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Oh god. I appear to be speaking to radio leeds at 12:40 about this goth bus story. I really hope it's not live - they want to know about goths and people who wear dog leads.
Just as I was winding up the phone call the researcher said "Are you a dominatrix?" erk!
"Er no I just wear a lot of PVC, but not to my day job - I'm a database administrator..."
"Do you have anything else that might be useful to add?"
"Erm I'm 37 and I still have silly hair so I guess I didn't grow out of it..."

eeeek! Public speaking's not my strong point. At the last investors meeting I opened with "You're all a bunch of cunts" not realising that Will's dad was there.

grak!

Live on radio for the win.

although starting the interview in the toilets and someone coming in and washing their cups was not good. I had to run when she went into a cubicle - that would have been the icing on the cake having someone weeing loudly as I'm talking about goths.

I pointed out that their activity was in no way related to them being goths, it was just that as goths it was easier to take it out of the house as it wouldn't really make an awful lot of difference to the abuse they recieve on a daily basis. I also did a brief what is goth - I mentioned that it never used to be about clothes - in the early 80s goths were all about scruffy black jeans and t-shirts but in recent years the clothes seem to have become more important than the music.

am still shaking.

EDIT. oh god there's more. they're sending another presenter over in an hour or so to interview me in person about goth for something that's going out about 5. eeeeeeeeek!

video killed the radio star.

well that's done. she was very nice and used to go to the phono in the mid 80s - she mentioned human fly by the cramps and snakebite and black :)

it was mostly about the clothing - I'm sure I'll have offended someone or said something nonsensical... I definitely used the word 'slapper' is that allowed on radio?

it should be on about 5:10 if anyone wants to record it and mp3 it for me.

EDIT
damn - forgot to give her a necro donor card :P

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oh. my. god.

I really wouldn't have recognised my voice if I hadn't known it was me.
hey at least I didn't sound brummie...

I sounded like motherfucking barry white!