Real Name?

‘Bill/Paul.’

Job?

‘Cat Wrangler/Fluffer.’

Habitat?

‘Ligne Roset.’

Hobbies / Passions?

‘Arm-wrestling, breeding spaniels, filling in email questionnaires, binge-eating, tutting loudly whilst raising eyebrows.’

Favourite food?

‘Garlic, chilli, shallots and salmon fillets. Lightly fry the shallots adding a cup of good white wine half way through. Then sear the salmon at a very high heat for 2 minutes each side, drizzle with lime juice and serve.’

Drink?

‘Grey Goose and mango juice.’

Ideal evening chilling at home?

‘Being poked with a stick by by Fearne Cotton (or Dot Cotton or Fern Britton) whilst strapped to a giant revolving wheel.”

Ideal evening chilling out?

‘Listening to Thievery Corporation in an Islington Wine Bar.’

Favourite places?

‘By the hearth, curled up with a loved one and the Grimsby Evening Telegraph.’

What are you reading these days?

‘Biographies, manuals, the internet…’

Are you a political animal?

‘Yes, thanks.’

What gets the goosebumps rising for you musically at the mo…

‘Kindred The Family Soul/Yoshinori Sunahara/Missy Elliot/The Neptunes/Sam Sure/DJ Gregory/Cee Lo/David Axelrod/John Martyn/The Mars Volta/Daniele Baldelli Cosmic Mixes.’

Top ten influences of all time (musical or otherwise)?

‘Walter Gibbons/Stevie Wonder/Brian Wilson/Rod Temperton/Trevor Horn/Paul Auster/Leigh Bowery/Les Dawson/Leon Trotsky/James Brown.’

What are you working on at present?

‘A Chain Gang/The Nightshift.’

What would most like to achieve over the next five years?

‘Dramatic weight loss with no unpleasant side effects.’

What would you like to see change most in the world over the next five years?

‘Grimsby in the Premiership. (Well, Grimsby not as shit as they presently are would be a start…)’

Highlight of your life?

‘Strawberry Blonde’ by Lord Andre, Kingsbury, NW9. 1997.

Will it be a tent, B & B, or hotel for you and why?

‘Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn (or Travelodge)’

Cheese or Cider?

‘Depends. As an apple-based alcoholic drink, cider. As a dairy product, cheese.’

What was your Top Big Chill moment?

‘Talvin Singh turning up late last year and trying to get two thousand people to sit down on the wet grass. And FSOL doing a prog-rock set dressed as Jesus Christ Superstar at Ocean.’

Describe the essence of The Big Chill in a few words…

‘A three-day music festival in Herefordshire.’

Fat Camp play the Chill Stage on Saturday at Eastnor 2004

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