Ten bands everyone should know about: Mayfield, Arthur Penn and the Funky Ten, Florelie Escano, Purple Tusks, The Seven Ups, Ultravibralux, Stella Angelico, Horns of Leroy, The Red Brigade and Thando.
Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Cheese and bacon balls, kabana, cheese, Polish dill cucumbers, pork knuckle, duck fat, mustard, chocolate fondue fountain, Melody Pops.
Eight possessions that define you: Gold jacket, hotpants, confetti canon, disco ball, keytar, Lara’s Tarago complete with moon roof, gold microphone, cowbell.
Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape: Arrested Development, Blues Brothers, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, The Simpsons, Wattstax, Flying High, The Princess Bride.
Six bad habits you can’t escape: Buying gold novelty items, fear of missing out, staying up too late, watching Eurovision, tapping funky drumbeats on desks and upsetting the neighbours.
Five people who inspire you: People who need no last name; Otis, Aretha, Al, Nile, Curtis.
Four things that turn you on: Funk, soul, disco, Motown.
Three goals for your music: Tour overseas, quit the day job, play Golden Plains.
Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: New Years Eve on the back of a truck with fireworks going off behind us would have to be hard to beat, and at Fest la Frog when a wide-eyed guy called Cornelius came up afterwards and said we were the best band he had seen in ‘his whole entire life’.
One day left before the apocalypse and you: Party like there’s no tomorrow.
When’s the gig/release? We are going all out for this one! On Saturday November 23, 8.30pm at the John Curtin. With supports from Mayfield and Baby Lips and the Silhouettes as well as DJ Alex Reid until 3am. Come and join That Gold Street Party and brace yourself for a night of streamers, balloons, confetti cannons and good old-fashioned getting down.
