Dangerous Questions- Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Happy Saturday, America. It's beautiful out in Athens, and yet I'm inside on the computer uploading music like mad.

I do it for you, my darlings, because I care.

I've come to bring you: another interview from the 13 Dangerous Questions I sent out.  I talked to Owen Ashworth, the clever  do-it-all-yourself front man from the band Casiotone For The Painfully Alone.  The name says it all, but here is some music for your longing ears.

Mp3: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone- New Year's Kiss


And now! The interview:

Who is your band and where did you come from?  

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.  I come from San Francisco but I live in Chicago.

If a thousand house cats attacked you at once, do you think you could defend yourself from them?  

 Fuck yes.  I am practically Dr Doolittle with the conflict management.

What kind of soap do you use?  

I tried to make some cardamom oatmeal soap but I did it wrong and it turned out to be highly dangerous to touch.  Now I use lavender stuff.

What makes you self-conscious?  

Wild-ass teenagers on public transportation.

Where are you?

 I am in Berlin, in the office of a record store.  I just bought a Konono No. 1 CD and one of those instant tranquility transistor radio looking things.  Last night I played in Hamburg with Yound People and it was wikkid.

What kinds of impressive music geek equipment do you use?  

 I flew to Europe with two mixers, three delay units, a sampler, and a mess of keyboards.  The most impressive music geek equipment I own is my brain.

What's a question that you wished you'd get asked more in interviews?  

"'Roberta C.' is the saddest song I've ever heard.  I cry and cry every time I listen to it.  Is it a true story?  Is it about suicide?  Is that an Otis Redding or a Toots & The Maytals quote at the end?  Is the name of the song some sort of Roberto Clemente reference?"

Answer it then.  

 "None of your business"

Why do you play music? 

Because I have great ideas all day long.  And because film is too expensive.