Get to know the Delpinotrons
full name:
Choomby van Rensburg
Kris *cough* Swales
Liesl Monique Pfeffer
Meredith Jane McHugh... but you can call me James
Michael Moon Patterson
nickname:
choomby: Fat C#nt, Choomby
van Rensburg
kris: Young Dog
liesl: Pimienta, Pfeffer, Pinz
meredith: Mezzy Ray Cyrus... but you can call me James
mike: Mikey Moon
age:
choomby: 16 (according to my girlfriend,
esp. on weekends)
kris: 26
liesl: 24
meredith: 24
mike: 26
birthdate:
choomby: Oct. 28 minus 16
years
kris: 01/06/77
liesl: 22 feb 79
meredith: 8/3/1979
mike: 11 feb
star sign:
choomby: Peace out
kris: Wookie
liesl: Pisces
meredith: small lurking fish.. much like the character
mike: Aquarius
in delpino you play:
choomby: Some booty + guitar and
keys?
kris: the devil's advocate (and drums)
liesl: bass
meredith: Guitar... vocal acrobatics
mike: violin
gear you use:
choomby: Cocaine and clag
kris: Minimal 3 piece kit with crash/ride, ride and hats, Pro Mark
7A sticks
liesl: fender squier musicmaster 3/4 scale bass and meredith's
magnum bass amp
meredith: Fender Tele (ok it's a mex) ..but it's a pretty Burgandy
colour + Jay's vintage marshall amp + lots of dodgy mics from K-Mart and
the likes
mike: I don't use gear
dream gear:
choomby: as above
kris: I love my current kit. :-) Would like lots of geeky synths
and software as well.
liesl: black rickenbacker 4003
meredith: My tele...a Jaguar (esp. after seeing Yo La Tengo), plus
a
nice acoustic (Maton) for those lonely nights by the fire??; Fender Twin,
oh and a Shure 55SH mic... mmmm pretty
influences:
choomby: as above
kris: Kyuss, The Bird, The Beatles, Art Of Fighting
liesl: stacy rashid (coda), art of fighting, mogwai, custard
meredith: erm...Red House Painters, Yo La Tengo, Low, Pavement,
American Analogue Set......Mike V Patterson ;)
mike: everyone who I play with
other bands you're in:
choomby: Ctrl+Alt+Delete, Sauerkraut
+ the wiggles
kris: D-Ko
liesl: Ponyclub, Tidy box (....I wish)
meredith: Ponyclub ;).. moo ha ha
mike: Doch, Solotaro
favourite band you've played with:
choomby: The Orange Organics
kris: Kid Kay Ferris
liesl: Shuriken (2003), Ctrl Alt Delete (2003) and Custard (1998)
meredith: Shuriken + the lovely Ctrls
mike: Delpino (awww... shucks)
the band you'd love to go on tour with:
choomby: The Zit Remedies
kris: The Bird
liesl: Godspeed You Black Emperor (but i'd be too nervous to play
if they were in the room)
meredith: Carrots (Espagnola)
mike: Taraf de Haidouks
first record/cassette you ever bought:
choomby: Kiss 7" Shandy/She's
so European
kris: Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
liesl: Pop art/Transvision Vamp
meredith: Mc Hammer (can't remember the title).. the one with Hammer
time.. yep..I was pretty cool
mike: B52s Cosmic Thing
favourite album/s of all time:
choomby: Sandpit - On 2nd thought,
AOF - wires
kris: Sky Valley - Kyuss
liesl: lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven/godspeed you
black emperor!
it's a wonderful life/sparklehorse
moon safari/air
sophtware slump/grandaddy
young team/mogwai
meredith: Songs for a blues Guitar, Red House Painters;
Debut, Bjork;
His & Hers, Pulp;
Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (even just for the title
and cover art.. ahh).. etc etc...
mike: My Bloody Valentine "Loveless",
Bahamadia "Kollage"
favourite song/s of all time:
choomby: It's so easy - G'N'R
kris: Blackbird - the Beatles
liesl: coffee and tv/blur
meredith: too hard basket... Revelation Big Sur, Red House Painters,
Golden Brown, The Stranglers; Debaser, the Pixies; To Sir with love, Lulu;
Watching the Detectives, Elvis Costello; Silly Love songs, the Red House
painters version..
mike: "Raelene" by Delpino
favourite concert/s of all time:
choomby: Bryan Ferry - Expo 88
kris: Radiohead/Muse @ Benicassim Festival, Spain, 2002
Underworld @ The Hordern Pavillion, 2003
QOTSA @ The Metro, 2003
liesl: blur/wembley arena, london/1995
pulp/enmore theatre, sydney/1998
supergrass, radiohead, air/benicassim festival, spain/2002
meredith:
Radiohead at Benicassim, Spain;
Shirley Bassey @ festival hall (when I was 6)...
mike: Mum @ The Zoo 2003
your karaoke song:
choomby: Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
kris: Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
liesl: i could never sing in front of an audience, but if the fate
of the world depended on it i'd do eternal flame/the bangles
meredith: To sir with love, Lulu
mike: Where is The Love, Roberta Flack
favourite item of clothing:
choomby: My new, yella beer shirt
(thanks Jodi)
kris: Crotchless edible undies
liesl: probably something of meredith's. also love my agent 99
jeans and rocket dog shoes.
meredith: my Grey Jacket from Cologne...kind of soviet chic (I
have been watching too much Queer Eye)
mike: The shirt my housemate gave me which used to belong to her
ex
the meal you're world famous for:
choomby: hahahahahahaha I can't
cook
kris: My world famous vegie lasagne
liesl: pumpkin and basil risotto maybe.
meredith: Homely vego things..usually cook too much though.. um
specifics... hmm pumpkin pasta? Indian curries, paratha... Liesl? you
live with me... feedback please?
mike: The "Special"
best tv show ever:
choomby: Sponge Bob, square pants
kris: The Wonder Years
liesl: currently kath and kim, but beverly hills 90210 is my all
time favourite
meredith: Buffy (in mourning, we won't speak of it); Degrassi;
Get Smart; Press Gang..
mike: Simpsons
best movie ever:
choomby: Boyz in the Hood
kris: The Empire Strikes Back
liesl: amelie
meredith: I hate these questions - erm... To Sir with Love, Shine,
Amelie, Amores Peros (yes Pfeffer, even with the gratuitous dog scenes..
this is still one of my favourites)
mike: Dumb and Dumber
cigarettes?:
choomby: Sensitive ?
kris: Winnie Blues tucked under my sleeve
liesl: no way. urgh.
meredith: in a previous life
mike: no
alcohol?:
choomby: Passion pop
kris: Vodka, Lime & Soda / Tooheys New
liesl: mmmmm....wine. or vodka, lime and soda.
meredith: ah... sweet nectar of the gods
mike: yes
vegetarian?:
choomby: semi-retired
kris: semi
liesl: since 1999. i haven't eaten 'meat' since the spring hill
festival in 2001 when i took a bite out of a 'vegetarian' samosa. last
night i dreamt i was eating a whale sandwich that a norwegian student
at uni gave me (no kidding)
meredith: yes since 96...but I too have nibbled on a steak or two
in
REM sleep
mike: no
your day job:
choomby: Pubic Servant
kris: Film & TV industry slave
liesl: photography student at qca
meredith: tampering with stuff... oh and sometimes I go to uni
mike: violin teacher
dream job:
choomby: Working with sick children
and animals
kris: Drummer
liesl: full-time musician...or pixie foto photographer
meredith: Doctor by day, Delpin-hoe by night
mike: stuntsman
favourite form/s of procrastination:
choomby: masturbation
kris: hanging out on internet forums
liesl: cutting my hair, reading
my horoscope on mystic medusa, picking fights on the timeoff
message board, making strange ill-fitting clothes, taking photos that
aren't for assignments, updating delpino website, drinking coffee, re-reading
harry potter books
meredith: tampering, making bags & clothes (and a mess), playing
my guitar, watching original star trek with Jay (which always seems to
be on when I need to avoid writing my thesis!)
mike: making rap beats and picking my nose
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