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Name: Brett Amory Nickname: Sign. Cancer Favorite: Time of day. Morning Drink. coke Color. severes blue Q1. Are you superstitious? A1.When I want something Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too? A2.Lusty Lady Q3. What have you said you would … Continue reading
Name:Eric Fortune
Nickname: E-Dubb, E, E-Schnitzle, E-Murda(recently aquired from a student at the art school where I teach) Basically anything that starts with “E” and ends in whatever you want. A friend called me E-Shamalamadingdong(sp?) once. That was nice.
Sign: Pieces/Dragon
Favorite:
Fruit. I like asian pears, not sure if they are my favorite. Love pomegranates…
Time of Day.Anytime I’m being productive is great.
Book. Maybe “Ender’s Game” but I’ve heard Orson Scott Card is a butt as a person.ehhh
Q1. What animal trait do you wish to possess?
A1.flight
Q2. What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.if by sidekick you actually mean concubine than def Mystic….OOOOOH Yeah.
Q3. Bathroom read?
A3.sorry don’t read in bathroom. Too much focus is required for the tasks at hand.
Q4. Where and When in time would you go?
A4.I’d probably have to see what the deal is with Jesus. Or way into the future. Hopefully things do get better in the future.
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.How about recent? I’m at home in my boxers. Fresh out of the shower with a nice sheen over my tone but not overly so physique. I forget why but I’m having a good day so I’m doing my good day dance and end it with a mule kick/superman punch thingy and maybe some weird yelpy noise. I stand up and turn around. On the floor next to me is a bunched up piece of toilet paper. I ask my friend, who just witnessed all of this, “uhhh, what’s that?” His reply..”WTF dude, that just fell out of your boxers!” Ugh, yeah, pretty embarrassing. There’s only a few reasons some bunched up toilet paper might be in and around my boxer area. Won’t get into that now. So I lose. Fifteen minutes later he confessed he missed the trashcan with the tissue and made everything up. Props for quick thinking. Thing is, I actually do stash crumpled tp in my boxers. Luckily the real stash was quite secure. Like it always is. Epic Win for E-Shamalamadingdong!
Q6. Best compliment ever received?
A6. I heard someone say “check out this guy Eric Fortune’s work. He’s one of my favorites.” at the recent Hi-Fructose Show at Copro Gallery. That felt really good.
Q7. What do you admire in a person?
A7. Dependability, good work ethic
Q8. When do you feel most creative?
A8. when deadlines are approaching
Q9. What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.idk maybe Transformers. I guess I’d be some goofy robot. Not really the leader type.
Q10. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10. Not cleaning up after yourself!
Not only is Eric Fortune a talented artist, he is an amazing fantastic fun person. If you ever get to meet Mr. Fortune in person be sure to say hello, he will probably make you smile. See more of Eric’s work on his website
I was searching Daytrotter for new bands to interview and after a slew of whatever bands or bands that were to hoity toity to invite, I came across Sleep Out. A great down to earth and genuine band with genuine tunes, I played only ten seconds of the first song Daytrotter posted and knew this was the next band. And I was right! Thank you Sleep Out.
QUINN
Q1.What is the most outrageous thing you have ever done to impress someone you were interested in?
A1. When I was 16 I tripped a girl in the study area at our high school and made her fall backwards over another friend who was kneeling down behind her. Probably the meanest thing I have ever done and it was just because I had a crush on her. I felt pretty terrible about it. We were friends at the time but I’m sure she kind of hated me for it. We lost track of each other after high school and college. Then we became friends again about 5 years ago and got married this summer – so I guess in the end, it was impressive.
Q2.Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
A2. Definitely an optimistic realist.
Q3.What’s your favorite Ology?
A3.Zoology / Ornithology / Apology
Q4.What kind of student were you in High School? What clique did you belong to?
A4.I hung out with the skater / punk clique. We all wanted to pretend like we were either in Fugazi or Blur at the time.
Q5.What horror film person/monster is most terrifying?
A5.The guy in the bear suit in The Shining
Q6. How do you party on a Saturday night?
A6. In a booth at the Long Room in Chicago.
Q7.If you could say Sorry to anyone who would you say Sorry too? What for?
A7. To my wife for tripping her back in the day. I think I already apologized for that though. One more time can’t hurt.
Q8.What do you hate/dislike doing but must do anyway?
A8.I hate running but do it anyway. Me and Pete (bass) play on a soccer team together and have a lot of fun doing that but I like soccer because there’s someone else to compete against. When I go running I’m competing against myself and am not to great at that. I just punched myself and told myself to try harder.
Q9.What word is fun to say?
A9. Edited.
Q10.What food do you hate?
A10. A tie between capers and mayonnaise. Everything else is all right by me.
EDDIE LO- KEYBOARD
Q1.What is the most outrageous thing you have ever done to impress someone you were interested in?
A1.In middle school, I ordered a gigantic party pizza to be delivered to this girl’s house – topping of an entire day of prank calls. You may be shocked to find out that she wasn’t impressed.
Q2.Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
A2. I’m am hopeful that everything doesn’t suck as much as I believe it does.
Q3.What’s your favorite Ology?
A3.Chemistry…uh, Chemistryology. The idea that human’s understanding of the physical world can be summarized by 103 different building blocks blows my mind….and when you consider that living organisms are basically carbon, hydrogen, sodium, calcium and magnesium makes it even more amazing.
Q4.What kind of student were you in High School? What clique did you belong to?
A4.I was the only Tuba player in the band and the Prom King. Feel free to do the math.
Q5.What horror film person/monster is most terrifying?
A5.Kevin Spacey in Seven…but that was before I saw the bobby derrin biopic.
Q6.How do you party on a Saturday night?
A6.This question was better asked ten years ago.
Q7.If you could say Sorry to anyone who would you say Sorry too? What for?
A7.Sorry I went down that slide and sent your Red pawn back to the Start box. I can’t control the Sorry! cards.
Q8.What do you hate/dislike doing but must do anyway?
A8.Shopping.Shopping. Shopping.
Q9.What word is fun to say?
A9.Dillweed.It never gets old.
Q10.What food do you hate?
A10. If it has dairy in it. I’ll probably hate it. Unless I love it enough to accept the allergic reaction.
PETE CROKE-BASS
Q1.What is the most outrageous thing you have ever done to impress someone you were interested in?
A1.i peed on a girl once in 6th grade (accidentally), but she was neither impressed or interested.
Q2.Are you an optimist, pessimist or realist?
A2.realist
Q3.What’s your favorite Ology?
A3.Vitalogy. j/k, but Ten really kicks ass, i don’t care what people say.
Q4.What kind of student were you in High School? What clique did you belong to?
A4.i was a jock who secretly wished to be in jazz band or orchestra. the punks at my high school fuckin’ sucked and kept me far away from anything i remotely felt was “punk rock”. i listened to a lot of Pantera.
Q5.What horror film person/monster is most terrifying?
A5.a tie between Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and The Blair Witch.
Q6.How do you party on a Saturday night?
A6.Hard
Q7.If you could say Sorry to anyone who would you say Sorry too? What for?
A7.the millions of Americans who will still be without decent healthcare because our representatives don’t have the balls to fight for a public option.
Q8.What do you hate/dislike doing but must do anyway?
A8.quit smoking
Q9.What word is fun to say?
A9.wannadoashot?
Q10.What food do you hate?
A10.where do i start? cheese and tomatoes are at the top of my list.
Nickname: pulsatilla
Sign: cancer
Favorite
Fruit : passion fruit
Time of Day : 19 HOO
Book : woody hallen “Le chantier infernal”
Q1.What animal is your spirit guide?
A1.the fox, wild, blond red head like me.
Q2.What superhero would be your sidekick?
A2.tarzan, so sexy
Q3.Bathroom read
A3.magazine only, love reading gossips in Elle magazine.
Q4.Where and When in time would you go?
A4.In laponia, in winter for christmas.
Q5.Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.i was a little child, my mum didn’t want to buy me some chewing gums, she said it was bad for my teeth…but i wanted this chewing gums, so in my school, with a friend we took some used gums on the ground, we rinced and ate them…the teacher discovered me, told my mother, i was grilled…big shame but still no bubble at home.
Q6.Best compliment ever received ?
A6.”you are my princess”, from my boyfriend.
Q7.What do you admire in a person?
A7.honesty, humor, sensibility, positive state of mind, creativity. oh yeh, big list…
Q8.Greatest strength? Greatest Weakness?
A8.Well, my greatest strength is probably my determination and my sensibility, weakness : impatient
Q9.What 80’s movie would you live in for a day? Who would you be?
A9.movie “Manon des sources” realised by R. Berry”, i would be Emmanuelle Béart as “Manon”. For a day, walk barefooted in the wood, with rosmaryn, thym and pine smells, swim in the river, hear the Mistral wind in the trees, feel my Provence.
Q10.Biggest Pet Peeve?
A10.ringing bell on the morning, and TV news.
For more of her work please visit Pulsatilla’s website.
Name: Jesse Cooper Levy
Nickname: Public or Private?
Sign: Sagittarius. Moon in Sag. But may have been born in the formation of 13th zodiac.
Favorite:
Movie Genre: American Avant-Garde, Hong Kong, Taiwanese New Wave
Ice Cream. Mint Chocolate Chip
Place. Japan
Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?
A1.I don’t know. I term spirit guide is taken from a culture that is not my own, and I bastardize it by simply saying an animal i like or identify with. But these animals are Dolphins and Seagulls. The band itself is represented by the pigeon, and i often consider them, as we see them in each country.
Q2. Ifyou had a parrot what would you teach it to say?
A2.I’d teach it to speak for itself and/or give tarot readings.
Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?
A3.Poison Ivy.
Q4. What do you admire in a person?
A4.Pain.
Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A5.When people get mad when i forget there names. I’m going out of my way to be friendly!
Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?
A6. FUNLAND, Ocean City New Jersey. That little train that rides over it.
Q7.Best vacation memory?
A7. Playing with Aliens and My grandpa. Getting pushed in a stroller.
Q8. Childhood ambition?
A8.Being dominated by a woman. Being a rock and roll star. DUH!
Q9. Best compliment ever received?
A9. You make me happy. (grace mckay, wassup!)
ALSO
You have so much truth in you, and you try to cover it up but that truth always comes out. (GIl Aminadav)
Q10. What do you wish was invented?
A10. A GOOD BDSM personals site. A website like youtube but just for music, so i can stop staring at album covers. sugar-butter. A feminist pop film.
Name: Neil
Nickname: Joe Matoske
Sign: kinda don’t bother with this stuff unless dana’s around…
Favorite:
Movie Genre: Twilight
Ice Cream. vanilla ice cream with peanut butter, toffee, carmel, pecans, peanut butter cups, hot fudge, whipped cream, sprinkles and a cherry
Place. I once stayed in a cabin in the middle of the woods by a river by Jamaica vermont. I liked it there a lot.
Q1. What animal is your spirit guide?
A1. I like big, old ass turtles a lot… those birds that are so crazy looking that they don’t look like birds are cool. I’m pretty in bulbasaur too.
Q2. If you had a parrot what would you teach it to say?
A2. I’d teach it all the dialogue to the movie “the rock”
Q3. What superhero would you make your sidekick?
A3. Jesse Cooper Levy
Q4. What do you admire in a person?
A4. character, integrity, humor, style, wisdom, if they can do backflips or cook well, things like that…
Q5. Biggest Pet Peeve?
A5. being woken up meanly
Q6 Favorite amusement park and ride?
A6. bumper cars
Q7. Best vacation memory?
A7. I saw the Cure while on vacation once, that was good. Oh, and once I got to take a boat ride on a black sea with a pretty girl who huddled against me for warmth. I also got pushed off a mountain bike by my dad into a hive of bees once. That’s definitely my worst vacation memory…
Q8. Childhood ambition?
A8. be an instrumental hip hop dj / architect
Q9. Best compliment ever received?
A9. I was once called Mr. Wonderful by an old woman a
Q10. What do you wish was invented?
A10. The song “Higher and Higher (Your love keeps lifting me)” It’s by jackie wilson but man if I had invented it… shit. I’d retire.
If you bottled up a good time put in a bit of fun carbonation and shook violently, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt would be what you’re drenched in. From video’s of their performances I’m jealous I have yet to be a part of the insane fun that this band exudes from its costumed pores.
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt – Part 1 from Ryan Green on Vimeo.
Name: Christine Hale
Nickname: Love, Christine or Mochi
Sign: Scorpio
Favorite
Food: Pizza is probably something I could never say NO to, but I love food—good, healthy ,feel good yumz.
Book. This Japanese book about other Japanese books-haha- I don’t know what it’s called but I love it so much. It just has pictures of cool looking Japanese publications.
Season: All of them, except the parts in between ( the rainy cold muddy parts).
Q1. Are you superstitious?
A1.No, but I sometimes don’t step on cracks when I’m walking down the street. Not because I think the world will fall apart, I just don’t like to.
Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too?
A2.Final Fantasy (Owen Pallete) at the Troubador.
Q3. What have you said you would never do, but have ended up doing?
A3.Drive longer than an hour to work. Eat cooked carrots.
Q4. Bathroom read?
A4.The ingredients of whatever is sitting next to me because I usually forget to grab something.
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.I had a crush on a bookstore ( still do) and I couldn’t get the door to open so then I got really flustered, pointed at the hours of operation sign and said something like “OH THAT’S WHY!” like the store was closed and I couldn’t get in and that is why the door was so hard to open, and then I walked away. It was all a blur and I realized that the store had been open an hour, I just didn’t pay attention to it and I did all that stuff by embarrassment default. It was really bizarre. I don’t know who saw me, but I’m sure someone did.
Q6. If you were a Transformer, what car/truck would you transform into?
A6.One that transforms into a pizza.
Q7. What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
A7.Garfield. He inspired me to write my first illustrated book ( in the 1st grade) about a cat and a dog and a man. Haha. I mostly just loved Odie, though.
Q8. What’s your vice?
A7.pizza
Q9. When are you most creative morning, mid day, or evening?
A9.Late late late at night and when I have something due in a very short amount of time, or when I first wake up.
Q10. You were slipped a radioactive roofie by an evil scientist and now have mutated, what’s your superpower?
A10.Teleportation!
Christine Hale is not only a fresh and fun illustrator, she has amazing taste in music. The list of musicians she has made a band poster for would make the coolest of indie kids blush. I have some good cool kid creds. but this girl is at the head of the table. Talented artist with a discerning ear. And she does comics too. And she has an amazing band, The Hoof and The Heel.
I am certifiably jealous!!
Please check out her website for more work but here are a few of my favorites. And I spot an MAOI surveyed band and Nathan Deyoungs favorite animal. Click picture for a jump to their surveys.
Dallas Clayton is an award winning author of an awesome book titled An Awesome Book. With a fun and freeing style of illustration he has shared a special story with kids through his book tour. I stumbled on his webpage a while ago and his poems bring me such glee.
I hope you will enjoy a Dallas Clayton survey with me.
Name: Dallas Clayton
Nickname: Dallas Clayton
Sign: “Rad”
Favorite:
Cookie: Delicious
Number: Pi
Organ: Hammond
Q1.What toy did you always want as a kid but never got? Have you bought yourself that toy as an adult?
A1. I can’t say I remember. I was really into making things, playing in the woods, running around, that sort of thing. As an adult I have afforded myself the luxury of doing just that every day. Victory!
Q2.If you could tour with any band (together, broken up, dead or alive) what band would it be?
A2. 3 way tie between (in their prime) Minor Threat, N.W.A. and Zeppelin
Q3.What secret talent do you possess?
A3. I can fly
Q4.Do you have an irrational fear?
A4. No
Q5.Most rewarding moment of your life so far?
A5. Having a child.
Q6.When do you feel most creative?
A6. When I see something awesome and it inspires me to do more.
Q7.If you could transform into any animal on a dime, what animal kingdom would you be a part of?
A7. Birds.
Q8.You got to use a time machine for one day and one day only, where would you go?
Q8. The future.
Q9. What do you think a snozberry taste like?
A9. Acai.
Q10. Have you ever met someone you idolize? How was that experience?
A10. Can’t say I idolize anyone really but I’ve met a lot of rad people. Mostly the are just people.
INFLUENCE
Is it because of television
or magazines
or nature
or parents good intentions
that a child
stands at a foggy bathroom mirror
between class periods
practicing what it will feel like
to tell someone he doesn’t know very well
“I love you.”
COPE
What does it mean to you
to be disappointed?
When you imagine disappointment
does it have a face?
A scowl ike an ugly high school thing
coming back at you from the past?
It’d be nice if we could put a face
on all those emotions
that scare us into mediocrity.
Make it easier to poke out their eyes.
SANE
There are crazy people out there
who talk to cats
and see ghosts in their food.
They’re all over the place-
driving the bus,
making a bagel,
locked up somewhere you don’t have to look at.
There are crazy people out there
and many having a better time than you.
Name: Kevin Steinhauser
Nickname: The Destroyer
Sign: Yield
Favorite:
Superhero..Flash
Color. blue
Season. spring
Q1. Are you superstitious?
A1.only on full moons
Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too?
A2.Dave Coulier
Q3. What have you said you would never do, but have ended up doing?
A3.Got a haircut and shaved
Q4. Bathroom read?
A4.Bathroom Reader vol 12
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5. When i was in elementary school, i was walking down the hallway before school and realized that i forgot to wear a belt that day. my pants started to slip, but i was almost to my locker so i decided to just walk a little faster to my locker before fixing them. i made it halfway before they fell down around my ankles and i ran down the hallway with my pants down to my locker before pulling them back up.
Q6. If you were a Transformer, what car/truck would you transform into?
A6.fire truck
Q7. What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
A7.Hey Arnold
Q8. What’s your vice?
A8.Too much candy
Q9. When are you most creative morning, mid day, or evening?
A9.evening
Q10. You were slipped a radioactive roofie by an evil scientist and now have mutated, what’s your superpower?
A10.the ability to grant wishes
Name: Justine Mainville
Nickname: Larry
Sign: Libra
Favorite: Superhero. Color. Season
Batman. Green. Summer
Q1. Are you superstitious?
A1.I pick and choose. I won’t walk under ladders, but black cats rule!!
Q2. Best show you’ve ever been too?
A2.Andrew W.K. and like… 20 Piebald shows
Q3. What have you said you would never do, but have ended up doing?
A3.Ate MacDonalds again. I hadn’t since I was 8! Then late one night…when nothing was on the horizon for miles… Math the Band makes me do stupid things.
Q4. Bathroom read?
A4.From Abba to ZOOM!
Q5. Most Embarrassing Moment?
A5.I bought a cigar to be funny on my 18th birthday. My friend and I got back to my house and I have my cigar, unlit, in my mouth. I open the gate and everyone I’ve ever met is in my backyard. Family, friends, boyfriend’s parents. My mom threw me a surprise party. Thanks Mom.
Q6. If you were a Transformer, what car/truck would you transform into?
A6.Ambulance! I’d pretty much be yelling!
Q7. What was your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
A7.Looney Tunes & Rugrats
Q8. What’s your vice?
A8.Peppermint Altoids and Mountain Dew, but never together.
Q9. When are you most creative morning, mid day, or evening?
A9.mid-day
Q10. You were slipped a radioactive roofie by an evil scientist and now have mutated, what’s your superpower?
A10. with my luck, I’d get something stupid like “fire fingers” or something.
Math the Band…love IT!
A band with good beats and humor trumps the grumpy good beat band any day of the week. And in this case Math the Band has won the war with fun crazy dancey toe tappen keyboard rifts and silly sometimes my favorite irrelevant lyrics. Plus they put their bad reviews on their myspace page. One has to admire the bands confidence to say “Hey some people think we suck but we still love you”
Plus their merch is awesome got to love a band with good merch. I’m considering a future career as a merch girl. You can check out their merch on their myspace page or click this and see my favorite. I need it and I need it now.
Name: Nathan DeYoung
Nickname: Diddles
Sign: Aquarius
Favorite:
Cookie: Chocolate Chip!
Number: 13…no foolin
Organ: liver
Q1. What do you consider the most daring thing you have done thus far in your life?
A1. Attempt to make a career with my art.
Q2. If you knew that time would stop for 5 min’s on a certain day, what would you plan to do during those few minutes?
A2. I would drive like a maniac for two minutes and five seconds, than lay down in the middle of the freeway and stare at the sky for two minutes and thirty seconds and than safely return to my car with the remaining time.
Q3. Best song of all time? Or at least in the top ten?
A3. Gaaawwwddd…most impossible question ever! Hmm, well a couple (because its impossible to narrow down) of my fav. tracks are The National- Racing Like A Pro…. The Mars Volta- Miranda That Ghost Isn’t Holy Anymore: C. Pisacis (Phra-Men-Ma)….Norma Jean- A Small Spark vs. A Great Forest….Interpol- Untitled….Radiohead- Where I End And You Begin ( The Sky Is Falling In)….and on and on and on and on!
Q4. Who is the most annoying film or tv character?
A4. Any soap opera character that has ever lived…who watches those things really????
Q5. Do you clap at the end of a movie?
A5. Ohhhh you betcha! Only for the good ones though…
Q6. Childhood Ambition?
A6. I really wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Q7. Best first day of school memory?
A7. Well, it was the first day of middle school and I remember being pretty nervous and my dad actually walked with me to school that day and when it was time for me to go to class he gave me a much needed hug, smiled and while he handed me my favorite snack ( a pb&j) we caught eyes while he was still smiling and it was as if we had an entire conversation about the day and all my jitters went away for a few seconds…it was almost magical.
Q8. What animal would you transform into on a dime?
A8. A hippo…no joke!
Q9. Favorite cartoon while growing up?
A9. Total tie between “Doug” and “The Simpsons” I was hooked like an open mouth bass on those shows!
Q10. What was your first kiss like?
A10. Pretty short actually, haha. She was my first girlfriend, I thought she was so beautiful. We were in 6th grade and I was so nervous about the whole thing that it ended up being this short little peck on the lips…haha i tried to play it off really cool though..i thought to myself what would the fresh prince do??? Oh yeah, he would play this cool!
Nathan DeYoung integrates the freedom of abstract color and broad strokes with the tight delicate refinement of his breathtakingly rendered women. Creating a dream world of sense and confusion. At his show with Thinkspace gallery he better explained their existence with an attached poem to the piece. Nathan’s self taught ability is baffling yet a statement in itself to his passion and dedication. One has to put their hands in their pocket to keep from touching the canvas. With the maturity of an old master taking hundreds of hours to perfect one piece, it’s good to see he is still twenty-something at heart.
Q8. You got to use a time machine for one day and one day only, where would you go?
A8.
DABS: Back to 1991, and I would stop myself from taking up cigarettes.
MYLA: November 12, 1955…just to make sure Marty is OK.
Q9. What do you think a snozberry taste like?
A9.
DABS: Bacon and raspberries.
MYLA: A combination of raspberries and blueberries.
Q10. Have you ever met someone you idolize? How was that experience?
A10.
DABS: Seen, got to go to his studio and hang out for a couple of days. It was the BEST!!!
MYLA: Yes, Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins…it was a magical day which made me think anything is possible!!
My Favorite MAOI 