Ten bands everyone should know about:
Dub the Magic Dragon, Easy Star All Stars, Thievery Corporation, Anything where Nile Rodgers is involved, Dread Zeppelin, Richard Cheese, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dub the Magic Dragon, Metals, The Wednesday Experiment.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Chilli, more chilli, a touch more chilli, something to put chilli in, something to go with chilli, something to go on chilli, something to go under chilli, whipped cream, chocolate liqueurs.
Eight possessions that define you:
Fantastic, friendly, fun, freaky, funky, fortuitous, frisky, favourable.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape:
Weird Al Yonkivic – UHF (absolute classic! Features Conan the Librarian & Gandhi II!), Team America (F*** Yeah!), The Search for One Eyed Jimmy, Danger Mouse, Monkey, Hong Kong Fooey, Goodbye Pork Pie.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Whiskey, wine, women, whiskey, wine, women.
Five people who inspire you:
Winston Churchill for getting up at lunch time and consuming half a bottle of Brandy every day, Peter Cook for doing the same but with red wine, Dudley Moore for watching him do it and participating, my father for modelling his social life on these people, my friends for conditioning me into living along these lines.
Four things that turn you on:
Breathing, pulse, consciousness, direct stimulation.
Three goals for your music:
Play to His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales, bump One Direction from number one on the under 13’s charts, jam with Prince, Barry White and Nile Rodgers.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2010. Met an angel there, FRL 2012. Just magical. Rocked it. Crowd loved it. Great vibe. People going crazy. Choreographed mayhem. Everything a show should be.
One day left before the apocalypse and you…
Sit back with a cigar and a glass of vino.
When’s the gig?
Queens Birthday Weekend. Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9 at The Evelyn and The Laundry respectively.
