Describe Yourself to the Netscrape
The UPG 2001 Edition
The Physical:
Your name: Martin Hignett
Your online/nickname: Martinvamp
Web page url: http://www.hignett.demon.co.uk but its right buggered at the mo and I can't be arsed to fix it. So there.
Age: 29
Birthday: 2nd July
Gender: Bloke
Location: Maidenhead
Height/weight: 5'7", 8 stone on a good day, to light to measure on a bad day
Current hair colour/style: Blonde (yeh, I know...) and chaotic
Natural hair colour: Blond and chaotic
Eye colour: Blue
Religion: Agnostic
Siblings: A sister (I ignore it most of the time though)
Children: None, thank god!
Relationship status: Relationships? What are they for then?
Occupation: Software developer
Pets: I'd like a cat, but can't cos my landlord won't let us have pets
Computer you're on: NT 4.0 PIII/555 at work
Favourites:
Books: Anything by Iain Banks especialy The Wasp Factory
Movies: The Matrix
Poems: Not much into poetry
Television shows: I don't own a TV either
Songs: Joy Division "No love lost", Mesh "Trust you"
Bands/musicians: Joy Division, Mesh, Wolfsheim, VNV, ...
Club: Don't go clubbing much, but I occasionaly head of to Full Tilt (cue boos and hises). One day I'll go to Slimelight...
Board games: Scrabble, but only against foreigners!
Computer games: Angband (hey, its cheap!)
Other games: None.
Magazines: Sound on Sound for my regular diet of gear lust.
Places to visit: ?
Food: None (See weight above)
Colours: Black or purple
Drinks: Beer or tea if I'm working
Miscellaneous Questions:
To which mailing lists are you subscribed: Yamaha a3k, Novation Supernova (I don't have one... yet!)
How long have you been reading upg: 1 year
What has been your favourite thread on upg: Mostly threads that introduce me to knew bands as I'm relatively new to the scene
What are some of your hobbies: Playing my guitar or synths
What's the motto you adhere to: We're doomed
What is your personal stupid human trick: ?
What do you want to be doing 10 years from now: Makeing money out of makeing music. Sadly...
What is the one thing/skill that you do not have now that you wished you possessed: Enough talent to write a decent song
What do you think is your best asset: I can sing in tune, and generaly play guitar and synths and what have you.
What do you think is the worst thing about you: Negativity, lack of self confidence, selfishnes, rude, ...but I'm a nice guy realy!
What do you value most in a friend: Honesty
How do you picture upg: Not sure.
Do you have another question: Why are do you read UPG? Personaly I like o find out about bands, gigs etc. that might be of interest. The occasional intense political debate between H Duffy & Whisky Dave can be amusing at times too!