Stewart Q&A in the May MOJO magazine.
Posted: 23 May 2007 17:46Just a short interview for their "All Back to My Place" feature. I transcribed it below...
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MOJO: What music are you currently grooving to?
SC: DJ Spooky gave me a bunch of his records and I like them. He's combined all kinds of urban hostility with beautiful, ethereal world elements. There's a cool artist called Jesca Hoop who's recording an album, too.
MOJO: What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favorite album?
SC: Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. It had the best drums and the best guitar. I would sneak into the language lab at boarding school to listen to it because I didn't have a record player in my dorm.
MOJO: What was the first record you bought? And where did you buy it?
SC: Help! by The Beatles. I was in Beirut and a friend of mine got it for me when he went back to the States for a couple of weeks.
MOJO: Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be?
SC: Sting. Bastard can sing!
MOJO: What do you sing in the shower?
SC: I don't. I sing to the girls in the car though: (sings) "You're a little bunny rabbit and I'm daddy, we're all going out to play." I try to lead them in song to keep them from fighting. It doesn't work. I'm sure my kids will grow up scarred and demented.
MOJO: What is your favourite Saturday night record?
SC: Probably Latin music. Before I got satellite radio I'd just listen to Mexican radio and everything on it was great.
MOJO: And your Sunday morning record?
SC: Blondie, The B-52's or Jimi Hendrix. And whatever my girls play me. The boys got me into Leftfield and Squarepusher but they're grown up now. The girls are into horrible Japanese pop. The lamer it is, the more they get a thrill.
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MOJO: What music are you currently grooving to?
SC: DJ Spooky gave me a bunch of his records and I like them. He's combined all kinds of urban hostility with beautiful, ethereal world elements. There's a cool artist called Jesca Hoop who's recording an album, too.
MOJO: What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favorite album?
SC: Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. It had the best drums and the best guitar. I would sneak into the language lab at boarding school to listen to it because I didn't have a record player in my dorm.
MOJO: What was the first record you bought? And where did you buy it?
SC: Help! by The Beatles. I was in Beirut and a friend of mine got it for me when he went back to the States for a couple of weeks.
MOJO: Which musician, other than yourself, have you ever wanted to be?
SC: Sting. Bastard can sing!
MOJO: What do you sing in the shower?
SC: I don't. I sing to the girls in the car though: (sings) "You're a little bunny rabbit and I'm daddy, we're all going out to play." I try to lead them in song to keep them from fighting. It doesn't work. I'm sure my kids will grow up scarred and demented.
MOJO: What is your favourite Saturday night record?
SC: Probably Latin music. Before I got satellite radio I'd just listen to Mexican radio and everything on it was great.
MOJO: And your Sunday morning record?
SC: Blondie, The B-52's or Jimi Hendrix. And whatever my girls play me. The boys got me into Leftfield and Squarepusher but they're grown up now. The girls are into horrible Japanese pop. The lamer it is, the more they get a thrill.
