Drella Melmoth


Who Are You?: Drella Melmoth
Where Are You?: Swingin' London (on the end of a rope) What Are You?: Something in the media - not as big as Chris Evans but bigger than the woman in the Shake 'n' Vac advert...
What do you make?: I make words do things to people's heads.
What do you love?: I love to love (but my baby just loves to garden)
What do you hate?: People who read the Daily Mail, drink Budweiser, support Man U, eat at All Bar One, read Bridget Jones, have The Camptown Races on their mobile phones and jangle their car keys. And fascists.
What do you listen to?: The Smiths, Velvet Underground, Spiritualized, Add N To (X), Beulah, High Llamas, The Bigger The God, Earl Brutus, Urusei Yatsura, B&S, Aretha Franklin, Stereolab, Associates, Wah!, Pulp, Blur, Manics (not the last album), Lovin' Spoonful, Moby, Daft Punk, Marvin Gaye, T-Rex, Stravinsky, Satie
What do you watch?: Spaced, Dr Who, Sunset Beach. I read more than I watch. Is that middle-aged?
What do you drink?: Margaritas or hot toddies, depending on the environment
What do you smoke?: Nothing since 1994
What do you take?: That
What do you believe in?: The wit and wisdom of St Lenny Bruce

When We Were 16

Where were you?: Hampshire
What were you?: Thin, intense, gangling
What did you wear?: Shades of grey
What did you listen to?: The Smiths, Velvet Underground, Doors, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, Bronski Beat, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Japan
What did you watch?: Not The Nine O'Clock News, The Tube, Dr Who
What did you love?: Several people with long dark hair.
What did you hate?: Several people with short mousey hair and an interest in rugby and fascism.
What did you drink?: Snakebite and bloody marys
What did you smoke?: Not a lot - shadders on me lungs, guv
What did you take?: Antihistamines
What did you want to be?: Drama critic of The Guardian
Who did you fight?: Jam fans
Who/What did you believe in?: Morrissey. Marr. Ken Livingstone.
Where did you go?: Under the bedclothes
What did you learn?: How to pass


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