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  | ... in the shower? I think Oasis again. I used to listen to music all the time in the shower with this radio I had. Me and Artie Phillie (of Millhouse and Indecision) used to live together and he was so funny because he used to sing in the shower. What did he sing? He would sing Elvis Costello which was really funny 'cause he'd sing way out of key. (laughter) It was so funny. ... when you used to do homework in college? Well, that's the best time to listen to music, especially when writing papers. I don't know, my tastes changed so much. Man, it's hard to think back that far. A lot of Yes, and definitely Rush's Hemispheres is my favorite and Show of Hands is great too. A lot of stuff they did in the early eighties that was sort of Police-esque. They're a pretty cool band and a lot of people hate them, but I think there was a period in my life where I think I listened to them for a year straight with nothing else. They remind me a lot of Yes and Led Zepplin. ... at a cocktail party? Well, my cocktail party would be miserable. Nick Drake, yes. Oh yeah, and Frank Sinatra. A must! Yes, it's a rule, must have Frank Sinatra. ...when you're getting dressed in the morning? lf everybody's up, yeah. A lot of my vinyl I listen to in the morning. Most recently it was the Rolling Stones' Out of our Heads and some Steely Dan. What was the first record you ever bought? Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits. My sister liked it. I had one sister who was into Yes and Pink Floyd and another who was into Black Sabbath. l saw it and it was the one with the skeletons that are all alive. I was just taken by it. ...in the van with the band? This one's easy: Foreigner's Greatest Hits, because it's funny. Michael Jackson's Off the Wall. Ace Freely's solo stuff which our drummer is into. We listen to a lot of really bad pop and rock records which are funny and fun to listen to. We can never agree. Phil listened to the new Foo Fighters record over and over and over again when we were on tour. Then Adam would listen to Sunny Day Real Estate, and our drummer hates Sunny Day so he would get mad. Then I would put on the Stones. It never worked, so our common-ground was to go to used record shops and buy really cheesy tapes. Poison, shit like that. ...when you go to a live show? The best show I've ever been to was Oasis at Maxwell's in NYC and Oasis at Wetlands. Just because it was so small and there was this incredible feeling that this band is going to be huge. They were so cool and at Wetlands they did 'Rock and Roll Star' twice which I thought was so cool! They have absolutely no stage presence which was the coolest part about it. That's why they're better in a small place. Quicksand too. They were phenomenal when they would play live. Maybe some day we'll get to see them again. I haven't seen anything in a long time that's really really impressed me. Silent Majority is great, and Milhouse 'cause you never know what Artie is going to say and it's funny. I can't say I would see a lot of the bands I once liked to see live again. Like I probably wouldn't go to see Oasis if they came to NYC now. Who's your favorite? I would drive anywhere to see anything by Blake Schwarzenbach or lan Macaye. I would love to see a Roarschach again, they were amazing live. Born Against put on a great show, but neither of those two bands were very big when they were around. Errortype: 11 can be reached at www.errortype11.com photos by floss |