Who are you?
Well, my name as you could have guessed is Guy. I'm a
twenty-something guy, living in Brussels with my girlfriend and the coolest
cat around, Ringo. I work for a Flemish governmental institution (revolution
from within!) that helps unemployed people find a job by offering different
kinds of courses, trainings, etc. The rest of my time I spend playing
albums and air guitar, rehearsing with our band (Mr.
Mama), reading stuff, following evening classes (in order to get my
teacher's certificate), going to gigs and playing tiddlywinks.
Why the hell did you start this superfluous website of yours?
a) Because I'm way too much into music to do nothing
with it.
b) because I like writing about stuff I like. In Dutch at least, we'll
see about the quality of my English.
c) because Scott
Floman said it was a good idea.
What are you going to review?
Whatever I want. First, I'll start off with some bands that I like, and
that are, in my opinion, very underrated or neglected (by both the WRC
(a Webring of about 2 dozen amateur music review sites) and music publications
in general), and some other huge personal favorites. Once in a while,
I'll also throw in some major bands, that have been covered by dozens
of other sites, but which I think deserve it (or which may increase my
hit count, yeah). This means you'll see no Beatles, Stones or The Who
reviews on this page. Not in the near future, anyway.
What genres do you dig?
Although I started with lots of punk and loud guitar bands in my teens,
I've steadily expanded my collection, and it now has albums from several
sometimes very different genres. I like rock, country, pop, metal, punk,
blues, jazz, etc. Genres I know next to nothing about are world music,
dance, post-industrial electro-goth-metal and classical. Basically, I'll
review albums from every genre that I think I can tell something about.
Including comedy and spoken word albums.
No prog?
No. Well, not yet. I'm not really a prog fanatic. Moreover, my knowledge
of prog is kind of limited to some classics (In the Court of the Crimson
King, Fragile, Aqualung). Also: more than enough
people in the WRC have focused heavily on prog, so please check out their
sites.
How often are you going to update your site?
When I don't have to go to evening school, or when I'm not rehearsing,
reading or playing tiddlywinks, then I might write one or more reviews.
The site will be updated soon after I finish them. I guess I can manage
to write at least 4-5 reviews a week. That should be a minimum.
Do you really think George Starostin is in fact 12 people
working 18 hours a day?
Yes.
Do you maintain your website yourself?
No, using some magical tricks my girlfriend turns my
Word-documents (or hand-written notes, thoughts and ideas) into a website.
For a first, I think she did a very good job.
What are your favorite musicians/bands?
No idea.
Oh, come on!
Ok then: The Beatles, Al Green, The
Stooges, Richard Thompson, Yo La Tengo,
AC/DC, The Dead Kennedys, Rollins Band, The
Minutemen, Randy Newman, John Coltrane, Hüsker
Dü, Steve Wynn, Fugazi, Nomeansno, Charles Mingus, Neil Young,
Freddie King, The Clash, Motorpsycho, James Brown, The Jam, The Grateful
Dead, XTC, Los Lobos, Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash, Lambchop, Tindersticks,
Motörhead, Spain, Slayer, The Rolling Stones,
Captain Beefheart, Queens of the Stone Age, Iron
Maiden, Nick Cave, The Screaming Trees, The Flamin' Groovies, MC5, The
Meat Puppets, Bad Religion, Johnny Dowd, Built
To Spill, Sugar, Josh Rouse, Kyuss, The Red Devils, The Kinks, Cracker,
Mercury Rev, Pixies, Masters of Reality, Aretha Franklin, Black Sabbath,
Jonathan Richman, D.R.I., Centro-matic, Brian Eno, Minor Threat, Paul
Simon, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Tool, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Television,
Tom Waits, Rory Gallagher, Split Enz, Hank Williams, Wilco, Danzig, J.J.
Cale, The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, Dinosaur
Jr, Sparklehorse, Aerosmith, Nirvana, Big
Star, The Who, The Replacements, Lou Reed, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin,
Zen Guerilla, Joe Jackson, Black Flag, The Smiths, fIREHOSE, Van Morrison,
The Hellacopters, The Beach Boys, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Fairport Convention,
The Dream Syndicate, Thin White Rope, Talking Heads, Judas Priest, John
Prine, David Bowie, Frank Black, CCR, Bad Brains, Melvins, Beulah, The
Wipers, Townes Van Zandt, X, The Tragically Hip, Hound
Dog Taylor, Soundgarden, Roxy Music, etc etc
Are you going to review those?
You betcha. At least, that's the idea. We'll see.
What are the best gigs you ever saw?
Neil Young, Bill Frisell, Steve Wynn (twice), Motorpsycho,
Fugazi, Rollins Band.
Disappointments?
Page & Plant, Calexico, and the Spin Doctors, probably
the worst gig I ever saw (major festivals included.
Can I send in my accusatory reader comments?
Yeah you can, and if you don't call me names, I'll post
your opinion/suggestion/question too!
Hey, I really like your reviews. Can I use them on my
site?
Sure, as long as you tell people that I wrote them. You wouldn't like
it if someone stole your stuff either, would you?
Can I ask you something else?
Sure, just send me an e-mail.
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