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A group distraction, presented by nige.
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The first instalment of Interview52 is now complete! It started on Friday 18th July 2008 and finished on 13th September 2009. A little later than expected, but we got there.
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52 mobloggers from around the world...
Some familiar, some not...
Each will publish a unique self-portrait, accompanied by a short interview.
Candid portrait meets candid interview.
The Rules
Every Friday the next interviewee in line will publish a new portrait and interview, consisting of their answers to the ten questions they have been given.
After they have published, the interviewee will then become the interviewer. They will be responsible for finding the next participant, as well as compiling the questions that this next person in line will answer. Interviewers can change as many or as few questions as they like, but they should change at least one before passing them on to the next lucky punter.
Thats it! Simple. More detailed instructions will be given to each interviewee as and when they are approached, so fear not.
The interviewees so far
shitake
spongevid
Salome
FilbertFox
Essitam
harimanjaro
parabolichobo
Viv
Jig along
Caine
factotum
Laszlo Q. V. St-J. Xalieri
arkangel
JokerXL
CHESO
taniwha
PrincessJun
billion
itchymoblog
Jane Doe
kyoob
MaggieD
Spiderbaby / Freakdog
TiliaAmericana
Dhamaka
XelenarendezvousX
George w/Blue Eyes
Rachel
Sprocket
Tori
silar31
Mandy
Puddlepuff
Judo-Jule
OJ
beth
Alfie
Rich
Joe
Steve
Uber-Spy
swamprose
RareAquaticBadger
Euphro
bfish
mara
AmericanFriend
CRAFT
Strange Little Girl
Spike
Toddy
Damage
Posted by arkangel
Worth waiting for, and not just because i'm a big-ass George Benson fan.
I'm curious, did you grow up near Milton Keynes, Arkangel? I've seen quite a few of your pictures from that neck of the woods.
Xalieri, you've outdone yourself with the questions, man.
Yes the questions were brill and the answers very interesting now I have to trawl your log ArkAngel :) Have got a bit lazy about looking beyond my dashboard
Nige, one of my brothers lives in MK hence the occasional dispatches from that front.
Viv, they were indeed a great set of Qs - I particularly enjoyed pinning down the childhood one.
Yes strange how doing this can make you think about things that you don't otherwise give time too. Just like a stimulating conversation. Looked up all your links - you have a very full life, balanced by your appreciation of life's simple pleasures. So decided to go the whole hog and listen to flamenco sketches - very reflective - will send me back to Humph' too! :)
Delighted you went that whole hog - I used to listen to that record every day at work for about 7 years and never got bored of it. Now I work in an open plan office and I'm not big on headphones so I don't listen to it quite as much any more, but still pretty often and with undiminished enjoyment.
great answers to great questions. Thanks for sharing these. I love your answer to #6 would wholeheartedly agree with the funeral music (although ideally I'd have a huge party and no funeral at all) and I'll go trawl through those bits and pieces I've not already checked out as soon as I finish the things that have to be completed for deadlines on Monday
As I said last itme with Xalieri, I love that this group opens up a whole new world of people,images & friends. But that it also makes you stop for a minute & think & sometimes that is all it takes. Arkangel I love your answers, Xalieri I love the questions.
Thanks Dhamaka & Queserasara, I've now forwarded the next set of questions to the next interviewee...
Thanks ArkAngel for being so open with us, love the way the questions are evolving ....
Thank you ArkAngel. Kind of Blue is one of my all time favorites too.
MaggieD, regarding the Qs - passing them on, I tried to get a balance between retaining a good proportion and introducing a few new directions. I also like the evolutionary pattern of the interviews. It will be fun eventually to compare the Qs of interview #1 and #52.
Taniwha, what's the nearest thing you know to KoB that you also love? (i.e. I'm looking to discover a new record I may enjoy)
Fantastic answers to my questions, Arkangel. I got a little hint about a theme to try for, but the emphasis on music in your answers was a complete (and pleasant) surprise!
Music wanders into and out of my own life and rarely leaves a big impact on its way through. I see this as a flaw, largely, like some portion of my soul is wrapped in too many layers of cotton. Or, sometimes, metal. Your answers remind me how badly I need to work on that.
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what a rich interview. great questions, interesting answers, and lots to think about. thank you both.
am off to simplify things. and listen to some coltrane.
The questions are getting tougher, aren't they? Each set seems to be delving deeper on some point that previous interviewees skirted around.
Xalieri, I think music is a bit of a numbers game. The more you listen to, in the more places and times, the more chance you'll experience that very occasional moment when it transcends the ordinary by reaching a part of you you barely knew existed. I can recall exactly the tracks that have done this for me - besides Flamenco Sketches, others include Bjork's Hyperballad, The Love Theme from Spartacus played by Bill Evans, Into the Fire by Bruce Springsteen, all kinds of music where the music and moment magically coincide in a perfect way.
Taniwha, thanks a mil for the suggestions - will report back when I've tried some out.
swamprose, delighted to have set off some coltrane and miles listening about the place
factotum, i found the childhood one strangely difficult - difficult to chose a particular memory, challenging to suddenly think about so many things for the first time in a very long time - plus "vivid" prompts the bad as well as the good memories