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FIRST&LAST First record you ever bought Vanilla Ice’s To The Extreme.
SCOTT HUTCHISON of Frightened Rabbit talks Vanilla Ice, dancing on the ceiling and Daenerys Targaryen
Last lie you told ‘I like your band, man.’
First movie you ever went on a date to Eyes Wide Shut. Baaaad choice. Last book you Last book you read The Manchurian Candidate by The Manchuria Richard Condo Richard Condon.
First great piece of advice you First great pie were given were given Don’t put that in your mouth. Don’t put that i
Last time you were star struck Last time you When I met Laura Dern in New When I met La York. Big FR f York. Big FR fan apparently. First song you First song you’ll sing at karaoke karaoke ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’ by big ‘Dancing On T LiLLLL onel. Lionel.
Last pers Last person you fantasize fantasized about Daenerys Targaryen. Daenery First object you’d save First ob from y from your burning home home One Direction mug. One D
I’ve seen in ages.
First three words your friends would use to describe you Good at sitting. Last time someone criticised your work I met a guy outside a pub who started talking to me about how much he hates ‘that whiny band Frightened Rabbit.’ I just agreed.
First word you spoke Dada (I was always into art).
Last crime you committed Did a bit of casual jaywalking in Australia recently. I felt so alive. First song at your (potential) wedding The theme tune from Homes Under The Hammer.
Last song at your funeral Anything by Max Richter.
First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning The film Coneheads. Last thing you think of before you go to sleep Daenerys Targaryen.
Last funny thing you Last f saw o saw online I’ve been watching I’ve b Portla Portlandia online recent recently, funniest thing ■ Frightened Rabbit play T in the Park on Sat 13 Jul – see page 13 for our T in the Park feature. Their new EP, ‘Late March, Death March’, is out now – see review, page 79.
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Misadventures IN WONDERLAND
PO-PO-PO-POKER FACE This month we sent our intrepid columnist Alice to a pub poker tournament. So what did she take away from it?
socially inept l ourish. After announcing to a you can’t control what your eyes are doing and
group of 20 or so people, already immersed in are scared that the sociopaths around you can
their game, that I was ‘here to win’, I bought read your mind, a poker game is the least of
my chips and sat down to a mix of ‘hellos’ and your worries.
stony silences. In the land of blufi ng blank 5. Addiction is something very real and it can
faces, the introverts rule. The more awkwardly I happen almost instantly. I love smoking; I
got ignored, the quicker I’d fold. smoke every day. I’m clever enough to know
3. The most powerful stereotypes are reversed that my love of smoking is purely addiction
stereotypes. I’d planned on wearing an eye based, but not clever enough to stop. I did
patch, maybe smoking a cigar with a hook. once get addicted to cashew nuts and Judge
1. There are poker groups everywhere, but Instead I wore a plain t-shirt and jeans and
Judy so I’m not sure what dabbling in gambling
if you’re not looking for them, you won’t see
bought a pint of lager tops. My fellow players will hold for my future. When I ran out of chips
them. I initially stumbled into the wrong match: included a man in a suit, a possible Blink 182
(after going all in with a 7 and a 2), I l irted
I turned up at a wine bar with a few ‘mum’s member, a bodybuilder, a good-looking girl
shamelessly with the Swedish guy next to me
church friends’ types, playing cards, drinking in a tiny sports dress and a ‘Mother Superior
in the hope he would give me just one more
rosé and talking about HRT. I went outside to from Trainspotting’ look-a-like. If I was trying
hit. He didn’t. I understand how gambling ruins
‘make a phone call’ and never came back. I
to design a diverse range of characters for my lives. I also now know how Swedish people ruin
wanted the real deal. I felt like James Bond with own poker video game, I couldn’t have done
lives because that one chip could’ve won me a
a briefcase full of loose diamonds or condoms better.
or whatever it is that he carries. 4. It’s never going to be OK to wear sunglasses
2. Poker is the kind of game that really lets the indoors. If you have to wear shades because
thousand more and I would’ve been rich. ■ The Black Cat Poker night takes place in The Scaramouche, Glasgow, every Thursday.
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