(Cord Magazine's questions are in blue. Artist responses are in grey.)


What do you do when you’re on downtime between recording and touring?

JAMIE STEWART – Writing songs for recording and practicing for touring.

CARALEE MCELROY – Pretty much.

What’s your vice of choice?

J – Red Bull.

C – My cat.

What’s your favorite city or venue to play in?

J – The 2000 year old aqueduct under the Church of Death cult in Napoli, Italy. (laughing) Was the most mind bending.

C – I really had a good time playing in Chicago, it’s one of our best cities.

What issues and aspects of the world most concern you these days?

C – What is not concerning us…

J – What’s concerning everybody right now; the bogus war on terrorism.

What’s the one interview question you could care less to hear again?

J – Any parting words is a little rough. And I think ‘where does the band name come from’.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon?

C – I was really into the show called Bump in the Night, with clay-mation characters. That was a long time ago. Do you know what I’m talking about Simon? Nope? Ok.

J – The McLaughlin Group (laughing).

What did you want to be when you were growing up, besides musician?

C – I wanted to be an artist / ballerina. Which I kind of am.

J – I wanted to be a dentist. Make my parents happy…

If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be?

J – George Bush.

C – I wouldn’t trade with anybody

A shark and a bear fight. Here are the rules: There’s just enough water for the shark to live, and there’s a small rock in the middle of the water for the bear to stand on. Neither has been trained, and neither has been fed for a few days. It's the baddest of grizzly bears against the baddest of Great White sharks. Who wins?

C – The caveman.

J – (laughing) Who’s going to win Simon?

C - He’s the dungeonmaster, that’s what he does: he rolls the dice.

SIMON – Ok, shark’s going to roll for damage… go on, this could take a while…

If you could ask me one question, what would it be?

J – Um… Ok, if you were going to impersonate Macy Gray, and all you had a knife and some piece of fruit, what piece of fruit would it be?

Ryan – Pineapple pops into my mind, I don’t know why.

C – That’s excellent.

later

Did you ever get that shark fight figured out?

S – Oh, the bear won actually, scored a critical hit early in the game.

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By Ryan Ince
Photos : xiuxiu.tomstyle.com
Published : August 8, 2004.