can manage it
ARE YOU WEARING SOCKS?: I am
HAVE YOU EVER HITCH HIKED?: Nope - I saw 'The Hitcher' as a kid and it scared me to death
WHAT COLOR ARE YOUR EYES?: Green
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: A few weeks ago when I found out somebody I know had died
DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE?: Its OK. There are things I need to improve to make it better and I'm working on that
WHOSE LIFE IS BETTER?: This is a strange question. I suppose anybody who has a" partner" can generally make the best of everything else life throws at them
ARE YOU PSYCHIC?: I knew you were going to ask that
HAVE YOU READ "CATCHER IN THE RYE"?: Yes
DO YOU PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS?: Guitar and Drums.
CAN YOU SKATEBOARD?: No
DO YOU LIKE CAMPING?: Not especially
DO U SNORT WHEN U LAUGH?: No
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?: Yes
IS A DOG A MAN'S BEST FRIEND?: No.
YOU BELIEVE IN DIVORCE?: As a last resort.
CAN YOU DO THE MOONWALK?: No.
DOES YOUR MOM KNOW YOU HAVE A MYSPACE?: I think so.
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?: Carrot and Walnut cake
DO YOU WEAR NAILPOLISH?: No
DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE RIGHT NOW?: "I want the one I can't have and its driving me mad, It's written all over my face"
WHAT'S THE MOST ANNOYING TV COMMERCIAL?: The AA - buchering 'Youve got a friend" and dropping out every 8th bar so it would fit into a 30 second slot
DO YOU SHOP AT AMERICAN EAGLE?: No
FAVORITE BAND AT THE MOMENT?: LCD Soundsystem / I have lots of fave bands but I've seen LCD twice in the last four weeks and i'm seeing them at least another two times before August.
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