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Due to poor financial planning, you've got to eat for an entire week on only US$10. What do you buy, food-wise?
PC Muñoz: Oranges and quinoa.
What's the biggest misconception that people have about you?
PC Muñoz: That I listen to a lot of spoken-word records. I don't. I do spoken-word/speak-singing because of the options it gives me, writing-wise, and because I'm a limited singer... Not because I'm obsessed with the genre.
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.
PC Muñoz: I'd like to make an IMAX movie about the ancient Mayans and include lots of breathtaking shots of their pyramids.
You've locked your car keys inside the tour van and don't have AAA. How do you get the door open?
PC Muñoz: St. Stephen, our bass player, used to be a cop. I'm sure he'd find a way to open the van.
Ever find useful stuff in the garbage? Describe your best-ever dumpster find and how you used it.
PC Muñoz: During the first weeks of high school, my friends and I found a big box of Playboys in a dumpster. I took about five copies home and immediately put them to good "use".
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.
PC Muñoz: I guess she technically could be charged with the crime -- I've heard of cases like that -- but I don't think they would pursue it.
If you were a 50ft high Tyrannosaurus Rex, would you use your powers for good or evil? Who would you go after first?
PC Muñoz: I would be a good T-Rex, sharing meat and offering rides and advice to small dinos.
You've decided to write a musical. What's it about and who's the star?
PC Muñoz: the musical is called Supermarket, and it's about a young couple who hang out in a supermarket to keep warm, and the people they encounter. Parker Posey is the star. Sample lyric from the title tune:
Who is that man with the sandy hair near the sale rack?
He always picks up the items, studies them close, then puts them back.
He never buys anything...see, there he goes, he's out the door...
He's the ingredient-reading, very misleading, mystery man of the store.
What's your favorite board game? Why do you like it?
PC Muñoz: I can't stand board games.
Everyone likes at least one cheesy/crappy song that totally kills their cred. What's yours?
PC Muñoz: I probably like a lot of songs that other people think are cheesy/crappy. One that comes to mind right now is "Billy, Don't be a Hero". On the slightly more modern tip, I kinda liked "Mmmbop".
Will it ever truly be possible to "rock the vote", or will apathy, indifference and laziness always triumph over activism?
PC Muñoz: I don't think apathy, indifference and laziness will always triumph, but it will take an enormous effort to motivate the millions of Americans whose critical thinking skills have been eroded by consumerism, wrongheaded/fear-mongering religion, and other brain cell-killing, soul-deadening constructs.
You want to cry? I'll give you something to cry about. What would you like to cry about?
PC Muñoz: I'd like to witness a surprising, selfless act of compassion and cry my head off about it.
What is the coolest tattoo you've ever seen (and don't choose one of your own)?
PC Muñoz: My friend Oliver, who is a scientist, has tats of math equations and other cool scientific stuff on his arms. He also has dragons. He's the guy playing the Buddhist monk in the "Skin City" video.
How long after an unopened gallon of milk's "use-by" date has passed would you be willing to use it?
PC Muñoz: Two days, tops.
What is the most unusual item you've thrown up on/in?
PC Muñoz: I don't throw up much. I think I've thrown up like four times from age eight until now. When I was about seven, I felt one coming, ran into the kitchen, and threw up right onto a paper towel. It was a very graceful catch.
Do you prefer the term "underwear" or "underpants"? What does that say about you?
PC Muñoz: I say "underwear". This merely indicates that I don't like to say "pants" nearly as often as other people.
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?
PC Muñoz: Someone needs to pick the restaurant.
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?
PC Muñoz: I would learn to play guitar. I'm good at instruments which require hitting things, but I'm mystified by instruments with strings.
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?
PC Muñoz: Everybody will want all my bits and pieces.
A long-lost possession has turned up on Ebay, and you're prepared to pay much more than it's worth just to finally get it back. What is it? Why is it worth so much to you?
PC Muñoz: I can't imagine myself paying a lot of money for something like what you're describing, but if somehow my personal collection of '70s "Wacky Packages" ended up on Ebay, I would probably try to get them back.
You've been given the resources and financial backing to create a new satellite TV network that caters specifically to your tastes and the tastes of people like you. What's it called, and what does it show?
PC Muñoz: It's called PERISCOPE, and it shows nothing but documentaries of all kinds.
There are literally hundreds of euphemisms for masturbation. What's the best one you've heard?
PC Muñoz: "Giving Blood to Mr. Bone".
Which is worse: downloading an album and burning copies for five friends, or shoplifting one physical copy of the same CD from an overpriced national retailer? Explain your answer.
PC Muñoz: Neither is very cool. But if you burn copies for your friends, there's a chance they may still buy the product for the artwork, extras, whatever. If you shoplift, you've decided to commit a crime to "get even" with the overpriced national retailer, which is barely smart in theory, and even less so in action. A better action is to never go there at all, and convince your friends to do the same.
A few years ago, anal sex was still taboo; nowadays it's trendy. What will be the next major sexual taboo to fall?
PC Muñoz: In this current climate, I don't know. This administration wants to amend the constitution -- amend the constitution! -- to deny gay men and women the right to marry, and I fear that this kind of bigoted, hypocritical, oppressive view of sexuality will continue to pervade mainstream American thought.
Right this very second, what are you most looking forward to, and why?
PC Muñoz: I'm looking forward to our upcoming tour in the Pacific Northwest -- it's a great joy to travel and play music.
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