20 Questions: Ed Wright
20 Questions: Ed Wright
Ed Wright is a violinist and composer living in North Wales. He performs with a variety of different ensembles and musicians and has had his music performed to widespread critical acclaim. He sometimes wears a suit, doesn’t believe in otters, but is dedicated to often heroic acts of silliness.
Where and when were you born?
Wendover - Bucks (Ok yes you can giggle now!)
What is your favourite sandwich?
Fried Egg and Bacon butty on a sunday morning
What is your earliest memory?
Watching my Dad fit a rear spoiler on a car he was going to sell to a friend because this mate of his was that much of a boy racer that that would apparently clinch it... At least I think that was my earliest one... i also have one of riding a golden retriever around like an adult would ride a horse so that must be pretty early too, or just a very big dog.
What is your greatest fear?
Err... sex with a giant spider I don't know. Your greatest fear is probably one of those things that you don't know what it is until it finds you, but the spider thing is a good place to start.
What is your favourite place?
A big oak tree near to where I grew up which was challenging but possible to climb, many good memories, green elbows and thoughts.
What is your favourite venue to play in Wales?
Hendre Hall
What is your all time favourite gig that you have played?
St Patricks Day in the Heights In llanberis a few years ago, completely newly put together band, pissed as a fart playing electric violin having a right laugh and it worked out so well they asked us to play regularly, what's more people still talked about it after they recovered from St Pats!
What is your all time favourite gig that you attended?
Creamfields 2006 front row for the Prodigy
What is your favourite album?
Thats a hard one, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill: Live in Seattle. It's just astounding, the quality of musicianship, improvisation, timing, tone, depth of musical experience (and rarely for a live album recording and production quality) contained in it. Above all it is one of the few CDs I have that I have had for years and keep coming back to and being made to smile every time.
What is your favourite book?
Wolves in Walls: Neil Gaiman
What is your favourite film?
Alien
What political party or cause do you feel most strongly about?
Laissez-faire!
How do you relax?
Sleep, thats about all i get time for at the minute, but given half a chance, climbing, power kiting, and cycling... I trying to work out how to combine all 3.
Which living person do you most despise, and why?
Who ever came up with the idea of choco-crispies.
Which living or historical person do you most admire, and why?
Ernest Shackton, read 'South' his book about mounting the Edurance expedition to the Antartic. For combining sheer resoucefullness in the wild with the ability to make things happen both in polite society and under the most appaling conditions, its amazing.
How often do you have sex?
See next answer.
Who would you invite to your dream party?
Fern Cotton as a Pussy Cat Doll
What is your favourite animal?
See previous answer
What is your favourite vegetable?
Erm you expect a sensible answer now!
What is your culinary speciality?
Spaghetti Bol
Who or what is the greatest love of your life?
She'd kill me for saying it on the internet, So. CAKE!
What is your favourite mountain?
Tryfan in winter.
Where would you like to live?
"Under the Sea"
Do you believe Wales should be a completely independent state?
I'd like to say yes, but I don't know if the sums would add up quite yet but in principal if any one in the Cardiff Assembly could ever be persuaded to think about anywhere north of Tregaron.
In your view, is the current war in Iraq justified?
Like 99.9 perecnt of the other people who shout against it I'm pretty ignorant of what is really going on, but from what I can figure then no it's not justified but what really pisses me off is people who shout and scream about stuff they have no idea about, so, inprincipal i'm against it but I personally don't know enough to categorically slam it... maybe no one does... maybe no one knows enough to justify it either. Let that mess with you for a while.
TV or radio?
TV to watch radio to listen to. The otherway around is a bit naff.
What is your favourite word?
Weasel
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Rage against the Machine: Killing in the name of.
What would your super power be?
China
Do you believe in otters?
No I think that they are just seals in ill fitting hats... it's not a strange new life form, it's the same old life form in a bad costume.
If you could edit your past what would you change?
Being a bastard to one or two people over the years. I'm glad to say that it’s a learning process and we all make mistakes and hopefully we patch things up and learn not to do it again. But given the choice it'd be nice to not mess up the first time!
What is your favourite pub?
The White Lion St Leonards, the place I go for a pint with my Dad when I get to see him. It's an old old wooden low ceilinged pub, about 60 mile from the sea with a boat in the beer garden!
What is the closest you’ve come to death?
About 2 feet away in the Dinowig Quarries. Thank God for climbing ropes, dynamic rope management, and my mate Alan who was tied to the other end! Just remember kids always use a helmet, you don't want your skull crushed, the chance of landing on flat rock on your head from 14m up sounds so much better if you think you'll survive it. I think.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?Not to take yourself to seriously, in any sense. You are never more important than those around you, make time for the stuff that actually matters, and when it all gets you down don't forget to have a good giggle.
I'm still trying to put all this into practice!
Tell us a joke?
I'm typing all this at work .
Do you have a website?
thank you.
by Wil Williamson: 1st February 2008
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