| When you were a kid, do you think you would have liked "Milk Man"? |
| I think so! Milk Man would have become my hero but I would have thought he needs a enemy. Heroes always have enemies. How about "Soy Man"? Milk Man's weapon is Strawberry Shortcake Bomb and Soy Man's weapon is Soy Chai Beam. |
| You keep saying that "Milk Man" sounds like a Broadway musical. I noticed that Barry Manilow is also making a comeback - is Deerhoof just cashing in? |
| When the lights go out in the theater and the opening chords are struck, everyone becomes inspired. Even if the man behind you keeps coughing and kicking your seat and the floors are sticky, you can always be transported to a better, more magical place, where fruit is fashion and anything is possible. Barry Manilow knows that as well as anyone. |
| Do you think it hurts Milk Man to have bananas stuck to his arms? |
| I don't think it hurts. He is smiling. Bananas may deodorize his armpits. Fruity smell. I don't know if Milk Man wants to tell anyone about things he knows. He is like "Nessie". People believe he exists but it is rare to encounter him. |
| Greg, your musical ideas sometimes come to you in dreams. Which song on Milk Man comes closest to recreating the music you heard in your dream? |
| There's one song on Milk Man that really turned out a lot like it sounded in my dream. It's funny because I don't think Satomi knew that when she made up the song title for it: "Dream Wanderer's Tune". |
| John, you wrote the lyric to "Desapareceré" on the Milk Man album. There is "Piedra cabeza". How did you think of "rock heads"? |
| Rockhead is like a chef who casts spells with food. In "Desapareceré", Rockhead's spell comes back to haunt him because even he can't see beyond his own magic. He's kind of dense, like a rock. |
| Chris, if you were a kid who got trapped in the castle in the "Milk Man" world, who are you gonna call on your cell phone? |
| I'm calling the cops, or the air force. That's why they're there. |
| You have sued Deerhoof several times over the last two years. Is there a rational reason why you would want to plunge your own band into a fiscal quagmire? Have you made any money? |
| You're confusing the issue. It's not about money. It's about ending the cycle of pain and suffering. That's all I can say at this point. |
| Do you wish Deerhoof had a producer? |
| Is it legal to hire someone whose job description would call for them to be driven over the edge? If so, we should get one. |
| Is it hard to play bass and sing at the same time? |
| Yeah! When I play rhythm on a bass and sing melody, it is like trying to write steady letters on a piece of paper during earthquake. Imagine to add dance to them. That is like while earthquake is happening, I write letters and jump up and shout. |
| People always think that you and John are twins - is that true? |
| We are not twins but I can read his mind. Usually he's thinking something like "crank it up" or wondering what it would be like to skate in a certain parking lot next door to where we are. This guy's crazy but predictable. He has very keen senses which are always responding to our environment. |
| On the last tour, when I wasn't looking, you scrawled the word "RAGE" on the manila envelope that holds my guitar strings. |
| I was just trying to help you. I tried to write your name on your guitar string bag in case you lose it, but when I put the pen to the bag, the pen moved my hand to write "RAGE". I think the materials belonging to you are all haunted to rage. |
| Are you excited to go to England? |
| Yeah! They have this stuff there called "bubble" which is whatever vegetables are leftover from the night before mixed with eggs and fried up with a bright green color. I want to watch somebody eat that again. |
| I hear you make a mean lentil dish. What's your secret? |
| It's like when you make a martini and you just open the bottle of vermouth without adding any to the martini. I just smell some saffron and then imagine tasting it. A little goes a long way with this stuff. |
| The first movie you ever saw in a theater was "The Exorcist". |
| When "The Exorcist" came out in the 70's, I was an infant. My mom took me to see this at a movie theater. She never checks what time movie starts. She just goes in in the middle of a story. This time she went in, holding me. I saw the screen. There was a bloody girl in pajamas, spinning her head with white eye balls and laughing! I got horrified and started to cry. My mom took me out to the hallway but after she waited for me to calm down, she went back in with me. It's amazing I can remember that 'cause I was so little. I still love the movie. Since I grew up, I watched it again and again. Cinematography is great. I think this movie made me like going to see horror movies. In addition, my first VHS tape I rented was "Halloween". I was 12. |
| What's your favorite KRS or 5RC band? |
| Quix*o*tic makes my head vibrate really, really slowly. Xiu Xiu keeps expanding in my brain. I entrust Nervous Cop. XBXRX top-tips and bends. Hella grinds the spice, independent from me. Young People are like key lime pie. And I miss Godzik Pink. |
| It's nice of you to offer to let me play your guitar at shows on this tour. Who do you think is the safest person in the band to lend it to? Me right? I think so. |
| This statement confirms that you won't knock over my guitar and destroy it. Right? |