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Jimmy LaValle (Tristeza, The Album Leaf) fails to dodge our Pointless Questions
Jimmy LaValle
Jimmy Lavalle


Read Splendid's review of Tristeza's Spine and Sensory or The Album Leaf's An Orchestrated Rise to Fall. Or you could buy Tristeza and Album Leaf stuff at Insound.

YOUR HOME IS BURNING DOWN. EVERYONE -- FAMILY, PETS, ETC. -- IS SAFELY OUT OF IT. YOU HAVE TIME TO GO IN AND "SAVE" ONE ITEM. WHAT DO YOU GO AFTER?

Jimmy LaValle: My computer!!! I love that thing!

WHICH WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU: FREE HEALTH-CARE FOR EVERYONE, OR A FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE?

Jimmy LaValle: Healthcare. I get sick more and so does everyone else in this world. Maybe if there wasn't college the world wouldn't revolve around money and smarts, it would revolve more on common sense.

OTHER THAN PLAYING MUSIC, WHAT OTHER SKILLS DO YOU HAVE THAT WOULD ENTERTAIN A PAYING AUDIENCE?

Jimmy LaValle: I can do a lot of stupid human tricks!!! Flip my bottom lip underneath my chin, make my long fingers look like a monster, stick my butt up higher than any one and slide across the floor...just to name a few!

IF YOU HAD TO EAT THE SAME THREE MEALS EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD THEY BE?

Jimmy LaValle: Cereal, sandwiches and Chinese food.

YOU'VE JUST FALLEN OFF A 200-STOREY BUILDING. THE FALL WILL TAKE AT LEAST 15 SECONDS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ON THE WAY DOWN?

Jimmy LaValle: My computer!

IF YOU COULD WALK INTO ANY PAINTING OR PHOTO AND ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE THE MOMENT IT DEPICTS, WHICH PAINTING/PHOTO WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Jimmy LaValle: Any painting by Jean-Micheal Basqiat, because what the fuck is going on in there?

IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE "SUPER POWER" (HEAT VISION, FLIGHT, ETC.), WHAT SUPER POWER WOULD YOU WANT?

Jimmy LaValle: Flight, I've always wanted to do that.

IF YOUR FANS DECIDED TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION BY THROWING SOMETHING "USEFUL" AT YOU WHILE YOU'RE PLAYING, WHAT WOULD YOU MOST WANT THEM TO THROW?

Jimmy LaValle: Guitar strings, picks, batteries, amplifiers!

YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION "THEY COULDN'T PAY ME ENOUGH TO DO THAT JOB." FOR YOU, WHAT IS "THAT JOB"?

Jimmy LaValle: Being a janitor at a high school.

WHICH WOULD YOU LEAST WANT POSTED ON THE INTERNET: NUDE PICTURES OF YOU, OR YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER(S)? WHY?

Jimmy LaValle: Well, I already have nude pics on the internet, and I don't have a credit card, so either way it wouldn't matter.

SUDDENLY, YOUR DENTAL WORK HAS STARTED PICKING UP A RADIO STATION -- 24 HOURS A DAY. WHAT SORT OF RADIO PROGRAMMING WILL DRIVE YOU MAD THE FASTEST?

Jimmy LaValle: Mexican radio -- it already does becuse Luis (our bass player) plays it all the time in the van!

WHAT ANIMAL SOCIAL TRAIT DO YOU MOST WISH HUMANS WOULD AQUIRE?

Jimmy LaValle: When Monkeys fly through the trees like maniacs.

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Veteran of handful of bands you've probably heard of (among them GoGoGoAirheart and The Locust), Jimmy Lavalle is currently keeping busy as part of Tristeza, and writing new material for The Album Leaf, his side project. Look for a new record from Tristeza on Tiger Style records late this year.

-- George Zahora



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