How are you all doing? I'd like to introduce myself in an original and
inspirational way but I can't think of anything so I'll just use the
questions from the introductory mail:

What is your name?
Emil

Do you have any nicknames that we might know by from the ballboy
message board or other mailing lists? If so where did you get these
names from?
Not really, I think I've posted as Danish Jag on the ballboy
messageboard for fairly obvious reason - namely that I am a Jag (a
Partick Thistle supporter to those of you who don't know) and 100% Danish.

Where do you live?
In Copenhagen, Denmark. Spiritually I live somewhere between Glasgow,
Edinburgh and Manchester, though.

What was the first song that heard by ballboy?
I Hate Scotland, I think. My big brother played it to me and I loved
it. I'll have to admit to ripping Club Anthems to my HDD at first but
I've since then bought it as well as The Sash, AGFDH and the Past
Lovers single (I bought the Where Do All My Nights Of Sleep Go vinyl
single for my ex-girlfriend as well) on my last trip to Scotland, so
my conscience is pretty clean. Considering picking up The Royal
Theatre from play.com or when I visit Scotland again which is very
soon indeed - the 13th of October!

What is your favourite song?
By Ballboy? Hmm, that's a toughie - I still like I Hate Scotland but
other favourites include A Day In Space, Sex Is Boring (the Club
Anthems version), I Gave Up My Eyes To A Man Who Was Blind and the
title track from The Sash My Father Wore (the latter because of its
fantastic anti-Rangers lyrics - I wish you'd write an anti-Old Firm
song, btw).

If I had to buy a CD tomorrow what should it be?
I'd definitely go for the new album by The Clientele, Strange
Geometry. Listen to the single called Since K Got Over Me here:
www.myspace.com/theclienteleofficial - I saw them live yesterday for
the second time in the space of three weeks and the third time in the
last year.

What else do we need to know about you?
I turn 18 tomorrow (yay!), I've got 10 (!) Partick Thistle shirts,
ranging from this year's home top to the away top from the '93-'94
season to a signed strip from when we were still plying our trade in
the Scottish Premier League (you don't need to remind me how we are
doing at the moment, although you are welcome to ask me what the final
score in the last game away to Alloa was), I wear glasses. That should
cover it, aye?

Apologies for the dodgy English - as my physics teacher would say it's
"not on my thong (!) today"* ...


Cheers,
Emil


*Yes, he actually said that. He has also uttered such greatnesses as
"Einstein was a clark", "You have to keep your thong right even in
your mouth", "I cannot accept any insultations or disturbs!" and "One
day, a girl comes on her bike and she gets a punctuation". Top marks
if you can guess the correct meaning of any of those!