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earXtacy, Summer2013 |
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Questions That Actually Make Our Interviewees Think |
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We Got Tired of the Same Repetitious, Boring and Mind Numbing Interviews |
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Edward Ka- Spel |
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Henry Rollins |
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Al Jourgensen |
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earX: what has given you the most pleasure over the past year?
hr: Watching Iggy and the Stooges play five times in Australia in January.
earX: if you could time travel; where, when and why would you go?
hr: 60's. New York City. Check out the music and people like Lenny Bruce.
earX: if your home were afire, what would you grab on the way out the door?
hr: A few photos of Ian MacKay and myself and a few singles. The rest would be missed but it's just stuff.
earX: what would be the ultimate rollins band line up if you could choose any performer, living or dead?
hr: I like the line-up I play with now which is the Weight album line-up.
earX: when is the last time you’ve been humbled and why?
hr: I'm always humbled when I am around the Military on USO tours. Also when I visit the injured soldiers at the Army and Navy hospitals.
earX: What show is the first to come to your mind when asked: best, worst and dream place to play or have played?
hr: Best, don't know, done too many. worst was probably Vienna Austria 1983, police riot, a lot of people hurt, dream place is the Fillmore. It's a great venue.
earX: what was it like working with david lynch and what is your two favorite flicks by him?
hr: Lynch is really cool. Very good with actors. He's out there in a really good way. favorites: Straight Story, Blue Velvet.
earX: you’re sentenced to death; what’s your last meal and words?
hr: Pizza. Diet coke. "I'm ready."
earX: should prozac be added to the water system?
hr: No.
earX: who’s scarier; god or satan?
hr: Dick Cheney
earX: if it rained henry rollins, what would grow?
hr: Schools.
earX: what would you choose to be reincarnated as if you could?
hr: My corpse.
earX: give me your top five on any subject that comes to mind.
hr: The Buzzcocks, The Fall, The Damned, The UK Subs, Unrest: Bands I can listen to any time.
earX: if you had to lose one of your senses, which and why?
hr: Smell. I could still get my work done with all the rest of them and that's the only thing that's important to me.
earX: bin laden grants you an interview, what’s the first words out of your mouth to him?
hr: What can we do so we can all get along on this planet at the same time? |
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earX: where would you choose to go if you could time travel...
aj: i’d probably go to the future. i’m a history major and i already know the past. let’s bring on the future. i don’t think archives the future cause it’s gonna be here soon enough. but this way it will put me way ahead to see what the hell is going on.
earX: what would be your ‘last meal’ and ‘last words’...
aj: my last meal would most definitely be a hot dog from yankee stadium. there is nothing better than a hot dog at yankee stadium in the fall that you know has been roasting all year. as for my last words, “fuckin’ texas judicial system!”
earX: what was your first recorded purchase...
aj: december’s children by the rolling stones
earX: what was your favorite toy as a child...
aj: a g.i. joe with the fuzzy velcro beard. AMERICA!!! FREEDOM!!!
earX: if you could star in any sport...
aj: i’d be the n.y. yankees closer
earX: if you could live in a cartoon world...
aj: jessica rabbit cause she fuckin’ rocks!!!
earX: if you could step in the shoes of any person living or dead...
aj: i’d like to get into fuckin’ george w.’s just to see why the fucker is so bizarre. i wanna see what’s inside that guys head, even though its probably nothing.
earX: what would you choose to be reincarnated as...
aj: well, i’ve spent twenty years as a heroin addict so i’ve already been a vegetable. i’d say the most pampered animal on the earth; a presidential dog. those fuckers have their own dressing rooms.
earX: ginger or mary anne...
aj: fuck mary ann. ginger fuckin’ rules
earX: munsters or addams family......
aj: addams family. morticia kicks ass.
earX: if you cold have played in a 60’s band...
aj: mc5 or blue cheer
earX: ...a 70’s band...
aj: zeppelin would have been nice. but jimmy page already did what i want to do. zeppelin is a huge influence…
earX: what is your favorite side project...
aj: probably lard cause jello is a true american icon and a FREAK with a capitol ‘R’. there is always room for jello and there is no better spokesperson for music as far as i’m concerned.
earX: name your favorite songs from the following bands...
aj: -ministry aj: filth pig and the fall. there is a song called shove that’s archives exercising personal demons. there is a little bit of ian curtis in there. the ghost of ian came down... -revolting cocks aj: crackin’ up and no devotion -pailhead aj: don’t stand in line -lard aj: EVERYTHING!!! |
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earX: what was your favorite toy as a child...
ek-s: a miniature london bus
earX: who is more powerful...god or satan...
ek-s: the grey nameless...shapeless...blob in the middle
earX: if you could walk in the shoes of anyone living or deceased for a day...who and why...
ek-s: i wouldn’t want to change shoes with anybody
earX: where would you choose to go if you could time travel...
ek-s: 100 years forward because i want to see if the pictures in my head are accurate. they are not as depressing as some may think.
earX: what would be your ‘last meal’ and ‘last words’...
ek-s: SHIT! i told them not to put any bacon in my burrito.
earX: if you could paly in any other band...past or present...which and why?
ek-s: here are no other bands that i would want to be a part of...past or present.
earX: what was your first recorded purchase...
ek-s: be my baby by the ronettes
earX: what would you choose to be reincarnated as...
ek-s: a human being with a little more influence
earX: if you had to lose one of your senses...which and why...
ek-s: smell. because the bad odors out number the good odors...massively
earX: what do you find scarier...love or anger...
ek-s: love and anger are connected at the hip in my experiences. perhaps loving someone grants a license to explode at that person. perhaps it shouldn’t be that way. i’m an englishman...anger terrifies me
earX: three people you’d most like to meet...
ek-s: david bowie - because of what he meant to me growing up george w. bush - to try and understand why and how? i confess...i find 5-headed signs from venus more relatable kim basinger - because of those sad soulful eyes
earX: name three of your favorite legendary pink dots songs and what makes them your favorites...
ek-s: - ‘a triple moon salute’ - because it came closest to the sound i had in my head when writing it - ‘lisa’s seperation’ - because it’s so sad ‘the way i feel today’ - because it was how i felt that day
earX: most reoccurring nightmare or dream...
ek-s: a pair of scissors trying to cut a piece of string but never quite severing it
earX: what influenced the following three legendary pink dots songs...
- ‘the grain kings’ ek-s: the need for ritual in order to connect with the rest of humanity - ‘voices’ ek-s: i wrote this when i was 12 and find it embarrassing lyrically these days. even so...i was troubled by voices in my head at that time - ‘lent’ ek-s: miserable people who are not prepared to do anything for themselves
earX: if you were to be stranded on a desert island with only one item...what would it be...
ek-s: a photo
earX: how would you describe the legendary pink dots to a deaf person without sign language...
ek-s: i would make strange signs and wave my arms around hopelessly |
