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The Family has been growing for 20 years and along the way we've collected some fine specimens.
From head honcho Jem Famous, down to the bloke who once fixed a puncture on the van (ok, well not quite that far...) we'd like you to meet the faces who make up The Family, and discover what makes them tick.
Because really, what type of person lies awake at night trying to figure out the best way to shoot toilet rolls over a crowd of 200 people?!
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Jem Famous - founding father
Watches: Brazil, Best in Show, Rushmore
Reads: Nausea, The 20 Elephant Restaurant, 1984
Listens to: The White Stripes, Nouvelle Vague, George Formby
Turn on: The great outdoors
Turn off: Bromide
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying"
Woody Allen
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Kyle - glutton for Family punishment
Watches: my new baby daughter and Trisha
Reads: scripts, drum kit catalogues
LIstens to: Sparklehorse, Stone Roses, hendrix, The Terms (watch out for them)
Turn ons: Camper vans
Turn offs: Camper van repair bills
"Hey ho, lets go!"
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Dee - the accent's just for the chicks
Watches: Magnolia, Life of Brian, Amores Perros
Reads: The Good Fairies of New York, Trainspotting, Yellow Pages
Listens to: Velvet Underground, Pixies, Pussycat Dolls
Happiest 12.2 seconds before lift off
"No victims"
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Campbell - chief lifeguard
Watches: Akira, Life Aquatic,Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Reads: Bill the Galactic Hero, Tall Stories Mostly, Walking on Grass
Listens to: The Pixies, Captain Beefhart, Global Goon
Happiest when hanging with me family
"Do it!"
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Miranda - a lady!
Watches: La Reine Margot , Sparkhouse, Top Hat
Reads: Tess of the Durbervilles, The Dark Materials, The Fast Heat of Beauty
Listens to: Maximo Park, Tracy Chapman, The Dubliners
Happiest when outside
"Do unto others.... "
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Joel - tongue manipulator extraordinaire
Watches: Leon, Pulp Fiction. Papillon
Reads: A Brave New World, It, Carter Beats the Devil
Listens to: Murder By Death, Hinterland, Johnny Cash
Happiest when the sun is shining and listening to Bob Marley's 'The Sun Is Shining
"To thine ownself be true"
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Chris - geezer
Watches: Lord of the rings - all three in one sitting
Reads: ... you're kidding right?!
Listens to: Pet Shop Boys, Kenny Rogers, Scissor Sisters
Happiest when: playing Dungeons and Dragons
Turn off: 9+ goblins
"I wish I'd answered Jem's email about performer profiles"
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Damien - Latin American dance champ 1984 (under 9s)
Watches: The Wizard of Oz to the soundtrack from Citizen Kane (watch out for the scarecrow saying 'Rosebud'!)
Reads: Love in the Time of Cholera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Do-it-Yourself Psychotherapy for Self-Inflicted Depression
Happiest when playing Dm7 followed by G
"Never try to write witty biogs of yourself"
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Giles - our man up North
Watches: Life Aquatic, Bird on a Wire
Reads: climbing guides, Ian Rankin
Listens to: Jem's endless showbiz anecdotes
Turn on: Mountain biking a bit too fast
Turn offs: Falling off my mountain bike because I have gone a lot too fast
"Because it's there"
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Tim - don't try this at home
Watches: Platoon, The Pianist, American Beauty
Reads: 1984, Musical biographies
Listens to: Al Green, Barry White, Aretha Franklin
Best Gig: I'm always good...
Worst Gig: ...apart from rainy days
"Practise makes perfect"
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