Q. Introduce yourself – name, nickname, where you were born, how old you are, where you live, what your job is or what you study
A. Paul John Ewen is the name. Delivered in 1964 at the height of Beatlemania, my parents decided to stop short of adding George and Ringo to the pile. I’m also known as Major Lewis, Dr Umbongo, DJ Hoof and, for some inexplicable reason, Spanky.
I was born on the back streets on the rotten side of town. I never had me nothing, just people pulling me down. I'm livin' on the dark side across the rail road track. Leavin' wasn't easy, but I'm never going back. Never surrender.
According to police records, I’m a 6ft single male Caucasian Debt Collector of stocky build and no fixed abode. I am to be considered armed and dangerous, and should not be approached. Anyone with any information on my whereabouts is asked to contact Scotland Yard immediately. Police records also indicate that giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon.

Q. What do you do in your spare time? What are you passionate about?
A. Now then, apart from poncing around at the LVG do’s, I’m also interested in the art of special f/x make-up and techniques. amateur drama, ushering at the Harrow Arts Centre, putting together costumes for vampire do’s and travelling to the USA.
There’s also digital photography, setting and partaking in quizzes, cats, amateur film making, comedy, surfing the Net, films and tv, cartooning, music (particularly the early 70’s) and dining out.
In addition, there’s probably some other stuff but it’s either too illegal or gross to mention here.

Q. What is you most treasured possession?
A. I guess that’ll have to be my pet cat Muir. She’s all black as befits the horror film lifestyle requisite, except for a little white patch of fur on her crotch, and possesses the Claws of Axos.
I ‘purr’-loined her from Igor, the little Russian boy next door. You’d have thought his parents would’ve come up with a better name but, seeing as he does have the benefit of a hunchback and keeps a brain in a jar, at least he does what it says on the tin.

Q. Which living person would you most like to meet?
A. Well, to pour some sugar on it, that certain special someone with whom to spend the rest of my life. .

Q. Name your top three bands.
A.This is a difficult one so I’m just going to have to let The Beatles, Queen, Squeeze, Slade, The Monkees, Sweet, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Voice of the Beehive and Haysi Fantayzee fight it out between themselves.

Q. Name your top three movies.
A. OK, as I have so many favourites, I’m gonna cheat this and name my top three movie genres:
1. Horror ( eg.George Romero’s Zombie Quadrilogy, Shaun of the Dead, Reanimator, From Dusk til Dawn etc)
2. Science Fiction ( eg.Alien & Aliens, The Thing, The Terminator Trilogy, Robocop 1& 2, Starship Troopers etc.) 3. War ( eg. Zulu, Where Eagles Dare, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Cross of Iron etc.)
Any film that combines two or more of these genres is a must see as far as I’m concerned!

Q. What is the most important book you have read? (can be non-vampire)
A.‘Nam’ & ‘Cops’ by Mark Baker; ‘Return to Auschwitz’ by Kitty Hart; ‘Forty Years of Murder’ by Prof. Keith Simpson

Q. Which is your favourite horror/vampire book?
A. ‘Zombie - A Darkside Guide to the Zombie Movie’
Grande Illusions I and II’ by Tom Savini
Any ‘Pan Book of Horror’ anthology

Q. Do you think vampires are real? Explain
A. Yes - they make important decisions in cricket, baseball, American football and tennis matches etc and are often the target of abusive sports fans worldwide.

Q. What were your reasons for joining the London Vampyre Group? What do you want to get out of being a member?
A. Well, I was originally looking to join the London Zombie Group but, as I wasn’t eligible to sit in the House of Lords, I decided to widen my horizons to encompass another form of the undead. I wanted to meet people with similar interests in horror, dressing up and standing out from the crowd. Besides, I love Goth women and it was a good excuse to hang out with them.

Q. What is your favourite word?
A. Aaiieeeeee!!!

Q. What is your greatest fear?
A. Dying whilst speaking publicly to spiders in the dark.

Q. What is the most important thing life has taught you?
A. Don’t eat yellow snow.

Q. Give a song lyric/quote from a film or person or a passage/sentence from a book that you feel embodies your approach to life
A. ‘I never forget a face – especially if I’ve sat on it’ – Kathleen Turner in Crimes of Passion
‘Eat as much as you love – $3.00’ – Joe’s Country Buffet, Madison WI
“To know death, Otto, one must fuck it in the gallbladder!” – Udo Kier in Flesh for Frankenstein

Q. Do you have a livejournal or personal webpage that we can link to?
A. Not yet but the game is afoot!