What’s The Best Night Out You’ve ever Had?
Opening night of Amnesia, 1989. Alfredo, mad trannies, S&M Eurotrash, chocolate brandy and ‘Hill Street Blues’. And Terry Farley grinning.
What’s Your Favourite Club?
Probably Shoom, or the Hangout, my psychedelic club in Liverpool ’84-’86. Wig out, honey!
What’s Your Favourite Record Of All-time?
Marvin Gaye ‘What’s Going On’
What Record Can’t You Stand? It’s by Modern Romance and it has a rap that goes ‘I’m here, I’m there, I’m Geoffrey Deane and I’m everywhere’… or Razorlight. Hideous noughties Boomtown Rats.
What Was The Last Record You Bought? Tim Love Lee’s KPM library music reissues
Name Three Of Your Biggest Influences….. Psychedelia, Kraftwerk, Can.
Who Would Play You In ‘The Grid’ The Movie’
Joaquin Pheonix. Although my brother looks much more like him; he’s almost his double, particularly in ‘Buffalo Soldiers’.
What’s Your Dream?
That we make it past 12th December 2012. How Do You Escape? Meditation, deep space travel, Harvey’s Best.
What Is Your Favourite Possession?
Various battered old synths and a couple of new ones like the Access Virus. My hard drive.
What Is Your Life Philosophy?
Glass full. None of these pesky half measures.
What’s In Your Pockets?
Phone, keys, floral gums, string, penknife, waterproof plasters, plectrum.
If You Were An Animal, What Animal?
A liger. A cross between a lion and a tiger.
You Are Having A Party, Whom Dead Or Alive Is On The Guest List?
Oscar Wilde, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Joe Strummer, Hedy Lemarr, Zippy out of Rainbow, Aleister Crowley, Barry Mooncult, Leigh Bowery. Fancy dress.
When Was The Last Time You Embarrassed Yourself?
October 24th 2006, 5.01 pm.
Tell Us Something That We Don’t Know About ‘The Grid’
The first person I ever met in America was Bo Diddley in a lift.
