We have it on good authority that this is Eddie Pellino. We haven't had a chance to review any of Utah!'s stuff yet. Until we do, you can learn more about the band at Arborvitae Records or try to buy Utah stuff at Insound.

What is your least favorite article of clothing, and why?

Eddie Pellino: Mortarboards... I shouldn't have to explain myself. Just look at the damn things.

What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?

Eddie Pellino: It's never been acheived.

If you could remove 20cc's of fat from one part of your body and inject it into another, where would the fat come from/go to?

Eddie Pellino: From my belly to my boobs.

What three essential accessories would be in your dream tour van/vehicle?

Eddie Pellino: Juice boxes, o.c.p.s, and working a/c and heat.

Which is more frightening: a venue full of people who don't like your music, or a room full of two-year-olds? Why?

Eddie Pellino: Two year olds...chances are they would all be screaming their faces off. Adult behavior cannot fix that in such a situation. If it's a room full of people who hate your music, you can at least talk back to them, and they understand you and continue heckling. Two year olds would just keep screaming, and then you yourself on stage wouldn't be able to do anything, so you'd start screaming too. That's frightening. But what I really think is that a crowd full of hecklers is about as mature as a room full of two year olds, so anyone who's ever heckled or gone to a show with the intention of doing so...

Name three activities that would be more interesting/entertaining/enjoyable with the addition of monkeys.

Eddie Pellino: Booty dancing -- I bet some monkeys can tear da club up! -- grocery shopping and baseball.

What's the best venue you've ever played? What's the worst? Why?

Eddie Pellino: Best = State Theater in Kalamazoo, MI -- big stage, big PA, beautiful building...very sleek. Wasn't the best show, but the best venue. Worst...it's a tie. We played in a moist basement on a wet carpet in Champaign, IL, and a freezing cold skinhead house in Madison, WI. I won't even get in to how lame the kids were who put on these shows.

What was the last thing you watched on television? How did you like it?

Eddie Pellino: Cosby Show. I liked it fine.

Describe your dream vacation.

Eddie Pellino: The Swiss Alps on the border of northern Italy and Lugano, Switzerland. I went there a couple years ago, only this time I'd bring Bebel Gilberto and a couple of guitars. We'd just play music all day and watch the cows go by.

Does everyone need to own a computer? Why or why not?

Eddie Pellino: No, and I'll tell you why: generations before us survived just fine without them, and for the most part they're all perfectly happy with that.

You have an eight-hour trip to your next gig. You're not driving, and you're not sleepy. You have the option of reading a book, listening to an album, watching a movie or playing a video game. Which do you choose? And what is the book/album/movie/game in question?

Eddie Pellino: I'd listen to The Best of Chet Baker Sings, then I'd probably watch Next Stop Wonderland or Rushmore. Then I'd read either my friend Derek's copy of Maxim that somehow always ends up in our van, or whatever book I can't seem to finish at the time. Then I'd play Dr. Mario. Keeping in mind that you gave me 8 hours -- I don't have to settle for just one activity in 8 hours.

What was the best live rock show you ever saw?

Eddie Pellino: Wasn't much for ROCK, but Jeremy Enigk's solo stuff live was the best thing I've seen.

Scientists have suggested that trainspotting (the hobby of obsessively traveling rail lines, watching trains, cataloguing engine numbers, etc.) is a form of autism. What other so-called "hobbies" might actually be deep-seated psychological disorders?

Eddie Pellino: I think I'm the only one who has this, but I can't walk on the sidewalk without making my toes land precisely on the edge of every other crack -- not just any old crack due to weather, but the parallel lines that separate each portion of sidewalk square.

You're in an elevator with Mariah Carey, Marilyn Manson and George W. Bush. The elevator becomes trapped between floors. What happens next?

Eddie Pellino: First, Mariah gets killed somehow; I won't say who did it. Then I command Marilyn Manson -- I'm like, "Yo, Marilyn, go sick on G-Dub."

You've been given the opportunity to play -- all expenses paid -- in a foreign country that bands don't normally get to visit. You get to pick the country. Where do you go?

Eddie Pellino: We're going to Thailand. I've heard the people there are friendlier, and smile more than any other culture.

Your favorite broken-up band is going to reunite for one show only at the venue of your choice (yes, we know this is implausible. Who cares?). Who's the band, and what's the venue?

Eddie Pellino: Led Zepplin. I don't know where -- haven't been to too many "cool" venues. The Magic Stick in Detroit is pretty cool. But it doesn't matter, they'd rock the pants off of any place they play.

Kalamazoo-ites Utah! just released Zoo Sounds & Destructovision, which was recorded by Bob Weston at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios. With any luck, we'll be reviewing it soon.