The Never Answered Questions

I am essentially pasting the contents of an email I sent to the other members of the band in response to questions given to the lead singer of my ex-band. This is funny, but when I get permission from the drummer to post his, you will laugh harder at his answers.

1. What would you say is your sound?

John: Gay mixed with hetero. Sort of like Liberace meets Malkmus and they have a Bailey's Irish Cream drinking baby named Old Gregg blessed and cursed with a man-gina. BEIGE-O-LICIOUS!

Andy: Mix pixies, pavement, and luna together, stir the pot
with a big gay stick, add a pretentious name and BAM!
You have life of Pi

2. How has living in Florida influenced your band?

Andy:  We wear shorts more often then say if we lived in the
northeast. As a drummer it leads to better
ventillation in the crotch region allowing for me to
play more comfortably

John: Florida has lowered my standards and broken my will.

3. What can you say about the Tampa music scene?

John: Thanks to the efforts of Reax, AES and New Granada (in no particular order), Tampa's music scene is expanding again. Between the late 90s and early 2000s, the scene was pretty dead. Now bands like Zillionaire, Roppongi's Ace, and The Diviners just to name a few can play and actually draw crowds. It seems that people are beginning to appreciate music again. MTV and Clear Channel are losing some hold.

Andy:  It's improving day by day due to the efforts of Reax
magazine, AES, Tastemakers events etc. There are some
great bands in Tampa and I think the quality of the
bnds makes people more excited about not just going
out to see cover bands.

4. Who have been some of your influences on the band (both musically and otherwise)?

John: I have various influences: Greg Dulli, Calla, The Gospel Swingers, Luna, Muddy and the Wolf... I'm all over the place.

Andy: Personally speaking I would say my influences are
bands like Pavement, Pixies, and Velvet Underground.
Band wise I think we are influenced by whatever answer
stephen gives.

5. Where are some of your favorite places to play in Tampa?

Andy: New World Brewery hands down. I love the vibe there
and the fact that it's one of few venues people come
to on a consistant basis to see local bands.

John: There aren't many... New World Brewery is killer for being outside and for the crowd it draws. Crowbar is an amazing mid-sized indoor venue which fills the void of the Masquerade.

6. What can listeners expect from "Monsoon Season"?

John: More of the same except a little different.

Andy: I don't know....ask Stephen I still haven't really
heard it

7. I'm assuming that your band name stems from the novel by Yann Martel. What from this book has helped you to reaching the name of your band?

John: The title.

Andy: Yann Martel called Stephen and said, "I hear you are
looking for a pretentious band name. I have a very
popular book that is destined to become a huge movie
therby destroying any indie rock credibility you may
have once possesed. How would you feel about the name
life of pi?" Stephen accepted and the rest is history

8. Why is music your artistic outlet?

Andy: Ultimately when the day is over I can't imagine loving
anything more than playing music. The idea of
expressing myself any other way has never even dawned
on me.

9. What separates Life of Pi from other local bands?

John: You mean aside from its formulaic chord patterns and uninteresting lyrics? I would say probably the mediocre solos (Splendor Music not withstanding) and off key singing.

Andy: I think are sound seperates us from most bands. What I
mean is that they hear us once, and want to play
seperately from us from that point on.

10. Is there anything you want potential listeners to know about your band?

Andy: If you're female and on myspace you'll be hearing from
Stephen soon

John: Run. Hide.