Ten Questions With . . . .

Well this week it's ten questions with no-one.  It's a shame that those I've asked so far haven't bothered to reply or are unwilling to do it.

It's not all doom and gloom though, I do have a member of the community team at Codemasters trying to get the dev team to answer a few questions for me and I've sent oiut a crap load of tweets and emails to various celebs to ask them to participate.

If you dear reader have any contacts in the world of celebrity or gaming who would like to get invovled give me a shout or put them in touch with me.

Particular targets for me

• Bill Gates
• Tim Berners Lee
• Bungie Dev Team
• Turbine Dev Team
• Bioware Dev Team
• Stephen Fry
• Alan Davies
• Tim Minchin
• Boy George to finish his
• Bill Baily
• The Gadget Show Team

If you know any of them or can point me in the right direction shout out people.

Ten Questions with Phill Jupitus

Welcome all, this week I've been lucky enough to get  Phill Jupitus, stand up, panel show contestant, DJ, podcaster and much more trapped in the Waylander101 bunker to answer a few questions

Hi Phill Thank you for taking time out to contribute to my blog.

Waylander101: To start us off, pirates of ninjas?

Phill: I'm going to go with Ninjas as they are somehow more mystical. 

Waylander101: Would you like to give us a brief “Who is Phill Jupitus” for any readers who have been living in a box for the last twenty years?

Phill: TV pop quiz gimp, comedian, occasional singer

Waylander101: Just how much fun is it for you to make Stephen (Fry) squirm on QI?

Phill: It is one of the perks of the job making him uncomfortable. He's so in control all the time I like pitching flirty curve balls...

Waylander101: And while I’m asking about your TV work is Buzzcocks still fun to do?

Phill:- It most certainly is, even more so with the guest hosts. It's great to be able to work with new people all the time, and I'm a big fan of Noel.

Waylander101: Have you ever considered moving into TV/Movie acting like so many other stand-ups?

Phill: I consider it quite a bit but the phone just stares at me. I'm not very pro active about that sort of thing.

Waylander101: Or do you prefer stage roles like Edna Turnbald in Hairspray?

Phill:- That was a lot of fun because it was such an unfamiliar experience. Also it was brilliant to work with trained professional actors, singers and dancers.  I'd love to do another musical.

Waylander101: Were/are the frock and falsies a bugger of great fun?

Phill: I have to say a bit of me missed the frocking up once I'd finished.

Waylander101: As a listener of The Perfect Ten from the start how much do you enjoy the freedom of podcasting over TV/radio work?

Phill: It's a very different experience from anything I've ever done before, but the editorial freedoms are very liberating. I love the fact that most subjects are fair game. It's the closest studio experience to a live stand up gig I've had, in terms of the freedom it gives you.

Waylander101: Given the inevitable zombie apocalypse what’s your plan?

Phill: Join the horde and tuck in!

Waylander101: Anything you want to plug?

Phill: Never Mind The Buzzcocks starts October 21st, 'Good Morning Nantwich - Adventures In Breakfast Radio'  is in all good and bad bookshops from Harper Collins.

Thanks for that, let yourself out when you untie the ropes; I'm just off to Waterstones. 

Ten Questions with Boy George

In this 10 questions with I've been lucky enough to get pop-star and DJ extraordinary Boy George to consent to be interviewed. 

We tried a new (for me) method this time and used Twitter for the Q&A.  Sadly this isn't a very good medium for an interview as neither of us could give any depth to our comments in 140 characters and other followers and friends were posting so it was easy to miss a question or answer.  anyway no more excuses here's what I've got.

Waylander101: How are things with you now George?

Boy George: Wonderful, I have a few days off and that's always a luxury!

 Waylander101: I watched the docu/drama, Worried About The Boy, about your early years on the BBC, how close to reality is it?

Boy George:  It had many holes but it was stylish, they got that right but my dad spoke cockney not Irish!

I like Doug (Booth) as me and Matt Horne as Jon (Moss), it was quite uncanny how Matt pulled it off!

 Waylander101: I remember seeing Culture Club for the first time on Top of the Pops singing 'Do you Really Want to Hut Me?' back in 1982 and thought wow she's hot only to see "Boy"; was the androgyny deliberate?

 Boy George: It was me experimenting, I learnt to confuse but it took time, then I turned into a rugby player!

Unfortunately that’s as far as we got as I had work to do and was getting a little frustrated with the lack of depth Twitter offers this kind of thing.  I think I may have upset George by asking him mid interview if we could switch to email.  I hope not too badly as George is one of my top ten targets for these interviews.  So, if you do see this George please get in touch so we can finish this.  I would love to know about the rugby player! 


Still no-one set up for next week so if you, dear reader, can suggest someone; or better still actually get someone to commit I will be forever in your debt.