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Right now, with no advance notice, and for reasons we're not going to bother explaining, you must get rid of one album from your record collection. Which title gets the chop?
PC Muñoz: I would probably give up Adam Ant's Manners & Physique. I bought it because Andre Cymone produced it, and Andre's solo stuff, particularly his first album, was some pretty interesting new-wave funk. I thought maybe he'd explore that style with Ant, but he didn't.
You wake up one morning and discover that you've grown two feet taller overnight. How does it affect your life?
PC Muñoz: I'd be 7'6".
What three things must a town or city have in order for you to be able to live happily there?
PC Muñoz: Diverse population. No snow. Thriving arts community.
Would you rather be anal probed by aliens or have a root canal without anaesthetics? Explain your choice.
PC Muñoz: Well, I really dislike any kind of dental work, so I guess it's the aliens. Are they good-lookin'?
Why does the wheel in the sky keep on turning?
PC Muñoz: To help the lights go down in the city. Sorry about that.
You've just won a contest in which the prize is your "dream car". What make and model of car do you choose? (And no, you can't just take the money.)
PC Muñoz: I'd have one of those teensy Civics from the '70s made into a Lowrider.
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?
PC Muñoz: I'm not killin' anybody.
As an experiment, you spend an entire day with a stick of butter duct-taped to your forehead. What do you learn?
PC Muñoz: Hopefully that butter cures nearsightedness.
What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
PC Muñoz: Inside.
What is the coolest animal to watch a nature show about?
PC Muñoz: Horseshoe crabs.
What do you do now, as a result of widespread internet access, that you didn't do ten years ago?
PC Muñoz: Buy musical equipment sight unseen.
Who did you last give flowers and why?
PC Muñoz: I sent my wife some flowers on our last anniversary.
The thong: instrument of social change or harbinger of dark times?
PC Muñoz: I'm not convinced that "the thong" possesses any kind of agency whatsoever.
Tell us about your weirdest experience with a fan.
PC Muñoz: I actually can't tell you the weirdest one, because as far as I know, the person is still out there, paying attention.
Ever written a letter to the editor? What publication, and on what subject?
PC Muñoz: Years ago, I wrote a letter to the music editor of a local weekly paper about some review I disagreed with. I wouldn't do that now, but at the time it seemed really important.
What's your favorite thing to do when you can't sleep?
PC Muñoz: I try to see how sleepless and freaked out I can get... without completely losing it.
You're making a guest appearance as yourself in the TV show of your choice. What's the show, and how do you fit into the plot?
PC Muñoz: I used to be a schoolteacher, so I really like Boston Public. Plot: The school administration would get into a jam that could only be remedied via a heartwreching performance by PC Muñoz And The Amen Corner. Sideplots: Jeri Ryan's character wears lots of tiny, clingy outfits and becomes slightly (yet goodnaturedly) obsessed with me, but everything turns out alright. Principal Harper admits he "did a little music back in the day."
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?
PC Muñoz: All gerunds should be banned. We need fewer action words in our band names.
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?
PC Muñoz: Ohhh, you guys are awful. I'll take the latter.
What's the most un-rock and roll hobby or interest you have?
PC Muñoz: I think just being a practicing Catholic (though a lefty/progressive one) is pretty un-rock and roll, but I've got some good company in Bono, Karen Peris/Innocence Mission, and the Neville Family.
What's the stupidest thing a reviewer ever said about you or your band?
PC Muñoz: This is more funny than stupid....in one review of The Trouble I'd Bring You (my solo album), a critic called me (personally) a "space-rock glam band". But he seemed to think I was a good space-rock glam band, which was kind of nice.
Which is a better reason for an R rating -- pointless, arbitrary violence or over-the-top kinky sex that has nothing to do with the story?
PC Muñoz: Pointless, arbitrary violence.
Which would be worse -- going three rounds with Mike Tyson, or having sex with Anna Nicole Smith?
PC Muñoz: Three rounds with Tyson would be much, much worse.
What's in your fridge right now?
PC Muñoz: Trader Joe's OJ, water, salad fixins', hot links, portobello mushrooms, basil, various cheeses, various sauces, lots of white wine.
What advice would you give to Michael Jackson?
PC Muñoz: Not sure if I'm qualified to give Mike advice, but I would suggest this to him: "Make a record with a live funky band in a weekend's time."
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PC Muņoz and the Amen Corner have been captivating audiences with their unique blend of spoken-word, funk, gospel, and experimental electronics since late 2000. Their most recent album, 2002's A Good Deed In A Weary World, on Beevine Records, combines the best of their high-spirited live shows with the minimalist/experimental aesthetic of PC's previous solo work.
-- George Zahora
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