Richard Bismarck says :
Why with the Zone.... I was having a quiet drink in my local Tavern one evening. Just around closing time I was rather merry when someone blindfolded me, and held a pistol to my head
"No false moves me hearty" quoth he, "you're being pressganged to serve with the Album Zone"
Fave colour.... Green
Fave sweet.....Chocolate liqueurs
Fave food...... Beetroot
Least fave food.... Cheese (uncooked)
When I grow up..... Director General of the BBC
One word to describe me.... Confused
Couldn't live without.......Pine cones
Greatest Album.....First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans (maybe not the best but I like it)
Greatest single....Hello Goodbye - The Beatles (maybe, if I had more time it may be different)
Change one thing about me....To not be lazy
Custard? Warm--yes Cold--no
Fav subject at school .... TV studies (It was an experimental course at the time, designed by the guy who taught us)
Fav football team.... Barnstoneworth Utd
Fav cheerleaders.....Any. I'm afraid I'm a cheerleader virgin
Mode of transport.... I drive a SEAT Ibiza, I cycle a Claude Butler and I travel on TrentBarton buses.
IQ? .... Probably quite low
Colour of socks... today dark brown... What do you want to know that for?
Fav Pet.... Tabitha, a long departed moggy
Fav smartie colour... brown, if they still do them in that colour. I know they changed them a few years ago. I had better do more research next time.
Fav crisp flavour.... Cheese N' Onion (cheese is OK cooked)
Fav places.... Outer Hebrides, Iceland or the Faroe Islands.
3 things to take to the moon....Bicycle, Oxygen cylinder, Emiliana Torrini
Best Friend...Anyone who buys me a pint
Worst Friend...I'm probably my own worst enemy.
Best TV... I'm Alan Partridge
Best radio...I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again
Best film.... Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Best song lyric...I'm back at my cliff
still throwing things off
I listen to the sounds they make
on their way down
I follow with my eyes 'till they crash
imagine what my body would sound like
slamming against those rocks
when it lands will my eyes
be open or closed.
(Hyper Ballad.. Bjõrk)
Best advice...Stop listening to that music and get on with your homework (Unfortunately I disobeyed this advice)
Worst advice...You can always trust a grey squirrel
Final thoughts....Communication is the key...
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Mr Miles : The Answers
Andy Miles says :
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? AlbumZoning is part of my community service penance for liking Guinness and denim. What's your favourite colour ? Misty Buff blue What's your favourite sweets ? Picnic Favourite Food : Roast King Edwards potatoes Least Favourite Food : McDonalds Burgers What do you want to be when you grow up ? Taller than Reecey Choose ONE word to describe yourself : Considerate What could you not live without ? Air Who could you not live without ? My sons Martin and Stephen What's the greatest Single ever made ? Lazy Life - William E What's the greatest Album ever made ? Who's Next If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? My socks Do you love Custard ? Hate it Favourite subject at School : Physics Least favourite subject at School : Religious Education Favourite Football Team : None, they're all mouthy Favourite Cheerleader team : None Mode of Transport : Car IQ : We all do sometime Colour of Socks : Mainly black, but now I realise there is not one black. Favourite Pet : Tiger Favourite Smartie colour : Brown Favourite flavour of Crisps : Cheese & Onion Favourite Places : Bed You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? iPod, Crate of Rinwood 49er (Beer), Photo album. Best Friend : Keith Worst Friend : Don't think I have one Best TV Programmes ever : Monty Python's Flying Circus Best Radio Programmes ever : Round The Horn Best Song Lyric ever : I'll get back to you on that Best advice you've ever been given : Be honest Worst advice you've ever been given : She won't notice. Final thoughts : Have I paid the Visa bill?
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? AlbumZoning is part of my community service penance for liking Guinness and denim. What's your favourite colour ? Misty Buff blue What's your favourite sweets ? Picnic Favourite Food : Roast King Edwards potatoes Least Favourite Food : McDonalds Burgers What do you want to be when you grow up ? Taller than Reecey Choose ONE word to describe yourself : Considerate What could you not live without ? Air Who could you not live without ? My sons Martin and Stephen What's the greatest Single ever made ? Lazy Life - William E What's the greatest Album ever made ? Who's Next If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? My socks Do you love Custard ? Hate it Favourite subject at School : Physics Least favourite subject at School : Religious Education Favourite Football Team : None, they're all mouthy Favourite Cheerleader team : None Mode of Transport : Car IQ : We all do sometime Colour of Socks : Mainly black, but now I realise there is not one black. Favourite Pet : Tiger Favourite Smartie colour : Brown Favourite flavour of Crisps : Cheese & Onion Favourite Places : Bed You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? iPod, Crate of Rinwood 49er (Beer), Photo album. Best Friend : Keith Worst Friend : Don't think I have one Best TV Programmes ever : Monty Python's Flying Circus Best Radio Programmes ever : Round The Horn Best Song Lyric ever : I'll get back to you on that Best advice you've ever been given : Be honest Worst advice you've ever been given : She won't notice. Final thoughts : Have I paid the Visa bill?
Mr Saloman : The Answers
Nick Saloman says :
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ?
I used to DJ with our beloved master Johnny Reece on Radio Caroline many moons ago . When he started up the Album Zone I did a few shows for him, but I had to stop because I was just too busy with my own career as a minor league rock person. Recently, I've been having a bit of a rest from the constant round of album/tour, album/tour, and I was only too pleased to find out that Johnny was actually wanting to ask me back. So, here I am.
What's your favourite colour ?
Green
What's your favourite sweets ?
I genuinely don't like sweets very much. I can't stand chocolate, or cakes, or biscuits, which is good, because if I did, I'd be about 25 stone!
Does Airwaves chewing gum count? I like that.
Favourite Food :
Ah, here's my downfall. I love my savouries. Curries, Chinese, Italian, salt beef & latkas. I love vegetables and eggs. Fish & Chips, the Sea Shell in Lisson Grove is over-rated, but still good. There's a brilliant restaurant in Wood Green called Vrisaki, that does the best Mezze (Turkish) anywhere. Finger food is great too. I'm not berserk about fast food, though I do sometimes succumb. Oh, and Babur in Forest Hill is the best curry house I've ever been to.
Least Favourite Food : I'm not a fan of anything too salty (except for salt beef). I don't like Mexican food very much. I'm not a great fruit eater either. And as I said before, I really don't like sweets, chocolate & cake.
What do you want to be when you grow up ?
Musician ( succeeded) DJ (trying) Artsy photographer (trying) Artist (never really tried)
Writer (never really tried) Footballer (failed miserably, but still trying!)
Choose ONE word to describe yourself :
Kind
What could you not live without ?
A guitar, QPR, my big telly.
Who could you not live without ?
My wife Jan, my daughter Deb, and a whole bunch of great friends, many of whom I've known most of my life.
What's the greatest Single ever made ?
Tough to name just one, but today I'll go for 'Strawberry Fields'.
What's the greatest Album ever made ?
Blimey, let's see. Maybe 'Are You Experienced'.
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ?
Well, I'm pretty happy with myself ( he says smugly). Perhaps I'd lose some weight. Oh, and I'd like to be able to grow sideburns.
Do you love Custard ?
Not really.
Favourite subject at School :
English
Least favourite subject at School :
Science
Favourite Football Team :
QPR
Favorite Cheerleader team :
Huh?
Mode of Transport :
Ford Escort.
IQ :
Huge.
Colour of Socks :
Dark, black or dark blue.
Favourite Pet :
I'm in my first year of being catless. Our two old mates, Alice & Pip died last year, and they haven't been replaced yet.
Favourite Smartie colour :
Don't like them at all.
Favourite flavour of Crisps :
I like Sensations yoghurt & mint, and also their chicken pasanda flavour.
Favourite Places :
London, North Norfolk, Venice, New York.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ?
My guitar, my vinyl & deck, and depending on whether or not Sky broadcasts that far, my telly.
Best Friend :
Jan, Deb, Mick, Mark, Mac, Kev, Dave, Ade, Graham, Mark 2, Dave T, Bari, Ric, Tony, Ron, Andy, Neil, Hugh etc. etc..
Worst Friend :
I don't have any worst friends. If I don't like them, then I don't hang around with them.
Best TV Programmes ever :
Fawlty Towers, Match Of The Day, Countdown, The Office, Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett), I'm Alan Partridge (series 2).
Best Radio Programmes ever :
John Peel's Top Gear
Best Films ever :
Play It Again, Sam (Woody Allen at his best). Pressburger & Powell's 'A Matter Of Life & Death'. And the brilliant B&W ghost portmanteau 'Dead Of Night'.
Best Song Lyrics ever :
They are in David Ackles 'Mainline Saloon'. Absolutely brilliant. The song that opened my eyes to the possibilities of composition. Check it out.
Best advice you've ever been given :
If it doesn't sound true, it's probably a lie.
and
Everybody's nice till they're not.
Worst advice you've ever been given :
Get your hair cut.
Join the police.
Give up that music rubbish, you'll never get anywhere.
(all from my Dad)
Final thoughts :
Well, hopefully I won't be having any for a few years yet. And when I do, I won't be able to tell you.
It may well be 'I hope QPR get promoted next season'.
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ?
I used to DJ with our beloved master Johnny Reece on Radio Caroline many moons ago . When he started up the Album Zone I did a few shows for him, but I had to stop because I was just too busy with my own career as a minor league rock person. Recently, I've been having a bit of a rest from the constant round of album/tour, album/tour, and I was only too pleased to find out that Johnny was actually wanting to ask me back. So, here I am.
What's your favourite colour ?
Green
What's your favourite sweets ?
I genuinely don't like sweets very much. I can't stand chocolate, or cakes, or biscuits, which is good, because if I did, I'd be about 25 stone!
Does Airwaves chewing gum count? I like that.
Favourite Food :
Ah, here's my downfall. I love my savouries. Curries, Chinese, Italian, salt beef & latkas. I love vegetables and eggs. Fish & Chips, the Sea Shell in Lisson Grove is over-rated, but still good. There's a brilliant restaurant in Wood Green called Vrisaki, that does the best Mezze (Turkish) anywhere. Finger food is great too. I'm not berserk about fast food, though I do sometimes succumb. Oh, and Babur in Forest Hill is the best curry house I've ever been to.
Least Favourite Food : I'm not a fan of anything too salty (except for salt beef). I don't like Mexican food very much. I'm not a great fruit eater either. And as I said before, I really don't like sweets, chocolate & cake.
What do you want to be when you grow up ?
Musician ( succeeded) DJ (trying) Artsy photographer (trying) Artist (never really tried)
Writer (never really tried) Footballer (failed miserably, but still trying!)
Choose ONE word to describe yourself :
Kind
What could you not live without ?
A guitar, QPR, my big telly.
Who could you not live without ?
My wife Jan, my daughter Deb, and a whole bunch of great friends, many of whom I've known most of my life.
What's the greatest Single ever made ?
Tough to name just one, but today I'll go for 'Strawberry Fields'.
What's the greatest Album ever made ?
Blimey, let's see. Maybe 'Are You Experienced'.
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ?
Well, I'm pretty happy with myself ( he says smugly). Perhaps I'd lose some weight. Oh, and I'd like to be able to grow sideburns.
Do you love Custard ?
Not really.
Favourite subject at School :
English
Least favourite subject at School :
Science
Favourite Football Team :
QPR
Favorite Cheerleader team :
Huh?
Mode of Transport :
Ford Escort.
IQ :
Huge.
Colour of Socks :
Dark, black or dark blue.
Favourite Pet :
I'm in my first year of being catless. Our two old mates, Alice & Pip died last year, and they haven't been replaced yet.
Favourite Smartie colour :
Don't like them at all.
Favourite flavour of Crisps :
I like Sensations yoghurt & mint, and also their chicken pasanda flavour.
Favourite Places :
London, North Norfolk, Venice, New York.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ?
My guitar, my vinyl & deck, and depending on whether or not Sky broadcasts that far, my telly.
Best Friend :
Jan, Deb, Mick, Mark, Mac, Kev, Dave, Ade, Graham, Mark 2, Dave T, Bari, Ric, Tony, Ron, Andy, Neil, Hugh etc. etc..
Worst Friend :
I don't have any worst friends. If I don't like them, then I don't hang around with them.
Best TV Programmes ever :
Fawlty Towers, Match Of The Day, Countdown, The Office, Sherlock Holmes (with Jeremy Brett), I'm Alan Partridge (series 2).
Best Radio Programmes ever :
John Peel's Top Gear
Best Films ever :
Play It Again, Sam (Woody Allen at his best). Pressburger & Powell's 'A Matter Of Life & Death'. And the brilliant B&W ghost portmanteau 'Dead Of Night'.
Best Song Lyrics ever :
They are in David Ackles 'Mainline Saloon'. Absolutely brilliant. The song that opened my eyes to the possibilities of composition. Check it out.
Best advice you've ever been given :
If it doesn't sound true, it's probably a lie.
and
Everybody's nice till they're not.
Worst advice you've ever been given :
Get your hair cut.
Join the police.
Give up that music rubbish, you'll never get anywhere.
(all from my Dad)
Final thoughts :
Well, hopefully I won't be having any for a few years yet. And when I do, I won't be able to tell you.
It may well be 'I hope QPR get promoted next season'.
Mr Phoenix : The Answers
Rich Phoenix says :
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? There's gotta be something better than what passes these days for "terrestrial radio," and we're it -- plus, I want terrestrial radio to see (and hear) what they're missing by my "working" full-time in municipal government. What's your favourite colour ? Red. What's your favourite sweets ? "Iced" pretzels. Favourite Food : Plain pretzels, salted to taste. Least Favourite Food : Dhuri -- a form of large Asian fruit that smells like a busted natural gaz main -- f***in' horrible! What do you want to be when you grow up ? Successful at whatever and rich enough to "retire" immediately. Choose ONE word to describe yourself : Eccentric What could you not live without ? Reasonably good health. Who could you not live without ? My wife, Carla What's the greatest Single ever made ? Hey Jude, 'coz it's a great bathroom ballad and it's backed with Revolution! What's the greatest Album ever made ? Abbey Road If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? A propensity for procrastination. Do you love Custard ? Take it or leave it. Favourite subject at School : Shagging off from regular classes by killing time in the campus radio station. Least favourite subject at School : Gymnastics Favourite Football Team : Man United. Favorite Cheerleader team : Kent State Univ (alma mater) Mode of Transport : Reliable American 4-wheeler. IQ : I quit a long time ago; btw, film of the same name about Einstein was pretty cool, too. Colour of Socks : Black Favourite Pet : Killer, a tuxedo cat brought home by Carla when we were newly-married. Favourite Smartie colour : Green. Favourite flavour of Crisps/Potato Chips : Toasty Gold Favourite Places : Covent Garden, London; Kent, Ohio; Chester, New Jersey, Manzanillo, Mexico. You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? A reliable playback source of music; technology required to power it; a storage unit containing all my favourite tunes. Best Friend : Carla, my wife. Worst Friend : Anyone deceitful who trafficked in my good faith. Best TV Programmes ever : Smilin' Ed's Gang; Howdy Doody; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners". Best Radio Programmes ever : The Lone Ranger; AZ with Reecey and Barclay; Li'l Foxx in Cleveland; Allan Freed "Moondog" Best Films ever : Casablanca, Grapes of Wrath, Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine. Best Song Lyric ever : Too many good ones, altho' stuff by Lennon/McCartney or Squeeze are positively on top. Best advice you've ever been given : Have confidence in yourself. Worst advice you've ever been given : Cheer up -- everything's gonna be lousy. Final thoughts : Now that I've spilled my guts, don't think I dare say another word or you'll all know too much!
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? There's gotta be something better than what passes these days for "terrestrial radio," and we're it -- plus, I want terrestrial radio to see (and hear) what they're missing by my "working" full-time in municipal government. What's your favourite colour ? Red. What's your favourite sweets ? "Iced" pretzels. Favourite Food : Plain pretzels, salted to taste. Least Favourite Food : Dhuri -- a form of large Asian fruit that smells like a busted natural gaz main -- f***in' horrible! What do you want to be when you grow up ? Successful at whatever and rich enough to "retire" immediately. Choose ONE word to describe yourself : Eccentric What could you not live without ? Reasonably good health. Who could you not live without ? My wife, Carla What's the greatest Single ever made ? Hey Jude, 'coz it's a great bathroom ballad and it's backed with Revolution! What's the greatest Album ever made ? Abbey Road If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? A propensity for procrastination. Do you love Custard ? Take it or leave it. Favourite subject at School : Shagging off from regular classes by killing time in the campus radio station. Least favourite subject at School : Gymnastics Favourite Football Team : Man United. Favorite Cheerleader team : Kent State Univ (alma mater) Mode of Transport : Reliable American 4-wheeler. IQ : I quit a long time ago; btw, film of the same name about Einstein was pretty cool, too. Colour of Socks : Black Favourite Pet : Killer, a tuxedo cat brought home by Carla when we were newly-married. Favourite Smartie colour : Green. Favourite flavour of Crisps/Potato Chips : Toasty Gold Favourite Places : Covent Garden, London; Kent, Ohio; Chester, New Jersey, Manzanillo, Mexico. You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? A reliable playback source of music; technology required to power it; a storage unit containing all my favourite tunes. Best Friend : Carla, my wife. Worst Friend : Anyone deceitful who trafficked in my good faith. Best TV Programmes ever : Smilin' Ed's Gang; Howdy Doody; Monty Python's Flying Circus; Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners". Best Radio Programmes ever : The Lone Ranger; AZ with Reecey and Barclay; Li'l Foxx in Cleveland; Allan Freed "Moondog" Best Films ever : Casablanca, Grapes of Wrath, Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine. Best Song Lyric ever : Too many good ones, altho' stuff by Lennon/McCartney or Squeeze are positively on top. Best advice you've ever been given : Have confidence in yourself. Worst advice you've ever been given : Cheer up -- everything's gonna be lousy. Final thoughts : Now that I've spilled my guts, don't think I dare say another word or you'll all know too much!
Mr Reece : The Answers
Johnny Reece says :
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? I like over the top hobbies.
What's your favourite colour ? Red. No, Black. Either. Both.
What's your favourite sweets ? Someone else's.
Favourite Food : James Barclay's Beef Stew, Egg, Bacon and Chips (with Heinz Tomato Ketchup),
Rich & Carla's London Broil.
Least Favourite Food : Curry.
What do you want to be when you grow up ? A Spaceman.
Choose one word to describe yourself : Lovely.
What could you not live without ? Music, Oxygen, Tea.
Who could you not live without ? Someone I Love.
What's the greatest Single ever made ? The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
What's the greatest Album ever made ? Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? My poverty. And all of these answers.
Do you love Custard ? More than you could ever know.
Favourite subject at School : Girls.
Least favourite subject at School : Maths.
Favourite Football Team : Manchester United (George Best was my boyhood hero, and it all started there...) and I have a penchant for Stirling Albion. I don't know why.
Favorite Cheerleader team : Any girly cutie ones.
Mode of Transport : Other peoples.
IQ : High, Low, and Average, all at the same time.
Colour of Socks : Black.
Favourite Pet : Blubber the Wonder Goldfish.
Favourite Smartie colour : Red.
Favourite flavour of Crisps : Cheese and Onion, though as a child it was Salt n' Vinegar.
Favourite Places : Paris, New York.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? My framed Roxy Music 'For Your Pleasure' tour poster, Marc Bolan's tambourine, an Ipod full of my fave music.
Best Friend : Blubber the Goldfish, and any/all of my Roxy Buddies.
Worst Friend : None, they're all fantastic, except for the ones who are not.
Best TV Programmes ever : Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Tomkinson's Schooldays (Ripping Yarns), Bewitched, Match Of The Day, Crossroads, Magpie, Man About The House, Top Cat.
Best Radio Programmes ever : Wolfman Jack anywhere, Stuart Henry on Radio 1, Kenny Everett on Capital 194, John Peel, Steve Masters on Radio Caroline, Steve Satan on Radio Caroline, Nick Saloman on The Album Zone.
Best Films ever : Casablanca, The Graduate, Amelie, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Hannah and Her Sisters, American Graffitti, An Affair Of Love (Une Liaison Pornographique), Play It Again Sam, Billion Dollar Brain, The Rutles.
Best Song Lyric ever : "Oh but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" - My Back Pages (Dylan), but sung best by The Byrds.
Best advice you've ever been given : Stop it.
Worst advice you've ever been given : Stop it.
Final thoughts : Can't think of any thoughts.
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ? I like over the top hobbies.
What's your favourite colour ? Red. No, Black. Either. Both.
What's your favourite sweets ? Someone else's.
Favourite Food : James Barclay's Beef Stew, Egg, Bacon and Chips (with Heinz Tomato Ketchup),
Rich & Carla's London Broil.
Least Favourite Food : Curry.
What do you want to be when you grow up ? A Spaceman.
Choose one word to describe yourself : Lovely.
What could you not live without ? Music, Oxygen, Tea.
Who could you not live without ? Someone I Love.
What's the greatest Single ever made ? The Troggs - With A Girl Like You
What's the greatest Album ever made ? Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ? My poverty. And all of these answers.
Do you love Custard ? More than you could ever know.
Favourite subject at School : Girls.
Least favourite subject at School : Maths.
Favourite Football Team : Manchester United (George Best was my boyhood hero, and it all started there...) and I have a penchant for Stirling Albion. I don't know why.
Favorite Cheerleader team : Any girly cutie ones.
Mode of Transport : Other peoples.
IQ : High, Low, and Average, all at the same time.
Colour of Socks : Black.
Favourite Pet : Blubber the Wonder Goldfish.
Favourite Smartie colour : Red.
Favourite flavour of Crisps : Cheese and Onion, though as a child it was Salt n' Vinegar.
Favourite Places : Paris, New York.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ? My framed Roxy Music 'For Your Pleasure' tour poster, Marc Bolan's tambourine, an Ipod full of my fave music.
Best Friend : Blubber the Goldfish, and any/all of my Roxy Buddies.
Worst Friend : None, they're all fantastic, except for the ones who are not.
Best TV Programmes ever : Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Tomkinson's Schooldays (Ripping Yarns), Bewitched, Match Of The Day, Crossroads, Magpie, Man About The House, Top Cat.
Best Radio Programmes ever : Wolfman Jack anywhere, Stuart Henry on Radio 1, Kenny Everett on Capital 194, John Peel, Steve Masters on Radio Caroline, Steve Satan on Radio Caroline, Nick Saloman on The Album Zone.
Best Films ever : Casablanca, The Graduate, Amelie, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Hannah and Her Sisters, American Graffitti, An Affair Of Love (Une Liaison Pornographique), Play It Again Sam, Billion Dollar Brain, The Rutles.
Best Song Lyric ever : "Oh but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" - My Back Pages (Dylan), but sung best by The Byrds.
Best advice you've ever been given : Stop it.
Worst advice you've ever been given : Stop it.
Final thoughts : Can't think of any thoughts.
Mr Barclay : The Answers
James Barclay says...
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ?
Everybody has to do something...
What's your favourite colour ?
Green
What's your favourite sweets ?
Olives
Favourite Food :
Stew
Least Favourite Food :
Sick
What do you want to be when you grow up ?
Older
Choose ONE word to describe yourself :
Me
What could you not live without ?
Life
Who could you not live without ?
Me
What's the greatest Single ever made ?
Bell Bottom Blues - Derek And The Dominoes
What's the greatest Album ever made ?
Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ?
Me
Do you love Custard ?
GOD YES!!!!!!!
Favourite subject at School :
Going home
Least favourite subject at School :
Going there
Favourite Football Team :
Custard United
Favorite Cheerleader team :
Unhealthy Athletics
Mode of Transport :
Astral Travel
IQ :
Less than Zero
Colour of Socks :
Tweed
Favourite Pet :
"Niko" - my ex houseplant, now part of the London Congestion Charge Map due to an admin. error
Favourite Smartie colour :
Bile
Favourite flavour of Crisps :
Other people's
Favourite Places :
Bed, home, bed, pub, bed, toilet, bed, bed.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ?
The Earth, God and Niko my ex houseplant.
Best Friend :
The girl who told me she was my best friend when we were both pissed last night.
Worst Friend :
The girl who told me she was my best friend when we were both pissed last night.
Best TV Programmes ever :
Randall and Hopkirk (the original 60s one)
Best Radio Programmes ever :
People Like Us.
Best Films ever :
Its A Wonderful World - James Stewart et al.
Best Song Lyric ever :
"The lights are dimmed - and once again the stage is set for you" - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
Best advice you've ever been given :
Don't take advice.
Worst advice you've ever been given :
Never listen to good advice.
Final thoughts :
God - get me out of here!!!!!!!
Why are you involved in The Album Zone ?
Everybody has to do something...
What's your favourite colour ?
Green
What's your favourite sweets ?
Olives
Favourite Food :
Stew
Least Favourite Food :
Sick
What do you want to be when you grow up ?
Older
Choose ONE word to describe yourself :
Me
What could you not live without ?
Life
Who could you not live without ?
Me
What's the greatest Single ever made ?
Bell Bottom Blues - Derek And The Dominoes
What's the greatest Album ever made ?
Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking - Roger Waters
If you could change something about yourself, what would it be ?
Me
Do you love Custard ?
GOD YES!!!!!!!
Favourite subject at School :
Going home
Least favourite subject at School :
Going there
Favourite Football Team :
Custard United
Favorite Cheerleader team :
Unhealthy Athletics
Mode of Transport :
Astral Travel
IQ :
Less than Zero
Colour of Socks :
Tweed
Favourite Pet :
"Niko" - my ex houseplant, now part of the London Congestion Charge Map due to an admin. error
Favourite Smartie colour :
Bile
Favourite flavour of Crisps :
Other people's
Favourite Places :
Bed, home, bed, pub, bed, toilet, bed, bed.
You are moving to the Moon, but you are allowed to take just THREE personal possessions with you. What would they be ?
The Earth, God and Niko my ex houseplant.
Best Friend :
The girl who told me she was my best friend when we were both pissed last night.
Worst Friend :
The girl who told me she was my best friend when we were both pissed last night.
Best TV Programmes ever :
Randall and Hopkirk (the original 60s one)
Best Radio Programmes ever :
People Like Us.
Best Films ever :
Its A Wonderful World - James Stewart et al.
Best Song Lyric ever :
"The lights are dimmed - and once again the stage is set for you" - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
Best advice you've ever been given :
Don't take advice.
Worst advice you've ever been given :
Never listen to good advice.
Final thoughts :
God - get me out of here!!!!!!!
THE ALBUM ZONE Contact / On Air
Email The Album Zone : music@albumzone.net
Our Address :
The Album Zone, PO Box 26325, London N8 9DX, UK.
Where / when are we on air :
www.live365.com/stations/albumzone2001, 24 hours a day.
www.rti.fm, Wednesday and Saturday nights 10pm - Midnight (UK time). We also air on various frequencies transmitted by RTI thorughout Europe, on FM and AM. Check their website for details.
www.radioseagull.com Wednesday nighrs 18.00 - Midnight UK time, and 1602 AM in the northern Netherlands at the same hours. More to follow soon !
Our Address :
The Album Zone, PO Box 26325, London N8 9DX, UK.
Where / when are we on air :
www.live365.com/stations/albumzone2001, 24 hours a day.
www.rti.fm, Wednesday and Saturday nights 10pm - Midnight (UK time). We also air on various frequencies transmitted by RTI thorughout Europe, on FM and AM. Check their website for details.
www.radioseagull.com Wednesday nighrs 18.00 - Midnight UK time, and 1602 AM in the northern Netherlands at the same hours. More to follow soon !
PROFILE : Rich Phoenix
RICH PHOENIX
Rich Phoenix. Not so much a name, more a state of mind. Rich is the most experienced of the AZ Crew, having worked at, amongst others, (sharp intake of breath) - ABC New York, various Stations in Ohio including WSLR and WKSU-FM, and a whole plethora of New Jersey Stations such as WERA, WRAN, and WCTC. Quite what he thinks he is doing joining up with a bunch of imbeciles at the AZ is no-one's business, of course, but we're 'helluva glad' he's here. (a little 'Stateside phrasing' there to make him feel more at home). Rich was/is an AZ listener. A 'fan' if you like. It was Reecey himself going 'live' round the globe late one night some years back who received a call from Rich saying "How's London ? - we're listening to you here in New Jersey". Cool. Since then Rich has become great friends with us all, and we really thought we'd better get him on air. In the past, he has met/interviewed many luminaries of the Music Biz, such as Macca, Harrison, and Ringo, also Yoko too (who Rich described as 'interesting') though the favourite quote from the man himself came when he was describing doing a Radio show, interviewing Cheech and Chong. 'What were they like' ?, I asked. "Nuts" was the reply. Great stuff, and great fun too, we were told. Rich is also a great friend of Norman 'Hurricane' Smith, who I guess very many of you know, not just for those hits, but for his production work with The Beatles. In recent years Rich has been working in Municipal Government, which we hope of course will stand us in good stead when the shit really hits the fan.
Watch out for his excellent Shows - in your very ears, here on the Zone.
PROFILE : Nick Saloman
NICK SALOMAN
For those of you leaning towards Psychedelia as a way of life, you will already be aware of the one and only Nick Saloman. Leader of the marvellous band The Bevis Frond, Nick first crossed paths with the 'Zoners' when meeting Johnny Reece at a pop quiz, and within weeks ended up presenting some Satellite Radio Shows for RNI Norway back in 1992, for a year or so. Another chance meeting years later between Nick and Reecey at a gig in London in late 2000 led to Nick being immediately enrolled (captured ?) once again in the school for Zoneheads. At a recent interrogation, we managed to extract the following information :His first 'proper' gig attended was in 1963, when he persuaded his Mum to take him along to the Hammersmith Odeon, to see The Beatles. Since then, they have been his favourite Band. By 1966, he'd added the Stones and The Yardbirds, amongst others, to the list. Other great influences through the years are the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Beach Boys, and Country Joe and the Fish. Nicks musical knowledge is, frankly, encyclopedic, and he has a record collection to rival, perhaps even surpass, the rest of the Album Zone crew put together. In recent years with his Band, Nick has travelled all over the world, playing Gigs and sharing stages with the likes of Arthur Lee, Country Joe, Randy California, and Nirvana.
Check out his Show on The Album Zone, and you will learn things you never knew your brain had the space for in the first place. Believe me, it's an education.
PROFILE : Gil Legine
GIL LEGINE
Gil Legine is the tallest of the Album Zone Presenters, at 9 foot 4.
He also doubles (trebles ?) his work for the Album Zone by being not only a Sound Engineer, but is an accomplished Drummer.
He is not currently listed in the Guinness Book of Records, rather surprising as he is actually taller than the Empire State Building. However, on the rare occasions when he steps out of line, the other Presenters are always on hand to head-butt him on the kneecaps. Gil is also bionic. (Long story.)
For a while, Gil presented the A.Z. 'Jazz Club', as he was the only one who knows about these things, and the rest of us don't.
The 'Alan Titchmarsh of the Album Zone' as he is called (only here, nowhere else) is attempting to now landscape his garden at home in the leafy suburbs of Copenhagen, in his spare time. Exactly where he gets this 'spare time' from remains a mystery to us all, considering his varied occupations.
Gil has also been a regular at the Album Zone Broadcasts from Radio 6 in northern France, and at the RSL Broadcasts in Holland at local Station, Radio Stad Harlingen. He also joined the rest of the crew cutting his teeth (not literally) doing the 'night-time' Album spots at recent RSLs on Radio Caroline, playing the best in Album music to a generally bemused audience, who were more used to vile commercial atrocities.
His obsessions include Frank Zappa, Andrea Corr, Jazz, and Curry.
He'll have the Soup.
PROFILE : Richard Bismarck
RICHARD BISMARCK
I'm afraid I first met Richard Bismarck in the mid eighties. I cannot remember the exact date. A thrusting young radio presenter,carving out his own niche in student radio in Loughborough; the studio mixing desk was never the same afterwards. He made his mark on Thursday evening's "Nightshift". I was suprised when he told me that he had never actually been a student at Loughborough University.
" I was never a student at Loughborough University" he said. LCR (Loughborough Campus Radio) turned out to be a fertile place for other future Album Zone presenters. Such favorites as Colin W Mueslibar and James Barclay also hailed from these exciting times.
After out-staying his welcome in Loughborough, the young Mr Bismarck needed a new challenge. Mr Mueslibar had left for the high seas (on Radio Caroline) and James Barclay had started his collection of pre-war valve radios. Richard asked my advice. It was then that he related a previous, colourful radio history pre-dating his campus radio days: he and James Barclay had grown-up together in South Nottinghamshire. They spent most of their formative years trying to get an AM signal to travel the 300 metres between their respective parental homes. The two were often spied slowly walking around their village with a transister radio playng white noise. They paused only at telegraph poles to see if a signal had been induced along the wire. They reached the conclusion that only dogs could fit their listener profile (if carrying a radio) as they spent more time hanging aroung telegraph poles.
Inevitably, one day, came the breakthrough, through the static came the unmistakable voice of Richard Bismark " On 94.2, this is Radio Tapir, the station with the long flexible proboscis"
After hearing the tale I advised him not to give up the day job.
Several years later, and after a very costly court case, Messrs Bismarck & Barclay found themselves on board a small boat heading for the floating Radio Caroline. Richard took up the prime 2.00-4.00 am slot which he made his own when everyone else was asleep, when he was able to get time off work, and when the transmitter engineer wasn't fiddling with the aerial system. Although no longer at sea and broadcasting a local service, he later told me he had fulfilled a lifetime ambition (and I believe him).
An embryo of the group that later became the "Album Zone" was forming on board the ship with Johnny Reece the catalyst. Bismarck joined them on several tours to France (Radio 6), the Netherlands (Radio Stad Harlingen) and borrrowing the same short-wave transmitters used for the BBC World Service. With very little sleep and living on chicken & baguettes (from the Radio 6 fridge) and eggybreads at RSH (imported from S.E. England) he played his music and went to bed. And stayed there. This brings us up to the present day. Richard Bismarck is apparently still alive and producing programmes for the Album Zone. After such an exciting life he tells me he still has further ambitions. The tiling in the kitchen is still not done plus his library books are in fact, overdue.
I cannot help but wonder what else he could possibly get up to in the coming years. Watch this space. Or don't.
PROFILE : Zoe Street
ZOE STREET
Ah, she's our little Punkbaby. Reason ? Well, she likes Punk, Ska, and New Wave, and her Programmes are choc-a-bloc with it. And - fact - when she was born she was nicknamed Punkbaby for her sticky-out hair fashion statement, at just a matter of hours old. True ! Zoe is a well respected Music Journo, writing for various magazines and for online publications too, such as Fly, Gigwise, and BBC Music Interactive. Catch her regular show 'The Pogo Sessions' on The Album Zone. If you want to know anything about what's happening, what did happen, or what is likely to happen, then she's your girl. Zoe joined up with the Album Zone renegades in late 2005, when she met up with Johnny Reece in a music store. The rest is history. Watch this space.
PROFILE : Andy Miles
ANDY MILES
Our '70's West Coast Rock and 'Live' Rock specialist' as he's known to people who like long sentences, Andy is another veteran (he won't like that) from our French Broadcasts, and is now a fully paid-up member of The Album Zone team (well, a member anyway). Andy often accompanied the crew to France when the broadcasts at Radio 6 were going strong, and his regular appearances in an early morning spot and the shows in 1998 at MNO covering the 7am - 10am spot prove without doubt that he's the only one of us with an alarm clock. He also presents many programmes from his own studio based in the leafy glades (there's that phrase again) of Hampshire. For all you Shortwave punters, Andy made his debut shows on our American outlet, WBCQ, in January, 2000. In his 'normal' line of work (which must remain a secret for no good reason) he takes regular business trips to exotic locations such as Milan, Brussels and New York, and has a nice car too, so the rest of us are quite rightly jealous of him and talk about him a lot behind his back. Andy's obsessions include Denim Jackets, 'Live Rock', and Guinness.
PROFILE : Johnny Reece
JOHNNY REECE
Much has been said about Johnny Reece, although none of it here.
Johnny Reece and colleagues formed The Album Zone in January 1997, because there was nothing much else to do that night, and the pub was already closed. According to which particular source of information you read, Reece was born in either 1966, 1962, or 1958. When very drunk, he has attempted to claim he was born in 1973. Perhaps he doesn't know. I say this, because I asked him, and he said "I don't know".
This is, of course, a lie. What isn't a lie is the fact that he owns his own CD & Record Shop in London, is current London Pop Quiz Champion (only because he steadfastly refuses to defend the title he won in 1991, therefore unfairly still holds it) and boasts a personal Record and CD collection of over 12,000 Albums. "Having a Record Shop helps" says the exiled Scotsman. He has also built the main Album Zone Studio at a secret location on the Hertfordshire borders, which is used for pre-recording specialist Album Zone Programmes for both Europe and the USA, around the world on the internet, and for production purposes. The rest, as they say, is hysterical.
His obsessions include Roxy Music, Emiliana Torrini, T.Rex, The White Stripes, Hairdressers, Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Cheerleaders, Manchester United Football Club, Crisps, and Tea.
If he ever won the Lottery, he would "expand the Album Zone to wipe out all those crappy formatted Stations", and "spend the rest on Toys and Sweets".
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