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Who Are You?: Sid Smith
Where Are You?: Whitley Bay which is near newcastle upon Tyne What Are You?: Overweight 40 something aspirant What do you make?: words, paintings and (so I'm told) mostly a mess What do you love?: The taste of earth and autumn on my tongue, my children and my partner - though not always in that order. What do you hate?: Right wing demagogues and brussel sprouts What do you listen to?: the sublime and the ridiculous What do you watch?: the sea and sky - as much as I can. What do you drink?: sometimes lager - the odd glass of wine and sometimes even a normal glass of wine. What do you smoke?: I don't. What do you take?: I sometimes shoplift by accident. What do you believe in?: the power of love and connectedness When We Were 16 Where were you?: Wallsend - a small town famous for building ships and being the birth place of Sting.What were you?: a thin, long-haired ebulliant kind of lad who was simultaneously riddled with doubt and a swagger which could take the world on. What did you wear?: Loon pants, duffle coat, desert boots, a little hat crochetted by my Gran. And lots of patchouli. What did you listen to?: Rock bands and avant-garde classics. King Crimson and Stockhausen. The Beatles. What did you watch?: Girls mostly. Bands in concert several times a week. What did you love?: The seeming availability of everything. It all It looked possible and limitless. What did you hate?: small town conformity. The fact that you had to know your place. What did you drink?: Vast quantities of Newcastle Brown Ale. What did you smoke?: Actually I didn't smoke anything until I was eighteen. What did you take?: Any kind of drugs I could get my hands on. That would have include uppers / downers / hash cakes/ acid/ etc. What did you want to be?: A musician / artist / writer / performer / any or all of the above. Who did you fight?: A complete stranger who picked a fight with me for no apparent reason. I got hammered. Who/What did you believe in?: I suppose John Lennon's "political" posturing had some kind of influence and awakened an interest in politics. Where did you go?: Dead end jobs in supermarkets and retail. What did you learn?: The customer is nearly always wrong. |