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What band did you listen to most during the eighties? Do you still like them?
Nate Smith: Maybe Michael Jackson. Of course I still like him, he's the King of Pop.
What was the first thing you ever shoplifted? Why did you take it?
Nate Smith: A caramel at the grocery store. I did it for the thrill.
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?
Nate Smith: Probably Sting, or maybe Moby. They both need code reds.
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?
Nate Smith: It's worse to regret what you haven't done, which is why you should go do it right now before it's too late. I regret nothing except maybe stealing that caramel.
Did you go to your high school prom? If so, who did you go with?
Nate Smith: I went to my senior prom with Amanda Cobb.
What movie would you recommend to absolutely anyone? Why?
Nate Smith: Real Genius, it's fun for the entire family.
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?
Nate Smith: I imagine I would learn a lot from hanging out in the back of the truck with John Coltrane or one of those late jazz greats.
What is your strongest, most unshakeable belief?
Nate Smith: That the flying car, the Skycar, is real.
What's the worst band you've ever heard? Why do they suck?
Nate Smith: This band November Tribe from my home town were pretty bad. They used to dramatically announce "We're a rock band!" at shows right before launching into Nirvana covers.
If you were a porn star, what would your "porn name" be?
Nate Smith: Ian Pinewood.
You're on your way to a show, and all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of a huge four-way battle between pirates, ninjas, robots and intelligent apes from the future. Your only hope of getting to your gig is to pick a side. Who do you join, and why?
Nate Smith: I'd probably side with the apes because then maybe they'd let me visit the future with them afterwards.
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?
Nate Smith: Clear, cool, refreshing tap water. Mmmm...
What's wrong with Rolling Stone these days?
Nate Smith: I dunno, they have a big head? They cover bad music?
Why are frogs amusing?
Nate Smith: Because they are funny looking and they hop around and make weird sounds.
You've traveled back in time and met yourself, age sixteen. What do you think?
Nate Smith: What a dweeb.
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?
Nate Smith: Eighty year olds, because they'd just sleep the whole way, and so would I.
What, in your opinion, is the best porn?
Nate Smith: The one of your mom and me...
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?
Nate Smith: Granny Smith apples. They're tart and tasty and good for ya.
Will the next Star Wars movie suck? Why or why not?
Nate Smith: Yup. There will be way too much CGI animation.
Everyone's replacing their least-favorite body parts with cybernetic ones. Which part(s) of your body would you replace?
Nate Smith: My big funny-lookin' ears.
What album(s) should everyone be given on their eighteenth birthday?
Nate Smith: If they don't already have it, Paranoid by Black Sabbath.
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Shy Child was formed by Pete Cafarella (synths, vox) and Nate Smith (drums, vox) in the summer of 2000, drawing both from their past experience with a variety of musics, from jazz to experimental to rock, and from their love of synthesizers and synth-based musics like Kraftwerk. They began playing live in August 2000 and since have played with such acts as Hrvatski, Soviet, Night Station, Cex, Craig Wedren, and tons of others. They recorded nine songs in late 2000 on Pete's computer and produced a demo album, Please Consider Our Time which was eventually picked up for release by Montreal's Grenadine Records, and was released in North America earlier this year.
-- George Zahora
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