based on the Mad Hatters Box in Hot Press Magazine
Dave "de Rave" Hegarty * Individual
Who would be the last person you would
invite to your birthday party?
A fundamentalist of any sort.
Who would be the first person you would
invite to your birthday party?
Emma (my firstborn daughter).
Favourite saying?
Nothing is so important that it ought to be taken seriously.
(Oscar Wilde)
Favourite record?
Changes often, but the the Beatles' white album is always
welcome.
Favourite book?
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carrol, with illustrations by
Tenniel).
Favourite film?
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, but I wish it had been my
story!)
Favourite author?
Philip Pullman, whose "His Dark Materials" trilogy completely
captivated me.
Favourite actor/actress?
Veit Müller / Birgit Backhaus / Kevin Spacey / Judi
Dench
Favourite musician?
Harald Schwarz / Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine).
Most embarassing moment of your
life?
Trying to think of the most embarassing moment of my life, and
failing!
Favourite
food/drink/stimulant?
Chocolate with huge percentages of cocoa/Milk-froth cappucino
from freshly ground arabica coffee beans/The roar of the
greasepaint, the smell of the crowd.
Favourite TV programme?
Pride & Prejudice.
Favourite TV personality?
Tony Soprano.
Favourite item of clothing?
The pair of black, high-ankle shoes I wear for special
occasions.
Most desirable date?
Sabine, Emma and Sally for a pigout where table manners are
not expected.
Favourite method of
relaxation?
A bike ride deep into the local forest.
If you weren't pursuing your present
career, what other might you have chosen?
Acting.
Biggest thrill?
Emma's birth.
Biggest disappointment?
Discovering that not only do empty barrels make the most
noise, but they also float to the top.
Your concept of heaven?
A hug-in with Sally, Emma and Sabine.
Your concept of hell?
Having to achieve important things with unreliable means.
Greatest ambition?
To be a dad my daughters can by comfortable with.
Period of history you'd most like to
have lived in and why?
The late 1960s/early 70s, for the sheer optimism that
everything could and would be better (see also "favourite
film").
If you weren't a human being what
animal would you have chosen to be?
Seagull.
If you were told that the world was
ending tomorrow morning how would you react/what would you
do?
Eat, drink and be merry.
Your nominee for the world's best
dressed person?
Tom Waits.
Favourite term of abuse?
Arschloch!
Biggest fear?
Failure.
Humanity's most useful
invention?
Pockets.
Humanity's most useless
invention?
Pockets sewn closed to preserve the line of the clothing.
What would be your dying
words?
What? Now?
