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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?
Caroline Blind: Sisters of Mercy, coz they booted us off their gig as openers because "we looked too gothic".
You wake up one morning and discover that you've grown two feet taller overnight. How does it affect your life?
Caroline Blind: I will go to shows and stand in the front row, because that's where I always find tall people blocking my view. Oh, and I sign up for volleyball or basketball, since I've always been recruited for them anyway, 'cos I'm already six feet tall.
What three things must a town or city have in order for you to be able to live happily there?
Caroline Blind: Live music venues, internet access, and no laws against showing an arm or my face in public.
What's more important: good music or good food? And why?
Caroline Blind: Good music. I think of all the food I eat -- is any of it really "good", or do I just eat it 'cos I have to eat to live? The latter. Conversely, bad music is so much worse for me than bad food. (shudder)
Would you rather be anal probed by aliens or have a root canal without anaesthetics? Explain your choice.
Caroline Blind: Depends if the aliens were cute and treated me with respect in the morning. That might be okay, whereas the root canal, well, that's just straight pain....easy choice!
Why does the wheel in the sky keep on turning?
Caroline Blind: That's what I'm saying. Why? And why doesn't he know where he'll be tomorrow? Doesn't the tour manager give him an itinerary?
You've just been elected to the US senate (if you're not a US citizen, please either pretend you are or move forward on the assumption that you've taken a similar government-type position in your own country). What's on your agenda legislation-wise?
Caroline Blind: Clown suits for all police "peace officers".
If the moon were made of cheese, what kind of cheese would it be made of? Please explain your reasoning.
Caroline Blind: Swiss, 'cos of the holes, duh.
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.)
Caroline Blind: Any car would be a dream right now, but uh, I would say a nice new Jaguar, or some other fancy British import. With the huge rims that keep on spinning when the car stops, of course. Oh, and "ground effects" -- that neon glow beneath the car at all times. Awwww yeah, baby!
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?
Caroline Blind: Myself. I'd love to just murder myself. I wouldn't feel so bad about it then, 'cos I wouldn't really be hurting anyone who didn't deserve it.
As an experiment, you spend an entire day with a stick of butter duct-taped to your forehead. What do you learn?
Caroline Blind: What a stupid idea that is, most likely.
What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
Caroline Blind: Out in the rain, where people aren't.
What is the coolest animal to watch a nature show about?
Caroline Blind: A fainting goat.
What do you do now, as a result of widespread internet access, that you didn't do ten years ago?
Caroline Blind: Waste hours of life online instead of in front of a TV.
Who did you last give flowers and why?
Caroline Blind: My folks, my sister, get well, birthdays, etcetera. I like to buy them for my home, too; they have a fantastic spirit-lifting effect. Like a luxury item, fresh flowers in the home.
The thong: instrument of social change or harbinger of dark times?
Caroline Blind: Watch your mouth! Hey, to each their own, you know? Not my thing, but live and let live...
The police have just nailed you for some kind of minor infraction. What were you most likely to have been doing?
Caroline Blind: Speeding. No doubt.
Would you shop at a supermarket run by ninjas? Why or why not?
Caroline Blind: Don't you remember the Samurai sketches on SNL? The language barrier mostly If that wasn't an issue, and I could find everything okay, then I would, so I could get my exercise dodging and jumping the assaults!
What article (or articles) of clothing do you wish you never had to wear again? Why?
Caroline Blind: Everything I own above that certain "fat" size. I'm trying to lose weight...
Taking into account all current political, social and economic situations, which country would you most like to be and why?
Caroline Blind: This is the timeliest and soooo not a pointless question at all. There are tons of folks mulling this over right now, thankyouverymuchmrbush. We have decided on Australia or New Zealand probably. Most likely 'cos they have that no nonsense thing going which I like. Unfortunately, their no-nonsense attitude is in effect in their immigration policies...
Tell us about your weirdest experience with a fan.
Caroline Blind: This guy comes to the front of the stage, while we are performing, and right up to the edge where I am singing, and he says "Hit me!", which would be very unlike me. I should have kissed him on the cheek, probably, and then maybe he would have hit me...!
When was the last time you had an entire day to yourself, and what did you do with it?
Caroline Blind: Entire day? Are you mad? Uh, I had a night to myself, when my hubby took the kids to a New Year's Eve party, and I stayed home and had a cigarette (I don't smoke) and some champagne (don't drink much), watched videos, wrote in my journal and probably cried for a while...
Ever written a letter to the editor? What publication, and on what subject?
Caroline Blind: No. Thought about writing to the San Francisco Chronicle; they had a story about some Islamic girls who were looking for prom dresses that didn't make them look like sluts, and some people wrote in about how they may as well have worn burqas and stuff. I wanted to write in about that. Not everyone wants to wear a thong bathing suit to the prom, you know? And the whole point is that we, as Americans, have a choice. We can choose to dress like librarians every day if we want to. Or not.
What's the stupidest thing you've ever done while drunk? If you're a non-drinker, please limit your self-righteous response to 25 words.
Caroline Blind: DRIVE. That is pretty much the stupidest thing anyone can do while drunk, is drive a car. Nothing is stupider than getting behind the wheel while drunk. Period.
What's your favorite thing to do when you can't sleep?
Caroline Blind: Watch music videos. Lame, I know. But at 3:00 a.m. is the only time they seem to play them anyway.
What are your fellow band members' most irritating habits? If you have no fellow band members, what are your own most irritating habits?
Caroline Blind: Again, lame, but most irritating is lack of communication. Lack of disclosure. Men, they don't tell lies, they just don't tell the whole truth...
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?
Caroline Blind: Six Feet Under, and I'm the person who dies upon the show's opening, probably by falling asleep at the tour band wheel, and then I am a corpse throughout the rest of the show. That would showcase the extent of my acting abilities perfectly.
In three sentences or less, please give your opinion on the current state of the world.
Caroline Blind: Depressed, oppressed, and hoping for better times soon.
A national guardsman from Ohio recently changed his name to Optimus Prime, after the Transformer. If you could change your name to anything, what would you change it to?
Caroline Blind: Kurt Cobain. Then it would be great to make restaurant reservations -- people would be like "isn't he dead?"
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?
Caroline Blind: Any and all numbers, "doll(s/z)", "blind" and especially "...band".
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?
Caroline Blind: Uh, aren't they both the same thing? Oh, and you are implying that I have any "meaningful interpersonal contact" now...
Oh, I do, but it's with the audience, so the former, then, if they are not the same thing...
What's the most un-rock and roll hobby or interest you have?
Caroline Blind: Listening to music, I think. Oh, and having kids. Very un-rock and roll to have kids. Unless you are Kid Rock or Tommy and Pam, I guess.
What's the stupidest thing a reviewer ever said about you or your band?
Caroline Blind: That the vocals were soft and the music was hard in a certain song, and that was wrong.
Some of us have side gigs bartending. Help us out by making up a drink that we can name after you and sell to underage girls in midriff tee-shirts.
Caroline Blind: Okay, it's called "kiddie vomit" -- deceptively childlike, yet packs a wallop. Milk, OJ, Coke and four shots of 110 proof whiskey bourbon.
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?
Caroline Blind: The former. How come my kids can watch folks' heads being blown off, but not folks giving head? I mean, really!
Which would be worse -- going three rounds with Mike Tyson, or having sex with Anna Nicole Smith?
Caroline Blind: Three rounds with Tyson. He'd rape me. Anna Nicole, well, I could do her -- does she like chicks? She was the model for Lane Bryant for a while, which is a spot I'm shooting for, so maybe she could get me a telephone number or something, if she was coherent enough one day. Or give me tips on marrying old tycoons -- I could use some of that too.
What's in your fridge right now?
Caroline Blind: Dirt. And inside? Not much more. Actually I have the "religious icons of the world" magnets holding up a picture of John Lennon, artwork my son did, and other papers I need to remember...
What advice would you give to Michael Jackson?
Caroline Blind: Get. A. Job.
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Sunshine Blind was formed in the mid '90s and quickly made a name for themselves among underground clubs in New Jersey and New York by circulating hundreds of copies of a self-titled six-song demo tape. Their newest CD, I Carry You, on Underground Inc., was released in June 2003. The band are currently busy playing in support of it and recording new material for their next one.
-- George Zahora
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