| Réne Day Drums, Didgeridoo, Vocals, Marimba, Cowbell, Tablas Hometown: Hartford (South side), CT Current mental age: 25 Motto to live by: Screw art, let's dance! Astrological sign: Aquarius All-time favorite band: Wire Current favorite band: Super Furry Animals Greatest musical influence: Either Meg White, the drummer from The Black Keys or Nick Knox of The Cramps Musical life-changing moment: Seeing The Ramones and Iggy Pop on the same bill in '77 Biggest musical guilty pleasure: Culture Club Best concert ever gone to: James Brown Most embarrassing concert ever gone to: Stryper Favorite song of all-time: "Loose" by The Stooges Most hated song of all-time: "Old Time Rock N' Roll" by Bob Seger Musical era you wish you were a part of: I've lived through many phases of Rock N' Roll and loved them all Favorite color: Red Favorite food: Sushi Favorite movie: Pink Flamingos Favorite book: 1984 - As relevant now as when it was written Favorite TV show: Six Feet Under Weapon of choice: Love Dream job: Artist Secret dreamy crush: Kate Bush or Patti Smith Ever owned a hamster? No Réne Day's Web links: www.headheritage.co.uk - Julian Cope's web site. Reviews of rare, obscure and essential psych, noise and rock albums and artists (where else can you read extensively about bands like Acid Mothers Temple and Sir Lord Baltimore?), Julian's own discography (throughout his lengthy, prolific, genius career), plus Julian expounds on politics, spirituality, and the meaning of life! http://users.rcn.com/obo/ubu/ - Pere Ubu's site. Reviews, discography, lyrics, news and anything else you need to know about Cleveland's finest export. www.wilcoworld.net - the official Wilco site. Tour dates, discography, links, etc., etc. It's just very well done. www.stereolab.co.uk - Stereolab's extremely cool site with mind-altering graphics. Still a great band after a lot of years. http://www.salon.com/ - Left-leaning site for news, entertainment and blogs (from the left AND right), plus a cool page, called "Audiofile", which contains tons of free music downloads. You'll have to watch a brief ad to gain admittance, but it's worth it. |
