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KONRAD BOEHMER 18-09-2001 12.28 |
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Do you hear the neighbours go to the toilet?
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No. Dutch people do it on the street. | |
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Do you put your vacuumcleaner on like Glenn Gould did?
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No. Drills are much more romantic. | |
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Do you always have sky-radio on?
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That's what Shostakovitch did. i hate the result, especially his symphonies. | |
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Do you lock yourself in the bathroom?
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Only when I take a bath. | |
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Do you have a traffic-light in front of your house?
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No. I have a coffe-shop next-door. That is worse. | |
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A tromboneplayer across the street?
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Yes, Russian accordeon-players beore the coffeshop. They should be sent to Texas and executed immediatly. | |
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A bicycle store downstairs?
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No. In our town (Amsterdam) bicycles are not sold but exclusively stolen. | |
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Have you found yourself a silent room where you only hear your own bloodstream?
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WOuld be the worst thing I can imagine. I leave that to Saint Cage. | |
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Are you glued on to your computer?
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Certainly not. | |
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Did you get yourself a permanent trainticket?
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Seen the quality of Dutch public transport systems, it is much more eficient to walk. | |
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Do you have your own private corner in your favourite bar?
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That is not what bars are made for. | |
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Do you sit in the woods getting birdshit on your paper?
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I leave this speciality to Olivier Messiaen. He got sufficently birdshit on his paper. | |
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Please give me a short description of the sounds that normally surround you when you compose (in audio or textformat).
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Just the normal sounds of a rather civilised part of an old Dutch town. |