Name | Kicker of Elves | Rebel Rikkit | Chorizo Garbanzo |
Year of birth | 1968 | 1968 | 1970 |
Star sign |
I’m guided by voices, not stars | The Earth | Bad Moon Rising |
Shoe size |
10 | 8 | 9 and a half |
Football team | Leeds United | Bolton Wanderers | Queens Park Rangers |
Top 5 bands / artists | Guided by Voices
The Who The Clash Bruce Springsteen Big Star |
Elvis Costello
The Clash Bruce Springsteen Damien Dempsey Kate Bush |
Elvis Costello
Bob Dylan Tindersticks The Clash Radiohead |
Top 5 albums | Bee Thousand – Guided by Voices
Murmur – REM I’m Stranded – The Saints Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen Cheap Trick – Cheap Trick |
Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce SpringsteenT
his Years Model – Elvis Costello Raw Power – Iggy and The Stooges Blue – Joni Mitchell All Mod Cons – The Jam |
London Calling – The Clash
Blue – Joni Mitchell Doolittle – Pixies Blood and Chocolate – Elvis Costello Seamonsters – The Wedding Present |
Do you want to see more of the wizards’ favourite albums? In December 2012, the 3 wizards chose their top 50 albums. Click here to see a fantastically nerdy Venn diagram of their choices. | |||
Favourite food | Large | bread and butter pudding | Indian or Mexican |
Favourite drink | whiskey and coke | red wine | pint of bitter please |
Top 5 TV programmes | The Killing
The Sopranos Spiral The Wire West Wing |
Cheers
The Simpsons South Park The Street Cracker |
League of Gentlemen
South Park The Wire 15 Storeys High Bottom |
Top 5 films | Paris, Texas
Betty Blue Quadrophenia The Godfather II The Wicker Man |
Dog Day Afternoon
Groundhog Day Kes This wonderful life 12 Angry Men (Henry Fonda version) |
Once Upon a Time In America
Monty Python’s Life of Brian Vertigo Bubba Ho Tep Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom |
Favourite comedians | Stewart Lee
Dave Gorman Tommy Cooper |
Stewart Lee
Bill Hicks Tommy Cooper Eric Morecambe |
Paul Whitehouse
John Shuttleworth Harry Hill Doug Stanhope Rik Mayall Mitch Hedberg |
Favourite joke | I am the master of quick wit and ready repartee. | The Aristrocrats | doesn’t really work written down but it’s about a hitman called Artie. |
Favourite sport (doing) | Golf | Golf | Running |
Favourite sport (watching) | Football or test match cricket | Football or test match cricket | Football.
Cricket is a load of bollocks by the way. |
Favourite books | Henning Mankell
Iain Banks sports/music biographies Moondust by Andrew Smith |
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector by John Seddon
Out of Crisis by William Edwards Deming |
Philip K Dick
Douglas Adams Richard Dawkins music biographies Let’s Have a Coffee: The Tao of Ian Holloway |
Favourite smells | freshly cut grass
vinyl records the fear of a batsman |
petrol stations
freshly baked gingerbread |
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Favourite places | Beirut
Salvador, Bahia Barcelona Sheffield Liverpool Dayton, Ohio |
Lac De Chalain, France
Bolton Liverpool Weer, Austria Coniston |
London
Snowdonia Lake District Rome Istanbul Boston Amsterdam |
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Rebel Rikkit’s got no nose.
Oh? How does he smell?
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Er, without being too (tea double oh) weird, going by the above listings, either I’m 68% the sum of you three or you’re 68%… no, NO! Too weird!
Ha ha ha. Erstwhile wizard, Rebel, is, as we speak, smelling quite divine.
Phew.
Excellent.
Hi do you want a review copy of the new sinister locals album “Pointing paw”?