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Inbox(1) ~Architecture In Helsinki~

By Bryndis Ogmundson

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Favourite album and why?

Kellie: Velvet Underground , because of �Pale Blue Eyes.�

James: "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye .  Musical perfection and emotional intensity, seamlessly sustained from the first drum beat to the last.

Cameron: The first album by Os Mutantes . It encapsulates everything that I love and aspire to in music. Buy it. Now. It will expand your brains and heart infinitely.

Isobel: Still Flyin' is the only band I want to listen to right now. We just played 5 shows with them. They were so exciting.

Gus: Choose Hits 85 cos it introduced me to so much good music like Hall + Oates and Brian Mannix and the Uncanny X-men .

Sam: Iron Maiden , No Prayer For The Dying , cos I never get tired of it

T-shack: The Still Flyin' demo. It reminds me of the good times with a great party band.

Jamie: Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement for all its lo-fi glory

Favourite Beatles song and why?

Kellie: �Something� from Abbey Road . That guitar riff, man.

James: "She Said, She Said" from Revolver. Best drum fills in history.

Cameron: I hate the fucking Beatles. Ravi Shankar and George Harrison doing �Here Comes The Sun.� Or maybe Nina Simone doing �Here Comes The Sun.� George Harrison was the man.

Isobel: I'm not a big fan. The closest I ever came to having a favourite song was getting �Yellow Submarine� stuck infuriatingly in my head for months.

Gus: �She Said, She Said� cos the drum sound is totally amazing and because it's my favourite...closely followed by the two versions of �Day Tripper� by Yellow Magic Orchestra and Moog plays the Beatles, respectively.

Sam: Never really heard an album thru but �Eleanor Rigby� for the rhythm

T-shack: �Tomorrow Never Knows,�  the perfect end of album wig out.

Favourite cartoon character and why?

Kellie: Homer Simpson . The guy is genius.

James: George W Bush - no real human could be that stupid.

Cameron: That Skunk. With the French accent. Brilliant concept.

Isobel: Cartoon characters all suck these days. I used to wish so hard that I could become Astroboy .

Gus: Oouter , from the Simpsons...cos I reckon he's probably Conny Planks' son...or I'd like to think that...

Sam: Ralph Wiggum cos he's a nuff but you gotta love him

T-shack: Voltron . What a team.

Plans for world domination?

Kellie: Eat well and make sure to exercise.

James: Try to hide from it (see above).

Cameron: No, I would be happy enough if I could dominate my own brain.

Isobel: World domination sounds like hard work to me. I think I'd rather stay in and watch a movie.

Gus: Sine tones and harnessing the power of sonar...I'll have an army of whales and dolphins with Popemobiles filled with water that they can get around in and send their deadly sonar waves out to kill everybody...that's a bit dark...maybe I'll try brainwashing people with lollypops or something twee like that?!

Sam: Sleep and education

T-shack: Yes.

Jamie: Nope.

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