Your name: chris
Your online/nickname: chris!
Web page URL: http://www.ubu.brad.ac.uk/~infest/
Age: 21
Birthday: 13/03
Gender: male
Location: living in bradford, originally from Welwyn Garden City (just north of the M25)
Height/weight: 5 feet 1inches (approx 11 stone)
Current haircolour/style: brown, partly bleached dreads (shaven back and
sides)
Natural hair colour: brown!
Eye colour: brown
Religion: the great outdoors + the god of repetative beats
Siblings: 1 brother (older aged 28)
Children: none
Relationship status: lots of months with a hip young thing named lee
Occupation: just graduated in archaeology, part time ent's assistant at bradford uni, up and coming promoter and venue supervisor (any offers!?)
Pets: my girlie friends cats (i love 'em as my own) toxic and steed (brothers)
Computer you're on: P2 400 with W98 - 128Mb ram - punny 4.3 Gb HD
Books: currently, Julian Cope's "The Modern Antiquarian" + the sleeve notes to Spahn Ranch's "Beat Noir" CD! oh yes - Delia Smith's complete cookery course
Movies: Blade Runner (Directors Cut), Star Wars (original trilogy), 5th Element, Leon, Contact etc etc.
Poems: any by Julian Cope or Spike Milligan
Television shows: MTV Select, VH1 popup video, C4 documentaries
Songs: Remnants + Fire... by Spahn Ranch, Figurehead by Covenant, Tower of Strength By the Mish, 9 while 9 by the sisters, NMA back catalogue
Bands/musicians: Julian Cope, New Model Army, all of the cheesy 80's pop goth stuff (ie SOM + AAE), anything "Manly, Teutonic and Hard as Nails" (ie covenant + man(i)kin etc), 80's pop (ie duran duran + DM), the odd bit of krautrock or similar 70's stuff (ie amon duul + Gong) - psychedelic trance (ie juno reactor + astral projection) - that's quite enough, i could go on...
Board games: Star Wars Monopoly, puzzles at xmas with the folks.
Computer games: Quake 2, Unreal, Warcraft 2
Other games: twister (strip! - at parties)
Magazines: national geographic, tomb raver!, lad mags (so long as i don't have to waste the money on them!) bizarre, skin2 (if it's about)
Places to visit: (i recommend:) Austrian villages, Munich, Crete, Bradford! (i would like to:) Berlin, New Zealand (to see my cousin), zillo festival
Food: mushroom korma (bradford style) vegitarian pizza, anything with sweet chilli flavours, cheese.
Colours: black, electric blue, green, silver - oh, it rather looks like it changes quite a bit, so lets say Red!
Drinks: white tea (no sugar), lager in stubbies, tequila, juices (any).
What other newsgroups do you read: to be honest, i spend so much time replying to emails and skimming UPG, i havn't bothered! - you'll be pleased to hear that i have just subscribed to rec.music.industrial - it seems fairly apropriate to my tastes...
To which mailing lists are you susbscribed: chaos engine, narcissus pool, precipice (now defunkt) plus lots of others that infest has been subscribed to by various bands/orgs
How long have you been reading UPG: since early 99
What has been your favorite thread on UPG: oh god, i've really no idea!
What are some of your hobbies: in no particular order: computer games, music (listening), DJing, archaeology (reading about).
What's the motto you adhere to: (i've tried a few, but few seem to hold water, but...) remember to look out for those close to you, and don't shit on those who don't deserve it.
What's is your personal stupid human trick: entire bic biro up the nose - ala jim rose and his block head trick
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: running a big club, with regular live events, catering for any underground scene which has enough support to sell tickets!
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: staying power / the ability to stick to my beliefs like a dogmatic little bugger
What do you think is your best asset: anal retentiveness (good organisation) + fast talking ability
What do you think is the worst thing about you: paranoia
What do you value most in a friend: e.s.p. and general ability to be one step ahead!
How do you picture UPG: a great way to comunicate with those you won't meet. the *best* way to cast off the (often only percieved) feeling of arrogance on the goth scene, friendly, enjoyable, a useful medium.
Do you have another question: how many of you are coming to InFest?