Music Survey
1. What are you listening to right now?
Smoosh on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic
2. What song makes you sad?
Lou Barlow - Legendary
3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
LFO - Summer Girls
4. Your all time favorite band?
Elliott Smith
5. Your favorite newly discovered band is?
For the year of 2006, Beirut
6. Best female voice?
Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond- I've only heard her sing four songs, but I LOVE her voice.
7. Best male voice?
Ray Lamontagne
8. Music types you find yourself listening to most?
Indie Pop/Rock, Folk, Electronica (not that often)
9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Death From Above 1979, Of Montreal, The Figurines, Ratatat
10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
Elliott Smith, The Robot Ate Me, Pinback, Beirut
11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Violent Femmes/Better Than Ezra/Carbon Leaf. The Femmes were fantastic.
12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now.
Smoosh
13. Most hated band?
Nickelback
14. Song that makes you think?
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Elliott Smith, obviously. But besides him, MGMT. They're going to take over the world.
16. Coolest music video?
idk. I like that Radiohead one, with the dude on the sidewalk. idk what song that's for. I don't watch many music videos.
17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Sisqo - Thong Song
18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
Maybe some Peaches? Man, that could be weird though. Depends on the situation I suppose.
19. Can you play a musical instrument?
No :'(
20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
I guess so. Not like, right in it, throwing myself at people.
21. Are you in a band?
Nope.
23. Ever dated a musician?
Nope.
28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
Yeah.
29. Best chick band you know of?
Sleater-Kinney rocks. Smoosh is on their way :P
31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
"In Heaven There Is No Heat" - Lavender Diamond
32. What do you think of Classical music?
It's nice. I have a great deal of respect for composers. I don't know how they do what they do.
33. What do you think of Country music?
Country music on the radio? Shit.
Country music in my music collection? I enjoy it, in moderation.
Wilco's countryish stuff? Fuck yeah.
34. What do you think of Death metal?
It's necessary, and good, at times. I usually can't listen to more than one song at a time though.
35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Violent Femmes probably doesn't count? Then I guess Dave Matthews Band, like, three or more years ago. I stopped liking them, for the most part, after that show, ironically.
36. Are you a groupie?
No.
37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Sigur Rós, Cibelle, Os Mutantes. There are more, but I can't think of them at the moment.
38. What famous musician would you like to f***!?
What would be considered famous? Emily Haines? Chan Marshall? Jenny Lewis? Karen O is definitely popular. She'd probably be exciting.
39. Worst concert moment?
Drunken idiot at a Modest Mouse show who kept leaning his shirtless chest against the back of our whole group, and resting his arms on our head. Eventually we got pissed, and he knew it, and he resorted to kicking and pinching.
40. Funny concert moment?
Jeff Tweedy talking about boogers and cocaine....in the same sentence!
41. Sad concert moment?
None come to mind. Never seeing Elliott live should count though.
42. Best local act you can think of?
My friend's bad, Giddings Love For Who. I hate when people talk about how good their friend's band is, but I honestly do like their music quite a bit.
43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
Didgeridoo, just for the hell of it.
44. Do you listen to the radio?
very rarely. College station or oldies is all that I willingly listen to in my car.
45. Do you watch music TV?
Not really.
46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
No.
47. Have you ever met any famous musicians?
Kevin Barnes :D
Ryland from The Robot Ate Me
Those are probably the most famous artists I've met
48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
See #42.
49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Sigur Rós - Starálfur. I don't know what the song means, but it definitely represents how I feel right now, somehow.
50. Song that describes your life?
Brendan Benson - You're Quiet
51. Do you know the names of all the band members of the bands that you listen to?
No, it would be impossible for me to know that.
52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
No. I hear a lot of artists before I know what they look like. If they end up being attractive, I guess that's a bonus?
53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
Emily Haines, I think. I haven't met her, but I want to believe that she's really sweet.
53. Favourite movie soundtrack?
I love The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack, but I don't know remember a lot of soundtracks well enough to actually have just one favorite.
55. Any musician pet peeves?
I hate singers who don't play instruments (exceptions: you're Morrissey, or you're in The Hives).
56. What do your parents listen to?
Mom: Country
Stepdad: Classic Rock
Dad: Country/80s Rock (not hair bands)
57. What are you listening to right NOW?
Metric!
58. Do you wear band T-shirts?
yeah. Elliott Smith, Of Montreal, Decemberists, The Robot Ate Me, Voxtrot
59. What do you think of people who do?
I think they're decent people, unless of course they're wearing a t-shirt of a band I hate. Then I hate them.
60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Indie, I guess? Indie/Folk.
61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
I don't have a song stuck in my head right now.
62. Do you sing in the shower?
Surprisingly, no, not really.
63. If so, what? If not, why not?
I honestly don't know. I should.
64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
I'd rather be one myself, because if I married a musician that travels a lot I'd probably worry about them hooking up with other guys. I know I shouldn't, especially since we'd be married, but I know I would.
65. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
Very. I'm not sure if this is good or bad, but I want to be with someone who can understand why I love the music that I do. Music is so important to me, so it's only natural for me to want someone who feels the same way, as far as I'm concerned.