NAME: Njål Ra (the midnight cowboy) IN DUTY: Since 2005 INSTRUMENTS: Bass GEAR: Fender Jazzbass 1977, EBS overdrive fuzz pedal BIRTHPLACE: Kongsberg, Norway. LIVES: Oslo, Norway. HOBBIES: Movies, drinking, music (not necessarily in that priority) TURN OFFS: Wimpy women! FAVOURITE LOS PLANTRONICS SONGS: Buzz Meeks, Bobby Peru, The Ballad of Lucas Doolin FAVOURITE LOS PLANTRONICS SHOWS: Live & Jive, Malmköping 2006. Klubbøya, Oslo 2006. INFLUENCES: Willy Dixon, Albert King, James Brown, The Meters, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan FAVOURITE ALBUMS: Bob Dylan-Desire, Frank Zappa-Live N.Y.City-75, the Nick Drake box SHOWS: Emmylou Harris, Rockefeller-Oslo 2000. AUTHORS: Hunter S. Thompson, Paul Auster, Knut Hamsun MOVIES: Brutti Sporchi è Cattivi, Midnight Cowboy, Paris Texas, Mystery Train, Man Bites Dog, Dr.Strangelove, Sorte Øyne (Ita.), Taxi Driver, Das Boot, Spinal Tap, Bill Hicks, gen. music documentaries & Deep Throat PAINTERS/ARTISTS: Giger and Modigliani. FOOD: Njål Ra’s homemade fish soup DRINK: Beer, cognac, bloody mary & dry martini (if made properly), Fernet Branca and an occasionally tequila WATERING HOLES: Teddys, Soria Moria and any shabby bar who serves alcohol… LAST WORDS: “Your place or your place?”