SO WHO ARE WE?

We asked everyone at AAPA to answer a quick Q&A session in an attempt to provide a brief insight into what makes us all tick...

The Q&A`s...

Irene

Who are you listening to right now? The Shins, Travis, Arctic Monkeys, The Beatles,
Nina Simone, The Fray, Starsailor, Mando Diao
Last album bought: Travis – The boy with no name
Last concert: The Music in my Head Festival – The Hague 2007
Last good concert: see above (especially Starsailor)
Worst concert (in recent years): Stereophonics’ album launch in Melkweg in 2005 or something
Last film seen: The Illusionist with Edward Norton
First record bought: Erm… Ace of Base?
Best Album: The Beatles - Revolver
Best song: The Beatles – Across the universe
Best ever gig/festival: gig: Travis in Vredenburg – Utrecht (2001), festival performance: Kula Shaker at Pinkpop (1998)
Best Film: Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain
Favorite Actor/Actress: Ewan McGregor
Favorite Book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Favorite Artist: The Beatles
Favorite Country visited: South Africa & Lesotho
Favorite City visited: Erm… Cape Town, Stellenbosch (both SA), Bangkok, Prague
Favorite Food/Drink: Red wine, bobotie, couscous, ‘boerenkool met worst’
Best advice: Smoking kills you know
Who would you most like to meet (living)? A prince on a white horse?
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? John Lennon
If I could study anything, just for fun, it would be: neuropsychology, medicine, arts, playing piano & electric guitar.
12-06-2007

€ngel (Marieke)

Who are you listening to right now? Editors, The Zutons, Kaiser Chiefs, The Cinematics
Last album bought: Editors
Last concert: The Zutons, Paradiso, April 7th 2006
Last good concert: see above
Worst concert (in recent years): Maroon5, HMH, October 31th 2004
Last film seen: Passion of the Christ
First record bought: The Bangles - Greatest hits...
Best Album: Muse - Showbizz
Best song: Right now it's "Modern Way" by the Kaiser Chiefs
Best ever gig/festival: Guns n' Roses, 23th of June 1991.
Only because it was supported by Faith No More and Soundgarden.
Best Film: The Green Mile
Favorite Actor/Actress: Sean Connery
Favorite Book: Angels and Demons
Favorite Artist: Luis Royo
Favorite Country visited: England!
Favorite City visited: Edinburgh
Favorite Food/Drink: Italian food
Best advice: Don't take advice from me.
Who would you most like to meet (living)? I'd love to drink a beer with Ricky Wilson.
After I saw him on Never Mind The Buzzcocks I know he's really funny.
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Jim Morrison
If I could study anything, just for fun, it would be: Learning to play bass properly.
18-04-2006

NICK

Who are you listening to right now? Cinematic Orchestra, Boards of Canada, Air,
Goldfrapp, Royksopp, Sigur Ros, Hard-Fi, Editors
Last album bought: Murcof, Remembranza, The Leaf Label, 2005
Last concert: The Infadels, Patronaat, Haarlem, 30th March 2006
Last good concert: The Infadels, Patronaat, Haarlem, 30th March 2006
Worst concert (in recent years): Athlete, Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2005
Last film seen: Crash (before it won the Oscar!)
First record bought: Dub be good to me, Beats International, 1990
Best Album: AIR - Premiers Symptomes (re-release), 1999
Best song: AIR - Modular Mix (a song I can listen to whatever my mood)
Best ever gig/festival: Ennio Morricone 75th Birthday Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London, 10th November 2003
Best Film: The Thin Red Line
Favorite Actor/Actress: Steve Coogan (as Alan Partridge)
Favorite Book: The Times Atlas Of The World
Favorite Artist: Barbara Hepworth
Favorite Country visited: Croatia (before the low-cost airlines got there!)
Favorite City visited: Berlin (20th century European history in one City)
Favorite Food/Drink: Mediterranean/North African food // Proper Belgian ‘trappisten’ beer
Best advice: Laughter is the answer
Who would you most like to meet (living)? Paul Theroux (the writer)
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Philosopher and founding father of the Social Sciences
If I could study anything, just for fun, it would be: Learning the drums/percussion
31-03-2006

MARLIES

Who are you listening to right now? hiphop, The Fugees, Gabriel Rios, enz
Last album bought: Gabriel Rios
Last good concert: Franzie Ferdie!
Last film seen: The Matrix
Best Album: K`s Choice - Cocoon Crash
Best ever gig/festival: Lowlands!
Best Film: The butterfly effect
Favorite Actor/Actress: Julia Roberts, Whoopy G.
Favorite Book: Tokyo – Mo Haydens
Favorite Country visited: Austria!
Favorite City visited: Praag/Prague
Favorite Food/Drink: Macaroni and Beer!
Best advice: Nothing is impossible. You are only limited by fear, and you can even overcome that.
Who would you most like to meet (living)? De konegin der Nederlanden / Queen of The Netherlands
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Michael jackson maybe?
If I could study anything, just for fun, it would be: Party Management :P
29-03-2006

HUGHSIE

Who are you listening to right now? The Strokes, Kings of Leon, Razorlight, Muse
Last album bought: The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Last concert: Athlete
Last good concert: The Hives
Worst concert (in recent years): The Dears
Last film seen: Anal Fisting Party 5
First record bought: can`t remember
Best Album: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Best ever gig/festival: V2004 - The Strokes
Best Film: Clerks
Favorite Actor/Actress: Scarlett Johansson
Favorite Book: American Psycho
Favorite Painter: Picasso
Favorite Country visited: Austria
Favorite City visited: Verona
Best advice: Get a life and stop reading music websites
Who would you most like to meet (living)? Kevin Smith
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Sir Matt Busby
17-03-2006

TerryA

Who are you listening to right now? Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Inspiral Carpets,
Belle and Sebastian, Placebo, Ennio Morricone & Maria Rita amongst others…
Last album bought: Placebo - MEDS
Last concert: Kaiser Chiefs & We Are Scientists (Amsterdam)
Last good concert: unfortunately all the way back to PJ Harvey at HMH in Amsterdam!
Worst concert (in recent years): The Dears (Groningen) in 2005
Last film seen: Syriana
First record bought: T.Rex – Metal Guru
Best Album: depends on my mood…
Best song: The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Best ever gig/festival: Ennio Morricone (at The Barbican in London)
Best Film: My Name Is Nobody
Favorite Actor/Actress: Sean Connery / Mary Stuart Masterson
Favorite Book: Homer - The Iliad
Favorite Artist: Mondriaan
Favorite Country/City visited: Edinburgh & Montevideo (for different reasons)
Favorite Food/Drink: Mediterranean cuisine/Snails/Portuguese red wine/Havana Club & Ginger Ale
Best advice: Don’t let Jehovah Witnesses into your house!
Who would you most like to meet (living)? Ennio Morricone
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara/ Sergio Leone/ Nikita Khrushchev & … God?
If I could study anything, just for fun, it would be: Italian Cinema in the 60/70’s & photography
March 2006

JONNE (the website chick)

Last good concert: The Briefs, een Amerikaanse punkband, in rockcafé Docx, Assen.
Best Song: Frank Sinatra – Somewhere beyond the sea
Best Album: Rammstein – Mutter
Best ever gig/festival: Lowlands 2005
Best Film: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Favorite Actor/Actress: Angelina Jolie
Favorite Book: Alle boeken van Jean M. Auel en Isabel Allende
Favorite Country visited: Canada
Favorite Food/Drink: Indisch
Who would you most like to meet (living)? Ik zou graag eens een goede discussie aan willen gaan met de heer Bush. / George Bush jnr.
Who would you most like to meet (dead)? Karl Marx
November 2005

HARM-JAN (H-J)

Who are you listening to right now? anything free *
Last album bought:?! *
Last good concert: The Pixies
First record bought: Steely Dan - Can’t buy a thrill
Best Album: Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Best song: Bob Dylan – All Along The Watchtower
Best ever gig/festival: Noorderslag/ Eurosonic in Groningen
Best Film: Magnolia
Favorite Actor/Actress: Marlon Brando
Favorite Film Director: Godard & Visconti
Favorite Book: Jack Kerouac – On The Road
Favorite Painter: Van Gogh & Mondriaan
Favorite Photographer: van der Elsken, Sake Elzinga & Anton Corbijn
Favorite Country visited: Brazilie & Frankrijk / Brazil & France
Favorite Food/Drink: Aziatisch, Mediterraan, een goede stampot / cuba libre, caipirinha
November 2005

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JEROEN DIJKEMA (JD)

Who are you listening to right now? music
Last album bought: Reigning Sound – Home for Orphans
Best Album: Dinosaur jr. – You’re living all over me
Best song: Op dit moment The Drones – Dekalb Blues
Best ever gig/festival: The Hunches in Vera (Groningen)
Best Film: Trainspotting
Favorite Actor/Actress: Johnny Depp
Favorite Book: Charles Bukowski – Post Office
Favorite Painter: Jackson Pollock
Favorite Food/Drink: Varkenshaas met champignon roomsaus
October 2005












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