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Various religions suggest that there's a "special" hell for certain sins (hurting children, being cruel to animals, using the word "blog" as a verb, etc). Who else needs a "special" hell?

Jana Hunter The senate members who opened Alaska up for drilling. The haters who amend state constitutions to ban gay marriage.

Due to poor financial planning, you've got to eat for an entire week on only US$10. What do you buy, food-wise?

Jana Hunter Cigarettes. Or ramen, like everybody else.

What's the worst injury you've ever suffered for your art (i.e. second degree burns from shorted-out mic, broken leg from failed stage dive)? Tell us about it.

Jana Hunter If horrible illnesses picked up and barely survived in a tour van don't count, then I have nothing to tell.

You've got unlimited funding and technical expertise to make an IMAX movie on the topic of your choice. What do you choose? Describe the obligatory vertigo-inducing camera shot that makes the entire audience clutch their stomachs.

Jana Hunter Inner Space should be an Imax movie.

In the UK, trying to kill the Queen is still technically a capital offence. If the Queen tried to commit suicide and failed, could she be sentenced to death? Explain.

Jana Hunter Yes. That would be hilarious.

You've decided to write a musical. What's it about and who's the star?

Jana Hunter I hate musicals. I'd write a musical about putting all producers and writers and stars of musicals to death. Sarah Silverman would star.

Everyone likes at least one cheesy/crappy song that totally kills their cred. What's yours?

Jana Hunter Does Anne Murray's "Danny's Song" count?

The standard touring vehicle is always a beat-up van. What has been the worst/weirdest method of conveyance you've had to use on a tour?

Jana Hunter The greyhound bus. The broken greyhound bus.

What was the best meal you were supplied by a tour venue? What was the worst?

Jana Hunter Vegan buffet at a community center in Germany, by far the best. I'd never put down a venue meal, given that they're rare to begin with.

Will it ever truly be possible to "rock the vote", or will apathy, indifference and laziness always triumph over activism?

Jana Hunter It'll absolutely be possible, but I don't think the enthusiasm will ever make its start within the music industry.

What is the coolest tattoo you've ever seen (and don't choose one of your own)?

Jana Hunter I always love dots, circles, lines. accentuating marks.

How long after an unopened gallon of milk's "use-by" date has passed would you be willing to use it?

Jana Hunter Oh, no. Gross. If it's even a few days before the date, I won't touch it.

Do you prefer the term "underwear" or "underpants"? What does that say about you?

Jana Hunter Aesthetically, "underpants". Practically, "underwear". Maybe it says I'm duplicitous.

You've been asked to submit an anecdote or "tip" to a book called Everything I Need to Know About Life I Learned On Tour With My Band. What do you tell them?

Jana Hunter One spazz per band is really enough.

What basic freedoms are you prepared to give up in exchange for your and your family's safety?

Jana Hunter Absolutely none, ever.

Due to a breakthrough in technology, it's possible to learn any skill, no matter how complex, pretty much instantly, by uploading the information directly into your brain (yes, like in The Matrix). Unfortunately, you can only do it once. What skill would you learn, and why?

Jana Hunter I have always wanted to learn to score entire pieces in my head and retain them until I have time to notate them. I don't know why, exactly.

Not to be morbid, but let's assume that (a) you've died, and (b) you filled out an organ donor card and potential recipients are lining up. Which part of your body do you think will be most sought-after? Are there any bits no-one will want?

Jana Hunter Nobody'd want my lungs, my eyes, my heart, my liver. I suppose certain parts of my skin might be okay for grafting.

Jana Hunter's Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom will be the inaugural release on Gnomonsong, the label founded by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic in conjunction with Revolver Distribution. Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom is a collection of songs written over the period of a decade -- a thirteen song "best of" recorded on four-tracks, two-tracks, and computers, mostly in Texas and mostly alone.