the trombonebleu thread

How about your political views?

 

If you had a bionic arm and were capable of lifting many times your body weight, would you use it for good or for evil and how?

What do you do for a living?

 

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depends on your definition of good and evil Actually, that'd be good at doing brick work I suppose, if I could roof a house in one swoop. that and I'd vacuum under the furniture more often than not...

At the moment, I'm moonlighting as an accountant...

 

what made you want to learn to play the trombone?

 

i come from a pretty musical family. my dad played trumpet professionally for years and years, and my older sister is an excellent clarinetist. I had always wanted to play a musical instrument apart from piano (I'd been playing since I was 5), and was always intrigued with what appeared to be an overblown slide whistle. So I started when I was 10 and it's gotten me this far...

 

If you could have any superpower on top of the bionic arm, what would it be and why?

 

Flight, I think, just over invisibility. I'd also like to be able to speak every language in the world which, while not a true superpower, would be impressive. Or breathing underwater...damn they're all so cool....

Flight.

 

How do you define good and evil?

 

If it doesn't hurt anyone else = good. If it does = evil.

Or, to quote Andy Partridge again:

"Kid,
Stay and snip your cord off,
Talk and let your mind loose,
Cant all think like chekov,
But youll be o.k.

Kid,
Is this your first time here?
Some cant stand the beauty,
So they cut off one ear,
But youll be o.k.

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights.
Welcome to a billion arabian nights.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
This is your life and you spend it all.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just dont hurt nobody,
And the big rewards here,
In the garden of earthly delights.

Kid,
Pick up with another,
Some will even drop you,
But hearts are built like rubber,
So youll be alright.

Kid,
Swallow but believe us,
You wont die of boredom,
Should you have to leave us,
Itll be alright.

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights.
Welcome to a billion arabian nights.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
This is your life and you spend it all.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just dont hurt nobody,
less of course they ask you,
In the garden of earthly delights.

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights.
Welcome to a billion arabian nights.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
This is your life and you spend it all.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just dont hurt nobody,

Welcome to the garden of earthly delights.
Welcome to a billion arabian nights.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
This is your life and you spend it all.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just dont hurt nobody,
less of course they ask you,
In the garden of earthly delights"

 

I always end up reading your signature as by Alan Partridge. So, what's your favourite comedy show?

 

Ironically enough, it's "I'm Alan Partridge" but for reasons completely different than the similarity to Andy Partridge.

Well, I don't know if it's my fave, but it's up there. Anything with Mitchell & Webb, Green Wing, Little Britain, Bremner, Bird & Fortune, Mock The Week, Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Monty Python, Only Fools & Horses, Black Adder, The Office, Extras, The Simpsons, Futurama, Southpark, American Dad, Family Guy, and I'm sure there's more...those are all my favourites; I can't pick one.

 

Aye Mitchell and Webb are great too. So, British or American humour?

 

British. No contest.

Well, The Simpsons makes it a contest, but otherwise, no contest at all.

 

Do you still speak funny or has life in Britain made you start to speak more normally?

 

people tend to think I'm Canadian or Australian before they settle on America. I have no southern accent anymore (unless I'm drunk).

 

What's your favourite accent in the world?

 

anything from a romance language, particularly espanol, particularly para sud america...

 

Back to comedy, have you seen the American version of The Office? I didn't actually think it was that bad. How do you think it compares?

 

Yeah, I've seen a lot of them. Started out pretty slow but got a lot better. Not sure it's ever going to reach the level of the UK version, but I don't think either of them reach the genius level of the movie "Office Space", but they all have their moments...

but back to the US version of The Office...in typical fashion, they'll ruin it eventually because it will go on and on and on until it becomes a shell of anything; that's how TV there works; shows go on way too long...