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You wake up one morning and discover that you've grown two feet taller overnight. How does it affect your life?
Erin McCarley: I can actually reach things in my kitchen without having to stand on a fucking stool.
What three things must a town or city have in order for you to be able to live happily there?
Erin McCarley: Good cheap Mexican food; no snow; near water.
Would you rather be anal probed by aliens or have a root canal without anaesthetic? Explain your choice.
Erin McCarley: Anal probed by aliens. There may be some sort of sick pleasure in knowing that I'm actually being anally probed by aliens. Besides, the dentist sucks hardcore and I'm scared of needles.
Why does the wheel in the sky keep on turning?
Erin McCarley: Because no one knows where they'll be tomorrow.
You've just been elected to the US senate (if you're not a US citizen, please either pretend you are or move forward on the assumption that you've taken a similar government-type position in your own country). What's on your agenda legislation-wise?
Erin McCarley: I would propose that in addition to filling out a W-2 form when hired at a new job, people fill out a sheet that allows them to pick how and where their taxes are spent.
If the moon were made of cheese, what kind of cheese would it be made of? Please explain your reasoning.
Erin McCarley: Pepper jack cheese, because it's the best kind of cheese out there, and it would just be great to have a big-ass pepper jack chunk in the sky.
You can go back in time and kill one person without disrupting the space/time continuum, creating a paradox and causing the universe to collapse upon itself. Who would it be?
Erin McCarley: I would kill Christopher Columbus and I would actually rather that it did create a paradox, causing the universe to collapse.
As an experiment, you spend an entire day with a stick of butter duct-taped to your forehead. What do you learn?
Erin McCarley: Fucking gross. That butter gives you gnarly forehead acne.
What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
Erin McCarley: Sex, sex and more sex.
What is the coolest animal to watch a nature show about?
Erin McCarley: Sharks.
What do you do now, as a result of widespread internet access, that you didn't do ten years ago?
Erin McCarley: Book tours, keep in touch with friends who are far away.
Who did you last give flowers and why?
Erin McCarley: My mom, for mother's day.
The thong: instrument of social change or harbinger of dark times?
Erin McCarley: The shoe or the panty? The shoe is rad. The panty is scary.
The police have just nailed you for some kind of minor infraction. What were you most likely to have been doing?
Erin McCarley: There's this little town on I-5 in northern CA called "WEED"...
Would you shop at a supermarket run by ninjas? Why or why not?
Erin McCarley: If they were nice ninjas that had good prices and good food.
What article (or articles) of clothing do you wish you never had to wear again? Why?
Erin McCarley: The khaki pants of my work uniform. I think the "why?" part of that is fairly obvious.
When was the last time you had an entire day to yourself, and what did you do with it?
Erin McCarley: I cannot remember, but I would probably cook a really awesome meal.
What's the stupidest thing you've ever done while drunk? If you're a non-drinker, please limit your self-righteous response to 25 words.
Erin McCarley: I am a non-drinker.
What's your favorite thing to do when you can't sleep?
Erin McCarley: Bathe.
What are your fellow band members' most irritating habits? If you have no fellow band members, what are your own most irritating habits?
Erin McCarley: My band members are patron saints and have no annoying habits that I can speak of without being eternally damned to hell.
In three sentences or less, please give your opinion on the current state of the world.
Erin McCarley: Fucked in the head.
We're considering lobbying the government to pass a law banning the use of certain overplayed words -- for example, "new", "flaming" and "electric" -- in band names. What other words should be banned?
Erin McCarley: "The".
Would you rather tour the world for a year, living out of hotels and minibuses, playing to sellout crowds but estranged from all meaningful interpersonal contact, or be crowned the next indie god(s) but be damned to a lifetime of college radio airplay, widespread obscurity and eventual golden years filled with soundtrack work?
Erin McCarley: Indie god with my golden years filled with soundtrack work!
What's the most un-rock and roll hobby or interest you have?
Erin McCarley: Cooking.
What's the stupidest thing a reviewer ever said about you or your band?
Erin McCarley: That we sound like Sleater-Kinney because we are women.
What's in your fridge right now?
Erin McCarley: I dont know, I'm on tour. Whatever it is, it's probably moldy.
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Delta Dart released Fight or Flight in 2002. Since then they've toured, had a handful of compilation tracks, and reissued their demos. No-one knows where or when they'll strike next.
-- George Zahora
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