And now we boldly go where even the brave dare not tread – the marvellous mind of Jon Fink…
1 You can take one record to a desert island for the rest of your life
- what would it be?
hmm, my desert island disc collection. Duh
2 Who is your favourite artist?
Hundertwasser and Robert Parke harisson
3 Favourite chord?
B7
4 Can God invent a rock that he cannot lift?
No, G-man O.D. can impress all the chicks, he has every growing
muscles and tiny hands to be able to still pick a flower or two!
5 Who did you last vote for in an election?
The one with the lever
6 Favourite fiction writer?
Scott Tompson
7 If you could invite 5 people to dinner (dead or alive) who would they be?
Sitting Bull, 16 year old Jesus, barely legal Betty Davis, Howard
Hughes, and 66 Brian Wilson
8 What pisses you off?
Being walked into. Or hit by cars, is a new thing that pisses me
off. I also don’t like when people try to hand me a flier about being
green, and then I say no, and then they fallow me to my bike telling
me if i go i can win a bike, then i say fuck off, and they start
yelling at me.
9 What’s the best song you’ve ever written?
Something, still don’t believe it
10 One wish – what would it be?
Time travel, or power of machineless flight
11 Favourite band?
Dick Scabby and the Yeast Infections.
12 3 websites worth checking out?
http://www.dacapomusicexchange.com/ (the old site was better, but the pictures are still there)
http://cartoonoveranalyzations.com/2009/02/20/diagnosis-donald-duck-suffers-from-ptsd/
http://www.old-picture.com/indians/Indian-Costume.htm
13 Posters above your bed when you were a teenager?
It was a Pearl Jam Vitalogy poster of a side show act with a guy who had a snake rapped around him. I might have bought that at the first real rock concert i went to.
14 When was the last time you cried with laughter?
hmm, can’t say i know
15 If you could learn and play one instrument, what would it be?
Piano like Scott Joplin and Beethoven piano sonatas
16 Preferred mode of travel?
Bicycle, or dream
17 Shuffle your iPod – what are the first five songs that play?
1. It’s the Best Thing For you-Alexander Spence
2. Nobody’s Fault but My Own-beck
3. I’m Yours, You’re Mine – Morphine
4. Force Field-Beck
5. Weed Green Yard-The October Terminus
18 Snowballs, snowmen, or sledging?
Sledging?
19 Best gig you’ve ever been to?
Ween played for 6 hours one night. It was like a party that Ween
played. They were talking to the crowd and giving out cigs and beer.
Then, a show I played with Meghan Geiss and Sgt Dunbar. When we
played, it was a house party, I was sure that the goal was to break
through the floor. I was excited and nervous it would happen.
20 What’s the most embarrassing record in your collection?
Avril
21 Favourite drink?
Coca Cola
22 Drug of choice?
I guess its caffeine, or sprouts.
23 If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
Panther, or a tiger. Or a human
24 And if you were a colour, what colour would you be?
I am a blue, I’d like to be a green
25 Are you good at any sports?
hj?
26 Last book you read?
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. I am reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat right now.
27 First thing you think when you get up in the morning?
Not again
28 Last thing you think when you go to bed?
not again
29 Describe your music in three words?
Dustbowl surf rock
30 If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?
Someone with a big private boat on the ocean
31 Favourite comedian?
Brian Regan, mitch hedberg, Louis C.K.
32 What colour is your front door?
hmm, grrreean?
33 Favourite film?
Ed Wood
34 A quote that stuck in your head?
You have your ROAD bike one the side WALK -Jonathan Fink
35 Favourite subject at school?
History
36 Which actor/actress would play you in a film about your life?
The one that is one film away from suicide
37 What music makes you want to dance?
Off the Wall-Michael Jackson
38 What should they write on your gravestone?
Like a bird on a wire
39 How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
6
40 When did you first start writing your own songs?
6 years old
41 What’s the weirdest thing you ever saw?
A rubber band, I saw a needle wink it’s eye
42 Favourite smell?
so many smells to keep life going. Coffee, bbq, vagina
43 Favourite sound?
well played clarinets
44 Swings, roundabout, chute, or climbing frame?
Chute or climbing frame
45 Who is your favourite Beatle?
Paul (fuck you all, John was an asshole too)
46 Point us in the direction of a band one of your friends is in?
Real Burnoutsd, October Terminus.
47 A YouTube video the world should watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=B1IME451NDY&feature=player_embedded
48 Cats or dogs?
Cats
49 If you had to join the circus what would you be?
One armed carnie
50 Favourite book?
dr. seuss oh the places you’ll go
51 Have you ever been on TV?
unfortunately
52 Have you ever been arrested?
unfortunately
53 What songs do you (would you) sing at karaoke?
My Way-Elvis
54 Have you ever seen a ghost?
Seen 1, heard another
55 How do you like your coffee? Or would you prefer a wee cup of tea?
Latte or Oolong tea
56 Punk or Raver? Mod or Goth? Hippy or Beatnik? If you had to label
yourself, what gang would you be in?
Punk, Mod, Beatnik
57 What’s the worst job you ever had?
Making pizza’s at a childrens pizza restaurant. Employees stole food all the time and I would have to remake it. The boss was a cunt, he never did a thing
58 What’s brown and sticky?
Sugar Daddy
59 Do you have any recurring dreams?
I had one once
60 How many records have you released and which is your favourite?
10ish, Something Else by Dead Canaries
61 Where in the world would you like to go?
Spain, New Zealand , to bed
62 Favourite kind of cloud?
clouds that look like giant breasts full of milk
63 Favourite line from a song?
and she likes to go down on me and I like to go down on her too.
64 What’s the music scene like where you live?
I dont see it, but it has zydeco in it
65 Who would make up your dream band? (one singer, one guitarist, one bassist, one drummer, plus one extra)
Steven Small, Luke Human, me, Meghan Geiss, Katie Saul
66 Favourite cover art?
The original idea for I Do Not Currently Own a Spaniard, or the one we used
67 Early bird or night owl?
Early Bird
68 Which of the seven sins are you?
Probably Envy
69 Three words people use to describe you?
Piece of blank
70 You have ten minutes left to live, what would you do?
I have always wanted to get hit by a bus full of unsuspecting little kids.
71 Do you support any sports teams?
nope
71 What do you want for Christmas?
A wooden clarinet
72 Favourite track from all the Daydream Generation compilations?
Like Brownish Skies-Fig mints
73 Can you cook up a storm in the kitchen?
Yup
74 What’s the first thing you remember?
bad stuff, bad wall paper, fake laughs
75 How do you go about writing a song?
It sort of just happens
76 When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
It always changed. I don’t believe it
77 What’s the best advice you were ever given?
Dont fuck with me punk!
78 Do you smoke?
nope
79 Tell us a joke?
A guy goes to a halloween party with out a shirt, socks, shoes, or a hat. The host says you need a costume, the guest says, I have one,
the host asks, What are you? He responds, I am a premature
ejaculation, I came in my pants! BAZING!
80 Pick a card, any card?
this one
81 One question you’ve never been able to answer?
Dad?
82 If you could travel back in time, when and where would you go?
France, 1780
83 Favourite philosopher?
Marx. Being in the Southern U.S. I felt like saying Jesus. I took a
class in the north, and the teacher was a priest, and we talked about
Jesus, and he said Jesus was just copying everyone else of the time,
and nothing special. So Jesus
84 Do you have any pets?
Louis, Fry, and Beck. There are songs about all of them
85 Ever climbed a mountain?
In a car
86 What do you do in the real world to pay the rent?
Nothing
87 Self-diagnosis: any psychiatric disorders?
Dysthymia at this point
88 Favourite poet?
Leonard Cohen
89 What wouldn’t you do for a million dollars?
can’t say, sure could use that money right now
90 Adrenalin junky?
Arnold Layne-I needed a piece for my Halloween costume. It was fun
91 What bands have you been in?
Ages of Green, Fun with Boxes, The New Wave Dirt, Dead Canaries, Kaleidonauts, Hoborchestra
92 Favourite board game/computer game?
Monopoly
93 What kind of recording set-up do you have? Equipment etc.
Mbox Protools and reason. Couple mics and a digital hand held stereo Tascam
94 A character you love from a book or a film?
Nancy Clutter
95 Who is the sexiest person in the history of the world?
Napoleon, or Cleopatra
96 If you could genetically fuse two animals together what would they
be? And what would it make?
Don’t mix the colors, I like them that way.
97 What kind of drunk are you?
angry
98 What was the first record that really blew your mind?
Thriller by Michael Jackson is the reason I am who I am.
99 What are your musical plans for the future?
shhhh
100 Got some websites of your own we can visit?
myspace.com/deadcanaires
cozyhomerecords.com