Name: Damon Torsten Nash Title: Production chap
Alias(es): The man who dresses for a decade that hasn't even happened yet (aka Doctor When).
Known associates: He appeared on the same stage as an early incarnation of Supergrass, had a pond populated with frogs by Fleetwood Mac/Iron Maiden producer Martin Birch, and once accidentally snubbed Leo Sayer. Was also, strangely, given whisky as a teenager by Mika Häkkinen in a motorhome.
Regular haunts: The past. Damon likes all things historical and uses his time-machine regularly. And having spent almost a third of his life in Box Hill, you might find him digging up the past somewhere locally. Indeed, he produced a thesis entitled Making Box Hill Sound Interesting as part of an archaeology honours degree (and, for the record, it apparently worked).
Or perhaps he'll be on the other side of the world inside the derelict Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, England - ideal for spectral fun and things that go woo in the night.
But for serious spirits, Damon can't go past fine Islay malts, so you'll possibly find him nestling among the discerning folk in Gertrude Street Enoteca or Baranows with a wee dram of something like Ardbeg Uigeadail or Lagavulin 16.
And if he's feeling peckish, Damon will be either getting his bhuna fix from Keshav at Nirankar or begging Gills Diner to put lasagne back on the menu (hint, hint) ... unless he's packed his bags and gone AWOL to the greatest restaurant in the known universe*, Don Cameron's mighty Stillwater in Launceston.
*No, seriously, it is. Aw, poor Ferran Adrià, sob, sob.
Last sighted at: Basement Discs (spending silly amounts of money on a lavish remastered box set of precious teenage memories, no doubt), before heading over to Atticus Finch for a slow pint of Hargreaves Hill ESB.
Current mission: Ensuring that each of the 40-odd-thousand songs in his iTunes has the correct artwork. Think you have the correct artwork on your iTunes? Think again. For example, Depeche Mode's Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) has to have the 12" picture sleeve featuring the two stylised construction workers on it, and not the more common 7" sleeve with 27 figures arranged in rows of nine [see Fig.1]. Though The Great Outdoors! appeared on both formats, the Combination Mix, of course, wasn't on the 7", so it would be simply crazy to use that sleeve to encompass all of the single's B-sides. Having problems with your iTunes organisation or chronology? You know who to call.
Fig.1: Proper and improper iTunes visual representation for Get The Balance Right! (Combination Mix) by Depeche Mode, Mute 12 BONG 2, 1983
Other activities: Freelance designer, guerrilla artist (finalist in the 2007 Bald Archy Prize), and official Monkey Island™ consultant Melbourne's most secret tiki bar, Milky Joe's. Is also currently working on The Bad Album Covers Project.
Quote: Dougal: God, Ted. D'you remember that fella who was so good at fashion they had to shoot him?
Informants contact: damon@deckofsecrets.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/pwurg