BORN:

June 11, 1969.

EDUCATED:

High School

OTHER OCCUPATIONS:

A bit of dishwashing, a bit of talking on the phone..

FAVOURITE RECORDS:

"Where do you even start? I'll give you the obvious ones:"
Taxi Driver Soundtrack (or any Bernard Herrman); Talk Talk 'Laughing Stock'; Donna Summer's Greatest Hits; Stevie Wonder 'Inner Visions'; Mahler's 9th.
Classic Rock: Led Zeppelin 'Houses Of The Holy'; The Rolling Stones 'Let It Bleed'; The Beatles 'Revolver'; Yes 'Fragile'; David Bowie 'Low'.
New: Belle And Sebastian 'If You're Feeling Sinister'; any Stereolab; all of the great new shit - Aphex Twin; Mogwai; Add N To X; Air; Sleep... too many to mention!

FAVOURITE BANDS:

"I'm only listing current bands - I'd have to write a book!"
Sleep; Stereolab; Belle And Sebastian; Mogwai; Royal Trux; Air...

FAVOURITE FILMS/TV/BOOKS:

Bladerunner; Midnight Express; Withnail And I; Kingpin; Permanent Midnight - "that's deserving of five stars: *****"; "I just read all trashy celebrity biographies..."

FAVOURITE ACTORS/DIRECTORS/AUTHORS:

"Minnie Driver!!"
Benecio Del Torres; Stanley Kubrick; William S. Burroughs; Victor Bockris.

FAVOURITE PHRASE:

"(to) Put the kibosh on.." - "I thought it was an old Yiddish phrase, but it's Irish. A kibosh was a hat that a man condemned to die had to wear."

LIKES:

Beautiful smart women - "Preferrably smarter than me - which isn't too difficult.."; midnight croquet; the Tube.

BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON CAREER:

My older brother - he had all the good records.

RESIDENCE:

Norman, Oklahoma - "With two mates in a shit house."

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR EPITAPH TO BE?:

"I promise to try harder next time..."