The idea of "20 faqs to..." is to have 20 dumb, irritating, stupid and idioticly basic questions asked to the guys of Boo! and some of the people that work with Boo!
All of them will get the same questions... you read the answers here...

make your choice here or scroll down to view them all

 

 

first up we have Mr. Boney Leonie.. 22-06-2004

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
Currently I like playing “Nothing”. Although we hardly play it live yet. The track is really energetic and powerful.

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
I still like TNTLC

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
As I don’t really care for historical figures. I make up my life as I go along.

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
Playboy. Very bad version. What happened to them?
Also got an accomplice of flue.

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
Natalie Portman

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?
Slips, Euros, business cards.

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?

When I was 14, some girls came to visit me, but I was still playing with my dinky toys. They didn’t want to play with me, so they left.

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
Middle of the night is fine, because I go to bed very late. But early morning, you will not be able to wake me for anything.

9: what is your least favorite food?

Curry.

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
Actually a while now. I am sick at the moment, so been taking it easy. I like to have a drink every now and again.

11: who would you like to meet someday?
Bruce Willis

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
Bruce Willis

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
The Cook, The thief, His wife and her Lover by Peter Greenaway

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Film Editor

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
I don’t think ever bought a record. I usually get them for free

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
see top

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
for sure

18: is Elvis still alive?
Elvis is dead. Sorry

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
4000x

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
How many piercing does Pascal have?

 

29-06-2004, this week the 20 faqs list got to Marcelli Pop, Boo!'s European Manager

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
Ben Hur!

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
The next one! (I listened to some tracks and I must say... okay you have to wait....)

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
Pinocchio

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
My Girlfriend!

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
The one I love!

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?
A coupon for a free apple cake and coffee at Ikea's (Apple cake rocks!)

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?

In August 2001 I booked my first show for Boo! at a festival called
Waterpop in Wateringen Holland. I was so fresh in this "business"
that the band and me returned "home" without picking up the fee for the
band. Oeps I was almost fired by the band Boo!!!!!

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
Don't tell my girlfriend... David Bowie's crooning voice singing songs like memory of a free festival, Word on a Wing or Teenage Wildlife...

9: what is your least favorite food?
Man, I like to eat!!!!! There is hardly anything that I dislike. I am not so keen on mustard on my "krokketjes"!!!!

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
8 maart 2003 (dating hmmmm)

11: who would you like to meet someday?
Knows no answer to that question

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
Well for all bands there are fans somehow, so I dont know!

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
Memento .... What was your question???

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Sleeping

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
5 albums of Tindersticks, bought them tonight at a festival! Special offer. Finally I have all the albums complete and can distroy the cdrs!

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
Boney M

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
1 very very small one. I am a happy guy!

18: is Elvis still alive?
Sure he just left the building. Didn't you see him? He might support Boo! soon...

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
Still not enough! Lets do it Michael!!!

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
Rock and Roll, FOG! No,this is all folks

 

06-07-2004, this week we see what answers Chris Chameleon gave to the terrible list of faqs

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
A track off the forthcoming album we recorded in may, called 'nothing'

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
The next one

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
Yes, i'd like to be an historical figure! oh, someone else? well, king solomon had 800 wives...

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
Hunky (Marcel's cat)

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
Donald Rumsfeld. No, seriously! Imagine what it would do to him!

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?

55,34 euros, a key that doesn't open anything, a card that says 'die here is my herder', a list with phone numbers, a credit card, a savings card which pin number i forgot, a button and ... cat hairs aaargh!

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?
Oh shit this is bad. I once begged a girl not to leave me. And of course (because Ii have good taste in women) she did!

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
Don't you dare! Ok, sex, chocolate, rugby, sushi, a friend in need, any geopoliticalhistorical discussion and last, but not least, a lesson in computer literacy, so that Ican fall asleep again thank you very much.

9: what is your least favorite food?
I have no such thing, honestly, if it's edible, (and sometimes, even if it isn't..) I love it!

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
Can't remember...guess I was too drunk

11: who would you like to meet someday?
My maker

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
You mean, allowed? Uhm... Dick Cheney. He didn't? Well, see, there is a god! David Hasselhoff?

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
Gladiator

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Busting my head against a padded wall...

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
Dances with ghosts - Placebo

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
So, Peter Gabriel

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
The question should be, do I have any teeth without fillings?

18: is Elvis still alive?
Elvis was never born

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
That is a vicious rumour and I wish it would stop, oh!

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
.......

 

 

13-07-2004, this week the 20 faqs list had a 4-some with the dutch merchandise ladies! Mirjam, Daniëlle and Miriam.

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
Mirjam:
Krusti......live.......wooooowww
Daniëlle: Definitely Anjils !
Miriam: Not very original, but I just can't help loving 'Champion'. But I also love the live rendition of 'Come'.

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
Mirjam: Mmmm... think it is Pynapple flava.....or Naughties....well maybe Shooting Star...or TNTLC or 3Boo?dists.....no...Pynapple it is!
Don't ask me again please...;-)
Daniëlle: Naughties, it was the first album I ever laid my ears on.........
Miriam: Naughties

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
Mirjam: Don't know, I enjoy living my own life so.....
Daniëlle:
Salvador Dali, it must feel great painting like he did while speaking Spanish fluently..............and I like his enormous moustache :-)
Miriam: Am I allowed to answer Pipi Longstokkings?

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
Mirjam: alone
Daniëlle:
Ehm.....woke up all alone, though I did have Sophie Kinsella's "Shopaholic in Manhattan" next to me......
Miriam: My boyfriend and my two cats, Bob and Bella

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
Mirjam: With the love of my life ofcourse...... but George Clooney will also do....
Daniëlle:
My babe !
Miriam: My boyfriend and my two cats, Bob and Bella

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?
Mirjam: Some money and a list with an amount of money I owe to a certain person....
Daniëlle:
Ehm.......10 euros and a Douglas gift coupon...
Miriam: About 15 euros in cash and plastic. Nothing unusual

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?

Mirjam: Ha...I wont tell you otherwise this will be my next most embarrassing moment!!
Daniëlle:
Well, you did not expect me to tell that, did you??? I would not know where to begin ;-)
Miriam: A couple of years ago when Boo! played De Buze in Steenwijk. After the gig we stayed over in an adjacent building. Our rooms were in the attick. Well, to cut a long story short, I fell down the stairs. Something some people just can't resist reminding me of every time they see me! (you know who you are!)

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
Mirjam: 15 minutes of free shopping in a large shopping mall....otherwise please let me sleep, I am not on my best when you wake me in the middle of the night.
Daniëlle:
A shoe sale..and a homemade smoothie .....
Miriam: Waking up Merie is something to be undertaken at your own peril.

9: what is your least favorite food?

Mirjam: Cooked potatoes, with vegetables which have cooked too long with dry meat. And all the things I do not know
Daniëlle:
I know they are healty, but I do not like prawns or any type of food looking at me whilst lying on my plate.......
Miriam: Sauerkraut.

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
Mirjam: I really don't know, not the best time to remember something
Daniëlle:
Ehm...well a bit......Wednesday 30th of June after a reception going to the pub to watch the soccer match (The Netherlands played against Portugal)....got sober pretty quickly after that :-(
Miriam: Eh, I guess after the gig at Oerol. We went out with a couple of friends and I ended up dancing with some Brazilian guy who did not speak English.

11: who would you like to meet someday?
Mirjam: My inlaws
Daniëlle:
Ryan Adams, (yeah, without the B) although I definitely have NO idea what to say to him.......
Miriam: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, hehehe :-)

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
Mirjam: Lots and lots of people if you ask me, but if there are fans, who am I to say that it is better for them (and us) to shut up
Daniëlle:
Rene Froger, he is terrible !!
Miriam: William Shatner

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
Mirjam: Rain man
Daniëlle:
Ehmm...that 's a hard one.....there are so many! Everything starring Johnny Depp...partly because of his looks.......his films are always a bit weird and funny........but my all time favourite would be "Dancer In The Dark"........
Miriam: I love Leons choice of movie btw. My choice is less culturally correct: Velvet Goldmine.

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Mirjam: Probably shopping
Daniëlle:
Ehmm....sleeping??
Miriam: You mean right now, this minute? I'd probably be snogging my boyfriend because he's had to miss me yesterday due to my Boo!-activities.

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
Mirjam: No Boundaries (A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees).
Daniëlle:
The last album was P.J. Harvey's Uh-Huh-Her (it's great) and the last single was Counting Crows & Blof's Holiday in Spain....I really like that song without the Dutch interference....just Adam Duritz !!
Miriam: I bought all of The Veils' singles at one of their gigs.

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
Mirjam: ABBA, the Arrival
Daniëlle:
The soundtrack of "The Wiz"....on vinyl...
Miriam: Abba's Arrival. A special offer of 13 guilders I saved up for from my pocket money.

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
Mirjam: Oh yes!
Daniëlle:
Oh, yes !
Miriam: 5

18: is Elvis still alive?
Mirjam: No, otherwise he already said hi to us once, don't you think?
Daniëlle: Don't think so....
Miriam:
The King is dead but lives on in the hearts of his millions of fans.

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
Mirjam: According to the man himself it is only one, but in real life a few too many. Let him work on the inside because he wouldn't have to work on the outside this much.
Daniëlle:
One time too many because obviously it has affected his brain.......
Miriam: He has not been operated upon. He's got a skin condition. Didn't you know that?

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
Mirjam: No, enough is enough!
Daniëlle:
When a fly loses its wings, can you call it a "walk"?
Miriam: My boyfriend has bigger nipple piercings than you Pascal!
reply by Pascal: sorry to dissapoint you on that one Miriam... he doesn't... but hey.. he has two of them, maybe together they are!?

 

 

20-07-2004, this week monkipunk.com asked the faqs to the best SA sound-engineer: Stevie G!!!

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
Bipass

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
Naughties

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
Spider-man

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
Well.. Yesterday I woke with an Italian Beauty so does today really matter?

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
Leons girlfriend, He He

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?
A 1 dollar bill and some other stuff!

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?
Doing a handstand at the Mezz in Breda and falling on my head in front of everyone.

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
More sleep!!!!!

9: what is your least favorite food?
Avocado. Me eats, Me dies!!!

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
When was I last sober, should be the real question!

11: who would you like to meet someday?
Sir Richard Branson

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
Abba

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
The Lion King

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Something else, Duh!

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
I work in the music industry,I get them for free!

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
Willie Nelson sings the blues

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
No, never had one

18: is Elvis still alive?
Yes. He is in charge of the deep fat frier at McDonalds

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
He's had Plastic surgery?

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
Yes , Question 21!

 

 

27-08-2004, last (for now) but not least we have the magnificant Ampie Omo.

1: what is your favorite Boo! track?
Recording - Star

2: what is your favorite Boo! album?
Shooting Star

3: if you were to be a historical figure, who would you be?
Difficult question

4: with who did you wake up this morning?
Not sure, there was no one with me

5: with who would you want to wake up tomorrow morning?
Corne and Twakkie

6: what do you have in your wallet right now?
I dont know where my wallet is to be honest

7: what is your most embarrassing moment?
Not knowing where my wallet is

8: for what can we wake you up in the middle of the night?
Anything, I don't like missing anything and have no trouble going right back to sleep. I've been blessed with the gift of sleep.

9: what is your least favorite food?
Pizza

10: when was the last time you were drunk?
Somewhere in February. I don't really like drinking

11: who would you like to meet someday?
My Wife (maybe I have already?)

12: who should have never been able to make a record?
Anyone should be able to make a record, I'd like to have a world record someday

13: what is you all time favorite movie.
Difficult to say

14: if you were not doing what you are doing now... what would you be doing?
Something else, the world is full of experiences and I'm game for all.

15: what was the last album or single you bought?
Dorp - Tap into the System

16: what was the first album or single you bought?
Queen - It's a kind of magic

17: do you have any fillings in your teeth?
yes

18: is Elvis still alive?
No man would fake his own death on a toilet to be found with his pants on his ankles. I suspect he is dead

19: how many times do you think Michael Jackson has had plastic surgery done to his face?
A Lot. Should have stopped after thriller

20: is there anything else you want to add to this list?
I don't have a colour TV