Neuralgia Survey ctd.
Joe K.
1. What are your current projects?
Working furiously on our second CD, which I'd like to have out by the end of the year.
2. What has influenced you the most?
Influenced or inspired by: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven
3. What is the strangest thing you have ever seen?
I was in a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant a long time ago when I used to occasionally do drugs. I looked up and saw a sign that read "Now Serving Catsup." The fact that this was not a hallucination precipitated a long LSD bummer. I've been against drugs (for myself) ever since.
4. Any favorite horror movies? Why that movie(s)?
I don't have enough knowledge on that subject. "The Shining" is pretty cool, especially the quiet, ominous scenes. However, there's too much violence and the ending sucks.
5. What is the strangest thing you have ever done?
I lived in a funeral home for five months.
6. Why, if at all, do you feel drawn to the more unusual side of life?
I don't feel particularly drawn towards anything unusual. I like things to be calm and predictable. I suppose that's what attracted me to the live-in job at the funeral home. The only downside was when we had a "customer," which made me feel a bit uneasy at night. So I decided to move on.
7. Any favorite serial killers? Why that one?
"Favorite" in the sense of the most repulsive: probably Bundy. The fact that he was arrogant and intelligent and could charm the ladies, and the extreme cowardice he displayed in facing his execution. Layer upon layer of repulsiveness.
8. What artist, musician, or writers inspire you?
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven.
9. Would you say that life is somewhat absurd?
Life is very absurd and also very meaningful and beautiful. Life is a contradiction and thus transcends any possible description of it, including this one. There shouldn't even be life. There shouldn't be anything. The fact that there is not nothing is the big mystery.
10. Any questions you'd like to ask?
Your answers to your own interesting questions
me: how 'bout the next issue?
vol.1 no.3 Fall 1999
Features:
Neuralgia Survey
An Interview With Myke Hideous
Artwork:
Lobotmy--AR
Untitled--Mark Kelley
More Dick--Menschenfiend Productions
Misc:
Le Momo
How to Change Your Name--Zen FX
cover, clipart, manipulations, editor--AR