If you think it was easy tracking down this guy and his puppet, then think again.

1 You can take one record to a desert island for the rest of your life – what would it be?

copious maximus

2 Who is your favourite artist?

duane hanson

3 Favourite chord?

C-E-G

4 Can God invent a rock that he cannot lift?

god can do anything it wants to

5 Who did you last vote for in an election?

one of em

6 Favourite fiction writer?

anyone who writes for the observer dispatch

7 If you could invite 5 people to dinner (dead or alive) who would they be?

andy warhol, george washington, syd barrett, smally, wayne coyne

8 What pisses you off?

bits and bytes

9 What’s the best song you’ve ever written?

listen inside maybe? i don’t know i don’t play favorites

10 One wish – what would it be?

to know when i was going to die

11 Favourite band?

the monkees

12 3 websites worth checking out?

i’m sure there are plenty of them

13 Posters above your bed when you were a teenager?

mental block

14 When was the last time you cried with laughter?

daily

15 If you could learn and play one instrument, what would it be?

drums

16 Preferred mode of travel?

walking

17 Shuffle your iPod – what are the first five songs that play?

hmm, is there a way to put cassette tapes on shuffle?

18 Snowballs, snowmen, or sledging?

definitely not snowballs

19 Best gig you’ve ever been to?

maybe thurston moore trio?

20 What’s the most embarrassing record in your collection?

i’m proud of all of my embarrassments

21 Favourite drink?

utica club, magic hat #9, newcastle, whiskey sour

22 Drug of choice?

love

23 If you were an animal, what animal would you be?

spider

24 And if you were a colour, what colour would you be?

green

25 Are you good at any sports?

frisbee

26 Last book you read?

13th floor elevators bio

27 First thing you think when you get up in the morning?

what the fuck happened last night?

28 Last thing you think when you go to bed?

i’m not going to remember this tomorrow

29 Describe your music in three words?

mediocre, lo-fi, delicious

30 If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?

bill worden

31 Favourite comedian?

showalter

32 What colour is your front door?

brown. used to be green

33 Favourite film?

head?

34 A quote that stuck in your head?

35 Favourite subject at school?

recess

36 Which actor/actress would play you in a film about your life?

daniel radcliff

37 What music makes you want to dance?

afrobeat

38 What should they write on your gravestone?

i’m with stupid

39 How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?

40 or 50 years worth of roads, could just be the same one

40 When did you first start writing your own songs?

probably when i was 16, a side project of trashcan acid called the myoclonics.

41 What’s the weirdest thing you ever saw?

curtains blowing in the breeze while the window was closed

42 Favourite smell?

clean air, grill

43 Favourite sound?

thunder

44 Swings, roundabout, chute, or climbing frame?

chute

45 Who is your favourite Beatle?

john

46 Point us in the direction of a band one of your friends is in?

bobby of fig mints of your imagination, jon of jon fink, rob of october terminus, tim of handwithlegs

47 A YouTube video the world should watch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_TqlaZsWPA

48 Cats or dogs?

cats

49 If you had to join the circus what would you be?

he guy who tortures the animals

50 Favourite book?

where’s waldo

51 Have you ever been on TV?

yes, mova tv which was local television wackiness

52 Have you ever been arrested?

no, but probably should have been several times

53 What songs do you (would you) sing at karaoke?

anything by ray parker jr

54 Have you ever seen a ghost?

hmmm, weird segway, but no.

55 How do you like your coffee? Or would you prefer a wee cup of tea?

with milk and sugar shock

56 Punk or Raver? Mod or Goth? Hippy or Beatnik? If you had to label yourself, what gang would you be in?

i’d be in the badass hippie beatnik gang

57 What’s the worst job you ever had?

my current one

58 What’s brown and sticky?

dog shit flavored chewing gum

59 Do you have any recurring dreams?

yes, one where i am about to be run over by a train but wait up just before it hits every time.

60 How many records have you released and which is your favourite?

last count 14, maybe 15. they’re like my children, i hate all of them equally.

61 Where in the world would you like to go?

liverpool

62 Favourite kind of cloud?

pot smoke

63 Favourite line from a song?

“you better find yourself a worlder baby” (?) – mouse and the traps

64 What’s the music scene like where you live?

its shaken when stirred and cries itself to sleep everynight

65 Who would make up your dream band? (one singer, one guitarist, one bassist, one drummer, plus one extra)

dean wareham, jimmy page, paul mccartney, hal blaine, vivian stanshall
66 Favourite cover art?

67 Early bird or night owl?

night owl

68 Which of the seven sins are you?

vanity

69 Three words people use to describe you?

handsome, super-intelligent, operable

70 You have ten minutes left to live, what would you do?

smash all my clocks and turn on npr

71 Do you support any sports teams?

the giants of new york and the devils of new jersey

71 What do you want for Christmas?

cash

72 Favourite track from all the Daydream Generation compilations?

be right where you belong

73 Can you cook up a storm in the kitchen?

only when i discreetly order in

74 What’s the first thing you remember?

the last thing i thought of

75 How do you go about writing a song?

no set way, it dictates its own way

76 When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

myself, or something else at an angle

77 What’s the best advice you were ever given?

“its not what you know, its who you know.”

78 Do you smoke?

questionably

79 Tell us a joke?

80 Pick a card, any card?

visa

81 One question you’ve never been able to answer?

this one

82 If you could travel back in time, when and where would you go?

london 1967

83 Favourite philosopher?

rob levy

84 Do you have any pets?

sort of, but i’m more their pet i think

85 Ever climbed a mountain?

no i drive around them

86 What do you do in the real world to pay the rent?

i’m a two bit can jockey

87 Self-diagnosis: any psychiatric disorders?

nope, all sunny in here

88 Favourite poet?

ol dirty bastard

89 What wouldn’t you do for a million dollars?

i wouldn’t do that

90 Adrenalin junky?

not really

91 What bands have you been in?

oh lord, short list: benards freek star, trashcan acid, avant audiophiles, myoclonics, chrome ghosts, the pipecleaner’s dick, the electric chairs, painted shuts, etc..

92 Favourite board game/computer game?

always been fond of chess

93 What kind of recording set-up do you have? Equipment etc.

tascam 8 track mixed to sony minidisk, then burned to cd on awai audio cd burner for masters and uploading

94 A character you love from a book or a film?

ferris bueller

95 Who is the sexiest person in the history of the world?

the sphinx

96 If you could genetically fuse two animals together what would they be? And what would it make?

i don’t know, but when it barks, you listen

97 What kind of drunk are you?

the best

98 What was the first record that really blew your mind?

the monkees first album, followed by piper at the gates of dawn, and trout mask replica

99 What are your musical plans for the future?

figure i’ll figure something out

100 Got some websites of your own we can visit?

www.therealburnouts.com
www.myspace.com/therealburnouts
www.cozyhomerecords.com

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