Wotcher folks...

[The Reverend]

Ok, the insomnia is running strong tonight so I decided to bite the bullet and make one of these thingy threads so you can probe me in any way you fancy :-o Have been lurking around here for a little while and it seems nice, interesting people and all that but enough about you lets get self centred here...

So I'm Jez from Brighton, for the past three years I have been doing work with a community arts organisation and production work on festivals and ethically focused events around the country. Recently I have been doing less work with them as I'm in a bit of grey period at the mo and just a little disillusioned with my life situation. But it's not really that bad, that sounded a little melodramatic.

I'm a bit of a fiend for a party which has it's pros and cons. The cons namely being waking up in places where I haven't a clue where I am (I have a habit of falling asleep in bizarre places hehe many many stories) and stinking headaches. I probably drink too much, probably smoke too much weed (although not loads recently, hence the insomnia), don't live the healthiest lifestyle but am quite careful with what I eat, fresh food, organic stuff and the like (ironic when I'm happy to fill myself up with nasty drugs cooked up in dodgy eastern european labs).

I don't have loads of hobbies to speak of but there's a few things I am passionate about. Music is my main love and my tastes are varied, I DJ quite a lot of different styles depending on the gig. One night I'll be playing some banging psychedelic trance or acid techno and the next night I'll be playing jazz, funk and soul, the evenings after that I'll be playing anything from klezmer to african and latin music through to microhouse, synth pop and reggae. Mixed bag basically. I dabble in making some music electronically alone and with friends as well as having a jam or a good old singsong now and then. I also organise parties with friends and our ethos is something for everyone, so you might not like all the music in the night but there will be something you'd like. We'll have punk bands playing next to house dj's and the like, keeping it eclectic and mashed up.

I like to travel and have to get away every few months, if only for a couple of days because this country drives me absolutely crazy hehe. I want to live in europe for a while, either Berlin or Barcelona. They're pretty different places but I like them both equally and so it's hard to decide. I think I might retire to rural cornwall later in life as it's beautiful down that way and there's an energy I haven't felt elsewhere in the country. Oh yeah, and they've got absolutely hilarious accents, I love it, I've found myself in tears down that way before just from listening to people speak (this is a compliment and not an insult btw you cornish folk).

I'm single currently but I have a cat that loves me so it doesn't really bother me too much hehe.

Um I can't really think of much more to write now as I am feeling rather braindead at this hour of the morning and the beer has been steadily flowing all night. Soooooo, fire away, question me blah blah blah something like that.

Peace

[Peace-Phoenix]

Jez from Brighton eh? Organise festivals and work on art projects? Now I'm beginning to think you might be Jeremy from the Levellers :p

But anyway, first question, what do you dislike most about this country?

[The Reverend]

Jez from Brighton eh? Organise festivals and work on art projects? Now I'm beginning to think you might be Jeremy from the Levellers :p No, unfortunately not. But I did go to school with a son of a Leveller. Not sure which one though as I was never a massive fan but some of the older tunes I've heard are wicked. *goes off to dig out cassette of levelling the land*

But anyway, first question, what do you dislike most about this country?Oooh hard one. It's so easy to criticise where you are right now as if where you want to be is utopic and doesn't have the same problems or similar. I think at the moment what gets my goat is the database state, the loss of liberties in the name of 'security' and the rabid sensationalism in the media and in general surrounding big bad scary terrorists lurking on every corner.

[The Reverend]

*Sigh* So I open myself up for interrogation and no-one wants to quiz me?
Am I really that boring? Hold on, I'm not the one supposed to be asking questions here *confused* :rolleyes:

[lithium]

*Sigh* So I open myself up for interrogation and no-one wants to quiz me?
Am I really that boring? Hold on, I'm not the one supposed to be asking questions here *confused* :rolleyes:Calm downhttp://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Do you think you are an impatient person?

Why do you think you are "disillusioned"?

[The Reverend]

Calm downhttp://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif Aye Aye!


Do you think you are an impatient person? No, not all the time. Much of the art/music I create is full of painstakingly repetitive tasks and involves hours of mind numbing things but it's something to concentrate on I suppose. Maybe I was just bored this morning as I only slept a couple of hours last night and had nowt to focus on, needed a little stimulation or something...

Why do you think you are "disillusioned"?I'm just a bit cynical and apathetic at the minute. Not unhappy, still smiling but feeling a little empty. I think it's the end of summer blues and the fact I haven't been away since January, which as I mentioned earlier does have a strange effect on my mental health. I was supposed to go to Voov Experience in Germany in August but the day before we were leaving I lost my passport. Gutted. Brighton is a cool place but at the same time it's quite easy to sink into a depression here and do nothing. Also my best mate has been away for a few months working in Europe, he wanted me to go with him and I have passport issues and hardly any cash so it looks like that won't be happening for some time. But as I say, I'm just being melodramatic to be honest, dwelling on the negative when there is still plenty to be happy about in my life :)

Thanks for the questions :)

[lithium]

Are you a fan of David Lynch? (great signature picture)

What's your favourite film? (Lynch and non-Lynch)

[The Reverend]

Are you a fan of David Lynch? (great signature picture)Thank you. I'm not really a big film watcher in all honesty but yes, lost Highway is a classic. To tell the truth that picture makes me laugh everytime I see it (don't know why though hehe) and that's why I chose it, I'm not obsessed with the film or anything. I liked Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, all the Lynch classics.

What's your favourite film? (Lynch and non-Lynch)Cliched choice but I think it has to be Withnail and I. One of the most genius works ever put on celluloid and I'm quite a big fan of Richard E. anyway but just all round classic film. One of my best memories of watching was when I was seeing this very sweet Israeli girl and all her friends came round and we decided to put it on. I was in hysterics the whole way through the film whilst none of them could understand a word because the accents and the language used were too English for them. I suppose I was probably laughing as much at them as I was at the movie hehe.

[lithium]

If your best friend's hand was chained to a bomb which was about to explode, do you think you could hack his arm off to save his life?

[The Reverend]

I'd give it a go if that was what he wanted. What tools would I have to hand?

[lithium]

I'd give it a go if that was what he wanted. What tools would I have to hand?I'm asking the questionshttp://www.hipforums.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif What tool would you ideally use to hack your best friend's arm off?

Would you draw the line at:
1/ an axe
2/ a bread knife
3/ a runcible spoon

[The Reverend]

I'd go for the order you put things in. I think firstly, the axe would probably be cleanest but would take a bit of force. Oh I don't know it's a horrible question. I'm cringing right now thinking of his face whilst trying to hack off his arm with a bread knife, a picture I disturbingly can't get out of my head. Stop it.

a runcible spoon lol

[lithium]

Sorry I'll stop asking about hacking your mate's arm off with kitchen implements. Got a bit carried away.

What are your politics?

[The Reverend]

I'm a member of the British National Party and have some great ideas for the next four years as I am standing for Brighton in the local elections in May.

No, I'm a lefty libertarian kinda guy. I still retain some anarchistic tendencies but don't agree with the ideology as a whole (never completely did though). I think all in all I'm a humanist but at the minute as the decline pisses me off more and more I'm becoming apathetic due to frustration, which isn't the way to solve things I know.

[mimis]

where is good to go in brighton and meet like minded left-thinking people?!

whats your favorite place?

(just moved down for uni and noticed youre from there!)

ta! x

[The Reverend]

where is good to go in brighton and meet like minded left-thinking people?!

whats your favorite place?

(just moved down for uni and noticed youre from there!)

ta! xHello! Welcome and all that!

A good place to start would be the Cowley Club on London Road, about 10 doors down from sainsburys. They do wicked cheap vegan food and cheap tea. Sometimes you're not just being fed wholesome food though, as some people like to force radical leftisms down your throat at the same time but most people are real nice. It's run by volunteers and all money raised from food/drink/books etc goes to funding the club and other social projects in Brighton. In the evening it becomes the 12 London Road social club and they serve alcohol and have bands etc on. Unfortunately you need to go with a member or to qualify for membership be put forward by an existing member but if you hang around long enough this won't be hard. The mixture of people in there is nice and it's the most active underground left leaning place in Brighton so I'd recommend it as there aren't many others.

You could also come to the Eco Centre where I work, opposite Brighton Station and downstairs in the Peace and Environment Centre they are always looking for volunteers, even if it's just an hour or two a week. From there you will be able to choose which projects you want to get involved in and progress to similar things. The people there are all lovely and you will meet likeminded folk for sure.

My favourite place in Brighton is a hard one as I've lived here for most of my life and have many different places for different moods. In no particular order places I'm keen on are: The West Pier, Sydney Street to Bond Street for people watching, Preston Park secret garden (behind the manor shhh! secret!), Stanmer Park, Kemp Town is nice for cafes (and gay bars hehe!). Cool pubs are The Evening Star, Surrey Street right near the peace centre which doesn't sell commercial beer brands and has only one lager, its homebrew. It has something like 200 beers there! The Earth and Stars on Church street is good too. Cobblers Thumb at Preston Circus are doing a good dub/reggae night on thursdays. The best club in my opinion is The Volks, it's dirty, dingy, smelly and the floor is usually covered in beer and broken glass but they have good psytrance, tekno, reggae, breaks and dnb nights at a reasonable price. Drinks aren't too expensive and door staff are generally cool. Check out Concorde 2 for bigger bands and DJ's of all sorts. I don't know what you're into so I can't recommend loads of clubs or bars you know.

Are you at Sussex or Brighton? What are you studying?

Peace
J

[mimis]

brillliant!! ill definately have to check out that list

at brighton on falmer campus studying english with sociology.

[Peace-Phoenix]

Since you're called The Reverand, are you religious?

[The Reverend]

Fraid not. It was a silly name I picked out of the air whilst signing up, doesn't mean anything. I don't know what to believe. There's no conclusive proof either way so I'm content to do little things that make me feel positive and keep my faith in humanity going, and not having to devote my life to any particular set of rules. My outlook changes all the time depending on my mood hehe...

[Peace-Phoenix]

And since you can't prove a negative, I see no reason to believe in God personally.

What are your family like?

[The Reverend]

My family are pretty cool actually. Of course I used to have arguments and stuff with my parents when I was a youngun but my parents are understanding of me and my lifestyle. They were at it in the 60's/70's, lots of acid and festies and all that but got boring jobs and chilled out to have a family in the late 70's-80's. My folks are interested in what I get up to and I have managed to take my mother to a free party. She wasn't too keen on the music (though she liked the chill) but she was into the atmosphere and attitude, made her feel younger I suppose lol. My dad's a bit straighter but has always supported my choices and is a tolerant chap and knows what kind of mischief I get up to. He's less naive than my mother but perhaps more cynical. I love me folks though, they've done better for me than I have for them hehe

[Peace-Phoenix]

Do you think you'll settle down into a duller routine when you get older?

[The Reverend]

No man! I'll live the euro squatter anarcho space cadet dream till I die!

Probably not. I'll cut my hair, knock the drugs on the head, get a mortgage, have kids I hate, a job I hate, a wife I hate, a car I love and some anal hobby.

Probably somewhere in between I 'spose. I have never and will never work for big business or do anything I don't enjoy doing workwise. Perhaps a selfish viewpoint in some respects but I enjoy my voluntary work etc so no conscience problems there. I like to be part of a bigger picture, making something I feel passionate about happen so I feel I'll always be involved in something positive. I haven't got a degree so I'm not going to be accepted by any high flyer employer anytime soon anyway.

I'll just carry on being me for better or worse I spose. When I get out to euroland I'll probably get a little more political again as it's a great way to meet likeminded folk and get involved in slightly more shall we say 'hands on' ;) action against that which you disagree with...

[dapablo]

You say you like Cornwall, have you ever done any gigs down here and if so whereabouts ?

[The Reverend]

Only really been to parties and festies on East Curry Farm, near Launceston. My mates label did a 3 dayer there this summer which was really good and I was involved in some elements of production. Last year there was the Sacred Bull festival on the same site and of course there's the Wingmakers solstice parties.

Other than that I just like the atmosphere and the nature down that way. I have friends scattered about the westcountry so when I can I go and visit and go camping or something :)

[phoenix_indigo]

so, based on your comment about having (in the future) kids you hate, a job you hate, a wife you hate, etc...

would you consider yourself to be a pessimist? (i know it's kind of obvious)

if you could do any job in the world (no boundaries on education etc) what would you do?

and well i was going to ask why you called yourself "The Reverand" but seems my fellow phoenix beat me to the punch. :)