Dan Phillips If the Slowride website doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the band, you're on your own.

What's the worst "day job" you've ever had?

Dan Phillips: Sandwhich delivery boy. This realy sucked -- bad.

How much time do you spend on the internet each week? What do you do when you're on?

Dan Phillips: 20 minutes. I pretty much just do interviews.

Most people, whether they're willing to admit it or not, have a uniform -- clothing they'll default to when left to their own devices. What's your uniform?

Dan Phillips: A tiny Michael J. Fox "life preserver" vest, green straw fedora, black dress socks, boxers, febreez and a handbag of sorts.

PC or Mac (or Linux/etc.)? Why?

Dan Phillips: I prefer the Linux system -- great art programs! (Gimp?! -- Ed.)

What is your definition of a "good person"?

Dan Phillips: Someone who is loving and caring. Someone who'll bend over backwards for ya and then give you two hundred dollars.

What is the dumbest fashion trend of the last hundred years?

Dan Phillips: Limp Bizkit.

What book (or books) that you read as a child has most influenced your life as an adult?

Dan Phillips: The Garden of Abdul Gazazzi.

What is the most important trend/cultural paradigm shift of the year 2000?

Dan Phillips: The swing dance craze.

Given the choice, would you rather stake your life on your ability to quickly solve a complex mathematical equation, or attempt to fight/escape from a large grizzly bear? Why?

Dan Phillips: I'll fight the bear 'cause I suck at math.

What's your favorite video/computer game? Don't have one? How about board games?

Dan Phillips: I am terrible at playing video games. I can't do it. I just press buttons and either get lucky or get my ass kicked. Board games are boring.

If you could elect to never, ever, ever have to kiss one particular person now living, who would that person be?

Dan Phillips: Mathew -- his breff stank.

What's your position on gun control?

Dan Phillips: I don't think it makes a differance. I don't think it would greatly affect the crime rate. But there are a lot of jackasses out there who don't need to be havin' no guns.

Do you use Napster (or any of its variants)? How often? For what? If not, why not?

Dan Phillips: No -- I like records and packaging and owning more stuff than I have room for. Records rule -- they will never be replaced. Besides, I don't have that program on my computer.

You are able to get away with murder once, and only once. Who, if anyone, do you kill?

Dan Phillips: I would kill Jay Leno. He is not funny.

Paper or plastic? Why?

Dan Phillips: I use plastic because it seems easier.

You're stuck at my house. It's your turn to cook. What meal do you cook me?

Dan Phillips: Some sort of pasta dish. That's about all I'm good for. I'm learning to cook though -- so far so good!

If you could make a rock 'n' roll porn movie, who would be your two co-stars?

Dan Phillips: Janis Joplin and Jimmy Hendrix -- hell yeah!

What's the most evil thing in the world?

Dan Phillips: Popular music.

You have the power to bring one famous dead person back to life. Who's it gonna be?

Dan Phillips: Eazy E -- that fool was trippin'.

What was the last pet name used by you to refer to your someone special? What was the last pet name your someone special used to refer to you?

Dan Phillips: My girlfriend calls me pooper. Pooper.

Was Betsy Ross hot for George Washington?

Dan Phillips: I don't know.

What "official version" of a historical event do you most suspect to be a load of crap?

Dan Phillips: When the guy who booked our first tour said "everything is cool -- I set it all up". Fuck you, Toby Bean.

What was the "most wanted" item on your holiday wish list?

Dan Phillips: A record deal.

Nearly six months after replying to these questions, Dallas-based Slowride got their wish; they recently signed to Deep Elm Records.