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What band did you listen to most during the eighties? Do you still like them?
Elizabeth Elmore: Probably Madonna. And yes.
You're about to -- ahem -- get lucky. What album is playing in the background? Why'd you choose it?
Elizabeth Elmore: Can I have a few records on random? Afghan Whigs -- both Gentleman and 1965,
Shudder to Think's Pony Express, Moon Seven Times's Sunburnt , Sade -- can't
remember the name of the record. Why? For some reason, some people seem to
think that both the Afghan Whigs and Shudder to Think are strange choices.
Those people clearly don't get it and they're not the people I would --
ahem -- choose to get lucky with.
What was the first thing you ever shoplifted? Why did you take it?
Elizabeth Elmore: I've shoplifted once in my entire life and I still feel guilty about it.
It was glow in the dark halloween lipstick from the Osco Drug store in the
Springfield, IL mall. I had promised I would get my baby sister a present
from the mall but had run out of money. Afterwards I thought I was going to
puke and never did it again.
If you could beat up anyone in the world and get away without the usual annoying real-world consequences -- jail time, lawsuits, bad press, etc. -- who would it be, and why?
Elizabeth Elmore: The motherfucker who stalked me for two years. Even then, I almost feel bad
saying it. He was 52 and a total and utter mental case so in some ways, it
wasn't necessarily his fault. But still....
What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? Why did you take it?
Elizabeth Elmore: I guess taking a leave of absence from law school last year to start a new band. Why? Because I had to -- not necessarily needed to or wanted to -- just had to. It's weird because I don't really want to be in a band my entire life and I do want to be a lawyer. And I loved law school and I miss it. But I like this too. So... I don't know why. I just had to.
It's better to regret something you have done than it is to regret something you haven't done. What do you regret doing (other than agreeing to answer these questions)? Why did you do it?
Elizabeth Elmore: It's weird -- I don't regret anything I've done except when I think I've treated someone badly. So I feel bad about this girl Katrina who I was really mean to in Junior High. And it was that vicious, fickle junior high girl kind of mean -- I was just bored and she was like a bug that you might trap just to torture it. Because you could. And I really was NOT one of those mean girls -- just this one summer with her. And I still feel really atrocious about it. I apologized to her a couple years ago but somehow it wasn't enough.
Did you go to your high school prom? If so, who did you go with?
Elizabeth Elmore: For my junior prom, I was in a local play called Nunsense and played a ballet dancing novice. I had a performance the night of prom and only got to go for the last 15 minutes -- and my hair looked like shit because I'd been wearing a habit all night. For my senior prom...well, the guy I was, um, "hanging with" at the time was the 30 year old local rock star (I was 16) with dreads to his ass and covered with tattoos. Clearly couldn't take him, not that he would have gone (we're still friends by the way!). So my friend Robin and I took two guys we knew who had graduated a few years before (I can't even remember who my date was, just that he was some guy we knew!) but they went out to the parking lot and got stoned the entire time the dance was going on so I just hit on the DJ all night.
For reasons we won't bother going into right now, you're going to be locked in the back of a truck for a sixteen hour drive between gigs. If you could have any musician, past or present, back there to keep you company, who would it be?
Elizabeth Elmore: This is going to sound strange but when I first read these questions, the name that popped into my head was David Bazan from Pedro the Lion. Now I'm worried he's going to think I'm stalking him. But he interests me. Actually, either David or Sean Hulet who plays guitar in my band the Reputation. We get along really well and entertain each other. I could hang out with him. Though he's a big guy and I might need to think about conserving space.
What is your strongest, most unshakeable belief?
Elizabeth Elmore: My dad loves me.
If you were a porn star, what would your "porn name" be?
Elizabeth Elmore: I think I should be in a legal porn -- like a judge or lawyer who gets it on
with other officers of the court on top of the tables. And then my name
could be amicus curiae -- Latin for "friend of the court". Actually, god,
I just realized what a dork law school has turned me into, that I think
that's funny! Sigh.
If you could sponsor any beverage -- appear in their ads, receive a lifetime supply and never be seen drinking a competing product --what beverage would it be?
Elizabeth Elmore: This is hard question -- it'd have to be between almost any type of beer and Coke. I have an almost inappropriate, visceral love of Coke. Then again, I like beer a whole lot and I drink way more beer than Coke. Maybe PBR?
Why are frogs amusing?
Elizabeth Elmore: I've yet to be convinced that they are. Too close in that creepy amphibian way to crocodiles and alligators which I hate and have perpetual nightmares about.
You've traveled back in time and met yourself, age sixteen. What do you think?
Elizabeth Elmore: Feisty. Cheeky. Probably somewhat obnoxious and painfully insecure. Sad.
Angry. A spazz in a (hopefully) cute way. Needs to stop dating men twice her age.
Which would be worse: three hours on a bus full of four year-olds, or three hours on a bus full of eighty year-olds? Why?
Elizabeth Elmore: Both would be great! Why are these bad? I love little kids and I love older
people. Little kids are fun and older people are usually fascinating.
The US government is considering far more aggressive regulation of leather pants. Under the new rules, who should or shouldn't be allowed to wear them?
Elizabeth Elmore: Cows and deer should be allowed to wear them and no one else!
What, in your opinion, is the best porn?
Elizabeth Elmore: I'm sort of a fan of the Skinemax variety of porn. Y'know, something
approximating a story line, lots of crazy settings like nunneries, good
kinky action without the, um, super closeup shots.
What food item could you eat every day for the rest of your life without getting bored of it? What's so good about it?
Elizabeth Elmore: Coke. Probably macaroni and cheese. Thai or chinese food. Actually, I'm
kinda lame and get attached to a lot of foods. There's probably a lot I
could eat every day and not get bored with. Morningstar farms fake chicken
patties.
How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
Elizabeth Elmore: 17.
Everyone's replacing their least-favorite body parts with cybernetic ones. Which part(s) of your body would you replace?
Elizabeth Elmore: Gotta say it. I might up the bra size a bit. Maybe a perfect 18 year old
ass?
What topics or statements would inspire you to call in to a talk radio program?
Elizabeth Elmore: Napster and its equivalents. I could hold a completely rational discussion
about abortion with the pope but I go completely freakin' beserk when it
comes to copyright issues.
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The Reputation have kept busy this year -- touring, a self-titled LP, compilation tracks and more touring. We suspect they'll do the same next year.
-- George Zahora
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