[kj] the Firewatercircus X-mas poll

[nicholas fitzpatrick]

a) How many nights a week do you drink?

8-9

b) Wu-Tang: Overrated, had a couple of ok moments, or total class?

Heard of them but don't know them.

c) Before Sunrise: boring dreck, a good tool for getting points with
chicks, or total class?

Never heard of it, but if it helped anyone get their end away, then it can't 
be that bad.

d) Favourite Twilight Zone Episode?

Synchronise with Alex on this one, about the chap who accidentally steps on 
his glasses. I liked the one where Death came for the old woman dressed as 
an injured cop. Also, the robber who goes to hell and gets everything he 
wants until getting board for eternity.

e) Top 5 favourite Christmas films/animated features ?

Scrooge, various versions, though the Finney one is best. Oliver Twist, the 
musical ("MORE???").

f) Do you have any odd/personal Christmas traditions?

Do midnight mass sometimes with the members of my family who still adhere to 
the Catholic faith.

g) Bukowski or Burroughs?

Dickens.

h) That Russian site, yes, pretty decent.

i) Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, Revolver, White Album:  Is there some 
mathematical formula that can put these into a definitive order once and for 
all?

I prefer The Beatles covers by the London Jazz Four. Jazz, mmm, nice.

j) Hammer House of Horrors or Universal Monsters?

Hammer.

k) Back to the Future One, Two or Three?

Five. They've not made it yet but it's brilliant.

l) Any cover versions you can think of that are definitely better than the 
originals?

Not really. Kiss by Tom Jones???

m) What's the most useless or annoying instrument ever, that puts you off 
listening to something instantly?

Television.

n) What's the worst Tom Hanks film ever?

The Steven King one that goes on for about three hours where he's a prison 
guard.

o) If there's one thing someone has borrowed off you and never returned that 
you want back more than anything else, what is it?

Paint your Wagon, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, vinyl.

p) Is/was Springsteen really The Boss?

If you're a mechanic in Pittsburgh, I suppose.

q) Ever tried Russian beer?

No

r) How about Armenian beer?

Yuk.

s) Best record label of all time?

Factory.

t) Best new (or new-ish at least) record label?

What label are Busted on? That must be good.

u) Most interesting instrument (of all time, or one you have a passing 
interest in right now)?

Spanish guitar.

v) What computer game has killed more hours of your life than any other?

Space Invaders back in the 80s.

w) Robert Johnson or Django Reinhardt?

Django

x) Husker Du or the Replacements, and why?

Never heard of the Replacements

y) Greatest moment of your life, and why it was so good?

Not had it yet.

z) Biggest social gaffe you've ever witnessed, done, or heard of?

Someone I used to know telling a story of how he caught his flatmate 
masturbating with his finger in his ass. This was told within earshot of 
relatives of the recently deceased whose wake we were at. What a total tw*t.