***STAR PROFILE ***

Full name: James Alexander Fraser-Mitchell

Nickname/s: Jaffa, Geek

DOB: 17/10/1979

Star sign: Libra

City you reside in: Rugby, affectionately known as Drugby

Born: Harborough Magna

Degrees/ qualifications: HND (Distinction), Media Studies BA (Hons) Journalism, 50m Front Crawl

Occupation: Buyer

Most boring job you’ve ever had: Taking camera film out of incorrect boxes and putting them in correct boxes – they did have an ambient room!

Likes: Music, music, music, books, film, cricket

Dislikes: Passionless people, shellfish, glow sticks

Best friend: Richard Finch (Plumstead) & Ben Folwell (Rugby)

Favourite colour: Blue, but I like a good purple

First album purchased: Madness – Divine Madness

Favourite album/s: Shudder To Think – Pony Express Record, Moodymann – A Silent Introduction

Favourite band/s: Doves, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, Pavement, Radiohead etc.

Favourite DJ/s: Derrick Carter, Charles Webster, Kieran Hebden

Favourite music genre/s: Bumping House, Drum and Bass, 60s Psyche, Indie

Best rock star antics award goes to: Julian Cope, while tripping he put a sock over his head and climbed out of one window of the van to the other, said van was moving at 80 mph.

Favourite rock guitarist: Mike Rutherford from Genesis, lovely beard, posh voice and a double neck guitar – they rocked quietly

Rock star you’d most like to be: Damo Suzuki in Can circa 1972, on the back of the Ege Bamyasi cover he pulls the most amazing pose. In 1974 he left to become a Jehovah’s Witness.

Pref – vinyl/ CD/ MP3: Vinyl – 180GSM is the shiznit

Favourite club: The End (London), Sub Club (Glasgow)

Favourite joke: Q. What’s the difference between a dog and a fox? A. About 8 pints

Favourite childhood memory: Jumping from trees into ditches full of hay on long hot Scottish summer nights

Favourite pastime: Sitting, lying down listening to music, kissing

Musical instruments mastered: Bass (v. poor), xylophone (rudimentary)

Travelled to: Holland, Spain, Poland, US, Ireland, All of Britain, Singapore, Borneo & Greece

Favourite country: Scotland – it still has my heart

Favourite holiday destination: Greece

Favourite book/s: Catcher in the Rye (JD Salinger), A Fairytale of New York (JP Donleavy)

Favourite author/s: Donleavy, Orwell, Flann O’Brien, Amis, Coupland

Favourite plant/ flower: Sunflower

Favourite alcohol: Cider, vodka, tequila, absinthe, Belgian beer

Favourite item of clothing: The t-shirt, Suit jackets, Converse, ties

All current &previous pets: Hamster – Honey, Cat – Becky, Cat – Topsy, Stick Insects - 1-6

Funniest moment to date: Falling asleep in the garden of an ex and being woken up by her
parents who were returning home from holiday.

Most influential political character on your life: Speaking to Tony Benn was a privilege and watching Bill Clinton play sax on the Arsenio Hall show impressed me

Life ambition: Have a good time whatever I do

Biggest impact made on the world to date: Probably coining the phrase ‘It ain’t funk if it ain’t got that Brrod thing.’

Your perception of Australia and it’s inhabitants: Previously it was quite negative but in the past month my eyes have been well and truly opened.

No. of times you have moved house: 10

Most dangerous thing you have ever done: Jumping across Tenament roofs (2001)

Near death experiences: Falling off a roundabout and my head missing industrial style cutting blades on a ride-on lawnmower by inches.

Number of operations: 1 major

Number of broken bones: None

Do you remember how we met?: 16/7/06 4.00am – The End (Lounge Room) ‘Who’s the dude in the suit’