Wattie Mink
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Who Are You?: Monday thru Friday, 9-5, my names Walter but after work I turn into Wattie
Mink. Where Are You?: In front of my PC in Newtonhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. What Are You?: Bored at my day job (wage slave), alive after five, happiest when I'm with family and friends who help build my WAL (work, art and love). What do you make?: Strange noises, attempts at music and words, lots of effort at being happy... What do you love?: My daughter Ailsa's innocense when she first opens her eyes in the morning, Morag for giving me everything, The other Minks for giving me a reason to listen.... What do you hate?: Racism, being unhappy, being skint, the same as most folks really. What do you listen to?: Anything by Jim Shepherd or Sean O'Neil two guys who I think deserve a wider audience than the Pope. What do you watch?: my mouth, cause it usually gets me in trouble. What do you drink?: too much intoxicating fermented liquor and I also enjoy a good cup of tea now and again. What do you smoke?: nuthin What do you take?: a deep breath before I open the bank statement What do you believe in?: that we all need something to believe in, no matter what it is When We Were 16 Where were you?: Tillydrone, a working class housing estate in Aberdeen, Scotland.What were you?: Still at school, too young to hang with the punks too old to like Buster Bloodvessel, a bit of a misfit. What did you wear?: A stipey blazer from the clubby book to look like Weller (or so I thought) and a stupid smile on my face when the girls were around. What did you listen to?: Anything and everything but a lot to My Mother, Scars, Buzzcocks, Clash and others who led me off in a different direction. What did you watch?: Top of the Pops, Scotsport. What did you love?: bursting plooks in front of the mirror, my dug called Major. What did you hate?: same things as now really and having plooks on my face that needed burstin What did you drink?: anything anybody had at the time, usually cider,lager,mixes stolen from parents drinks cupboards What did you smoke?: nuthin What did you take?: everything serious, magic mushrooms a few times What did you want to be?: out of my face, out of Aberdeen, travelling around Europe. I ended up setting fire to my briefcase in Inverness trying to sell fire extinguishers, but thats another story Who did you fight?: I wasted this guy on the school bus once, I felt bad about it but he did deserve it. Who/What did you believe in?: Alex Ferguson, That anything was possible Where did you go?: Valhalla's disco, saw loads of great bands in there. What did you learn?: That there was a wide world out there and that paper-rounds paid pish money compared to delivering milk. |
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