The Four Corners There's a Four Corners page at Kindercore and a Ladybug Transistor page at Merge, which should give you enough to get started.

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

Julia Rydholm: Working on a television pilot for CBS. I didn't sleep for three weeks, because there was too much toilet paper to deliver to set. At one point I was instructed to watch a legally parked car for three hours in the sleety snow and wind.

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

Julia Rydholm: Does e-mailing count? If so, I'm too ashamed to tell. But if you're talking just window shopping, maybe two hours, tops, reading The Onion, nosing around E-Bay and catching up with Robot Frank.

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?

Julia Rydholm: Whatever's clean and comfortable and looks like jeans and a longsleeved t-shirt. My hooded red sweatshirt, and Stan Smith Sneakers if I had to go outside.

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

Julia Rydholm: Mac. They look and act like friendly toys.

What is your definition of a "good person"?

Julia Rydholm: Someone who's funny (for the most part at their own expense), appreciates their families, reads, listens, guards their secrets and keeps their promises.

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

Julia Rydholm: Mock turtlenecks. Platform gym shoes. Skirts as uniform for women's basketball teams.

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

Julia Rydholm: Superfudge. The Great Brain Series. Harriet the Spy.

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

Julia Rydholm: No more giant 12 inch Laser Discs. Only DVD.

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?

Julia Rydholm: The odds are 1,000,000 to one that I would encounter and survive the attack of the grizzly bear.

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

Julia Rydholm: Video: Tekken; Board Game: Scrabble, or Operation.

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

Julia Rydholm: I don't think I'm mean enough for this quiz.

What's your position on gun control?

Julia Rydholm: Water guns -- yes please.

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

Julia Rydholm: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours; Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska; Uncle Tupelo's March 16-20; The Replacements' Let it Be; The Beatles' Help; Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One.

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

Julia Rydholm: Nope. But I do take naps.

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

Julia Rydholm: Can't even think about it.

Paper or plastic? Why?

Julia Rydholm: Paper. Then I can cut out eyes and a mouth and viola! A new disguise.

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

Julia Rydholm: Spinich and feta pie with salad and Reeses Peanut Butter cup sundaes for desert.

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

Julia Rydholm: Naughty. This question makes me blush. Can I just be the casting agent in this question and not a co-star?

What's the most evil thing in the world?

Julia Rydholm: Ogres.

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

Julia Rydholm: Edward Gorey. I need a good, sick laugh.

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?

Julia Rydholm: 1) Ugly Gorilla Man; 2) Beautiful Amazing Pretty Person.
Just joking....for real now: 1) My Sweet Baboo; 2) Cartoolia.

Was Betsy Ross hot for George Washington?

Julia Rydholm: Clearly.

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

Julia Rydholm: The 2000 World Series.

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

Julia Rydholm: A wurlitzer, new sheets, new hockey skates.

Julia Rydholm plays violin in the Ladybug Transistor and bass in the Four Corners. She's a busy lady.