Ten Questions with The Funeral Crashers
Mistress McCutchan
I really enjoy music, but it doesn’t necessarily mean I want to read about it. If you think band interviews/reviews are a tedious read, try writing one! I thought it would be much more interesting to gain insight on the people behind the music with just ten little questions, straight from the artists to you...
1) Chocolate or vanilla?
P.H. Lovecraft: Cinnamon.
Frankie Teardrop: Strawberry shortcake. That new vanilla-flavored Tylenol PM is surprisingly tasty, though.
Oliver Lyons: Anthrax Ripple.
Ed Raison: Taste buds burned off in bizarre industrial accident.
2) Do you have any pets and what are they?
P.H.: Not currently.
Frankie: A cow-colored cat named Napoleon, a theremin, and a thriving colony of sea monkeys.
Oliver: One cat named Medium Fries and a host of unnamed bodily parasites.
Ed: I have some artificially created humans that I have built with clay and supernaturally endowed with life.
3) Favourite place to visit?
P.H.: Kadath, in the cold waste.
Frankie: Your friendly neighborhood record store, Coney Island.
Oliver: The Interzone.
Ed: 3rd stall from the left, Thursday at 11:00.
4) Favourite article of clothing?
P.H.: 1) Hand-knit purple, white and black wool scarf; 2) Vintage pointy boots from England
Frankie: A handmade Chrome (pseudo art-punk/industrial band) t-shirt. I have yet to wear my black sequined jacket that’s been sitting in my closet for just under a year, but it’s already a hit.
Oliver: My Art Rooney 1974 faux Superbowl ring – “one for the the thumb baby!”
Ed: Hair shirt.
5) Favourite piece of art?
P.H.: The Dark Pool, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller.
Frankie: Francis Bacon’s Head VI and Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera.
Oliver: Hustler Magazine. October, 1993. Better than art my friend. Better than art.
Ed: The sublime abomination of quantum entanglement.
6) If you were a cartoon character, who would you be?
P.H.: Probably Mok, the villain from Rock and Rule. He’s the “Biggest Thing Since World War III,” and he sings like Lou Reed.
Frankie: PIKACHU, I CHOOSE YOU!
Oliver: Mike Huckabee.
Ed: Skeezix the Cat.
7) What are you most likely to be doing at 3 am?
P.H.: I’ll thank you to not get too personal.
Frankie: “Illegally” obtaining obscure minimal wave records against my body’s better judgment, or spinning said records to a notorious cast of characters.
Oliver: Sleeping or illegal drugs.
Ed: I like to call it “Genuflecting.”
8) Age you lost your virginity?
P.H.: Consensually or through ritual abuse? I’ll thank you to not get too personal.
Frankie: A lady never tells.
Oliver: 13. Found it again at 18.
Ed: Semper Virgo Semper Libero
9) What piece of advice would you give to a teenager?
P.H.: “If you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up, moving to New York City – though currently physically safer – is only a slightly better idea than joining the military.”
Frankie: Walk a fine line between chaos and the convent.
Oliver: It’s down the road, not across the street.
Ed: What the hell do I know?
10) What are you most proud of to date?
P.H.: Putting out a professional sounding self-released album without a complete mental breakdown.
Frankie: La Fin Absolue Du Monde, surviving this long, and developing eggplant parmigiana skills.
Oliver: Living 27 years without being punched in the face.
Ed: Achieving Samadhi
Check out The Funeral Crashers’ latest release, La Fin Absolue Du Monde and more information at their official site: www.funeralcrashers.com. They also have a MySpace page. |
