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firemasque. Comment and I'll pick 7 of your Interests for you to write about.
attila the stockbroker
This guy is incredible - purely on the back of an underground cult following he's made a living as a singer-songwriter and performance poet for 25 years. I discovered him by accident at Uni, when I was pottering around alone in the offices of the Students' Union newspaper and found a copy of his album 'Donkeys' Years'. The witty comment on the sleeve pricked my curiosity and I stuck it straight on the record player. Attila's politics were left up my street, and his humour - and the fact he was a devoted football fan - drew me in. Within an hour I'd hit the West End to buy the album on tape from the Virgin Megastore. A few weeks later I saw him live with John Otway at a little venue somewhere in West London and I've been a devoted fan ever since.
falsifying statistics
I don't know who started this jolly wheeze, butandthatisthat asked all his friends to add it to their interests so I did.
iambic pentameter
As a child I discovered the poetry of Pope and later Chaucer, both of whom used this metre for most of their work. I loved it and still do.
south coast idol
I heard of this competition for local singers and bands in spring 2006. I love X Factor-style talent shows (and the acts in this competition actually play an instrument), but didn't have the funds to go along and see any of the heats - then had to miss the final because of mayoral duties. I did, though, see some of the finalists perform at the Gosport Festival that summer, including the beautiful and very talented winner, Amy Briant. So this year I went along to one heat, until skintness interfered again, but I did make it to the final this time. Despite my disappointment with the judges' dance and R&B bias, and the farce of there being no winner, I'll be back again next year - when the competition will be national and renamed Live & Unsigned.
strawberry switchblade
Since Yesterday is one of my favourite pop singles. Alas, I've so far not obtained a copy of their album. I did buy one via Amazon Marketplace a few years ago but it was lost in the post and never turned up ;(
touch the truck
I only heard about this endurance marathon, shown on Five, the day after it ended, and bitterly regretted missing it. I live in hope of a repeat run.
vanilla ninja
When I heard their song Club Kung Fu, from the Estonian selection for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, I was immediately addicted to it and couldn't understand how the judges preferred that dull song by Ruffus. Having been unable to buy their CD, sold only in Estonia, online, I found the e-mail address of one of the Ninja girls on a Eurovision fan's blog and e-mailed her. She sent a charming reply and suggested I e-mail their record label; I did so, and eventually, after having to go to my bank and go through the complicated procedure of an international money transfer, I finally got my CD. Delighted that they've since become massive in Germany, and took their rightful place on the Eurovision stage in 2005 (I felt a little guilty that I voted for Moldova's drum-beating granny that year). I live for the day when the UK succumbs to their charms and their CDs appear on our shops' racks.
firemasque. Comment and I'll pick 7 of your Interests for you to write about.attila the stockbroker
This guy is incredible - purely on the back of an underground cult following he's made a living as a singer-songwriter and performance poet for 25 years. I discovered him by accident at Uni, when I was pottering around alone in the offices of the Students' Union newspaper and found a copy of his album 'Donkeys' Years'. The witty comment on the sleeve pricked my curiosity and I stuck it straight on the record player. Attila's politics were left up my street, and his humour - and the fact he was a devoted football fan - drew me in. Within an hour I'd hit the West End to buy the album on tape from the Virgin Megastore. A few weeks later I saw him live with John Otway at a little venue somewhere in West London and I've been a devoted fan ever since.
falsifying statistics
I don't know who started this jolly wheeze, but
andthatisthat asked all his friends to add it to their interests so I did.iambic pentameter
As a child I discovered the poetry of Pope and later Chaucer, both of whom used this metre for most of their work. I loved it and still do.
south coast idol
I heard of this competition for local singers and bands in spring 2006. I love X Factor-style talent shows (and the acts in this competition actually play an instrument), but didn't have the funds to go along and see any of the heats - then had to miss the final because of mayoral duties. I did, though, see some of the finalists perform at the Gosport Festival that summer, including the beautiful and very talented winner, Amy Briant. So this year I went along to one heat, until skintness interfered again, but I did make it to the final this time. Despite my disappointment with the judges' dance and R&B bias, and the farce of there being no winner, I'll be back again next year - when the competition will be national and renamed Live & Unsigned.
strawberry switchblade
Since Yesterday is one of my favourite pop singles. Alas, I've so far not obtained a copy of their album. I did buy one via Amazon Marketplace a few years ago but it was lost in the post and never turned up ;(
touch the truck
I only heard about this endurance marathon, shown on Five, the day after it ended, and bitterly regretted missing it. I live in hope of a repeat run.
vanilla ninja
When I heard their song Club Kung Fu, from the Estonian selection for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, I was immediately addicted to it and couldn't understand how the judges preferred that dull song by Ruffus. Having been unable to buy their CD, sold only in Estonia, online, I found the e-mail address of one of the Ninja girls on a Eurovision fan's blog and e-mailed her. She sent a charming reply and suggested I e-mail their record label; I did so, and eventually, after having to go to my bank and go through the complicated procedure of an international money transfer, I finally got my CD. Delighted that they've since become massive in Germany, and took their rightful place on the Eurovision stage in 2005 (I felt a little guilty that I voted for Moldova's drum-beating granny that year). I live for the day when the UK succumbs to their charms and their CDs appear on our shops' racks.
