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Name:
Tim Esau
First album bought:
Sparks – Kimono My House (1974)
First concert attended:
Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow – Southampton Gaumont – late 70’s
Last concert attended:
Steve Hackett – The Sage, Gateshead - Dec 2010
5 guests (living or dead) you would invite to a party:
Stephen Hawking
Richard Dawkin
Terry Nutkins
Mary Hopkin
Mr Pitkin
Fancy dress costume of choice:
Slug
Most embarrassing moment:
Well in retrospect it has to be the entire late 80’s and that hair…..OMG!
Favourite food:
Custard (hot or cold, I’m not a fussy eater)
3 favourite albums:
Well, spanning the (many) years, albums which have lit me up, hmmmm I’d go for – from ages ago to more recently…..
The Completion Backwards Principle – The Tubes
Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
And the Glass Handed Kites - Mew
Worst job I’ve ever done:
Working with fibreglass & Rockwool insulation as an apprentice Thermal Insulation Engineer – I hated every second of it - itchy and scatchy. It was a 4 year apprenticeship which I dumped after 3+ years to move to London with IQ
Ideal place to live:
Where the heart is. (I take mine everywhere)
3 favourite films:
This is obviously an opportunity to pretend to be all cultured and arty, so –
Shrek (any of ‘em! - no, hang on - definitely the first one)
Lord of the Rings trilogy (counts as one)
Way out West – Laurel & Hardy
Guiltiest pleasure:
Moments of idle solitude
Preferred mode of transport:
Peasant
Favourite book:
I only read novels in the summer really (when I have the time) so I’ll go for one of last summers which was ‘The Road’ by Cormack McCarthy. Boy does that book cool you down on a hot day!
Least favourite biscuit:
Stale, half eaten ones from the back of the sofa
Favourite hardwood:
Obeche & tattooed pine
