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You've been given a robot that can be trained to perform one
standardized task perfectly, as often as necessary. What do you train
it to do?
Leggy Limbeaux: Well, at the moment, I'm really hating the sales part of my job, so I'd
train my robot to make prospecting calls all day so I wouldn't have to!
Other than that, housecleaning would be nice.
You are seriously ill. There are two vaccines that will save your life,
but both have side effects: one will permanently eliminate your sense of
taste, and the other will permanently eliminate all feeling in your
genitals. Which vaccine would you choose?
Leggy Limbeaux: My grandfather had pneumonia a couple of years ago and hasn't been able
to taste at all since. It sucks, but he seems to get along just fine. I
can't speak to his sensations elsewhere, but based on his experience
with not being able to taste, I'd expect that to be a much more
preferable side effect.
Somehow you've gotten into a fight with someone twice your size. Where
do you aim the first punch?
Leggy Limbeaux: If it's a girl, the nose. If it's a guy, the 'nads.
The "fast-forward" and "skip" buttons on all your stereo equipment are
broken, and you can't afford to repair them right now. For the time
being, you can only listen to albums from beginning to end, without
skipping any songs. What albums in your collection are still listenable?
Leggy Limbeaux: Built to Spill's Keep it like a secret, anything and everthing by the Pixies, Throwing Muses' The Real Ramona and The Penetrators' Locked and Loaded.
You've somehow been given the chance to spend the day with a character
(not an actor) from any film or television program. Who do you choose?
Leggy Limbeaux: Jack Tripper on Three's Company.
If you could instantly learn to play one instrument that you don't
currently play, what would it be?
Leggy Limbeaux: Drums.
The people of the town where you were born want to name a building after
you. They've asked you to choose the sort of building that best matches
your personality. What kind of building do you choose?
Leggy Limbeaux: A theatre -- the kind with a peanut gallery and velvet seats.
What month of the year do you least anticipate? Why?
Leggy Limbeaux: November -- because it starts to get cold and I hate the cold.
What animal would you most like to house in your back yard, if you could?
Leggy Limbeaux: Oh, geez. Don't get me started. Lemurs would be cool, capuchin monkeys
rock, llamas are nice... I have to pick just one? Ok, I guess I'd have
to pick the monkey. But I'd rather keep it inside. Maybe a giraffe?
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Leggy Limbeaux: A veterinarian.
If you could buy any rare collection in the world, which collection
would you choose? (This doesn't have to be a famous collection...but it
can be.)
Leggy Limbeaux: A collection of cool, mint condition vintage sports cars for my husband.
What's the best advice you've ever received? Who gave it to you?
Leggy Limbeaux: The priest who married my parents gave them a very helpful piece of
advice, which my mom passed along to me, and it is this: throughout your
life, always try to spend time with people who are going through the
same things you are. For example, if you recently got married, go out
to dinner with another recently married couple. If you just had a baby,
get together with another couple who also just had a baby. While you
will always enjoy your time with these people, and make lots of
wonderful friends, you will always come away with a heightened
appreciation for the person that you are with. It reminds you of all
the wonderful qualities that your partner and your relationship have and
helps to constantly solidify your commitment to each other.
You've been placed in the Witness Protection Program, and must change
your name. You're able to pick your new name. What do you call yourself?
Leggy Limbeaux: Zoe Wylie
What steps should airlines take to help avoid a repeat of the September
11th tragedy?
Leggy Limbeaux: Make everyone fly naked. It would be difficult to hide a weapon, and
awfully embarrassing to try to take hostages with your parts dangling about.
What is the greatest invention of the last ten years?
Leggy Limbeaux: Well, there were several, but I think one may (unfortunately) come in
very handy if the threat of anthrax continues and/or our current war
turns chemical/biological. Maher Tadros of the Sandia National
Laboratories in New Mexico developed a decontaminating foam, and won
recognition for his innovation in 2000. The foam is made from simple
household chemicals, but has the ability to attack and neutralize deadly
chemical agents such as mustard gas, sarin (a deadly nerve gas that
killed 12 and injured more than 5,000 people in a Tokyo subway several
years ago) and more. In testing, it was even confirmed that the same
cocktail that breaks down mustard gas can also neutralize the harmful
spores found in biological weapons such as anthrax, as well as other
bacteria, viruses, and toxins. Who would have thought we could use
household chemicals to fight terrorism? Kudos to Maher and his team.
Thanks to a breakthrough in technology, you can have a perfect
memory-recording of one event in your life. Everything is included
--taste, smell, sound, vision and feeling; it basically means that you
can relive the event over and over again. What event would you want to relive?
Leggy Limbeaux: Christmas of 2000. Grandma was still alive, the whole family was
together, and the food was wonderful. A perfect day.
What toy from your childhood would you most like to track down now?
Leggy Limbeaux: I still have all the toys from my childhood (I'm a pack rat), but one
that I would like to find in an adult size is a Sit 'n' Spin. I'd
probably enjoy that more now than I did as a child!
Assuming that money, legality, etc. is no object, what is your
intoxicant of choice?
Leggy Limbeaux: Whether I'm rich or poor, it will always be beer.
Which is more dangerous in the wrong hands -- guns or knowledge?
Leggy Limbeaux: Definitely knowledge.
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The Moto-Litas, who recently released For the Greater Good on Daemon Records, bring riot grrrl confidence and intensity to the surf-guitar revolution of the 1960s. Leggy Limbeaux is the alter-ego of Erin Bradley-Dangar, their bassist/sometime vocalist/occasional organist -- who, as you can tell from her answers, is funny, smart and, as logically follows, married. Sorry, guys.
-- George Zahora
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