Ugo
Group: Members
Posts: 5495
Joined: April 2000 |
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Posted: July 21 2008, 17:58 |
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I don't know how many of these are really things you don't know, since I mentioned them several times here on the board and elsewhere. However, here I go.
- My lifetime passion, other than music, is diving. I do both apnea and traditional SCUBA and I'm a little bit of an expert in both.
- The first time I dived [or «I dove»? - sounds a bit strange!! ] with a SCUBA tank I was 10 and I was shit-scared. Sometimes I still am, when I'm diving in places I don't really know - which I tend to avoid.
- With a couple of friends, I've recorded two albums of songs in pure singer-songwriter pop style. We're currently working on the third.
- I've put a poem by Ben Barden ("Moz") to music. Or better, I've put music to a poem by Ben Barden.
- My favourite films of all time are The Fugitive, A Few Good Men, The Silence of the Lambs, Disclosure and Blade Runner.
- The version of Blade Runner I prefer over all the others (including the Final Cut) is the 1982 "International Cut" featuring the violent scenes, the voice-over narration and the happy ending.
- I am firmly convinced that Deckard is NOT a replicant in any version of Blade Runner.
- I've used all of the following as nicknames during the good ol' times spent chatting on mIRC: RickDeckard, Deckard, RoyBatty, Sebastian, JFSebastian, Leon, Kowalsky, Holden, Gaff, Bryant, HarryBryant.
- I know by heart every single line (including the pauses) of Rutger Hauer's final "Tears in rain" monologue.
- I love the Blade Runner soundtrack by Vangelis, and I hate all of the other (non-Vangelis) music used in the movie.
- My favourite song of all time is not by Mike Oldfield. However, my second favourite song of all time is.
- My music tastes are as varied and eclectic as to include, among the CDs I have, the full discographies of Iron Maiden, Enya, Depeche Mode and Andrea Bocelli.
- I once chatted with Mike Oldfield in person. Korgscrew and another board member (I don't remember who it was, maybe Tim Highfield) also did.
- I like James Blunt a lot. He's another artist I have the (almost) full discography of.
- I bought a completely useless guitar pedal in 1994 because I wanted to imitate Kurt Cobain playing "The Man Who Sold the World". I still have that pedal.
- I'm usually not able to determine the precise moment in which I should stop writing rubbish.
-------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian
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