FCR: Tell us about a song you remember blowing your mind and why.

Bip: this is easy.  the ballad of dorothy parker by prince.  i was just starting to play guitar and drums during my prince obsession.  that song came on one day while i was taking my usual bath where i would escape with music and in my head would pretend i was performing whatever i was listening to.  i would picture the stage, the crowd, etc.  i could not wrap my brain around the patterns and progressions and the movement of this song.  the song moves like a slinky and takes so many unexpected turns.  it still to this day amazes me.

FCR: Tell us about a book you remember blowing your mind and why.

Bip: i wish i knew the name of it now, but it was a book on astral projection.  it had belonged to a friends father and i grabbed it because i liked the spacey and weird cover.  a few years later i actually read the thing and just got blown on the idea of astal projection.  by the way, i have tried many times and it doesn't work for me.  however, if the string breaks while traveling your toast so i am happy here on the ground for now. 

FCR: Something trivial you regret doing?

Bip: i think i made my father cry one time when i was young.  a friend and i sat there making fun of my dads velcro kicks, which in hindsight, were rad.  we wouldn't stop and i really recall him walking away with tears in his eyes.  i still feel bad about that one. 

FCR: What instrument or sound have you been into hearing lately?

Bip: good ol' crunchy guitar.  boring  right?  well, i explored a lot of strange instruments for many years and suddenly this has become the most appealing in song.  it has to pop and crunch though.  not unlike neil young's sound.  i will never tire of a modular synthesizer though made by buchla or any other analog modular synths. 

FCR: A guilty pleasure? Something that's wack but you like it anyway.

Bip: the list is sooooo long.  where do i begin?  hollywood. 

FCR: Something you'd like to improve in yourself?

Bip: i'd love to lighten up and not be such a perfectionist.  there is a part of me that believes music will be the death of me.  this is due to not letting go at the right time and not being able to execute what is in my mind properly.  when it happens my life is light as a feather. 

FCR: Something you'd like to improve in the world.

Bip: my memory.  i forget everyone and everything. 

FCR: Tell us about a truly weird musical / art show you've seen.

Bip: my friend ivana from argentina has a dance routine to baile funk where she dresses as a monster and rolls around on the ground and jumps up and down.  the monster is covered in various genitalia and has one eye.  most people just stand with their mouth open.  even the most eccentric need to walk away.  i love it. 

FCR:  Recommend a great record most people aren't currently listening to. (a gem).

Bip: some pentangle, white magic, mstrkrft, roger roger, busdriver and my new music of course!  there are just too many to name.