Time to ring the new year with the first Kuestionnaire of 2009. ! This San Francisco singer-songwriter is becoming increasingly well known due to his hypnotizing and extremely enjoyable new record, Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope. The record itself is similar to what you would happen if Leonard Cohen was born 30 years later. Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope is a brilliantly arranged and the eleven songs are filled with exceptional melodic structure, incomparably beautiful harmonies, and poetic lyrics.
You can buy the special edition of the album here. It includes a t-shirt, buttons, stickers, posters, and signed nude picture of himself *
1. Of all the bands/artists in your CD/record collection, which one is
your most cherished?
Tough one. I guess maybe it’s a vinyl version of a Brahms piano piece called
Intermezzo in Eb. It’s a great piece and a great performance, but mainly I
cherish it because I had to really search the web for it. A second choice
would by Cat Stevens’ Greatest Hits – the vinyl copy I had in high school.
2. What have you been listening to lately?
The Road to Perdition soundtrack, Lookout Mountain Lookout Sea by Silver
Jews, Bee Gees First, Construcao by Chico Buarque.
3. What’s your favorite local band?
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4. What was the last show you attended?
I saw Conor Oberst and the Mystic River band a little while back and it was
pretty great.
5. What was the greatest show you’ve ever been to?
It’s a toss-up between Cornelius at Bimbos, Os Mutantes at the Fillmore, and
Boris at SxSW a few years ago. If I had to choose, I’d go with the Os
Mutantes show.
6. What show are you looking forward to?
Andrew Bird at the Fillmore.
7. What musician would you like to hang out/work with for a day?
I think the best living songwriter is David Berman of Silver Jews. That
would be interesting.
8. What four albums you would bring to a deserted island?
Remain in Light by Talking Heads, The Best of Leonard Cohen, In a Silent Way
by Miles Davis, and Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould (#1)
9. Would you call yourself a music geek?
I might well do that.
10. Any favorite music-related videos/DVDs you own?
I like Jandek on Corwood. I have that.
11. What’s the last book you read?
Bob Woodward’s “Plan of Attack”
12. Do you prefer live performances or recording in the studio?
They both have great things about them – I suppose if I had to choose one,
I’d keep making recordings.
13. Any embarrassing moments on stage you’d like to share?
I once told a rabid crowd of Tennessee Volunteers fans the score of a
7-overtime game that was in progress, then confessed that I didn’t really
care. They turned on us then. Also, we played an all-ages show in Southern
California on election night this past November, and I had the honor of
announcing that Obama had been declared the winner – to our utter shock and
dismay, nearly every kid in the crowd booed. I was not embarrassed, but I
feel that they should have been.
14. Any favorite tour locations?
I like lots of places we go, but I guess Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Tucson,
New York, Washington DC, and of course Oakland and San Francisco stand out.
15. Lastly, what have you done today?
I took out the recycling.
Michael Zapruder – Happy New Year
Scott Pinkmountain & The Golden Bolts Of Tone – You Gave Me This
* – a lie