[Powderworks] Oils Survey :)
Chris Graham
wcgraham at shaw.ca
Thu Sep 2 09:19:18 MDT 2004
> 1. What's your name? Chris
> 2. Where do you live? Calgary, AB, Canada
> 3. How old are you? 31
> 4. What do you do for a living? software developer
> 5. What was the first song you heard by the Oils? Beds Are Burning
> 6. How old were you when you heard it? Grade 11
> 7. What are your two favorite albums, from one extreme to the other?
> Red Sails, Redneck Wonderland
> 8. Favorite energetic song? Is It Now
> 9. Favorite slow song? In The Rain
> 10. Which song(s) defines the Oils? Sleep
> 11. What song is *least* characteristic of the Oils? Kingdom of Flaunt
> 12. Martin or Jim? Jim
> 13. What Oils song did you absolutely hate at first and now love? Tin Legs and Tin Mines
> 14. Did you buy any Oils releases totally on faith, without having
> heard a single song before buying it?
All of them except D&D, which a friend copied for me,
and BSM, which I'd heard once, and ESM, which I'd heard Trug.
> 15. Do you play any instruments?
I can use a keyboard well enough to write music using a computer.
I can pick out notes on a guitar.
I had a semester of trumpet.
> 16. If you could go to any ONE place mentioned in an Oils song,
> where would
> you go?
I regret never getting to Oz in time to see a show on their home turf!
> 17. Have the Oils ever inspired you to take any direct action as
> part of any
> environmental/social activist cause?
No.
> 18. Have you ever had any Oils-related dreams?
Yes, I have had a few dreams of meeting Pete or Rob.
> 19. Bones or Giffo? Giffo!
> 20. What forgotten song deserves another spin? Pictures / Nothing Lost Nothing Gained