Ten bands everyone should know about:
Humans As Animals, Lester The Fierce, Ani Difranco, Brighter Later, Adam Levy, Dave Matthews Band, Heart, Bon Iver, Katie Noonan and Billy Joel.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Polenta, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, curry paste, coconut milk, tofu, broccoli and mango.
Eight possessions that define you:
My suitcase, my Taylor steel string 16ce, my Taylor nylon 72ce, dreadlocks, my giant octopus hat, massive arctic coat, all of my colourful boots and Dragonfly Tiffany Lamp.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape:
South Park, Real Time with Bill Maher, Captain Planet, Q and A, Oz, Three Musketeers and Seinfeld.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Biting my nails, staying up late, chocolate, buying colourful leggings and silly hats, being late and hiccoughing.
Five people who inspire you:
Maryam Namazie, Malala Yousafzai, Ani Difranco, Frank Zappa and Christopher Hitchens.
Four things that turn you on:
Reading, science nerds, Frank Zappa and well played table tennis.
Three goals for your music:
Release an album at least once a year, tour everywhere and forever and to be a kickass guitarist.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
Ani Difranco – taking up the giant stage at the Palais with just her tiny self and huge voice/chops.
Jeff Beck – also at the Palais. I forgot who I was with in the dreamy tonegasm.
One day left before the apocalypse and you:
Play music all day, till I lose my voice and hands and then the above dinner party with my loved ones.
When’s the gig / release?
Friday July 26 and Tuesday August 6 at Bennetts Lane.
