What's your alma mater?
Submitted by Lies.
University College Dublin, from where I graduated with a BA (Hons) in Information Studies and Philosophy. Don't you know.
(I subsequently graduated with an MA (Hons) in Journalism from the Dublin Institute of Technology, but I was only there for a year so it doesn't really count, does it?)
For a full sit-down dinner with several guests, would you rather be the one cooking or do you prefer to just show up and eat?
Who wants to do all the work when you can have it done for you? Just give me a seat at the table and tell me when to show up!
Do you tend to like music in particular genres, or are your tastes all over the place? What are your most and least favorite musical genres?
I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to music now (working at a record store for four years -- on and off -- helped with broadening my horizons, for sure) but I do tend to gravitate towards the guitar-bass-drums end of the spectrum. I'm a sucker for a great bassline, in particular, which is why I love the Minutemen so.
I should also note that when it comes to music, I'm much more into labels than genres -- whether those labels comprise a bit of everything (like the glory days of SST) or are mostly genre-specific (metal labels like Relapse and Hydra Head, for instance). Independent record companies are far more curatorial than their major-label counterparts, so the quality quotient is that much higher.
Music-wise, what was the first 45, single or download you bought?
Submitted by Paddy Melt Wagon.
'Animal' by Def Leppard. It's still not a bad song, so I don't feel very guilty about it.
