Jay Millette on the job. If you felt inclined, you could read Splendid's review of The Black Halos, visit the Black Halos website or buy Black Halos stuff at Insound.

What's the worst "day job" you've ever had?

Jay Millette: My worst day job was a landscaping thing I did. It was only a summer thing but it was backbreaking and I hated it. I realized at 16 that I was allergic to hard work.

How much time do you spend on the internet each week? What do you do when you're on?

Jay Millette: I spend about six hours or so on the internet, spent mainly doing emails and trying to find as much FREE porn as I can, obviously...

Most people, whether they're willing to admit it or not, have a uniform -- clothing they'll default to when left to their own devices. What's your uniform?

Jay Millette: My "uniform" consists of black jeans, black shirts, black socks, black hair, and beautifully coloured ladies underwear...they are so silky and soft and make me feel wonderful...

PC or Mac (or Linux/etc.)? Why?

Jay Millette: Mac without a doubt. Why? Because that's what I have.

What is your definition of a "good person"?

Jay Millette: A truly good person would be one to buy me drinks, lend me money that they don't expect to get back, let me borrow their records that they don't expect to get back, and love me unconditionally. A truly bad person would be one who doesn't do any of those things...

What is the dumbest fashion trend of the last hundred years?

Jay Millette: Last hundred years! That's a lot of crappy fashion trends to speak of! I think with every trend that pops up there is something completely ridiculous. To pick just one would be very hard. I pass.

What book (or books) that you read as a child has most influenced your life as an adult?

Jay Millette: Jacob Two Two and the Hooded Fang. Scared the hell out of me and now I say everything twice...and now I say everything twice.

What is the most important trend/cultural paradigm shift of the year 2000?

Jay Millette: Stop using big words like paradigm and cultural please. I'm a rocker with no clue! Don't you know who these questions are being sent to!?

Given the choice, would you rather stake your life on your ability to quickly solve a complex mathematical equation, or attempt to fight/escape from a large grizzly bear? Why?

Jay Millette: Easy question here. I'm from Canada. Fighting a grizzly or getting away from one would be more beneficial than some math problem up here! We fight grizzlies up here all the time! And it's tough to fight in all that snow we get up here. And there is no gravity in Canada too.

What's your favorite video/computer game? Don't have one? How about board games?

Jay Millette: My favourite (see how I spell "favourite", it's the Canadian spelling) computer game at this moment is the Sims!!! I control people's lives and make them live as unhappily as I want them to!! It's like being God! I laugh like a madman and I powertrip something fierce!! On the board game side of things, you can't go wrong with Monopoly or popamatic Trouble!!

If you could elect to never, ever, ever have to kiss one particular person now living, who would that person be?

Jay Millette: I don't ever want to have to kiss any members of my band. Ugh. It's enough that I have to see them parading around hotel rooms in their underwear!

What's your position on gun control?

Jay Millette: Well I hope you can control your gun because I don't want to get shot! Canada has very strict gun control laws and so I'm not too worried up here. The States is another ball game altogether!

What album or albums in your music collection would you have to replace immediately if they wore out, were stolen, etc.?

Jay Millette: Rolling Stones (all of 'em!), Joan Jett (all of 'em), Ramones (all of 'em!), Nick Cave (all of 'em), Mudhoney (all of 'em). That's just a few, really. I can't live without all my records!

Do you use Napster (or any of its variants)? How often? For what? If not, why not?

Jay Millette: I DO use Napster (or Macster...) I don't use it often but I do check out bands I want to hear something from. It only helps me want to buy someone's actual record. I have no problem with Napster whatsoever.

You are able to get away with murder once, and only once. Who, if anyone, do you kill?

Jay Millette: I generally get along with everybody. I don't think I'd kill anybody regardless of if I got away with it.

Paper or plastic? Why?

Jay Millette: Paper. I have no real "why". I just prefer it.

You're stuck at my house. It's your turn to cook. What meal do you cook me?

Jay Millette: That's depends if I'm gonna have sex with you or not! I ask what you want, I do my best to make it and hope wine goes well with it because we're gonna get a real serious wine drunk on and then perhaps some "magic" will happen!

If you could make a rock 'n' roll porn movie, who would be your two co-stars?

Jay Millette: I don't think I'd want to be in a rock'n'roll porn movie but I could direct, I guess...who then would be the porn stars? Tough call on that because there are so many people that I want to see naked (that) it's mind boggling. I love naked people. Especially when they're "doing it".

What's the most evil thing in the world?

Jay Millette: Rock'n'roll. The Supersuckers know this! They called their excellent record The Evil Powers of Rock'n'Roll and they are correct. Rock'n'roll can cause you do soooo many things in your life that are not entirely good for you. I wouldn't have it any other way really.

You have the power to bring one famous dead person back to life. Who's it gonna be?

Jay Millette: Randy Rhoads. So he can teach me to be a better guitar player.

What was the last pet name used by you to refer to your someone special? What was the last pet name your someone special used to refer to you?

Jay Millette: I called her "bitch" and she called me "get out you filthy bastard". Sweet, isn't it?

Was Betsy Ross hot for George Washington?

Jay Millette: This is gonna sound all "un-American" of me (because I am) but who is Betsy Ross? I know George cuz he chopped down the cherry tree or something like that and he's all over your money. But Betsy? I don't know her.

What "official version" of a historical event do you most suspect to be a load of crap?

Jay Millette: That Americans/British took over the Ohio Valley way back when from the Canadians/French. We gave it to you.

What is the "most wanted" item on your holiday wish list?

Jay Millette: I want to have gobs of money. That, and a really good turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing and potato salad...

The Black Halos hail from lovely Vancouver, BC. Jay plays guitar for them, as you might have figured out. The band will release their second album, The Violent Years, in early 2001.