13 QUESTIONS WITH THE SOFT PACK (Yep, the whole band)

1. Who are your heroes?
Bill Murray: consistency. Steve Martin: ingenuity. Jonathan Richman: sincerity. Iggy Pop: the Id. Lawrence Taylor: violence. Bill Cosby: holding it down.
2. If you weren’t making art, what do you think you’d be doing?
If we weren’t making art, probably sandwich art.
3. What’s the best (or dumbest) thing that’s been said to you after a show?
“Are you Vampire Weekend?”
4. Time for REAL TALK: Who is the biggest asshole you’ve ever shared a stage/studio with?
Oasis
5. What films (and/or books) really inspired you that our reader should check out for themselves?
Slap Shot, Born Standing Up — Steve Martin autobiography, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead — Warren Zevon biography
6. Who would you rather eat dinner with, Danny Devito or Dog The Bounty Hounter?
DeVito, because some of us have dicked with the ice.
7. Was middle school your “Vietnam”? What were your survival tactics?
Op Ivy, masturbating.
8. Do you have hope for this new generation of Lindsay Lohan worshipping, TMZ sucking, music downloading (and have never owned a cd or LP), fast food gobbling teenagers? Are they a lost cause?
No, good stuff will happen.
9. You are guilty of shameful things. What are these BAAAAAD things?
A couple of us like Hole the band.
10. What could you NOT live with out?
Fuckin’ daiquiris
11. What’s the most important life lesson you’ve ever learned?
Being a crybaby is not good.
12. What band should people reading this be listening to?
Pearl Harbor, Haunted Graffitti, Aurthur Russel, Beastie Boys, Felt, The Clean, Steely Dan, Hank Williams, Los Tigres Del Norte, your own heart, Neon Deion Sanders, Rick Shapiro.
13. Give the internet some words to live by…. we all know it needs some!
It’s all a joke.
Music:
“Red Headed Girl” (Acoustic)
“Call It Day” (Acoustic)
Videos:
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thesoftpack
http://www.kemado.com/
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Funny. Always thought that song “Call It a Day” was just as boring as anything done by the bands it rips on.