Даша Гордеева

"Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?" There's nothing glorious in dying. Anyone can do it. - John Lydon (Rotten) 'Instantly, there was a spark, and I knew something would come from it.' - Alex Kapranos on meeting Nick McCarthy, in the Nov 2004 Spin. Much has been made of the relationship between Alex and Nick over the years. Writing in NME in August 2005, journalist Barry Nicholson identified the relationship between them as one of the axis on which the success of FF had been built. He wrote, "Alex may be the one the media has affixed their spotlight to, but the truth is, for all their fighting, he and Nick are co-dependent lifeforms - Kapranos toiled away in countless groups before meeting Nick, whilst McCarthy would probably still (happily) be playing in out-there electro-jazz bands around Glasgow if not for Alex". Speaking to The Observer in October 2005, Alex said, "We're both quite strong characters. We have a lot in common, but what we don't have in common is drastically different. It's explosive as well as symbiotic. It gives an edge." - A-Z of FF I talked to Paul in the Brits, and he told you were too busy to represent Greece in the Eurovision song contest. Could you do it next year, because this year it was horrible, it was just tits and ass? Nick: Was it? Alex: I didn't actually see it in the end, but Greece actually won, didn't it? Nick: I don't know if... We haven't got... Alex: I don't think we should do it, because our tits and asses are appalling, so like obviously we wouldn't stand a chance in the Eurovision song contest... So no tits and asses from Franz Ferdinand! Nick: I've got quite a big one... [an evil look] Alex: Well I haven't! [laughter] I've got big tits but no ass whatsoever. - in Finland, 2005 “I'm the one trying to prize Alex's fingers off Nick's throat. Put the knife down!” - Bob Rodriguez: Who wears the tightest pants in the band? Thomson: Nick, probably. He's got quite meaty thighs and a big bum. [Kapranos laughs.] Kapranos: Yeah, it probably is Nick. -Seattle Gay News, 2008 If you guys were stranded on a desert island which of you would you choose to eat first, why, with what meal and would he sacrifice himself? Alex: We'd probably eat Bob, as he's the youngest and would have the softest, sweetest flesh. I think he'd be good served rare with potatoes Dauphinoise and a spinach salad. Bob's a very kind hearted selfless person, so of course he'd sacrifice himself. Nick: I couldn't agree more. Paul: Mmm Bob, yummy. Bob: Cunts. Шеф Александр (А), подписывая счет-фактуру, нашему завсклада: -Николай, а что у нас такой патчкорд дорогой? Николай(Н), не отрываясь от монитора: -Патчкорд - это сетевой кабель. А:Я знаю, что такое патчкорд. Я спросил, хрена ли он такой дорогой, а не "что такое патчкорд, дорогой"! "I enjoy enjoying myself." - Alex