Here’s Bobby…
1 You can take one record to a desert island for the rest of your life – what would it be?
Probably Guided By Voices’ Bee Thousand. Never get sick of it.
2 Who is your favourite artist?
Once again, I go the GbV route and say Bob Pollard
3 Favourite chord?
D for definitely.
4 Can God invent a rock that he cannot lift?
God gave rock n’ roll to ya.
5 Who did you last vote for in an election?
The only one that matters at this point.
6 Favourite fiction writer?
Don’t read much fiction, but Tolkein was the shit.
7 If you could invite 5 people to dinner (dead or alive) who would they be?
Bob Pollard, Jesus, the Buddha, Charles Bukowski, and Smally cos I think he’d get a kick out of it.
8 What pisses you off?
Pissed off people.
9 What’s the best song you’ve ever written?
We Love You.
10 One wish – what would it be?
To be able to shut my mind off at will.
11 Favourite band?
Why, GbV, of course!
12 3 websites worth checking out?
I don’t really use the web much anymore… Maybe cozyhomerecords.com, daydreamgeneration.com, and thefigmints.com. Sure, that’ll work. dictionary.com is pretty good….
13 Posters above your bed when you were a teenager?
Nirvana, Pear Jam, and Metallica. Dude.
14 When was the last time you cried with laughter?
Never got to that point. But I did throw up once. It was great.
15 If you could learn and play one instrument, what would it be?
The piano.
16 Preferred mode of travel?
Foot.
17 Shuffle your iPod – what are the first five songs that play?
Don’t got no iPod…
18 Snowballs, snowmen, or sledging?
Sledging? Like sledgehammers? Yeah!!!
19 Best gig you’ve ever been to?
The Warlocks and The Gris Gris at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.
20 What’s the most embarrassing record in your collection?
Too many to list. Seriously.
21 Favourite drink?
Old Fashioned. That’s Bourbon, bitters and club soda… Mmmmm…
22 Drug of choice?
Used to be coke… Ahem… Like the soda, yeah… That’s it… Now it’s just good ol’ booze. Maybe psilocybin…
23 If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
Homo Erectus
24 And if you were a colour, what colour would you be?
Meh…
25 Are you good at any sports?
Nope. Well, I guess I’m pretty good at video bowling with my buddy, the Wii.
26 Last book you read?
The Art of War
27 First thing you think when you get up in the morning?
Oh fucking hell, not again…
28 Last thing you think when you go to bed?
Why?Why-why-why-why-why?????
29 Describe your music in three words?
Absolutely fucking brilliant.
30 If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?
Someone with a lot of money, so I could pay my tuition in advance.
31 Favourite comedian?
Neil Hamburger.
32 What colour is your front door?
Brown.
33 Favourite film?
The Fellowship of the Ring.
34 A quote that stuck in your head?
“Goddammit!! Never leave a man behind!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
35 Favourite subject at school?
Probably history, or math.
36 Which actor/actress would play you in a film about your life?
Tom Selleck.
37 What music makes you want to dance?
ESG, Animal Collective, Motown, Michael Jackson before the third nose job.
38 What should they write on your gravestone?
Don’t want one. Too expensive, and it just clutters up the Earth. Y’dig?
39 How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
6,665,420,319.1314599999…
40 When did you first start writing your own songs?
Whenever I figured out what melody was.
41 What’s the weirdest thing you ever saw?
My friend Johnny’s face appearing on a wall in Benny’s basement… Then it turned into Jesus. Then I said, “Jesus!”
42 Favourite smell?
Grillin’
43 Favourite sound?
Feedback.
44 Swings, roundabout, chute, or climbing frame?
Whoa, those last three ain’t part of American English, but I get the gist… Roundabout.
45 Who is your favourite Beatle?
Goddammit Smally, don’t ask me that. I don’t wanna get beat up for not saying Ringo.
46 Point us in the direction of a band one of your friends is in?
www.frogvillemusic.com
47 A YouTube video the world should watch?
48 Cats or dogs?
Dogs.
49 If you had to join the circus what would you be?
The ringmaster.
50 Favourite book?
Oh, I don’t know….
51 Have you ever been on TV?
Yep.
52 Have you ever been arrested?
Nope.
53 What songs do you (would you) sing at karaoke?
Loser, Fight For Your Right (To Party), Surrender, I Wanna Be Sedated.
54 Have you ever seen a ghost?
Every time I look in the mirror… Oooooh, creepy.
55 How do you like your coffee? Or would you prefer a wee cup of tea?
Black with sugar. And very strong.
56 Punk or Raver? Mod or Goth? Hippy or Beatnik? If you had to label yourself, what gang would you be in?
No.
57 What’s the worst job you ever had?
Gas station in Herkimer, NY. I lasted half an hour.
58 What’s brown and sticky?
Oh, don’t even get me started.
59 Do you have any recurring dreams?
Can’t say that I dream often enough to have anything happen more than once….
60 How many records have you released and which is your favourite?
Seven. I think Exercises In Futility is the best (plug plug… Buy my record!!!)
61 Where in the world would you like to go?
Scotland.
62 Favourite kind of cloud?
Altocumulus at sunset.
63 Favourite line from a song?
Wrapped in a cocoon of skintight buffoonery… Now here’s the plan. (Guided By Voices)
64 What’s the music scene like where you live?
Nonexistent.
65 Who would make up your dream band? (one singer, one guitarist, one bassist, one drummer, plus one extra)
Bob Pollard, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Krist Novoselic, Mike Garguilo.
66 Favourite cover art?
In The Court of the Crimson King
67 Early bird or night owl?
Depends on my agenda, eh?
68 Which of the seven sins are you?
Sloth… Only cos I’m trying to work on getting rid of gluttony and pride.
69 Three words people use to describe you?
Quiet, nice, drunk. Two of those are totally inaccurate.
70 You have ten minutes left to live, what would you do?
Take some pills and go to sleep.
71 Do you support any sports teams?
Syracuse Orangemen basketball, yo! Go Big East!!!
71 What do you want for Christmas?
Animal liberation.
72 Favourite track from all the Daydream Generation compilations?
Don’t Ask Me Again What I Dreamt by Becky N
73 Can you cook up a storm in the kitchen?
Just made some kick ass baked shells & cheese last night… Mmmmmm….
74 What’s the first thing you remember?
A metal railing on a concrete staircase, and a question without an answer.
75 How do you go about writing a song?
If I only knew…
76 When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
Not enough hair on my head.
77 What’s the best advice you were ever given?
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” It’s become a cliche by now, but really. Think about it.
78 Do you smoke?
Sometimes I wish I never quit…
79 Tell us a joke?
How can you tell if an elephant’s been in yr cupboard? There are footprints in the peanut butter!!!
80 Pick a card, any card?
Bill Gates’ Visa.
81 One question you’ve never been able to answer?
How will I know?
82 If you could travel back in time, when and where would you go?
NYC 1982
83 Favourite philosopher?
Ah shit… Maybe Lao Tzu
84 Do you have any pets?
Ah, my lovely pit bull, Mishu.
85 Ever climbed a mountain?
Yeah. Then I got a migrane threw up. I hated it, but the scenery was grand!
86 What do you do in the real world to pay the rent?
Direct care for the developmentally disabled
87 Self-diagnosis: any psychiatric disorders?
I don’t even want to comment.
88 Favourite poet?
Jim Carroll
89 What wouldn’t you do for a million dollars?
Kill any living thing.Well, I guess unless it was a bug. Or fish, maybe but I’d have to think long and hard about that.
90 Adrenalin junky?
Nah, just the regular kind.
91 What bands have you been in?
Oh. Well… From the beginning: David’s Boys; The Chesterfield Medical Experiment; Acoustic Mayhem; The Groan-Ups; Yous Guys; The Fucking Flame; The Real Burnouts; Pinky Stink’s Problem; Arthur Rules; Electric City Subway, Euro Language Abusive, the original Utica Flower Co. (Plural Noun); Fig Mints (of Your Imagination). Probably some others too…
92 Favourite board game/computer game?
Chess, even though I suck.
93 What kind of recording set-up do you have? Equipment etc.
Tascam 488, Sony Minidisc deck, lots of outdated stuff.
94 A character you love from a book or a film?
Ted Theodore Logan
95 Who is the sexiest person in the history of the world?
Rita Hayworth
96 If you could genetically fuse two animals together what would they be? And what would it make?
I don’t fuck with nature.
97 What kind of drunk are you?
Depends on how many days running.
98 What was the first record that really blew your mind?
Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine
99 What are your musical plans for the future?
Just keep cranking, and maybe get a band together.
100 Got some websites of your own we can visit?
www.thefigmints.com and www.cozyhomerecords.com