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Nickname:
T-Bone

Star Sign:
Aries (hell-o, ladies)

Where were you born?
Box Hill, Melbourne

Where did you grow up:
Adelaide (you’d be surprised)

What posters did you have on your wall as a kid:
Paul Bagshaw (Sturt footballer); Wonder Woman

The best autograph you ever got:
Ben Harper on my acoustic guitar (he played it, too)

The worst job you've had?
Selling advertising for a Catholic weekly (don’t ask)

Fave Drink:
Scotch

Fave Sport:
footy

Fave Team:
Carlton

Fave TV Show:
Deadwood

Fave Film:
Nashville

Which cinematic character do you relate to the most:
Boo Radley

You're dating Labor politician Julia Gillard, where do you take her?
To the movies to see The Year My Voice Broke (Director’s Cut)

First LP you bought?
20 Electrifying Hits

An LP discovery that you're recommending to people?
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Fave LP of all time?
today, it’s Tonights The Night - Neil Young

Who would you like to cover of one of your songs?
Hope Sandoval

A song that has made you cry?
Anything with lyrics about fathers & sons

What's a song you love that could be deemed a guilty pleasure?:
I’ve never bought into that Manichean view of music – if you love it, it’s sanctified

Lyric To Live By’?
‘Now you can say that I’ve grown bitter but of this you may be sure
The rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poor
And there’s a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong
You see, you hear these funny voices
In the tower of song’

Favourite Pebbles Song?
A Thousand Flowers

Fave Book?
CivilWarLand In Decline - George Saunders ... genius

Last book that you read?
The March - EL Doctorow

What historical figure has most captured your imagination?
Abe Lincoln – always fascinated by the contradictions of powerful people trying to create good changes, mostly through evil instruments...

If Sand Pebbles was a fruit, what type of fruit would it be:
a tomato (it’s a fruit, but it doesn’t act like a fruit)

Ultimate gig:
on the bill with My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star & Arcade Fire