Where's Your Head At? - Gogol Bordello
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We here at Across The Line are mainly known for our interest and support of local music in Northern Ireland on t'radio and t'internet. You would have to be foolish to write us off as just purveyors of music. We have many strings to our ample bow, don't you know. We fancy ourselves as renegades of the psychoanalytical world, clairvoyant cowboys who trek the rough terrain of the frontal lobe. We live to give bands the break through, to help those in the nutty industry of music find solace. We ask a series of questions and some of our favourite music makers answer them. Challenging, we know.
Gogol Bordello bring their beer soaked brand of European folk to the Mandela Hall in BelfastÌýon the 16th of March. We plumped the lie down sofa and asked bass player Thomas Gobena to share his tears and fears with the capable ATL psychiatrists.
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Wheres your head at?
On the top of my shoulders, in Bucharest, Romania.
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Please answer the questions below honestly and we will attempt to cure you.
What is your earliest memory?
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My Falling down from my crib at two years old.
What is your first musical memory? Watching my older brothers play guitar.
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Tell us about your childhood. It was filled with joy and happiness.
People normally would not think that way about Ethiopia but that's how it was.
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Describe your self as a teenager.
Figuring my way around things, figuring my way around music, figuring stuff out.
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Do you have any recurring dreams or nightmares?
Yes, I go to school without my shoes all the time, freaks me out.
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When did you last cry?
I cry when good things happen - I cry often.
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Do you respect authority?
Nope, (Edit: Insert the name of a famous NWA song).
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What is your deepest fear?
The Police
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Tell us in one sentence what makes you happy?
I can do it in one word - Music.
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Tell us one secret that you have never or at least rarely told someone.
I used to be a police man
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Comment number 1.
At 27th Jul 2011, Hassan Sohail wrote:Simply loved Gogol Bordello, awesome awesome band.
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