JAVIER RUBIO

Your favourite virtue ::
Patience.

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Imagination, kindness.

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Imagination, kindness.

Your favourite occupation ::
Any creative work.

Your idea of happiness ::
A balanced use of my time for family, friends and work.

Your idea of misery ::
Not having a place to sleep or food to eat on a regular basis.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
Sometimes I’d like to be myself but with a regular 8:00 to 17:00 job.

Where would you like to live ::
Downtown in Madrid or any other nice city.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Today they would be light blue and iris germanica.

Your favourite prose authors ::
Paul Auster, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago.

Your favourite poets ::
Ángel González.

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Fox Mulder, Jimmy Corrigan.

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Dana Sculli, Arya Stark.

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Zobel, Wassily Kandinsky, David Carson, Brian Eno, Brian Wilson.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Steve Jobs-Steve Wozniak, Steven Holl.

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Ray Eames, Mónica.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Francisco Franco.

Your favourite food and drink ::
Cocido madrileño (my grandma’s if possible), horchata.

Your favourite names ::
Maybe Ana.

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
Fruit that doesn’t taste like it’s supposed to.

The change you most anticipate ::
I anticipate a lot of changes, but reality is stubborn.

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
Some extra gigabytes for my long-term memory would be nice.

How I would like to die ::
Knowing that I’ve done some good things that the rest of the people will enjoy.

What is your present state of mind ::
I’m relaxed and a little optimistic.

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
I can’t stand the lack of honesty. Other than that I’m very tolerant.

Your favourite motto ::
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” (Tancredi Falconeri in “Il gattopardo”)

28 juillet 2008

"Javier Rubio is a musician and architect. He founded with Mónica García an architecture office in Madrid (cómo crear historias) for designing spaces, objects and sounds."

website :: cómo crear historias
website :: myspace
website :: discogs

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890

TAYLOR DEUPREE

Your favourite virtue ::
passion, common sense

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
intelligence, common sense

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
intelligence, common sense, gentleness

Your favourite occupation ::
creating music

Your idea of happiness ::
my son, creating music, a nice photograph, simple lines, clarity of space, good food, bora bora, a canoe, a well-designed object.

Your idea of misery ::
fear

If not yourself, who would you be ::
no one

Where would you like to live ::
if not here, then in new mexico... or maybe the south pacific

Your favourite colour and flower ::
grey, white, orange / gardenia

Your favourite prose authors ::
-

Your favourite poets ::
e.e. cummings

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
case

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
molly

Your favourite painters and composers ::
i don't know painters so much, the one i typically return to is Richard Chartier. too many composers to list.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
my father for being strong

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
my mother for being strong

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
george w. bush

Your favourite food and drink ::
too many to list. i love food, i love to cook.
briefly (food): amazing sushi, tapas
briefly (drink): seltzer with fresh lime, margarita (made right, fresh limes, good tequila and cointreau.. no artificial crap or mixes)

Your favourite names ::
nicholas, molly, junko

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
lack of common sense

The change you most anticipate ::


A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
to not need sleep

How I would like to die ::
without knowing it

What is your present state of mind ::
incredibly excited about the near future

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
one that is being improved upon

Your favourite motto ::
live for today

24 juillet 2008

Taylor Deupree is a sound artist, graphic designer, photographer and coordinator of label residing in New York.

photo "Taylor at the water's edge" by Morrow Jones

website :: 12k
website :: Taylor Deupree

website :: discogs

SILENCIDE

Your favourite virtue ::
generosity

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
honesty, sensibility

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
honesty, « la gourmandise » (i just can't translate all the meanings)

Your favourite occupation ::
the whole creation process

Your idea of happiness ::
holiday everyday, my birthday everyweek

Your idea of misery ::
shorter days

If not yourself, who would you be ::
a free electron

Where would you like to live ::
somewhere in the mountains

Your favourite colour and flower ::
orange and passion flower

Your favourite prose authors ::
Jules Verne, Hunter S. Thompson...

Your favourite poets ::
Georges Brassens, Serge Gainsbourg, Bob Marley...

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Don Quijote de la Mancha

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
the mermaids

Your favourite painters and composers ::
painters - Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec ...
composers - the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Pixies, Radiohead ...

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Thomas Edison

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Mary Phelps Jacob

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
god, if god is part of history

Your favourite food and drink ::
tartiflette and ti-punch (but not in the same time)

Your favourite names ::
names which fit well to their owners

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
sneakiness

The change you most anticipate ::
a world like Terry Gilliam shows in « Brazil »

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
teletransportation (if it works for friends too, it's better)

How I would like to die ::
convinced that I did my best

What is your present state of mind ::
insatiable

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
faults i've already done

Your favourite motto ::
« Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up .» (Thomas Edison)

Silencide is (a musician and) Vincent Ruinart from Paris

website :: Silencide
website :: discogs

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890.

JUDY NYLON

Your favourite virtue ::
Moral courage

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
charm, intelligence, cool, some sort of beauty, and trustworthiness

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
charm, intelligence, cool, some sort of beauty, and trustworthiness

Your favourite occupation ::
sifting information, touching, daydreaming, traveling, lying around in bed, writing, listening to music.

Your idea of happiness ::
safe for the moment, mentally engaged, appreciative

Your idea of misery ::
Hopelessness

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I would shapeshift and become that which interests me.....but never for too long.

Where would you like to live ::
a set at the Albany, a suite at the Carlyle, …something similar anywhere I go. In a wish I have all of them, no?

Your favourite colour and flower ::
all sea colors and the blue violet hydrangea

Your favourite prose authors ::
Beckett, Italo Calvino, Lawrence Durell, Ricki Ducornett, Muriel Spark, Angela Carter, Paul Bowles, Chris Kraus, Stuart Home

Your favourite poets ::
Constantine Cavafy, Seamus Heaney, Adele Stripe, Dylan Thomas, Tony O’Neill, Baudelaire, Thom Gunn,

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
A.J. Raffles, Molloy, James Bond

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Jill Bioskop, Ellen Ripley, Maxine Faulk, Patsy Stone

Your favourite painters (visual artists) and composers ::
Joan Mitchell, Diamanda Galás, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Janet Cardiff, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Sussan Deyhim, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Cathy de Monchaux, John Cage

Your favourite heroes/ heroines in real life ::
It’s not a person or a specific act that interests me, but the heroic impulse. It’s probably available to all humans and some animals. The impulse is likely to contain the energy of the orgasm, grace, and optimism and be outside of contemplation.

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Its all a shadow play.....

Your favourite food and drink ::
baked potato with butter and Chai tea

Your favourite names ::
Gideon, Johnny, Isabel, Deirdre

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
slow thinking which is headed toward the obvious.

The change you most anticipate ::
unrestricted access to the mass mind makes all humanity wiser.

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
The Baroda Pearls

How I would like to die ::
without fear

What is your present state of mind ::
smooth running

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
the inability to display emotion

Your favourite motto ::
Live Now, Wise Up, Die Well

15 juillet 2008

Judy Nylon is a multi-disciplined, street-trained artist who surfaced in the first days of London punk and has chosen to refine rather than recant that sensibility. She is currently working in live, networked, remote AV performance as part of Aether9, writing, and still learning.

website :: discogs

SCOTT MONTEITH / DEADBEAT

Your favourite virtue ::
Patience. I lack this virtue sorrily all to often and am always astounded at the amount of it my friends and family have, particularly when putting up with my all to often flailing approach to life.

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Cool headed-ness. I've deeply admire men who can keep it together when shit hits the proverbial fan.

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Understanding. Again, i seem to require a lot of it.

Your favourite occupation ::
Grassroots philanthropist. I'm talking millionaires who throw it all away to go build schools and basic infrastructure for the great unwashed in the darkest corners of the globe here. I can think of no more honorable pursuit.

Your idea of happiness ::
To love and be loved, and to share as much of life with those whom you share this with.

Your idea of misery ::
loneliness has without a doubt been at the root of my most miserable days.

If not yourself, who would you be ::
Who ever I am tomorrow

Where would you like to live ::
Today, somewhere on a remote beach in Thailand. Most days when I have less work to do and the weather is better however Berlin suits me just fine.

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Indigo and Sakura

Your favourite prose authors ::
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Jane Austin
Haruki Murakami
Umberto Eco
Neal Stephenson
Neil Gaiman
JRR Tolkein
...and on and on and on...

Your favourite poets ::
Shel Silverstein
...though as this might suggest poetry has not been part of my life for many years

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Atticus Finch
Enoch Root
Toru Okada

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Úrsula Iguarán
Elizabeth Bennet
Galadriel

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Mark Rothko
Georgia O'keefe
Brian Eno
Moritz Von Oswald
Robert Henke
Sasu Ripatti

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Issac Newton
Le Comte de Saint Germain
Muhammad Yunus

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
All of the women in my life...

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
The usual suspects, Hitler, Stalin, Pinochet, Pol Pot, the hate list is rather long....

Your favourite food and drink ::
Any food prepared with love and passion, any drink aged by the same standards

Your favourite names ::
What's in a name anyway?

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
Senseless pessimism

The change you most anticipate ::
The day I become a father

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
Eternal life

How I would like to die ::
Surrounded by loved ones, secure in the knowledge that I am leaving the world a better, or at the very least, a better sound tracked place.

What is your present state of mind ::
Slightly existential having nearly completing this confounded questionaire

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
Lack of self confidence

Your favourite motto ::
Know Thyself

12 juillet 2008

Scott Monteith is a musician, He is actually living in Berlin

website :: Deadbeat
website :: discogs

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890

H STEWART

Your favourite virtue ::
patience

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
for him to be calm, and strong

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
laughter, and understanding

Your favourite occupation ::
I am an author, and an artist I am blessed.

Your idea of happiness ::
swimming in fountains

Your idea of misery ::
to be chained

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I find this difficult, maybe I would be my mother she is such a mystery.

Where would you like to live ::
French countryside

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Red Gerber Daisy

Your favourite prose authors ::
Milton

Your favourite poets ::
Yeats

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Froto

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
Storm from X-men

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Monet, Bach

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
My good friend Christopher McFall

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
My dear Tara Smith-Hulen

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Hitler

Your favourite food and drink ::
Brie / Champagne

Your favourite names ::
Quillen

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
The cracking of knuckles, and other bones.

The change you most anticipate ::
aging, I look forward to long grey hair and a sun hat.

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
I wish I could paint well.

How I would like to die ::
I would like to die of old age in my sleep.

What is your present state of mind ::
Calm

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
Tall Tales

Your favourite motto ::
It's not about me. It never has been. It never will be.

10 juillet 2008

H Stewart is an author and a musician. She is living just east of the crossroads district in Kansas City, Missouri.

website :: H Stewart
website :: myspace
website :: publications
website :: discogs

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890

MARAT SHIBAEV aka MARTIN SCHULTE

Your favourite virtue ::
Kindness

Your favourite qualities in a man ::
Confidence, force, purposefulness

Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
Mind, passion, kindness

Your favourite occupation ::
to produce and write music, to listen to music, to walk, sometimes to photograph the nature

Your idea of happiness ::
To create music in studio, observing in a window leaving in a garden as the wife plays with children

Your idea of misery ::
Loneliness

If not yourself, who would you be ::
I am Marat Shibaev, I don’ t be anyone else

Where would you like to live ::
In the big house a silent beautiful place

Your favourite colour and flower ::
Yellow & white, Tulips

Your favourite prose authors ::
F. Dostoevskiy, L. Tolstoi

Your favourite poets ::
A. Pushkin

Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
I don’t have it

Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
I don’t have it

Your favourite painters and composers ::
Painters: Hovhannes Aivazovsky, Shishkin
Composers: deep chord, basic channel and there different aliases, bonobo, funki porcini, cinematic orchestra, biosphere, moby, and the others talented and excellent producers.

Your favourite heroes in real life ::
my father

Your favourite heroines in real life ::
my mother

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
Tyrants, dictators, stupid politics

Your favourite food and drink ::
I prefer many various dishes, but probably favourite are dishes of the national kitchen
Drink: Orange juice

Your favourite names ::
Names of people which I love and I respect.

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
cruel people

The change you most anticipate ::
new releases :)

A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
I can produce music is best gift of nature

How I would like to die ::
I am still too young, that think about it!

What is your present state of mind ::
Excellent

Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
Bad habits

Your favourite motto ::
Go forward to the purpose

2 juillet 2008

"Marat Shibaev is born in Kazan in April 1988. In year 2000, he came to know the electronic sound, which has conquered his mind. In two years, under the resonant name of Martin Schulte he started to write electronic music and get DJ skills. He was trying to experiment with sound, seeking his own direction and trying to be different from others. Nowadays Marat makes music in ambient/deep/dub/techno music his own music on different labels."

website :: myspace
website :: virb°
website :: Martin at promodj.ru/
website :: discogs

:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890