Name/Band:
Zak Olsen/The Frowning Clouds.
Ten bands everyone should know about:
Ohio Express, July, Wimple Winch, Red Krayola, Banana Splits, WIRE, FIRE, Prince Jammy, R. Stevie Moore, Lez Rallizes Denudes.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party:
Okonomiyaki, peanut butter on toast (with butter), pizza rolls, grilled pork Vietnamese rolls from Smith St in Collingwood (no cucumber), potato bake, fried rice, vegemite and jam on toast, anything Billy cooks, pumpkin cakes.
Eight possessions that define you:
Green guitar, red guitar, black guitar, white amp, girlfriend, crappy car, wah wah pedal, the cats.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape:
The Simpsons (season 1 to about 12), HEAD (Monkees movie), HELP (Beatles movie), Dog Day Afternoon, Jungle Book, Toy Story, A Clockwork Orange, I fall asleep in most movies.
Six bad habits you can’t escape:
Poverty, picking my nose, driving my car when the petrol is below empty, spending money I shouldn’t on 45s, the ‘60s, playing in too many bands.
Five people who inspire you:
Mike Nesmith, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz, Anybody who makes me think I’m not doing as much as I should be doing, Troggs.
Four things that turn you on:
Girlfriend, tele, staying in, trippy shit.
Three goals for your music:
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why:
Beach Boys on my 21st birthday, because they did You’re So Good To Me which I didn’t expect, the first Clits gig because those three make a real tight ragtime band.
One day left before the apocalypse and you…
Worry.
When’s the gig/release?
QMF Winter Warmup, Saturday June 22, 7pm (Doors 6.30pm) at Queenscliff Town Hall. Album is finished and will be out before the end of the year. We also have a split 7″ with The Living Eyes out soon too.
