So it's a slow day at work and I thought it might be interesting to learn about our fellow DISers.
Fill out the survey below, I'll start-
Where do you live?
New York City
What is your age?
29
What is your profession?
Marketing (you know that last needless thing you bought? that was because of me)
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
HEALTH- Disco
What was the last show you went to?
Sonar- Barcelona
What was the best show you have been to?
Deerhunter at Silent Barn in Brooklyn (an awesome, sweaty, noisy mess)
What was the last book you read?
Just finished reading Dune for the 2nd time. Good beach reading (ha, ha)
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
NPR in the morning. Don't listen to radio for music though
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Not currently in a band, play the drums
How Long have you been using DIS?
3 years, only created a profile recently
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Capricorn
No offence if you're legit, but...
"What is your profession?
Marketing"
Ha-ha
Ha, I thought some-one might call me out on that.
I work strictly with pharmaceutical companiesa about as far from music as you can get. If I was trying to do some info mining I hope I would be smart enough to lie about my profession. :)
I've been posting with DIS for a bit and I assure you I am a music fan, you can check my profile. I just thought it would be a fun thing to fill out. I actually just wanted to ask about people's ages at first because reading some of the comments here makes me feel old. It just just ended up being a whole bunch of questions.
Erm
Newcastle
18
Kitchen Porter (wtf?)
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Latitude Festival :/ (Shit according to the NME)
N/A
N/A
I do not listen to the radio, but on occasion I'll listen to Russell Howard on Sunday mornings (6 Music)
No.
1 year.
Aries
Balls.
ok
http://www.drownedinsound.com/section/view/23
Mm
Seconded.
_
here you go dude
Where do you live?
NY as in North Yorkshire...
What is your age?
25
What is your profession?
None
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments
What was the last show you went to?
Dananananaykroyd, Pulled Apart By Hourses, That Fucking Tank & Cowtown in Leeds. Or Ratatat in York I can't remember...
What was the best show you have been to?
Cut Chemist because he sampled my voice and scratched it over some beats. :)
What was the last book you read?
Energy Flash by Simon Reynolds
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Sub FM, Rinse FM & Radio One all at night time if a good DJ is on.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Nope no band, I can play guitar badly and DJ.
How Long have you been using DIS?
Reading for years, joining in about a year.
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
I don't know, I might be that fishy one or the ram?....
How do you make
a living Jimi?
I'm currently
unemployed and lookin for work, I was a student until recently.
oh
was just wondering, I sound creepy now o__o
hehe
Don't worry ;)
Skull Disco
FTW
I hear there is another one brewing
one more 12" and one more compilation and then Skull Disco is dead...
I will be sad but Appleblim still has Apple Pips with some sweet stuff to come. And you can't keep Shackleton down surley?
sHURELY NT
hopefuly
I shall get back into countryside work like I was doing before uni. I'm a badass at building drystone walls, fences, paths and planting trees. Amongst other things like that. The opertunities are hard to come by at the moment unfortunatly.
is building
a drystone wall as satisfying as i imagine it to be?
when its done yeah
the process can drive you mental though heheh.
Imagain making a jigsaw puzzle but you accidently mixed up the peices of about 10 seperate jigsaws. Oh yeah and you don't have the picture and the fucker is 3D, has to stand up and look pretty...
When the stones start talking back to you its time for a break.
we had to read a poem
about a bloke building one for gcse and i've wanted to have a go ever since.
cool
It is pretty good but takes a while to get your eye in. I know some people who do it for a living, just that and they ar damn quick. I'm more of a I can do it if I have to kinda guy hehe.
I trained in alot of coutryside gubbins though, so I can chop down trees with chainsaws and build bridges and allsorts...
sweet
general outdoorsyman is one of my dream professions along with postman, icecreamman and fireman.
I do enjoy it
now I need to get me self back into it.
I might also look into icecream man too.
:)
I mow grass sometimes.
hehe
me too :)
how does one
go about being an ice cream man? i really want to do that now. *googles 'ice cream man vacancies'*
oh wait. you won't be able to do it for the whole of winter. that's not so good.
Cork
Err...
Caring and Killing - Converge
Giveamanakick
Hmmm...Fight Like Apes,in a tinsy little pub,packed full of happy people
Dance Macabre - Stephen King
Today.FM ever since I was absent mindly flicking through the channels and they were playing Black Flag,Atomiser and the like
Nope,play the guitar
Since the start of the Summer
Leo
Oh yers,
I'm 18
Vital stuff
Ok
London
27
TV
MGMT
Daniel Johnston
Mark Lanegan @ Reading Festival 2004 tied with Arcade Fire @ Summercase 2007
Does the Unsigned guide count
Radio 1 in the mornings - the only thing irritating enough to wake me up
Yes, sing and play bass (www.bangbangs.co.uk)
Sporadically for a couple of yrs
The archer
Bloody hell
that's practically identical to mine pixie... weird
...
Where do you live?
Raeding
What is your age?
18
What is your profession?
I work on the dialler for Yellow Pages
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Lykke Li
What was the last show you went to?
Yndi Halda in Aldershot
What was the best show you have been to?
Sigur Rós at the westminster central hall
What was the last book you read?
Danny Wallace's Freinds Like These
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
No
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Learning to play guitar
How Long have you been using DIS?
couple of months
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
virgo
so many spelling mistakes :(
...
Valhalla
6
Axe-grinder
Perry Como sings Hawaiian 3; Polynesia Puts the Kettle on
Wolf Eyes at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - supported by The Field Mice
All Saints at Farringdon Gurney village hall
The Protestant Establishment: Aristocracy & Caste in America by E. Digby Baltzell
Radio 3
Yes, Euphonium
Since 2012
Westside massive
Hey
Hey Anschul- You, me, and Thor should hang out sometime. I'll see if Odin is down also...
go on then
Where do you live?
Christchurch (a small town on the outskirts of Bournemouth)
What is your age?
19
What is your profession?
Music Student
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - We ARe All In The Gutter
What was the last show you went to?
A Gig I Was Playing at 60 Million Postcards. Didn't go down to well
What was the best show you have been to?
The Flaming Lips at BIC
What was the last book you read?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
6Music, Occasionally Resonance FM
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I do solo stuff under a name of Fridge Noises. I play in other collaborations. I play bass, viola and keyboards
How Long have you been using DIS?
Too long to count
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Libra
my tuppence ha'pworth
Where do you live?
Cyprus
What is your age?
29
What is your profession?
Infantry soldier
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
What was the last show you went to?
Cyprus gig scene emphatically not rocking. Some bloke called Michael gave a bazouki rendition in a restaurant I was in the other night?
What was the best show you have been to?
Mogwai. Somewhere in Birmingham. I even forget the year, i just know the hairs on the backs of my arms were on end for the whole gig.
What was the last book you read?
The War of Wars by Robert Harvey
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Again, Cyprus not replete with excellent radio stations.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Not currently in a band, play the guitar like a plugged-in god.
How Long have you been using DIS?
Yonks and yonks.
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
70mph limit.
Nice to see someone on DiS with a proper job!
!
the army!
!
once more into the breach!
!
Because I am bored at work
Where do you live?
Chicago... although, I am a stinky Brit
What is your age?
28
What is your profession?
I am a Web Developer - I write HTML, CSS, Java/J/ECMAScript, VB.Net, PHP, MySQL and SQL Server gibberish all day long
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Probably something by Okkervil River, who I saw at Lollapalooza on Saturday
What was the last show you went to?
Lollapalooza - it would have been She & Him on Tuesday but I've been as sick as a dog all week
What was the best show you have been to?
Radiohead at Earl's Court, Depeche Mode at Wembley Arena, or Nada Surf wherever it was I saw them in Chicago (I think it was the Metro or The Vic)
What was the last book you read?
I just finished Watchmen by Alan Moore, currently reading My Custom Van by Michael Ian Black
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
I'm woken up by NPR, but I don't really listen to it
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I used to be in a band, playing guitar/keyboards and sometimes singing
How long have you been using DIS?
Since it started - somehow, I convinced Sean to let me write for a little while but then work ruined my life
And just to be stupid, what's your sign?
Pisces
Ah, why not..
Where do you live?
Pontefract (home), Newcastle (uni)
What is your age?
19
What is your profession?
Student dosn't really count, does it?
What was the last album you bought/downloaded?
Micah P. Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra
What was the last show you went to?
My Bloody Valentine at Manchester (2nd night).
What was the best show you have been to?
Probably the above...although The Twilight Sad in Newcastle last year and Crystal Castles with HEALTH afterparty this May were both bloody good nights as well.
What was the last book you read?
Just finished Leviathan by Paul Auster - never read anything by him before, but definetely someone I'm going to have to investigate further.
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Barely, althought I sometimes have Radio 1 or 6 on in the background if it's a not-too-shit DJ.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I play the guitar, but it's not being inflicted on others right now!
How long have you been using DIS?
Bit under a year, I think, although the profile's much more recent.
What's your sign?
Gemini, which is extra-stupid considering I'm an only child and all.
...
Where do you live?
Glasgow
What is your age?
21
What is your profession?
Psychology Student
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Stapleton- Hug The Coast
What was the last show you went to?
Tellison (+Tubelord) - King Tuts
What was the best show you have been to?
Múm- Oran Mor. Was special becasue it was christmas and felt nice.
What was the last book you read?
I don't read.
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
XFM sometimes.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I make electronic pop in my bedroom haha, www.myspace.com/ilikewhereilive i play a few instruments.
How Long have you been using DIS?
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages, but don't think i have much to say in terms of musical discussion so my post count is looooow.
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Capricorn.
Right, c'est moi:
Where do you live?
Essex
What is your age?
23
What is your profession?
I run a Volunteer Centre
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Shit & Shine - Jealous of Shit & Shine
What was the last show you went to?
Gang of Four at the Royal Festival Hall (I'm broke at the moment :-()
What was the best show you have been to?
Scout Niblett at The Social in Nottingham.
What was the last book you read?
Rimbaud - Graham Robb
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Nope
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Bedroom superstar on guitar; no band anymore :-(
How Long have you been using DIS?
2 odd years?
...
Where do you live?
Lowestoft, Suffolk
What is your age?
15
What is your profession?
Student
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee Baby
What was the last show you went to?
Latitude Festival
What was the best show you have been to?
Public Enemy @ UEA, or Sigur Ros @ Latitude
What was the last book you read?
Danny Wallace - Friends Like These
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Sometimes I listen to Huw Stevens or Lamaq
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I'm not in a band but I play the drums
How Long have you been using DIS?
A few months
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Aries
ooh how fun!
Where do you live?
Northumberland (that bit wot is between Newcastle and Scotland), Manchester during Uni.
What is your age?
20
What is your profession?
Student, currenty unemployed over summer.
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
No Age - Nouns (yes yes bit late on the uptake)
What was the last show you went to?
Jools Holland live at Alnwick Castle "LOLZ", we didn't actually go, just sat a bit further up the hill with a load of beer so we could see everything without the aid of a £25 ticket.
What was the best show you have been to?
tough one, The Music at Northumbria uni in 2004 or Muse last year at Wembley
What was the last book you read?
American Psycho
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Occasionally listen to BBC6, if i do I listen to the Gideon Coe show.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Play piano, sorta recently formed a band but we ain't starting jamming till the end of the month
How Long have you been using DIS?
Ermm a good couple of years, don't post often though.
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Sagittarius
I haven't been active for long but...
Where do you live?
Birmingham (UK)
What is your age?
42 (Like old)
What is your profession?
Primary Teacher
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Aphex Twin -26 Mixes for Cash (ebay)
What was the last show you went to?
Death Cab
What was the best show you have been to?
GY!BE - Birmingham bout 7 years ago
What was the last book you read?
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (It was shit)
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
5-Live, BBC6
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Nope
How Long have you been using DIS?
4/5 years Only just started posting
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Capricorn (Yeah it is stupid)
:)
Where do you live?
London
What is your age?
33
What is your profession?
"Executive Assistant"
I invert because my big boss left today so I currently work for the entire World instead.
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
I bought a bunch together:-
TV on the radio - young liars (ep)
Interpol - our love to admire
The cure - disintegration
The cure - bloodflowers
Mudhoney - march to fuzz
Comets on fire - avatar*
Fleet foxes - sun giant*
TV on the radio - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
What was the last show you went to?
Radiohead I think. I was very bored :(
What was the best show you have been to?
Sigur Ros a couple of months ago at a 2,500 capacity venue.
What was the last book you read?
American Psycho. I'm now quite frightened of some of my colleagues.
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
No, never. Used to listen to James Hyman on XFM on a Saturday night - fucking amazingly eclectic selection - but he quit that about a year ago. Dearly miss his show.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
No, no. One day I will play something.
How Long have you been using DIS?
4 years probably, 2.5 lurking.
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Leo. Roaaar!
Oh
* = because I liked the packaging. I haven't really listened yet though because I've been a bit Cure and TV obsessed for the last week instead.
American Psycho!
that was MY last book too! I wish he didn't injure so many dogs (as well as all the murders and stuff obviously)
Oh, yes.
The dog licking it's own intestines while it was dying was certainly one of the "highlights" that will always stick in my mind.
Along with the maggots on the intestine sausages from (one of the) women he beheaded. Coathangers I can deal with, even the whole rat thing - maggots and I freak!
Good read though. Twister bugger!
he could sure
argue his case for Huey Lewis and the News as well; that bit in the film's probably better than anything in the book.
well..
Where do you live?
Derby
What is your age?
20
What is your profession?
motor vehicle parts consultent
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
The ivory coast - clouds
What was the last show you went to?
Indietracks (t'was only a mile walk from were i live)
What was the best show you have been to?
Very tough question, any capdown gig to be honest.
What was the last book you read?
The wrong boy - willy russell
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
radio1 & 6music
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Bass & Guitar, but bandless
How Long have you been using DIS?
About a year
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Leo
..
Where do you live?
London
What is your age?
20
What is your profession?
Student / Bar monkey
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Downloaded: Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues [Bonus/DVD]
Bought: Neon Neon - Stainless Style
What was the last show you went to?
Glastonbury
What was the best show you have been to?
Liars at Koko a few weeks back
What was the last book you read?
The Master and Margerita - Mikael Bulgakov
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
BBC 6 Music, very, very rarely though
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Drums, guitar
How Long have you been using DIS?
A year or two?
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Aries
Lemons
Where do you live?
London town
What is your age?
33
What is your profession?
Arts Development Officer
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
James Brown - live at the apollo (remastered)
What was the last show you went to?
Glastonbury 2008
What was the best show you have been to?
Glastonbury 2004 (McCartney)
What was the last book you read?
The Music Business - Ann Harrison
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Radio 2, Radio 4, BBC 6, Xfm, Dandelion FM (the best)
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Yes - www.myspace.com/thegreenstoneproject
Play guitar, bass, harmonica, turntables (QFO), program Ableton, synth, percussive shit, ukuleles.
How Long have you been using DIS?
A while - can't remember
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
2 fingers.
this is so myspace
Where do you live?
Londinion
What is your age?
23
What is your profession?
Casework Manager, General Surgery
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
The Union Trade - everyday including
What was the last show you went to?
Mars volta, Roundhouse
What was the best show you have been to?
Mogwai Royal Albert Hall.. words cannot describe
What was the last book you read?
Heart of Darkness.. not an easy read
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Radio 4/5 not a lot though
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Yes - Drums
How Long have you been using DIS?
Over a year, only posted for 6 months though
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Leo. comfortably the best
sure why not :D
Where do you live?
Northern Ireland
What is your age?
18
What is your profession?
Farm labourer
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
The Mae Shi - Terrorbird
The Mae Shi/Rapider Than Horsepower - Do Not Ignore the Potential
What was the last show you went to?
The Mae Shi @ Limelight, Belfast
What was the best show you have been to?
That's a tough one but I think I'll go with the Future Days "festival" in Dublin. Deerhunter also, Dan Deacon, High Places, White Williams & Jape!
What was the last book you read?
Harry Potter 7 (don't judge me)
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
BBC Radio Foyle
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
No, learning to play guitar
How Long have you been using DIS?
Six months
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Capricorn
...
Where do you live?
Glasgow
What is your age?
30
What is your profession?
Release Managger
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
The John Baker Tapes
Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07
Juana Molins - Son
Wooden Shjips
(was at the record shop today)
What was the last show you went to?
Tom Waits in Edinburgh
What was the best show you have been to?
Screaming Trees at Glasgow Garage (7 years ago) greatest show ever
What was the last book you read?
Diamonds Gold & War (history of Diamonds in S.Africa)
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
The Football on Five Live
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Nope Totally talentless
How Long have you been using DIS?
About a year
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
aquarius
...
Where do you live?
Reading. Hooray.
What is your age?
22
What is your profession?
Social Anthropology student / freelance journalist for Rocksound magazine
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Four bought at the same time: James Blackshaw - Litany Of Echoes, Nadja - Radiance of Shadows, High Places - 03/07-09/07, Madvillain - Madvillainy
What was the last show you went to?
Earth @ The Scala
What was the best show you have been to?
Dead Meadow - Camden Barfly, 05. Just a mind-blowing experience.
What was the last book you read?
Gravity's Rainbow
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Not for music. Use 5live for football commentary though.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
Not currently in a band, play bass.
How Long have you been using DIS?
Since 04. Changed my user name in 06 (I think).
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Cancer
.
Where do you live?
St Albans
What is your age?
22
What is your profession?
Graduate bum looking for career...
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
System 7 - Phoenix
What was the last show you went to?
Feeder @ Koko
What was the best show you have been to?
Blagging a very good spot for RATM at Nova Rock in Austria this summer.
What was the last book you read?
Soul Music
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Radio 1 on occasion if I am driving.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I can upset my guitar, much around with alot of electro stuff with my friends.
How Long have you been using DIS?
Since maybe 02? but not the community side for a long time...
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?
Aries
...
Where do you live?
Edinburgh
What is your age?
23
What is your profession?
Trainee Commercial Lawyer
What was the last album you purchased/downloaded?
Mogwai - Young Team
What was the last show you went to?
iForward Russia!/Johnny Foreigner
What was the best show you have been to?
Portishead at Edinburgh Corn Exchange
What was the last book you read?
Andrew Marr - "My Trade" (well, reading...)
Do you listen to the radio (including digital), if so what station?
Sometimes Radio 2...I've abandoned Radio 1 until that insufferable twat Moyles is removed.
Are you in a band, do you play an instrument?
I wish I was...
How Long have you been using DIS?
Around five/six years...maybe longer?
And just to be stupid, What's your sign?