Hi - Introduction as requested.

1) Surely one of Pratchett's best character names - How could I resist?

2) Male

3) Mid-Forties. Derby, England.

4) I have no faith whatsoever that anyone could faithfully reproduce the pictures in my head. How could they possibly capture the imagery, the philosophy, the humour, the full depth of humanity. How can you film what noise yellow makes, or the smell of tin. How would technicolor reproduce Octarine?

5) A good friend lent me The Colour of Magic, around 1987 ( I haven't given it back yet).

6) Well met by moonlight.

SolidJackson would be a proper response to the salutation Greetings Gate! Gate is 1940s American Jazz musician slang for a musician.
So, Greetings Gate!

Thanks for the muso info - makes me feel even better about the name.

Printed with cabbage ink and using gum made from broccoli, sir.

smellblaster 2006 TM!