Dan Deacon! This guy is the shizzzz. Checkout the piece I did on him last month for more info, links to videos, songs, and his MySpace.

» Name + Job Title
dan deacon, musician

» What's your favorite part of your job?
doing interviews like this.

» What's your least favorite part of your job?
flying

» Where are you now and what are you doing?
i'm outside of DC having food poising, watching south park.

» As a kid, who was your favorite band(s)? And now?
kid: nirvana, violent femmes, they might be giants, aerosmith, led zeppelin, the specials
now: nirvana, terry riley, arab on radar, neil young, lightning bolt, simon and garfunkel

» Best live performace you've ever seen?
kids in the hall live at town hall theater.

» Any "dirty little secret" musical tastes? (Like p!nk or the dave mattews band, for example) Spill it.
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»Who'd be your dream musician or artist to collaborate with?
christ with dreds, a mummy that is really into ska, and a bunch of fish

» What's up with the video you did with Liam Lynch called Drinking Out Of Cups? It's hysterical.
that song is from my album 'meetle mice.' liam found is on a message board and made the video.

» I have this bad habit of always comparing bands to other bands to describe their sound, especially these days. I can't do it with you. Way to go.
thanks

» I've never seen you perform live, but I heard you like to be down amongst the people and not on stage. What's up with that?
the show isn't about watching me.

» I also heard you yell at the crowd a lot to stand back while you're performing. How do you keep them from knocking you over?
i don't think i yell out the crowd. unless perhaps they are pressing up was to insanely and people are getting crushed, or i am.

» If you had all the money and resources needed, what would you do with it?
buy a large building for a live in work space for insane people.

» I think Mark Brown would be the sickest theme song for a children's show. Anyone else ever mentioned that??
no, but i can see what you mean.

» How was your gig at The Whitney? How'd you hook that up?
the show was a lot of fun, it was really surreal. it was arranged by they emailed my booking agent.

» There's rumor of a new EP coming out this Fall? Is it true? Please elaborate.
not true. i have an LP coming out sometime in the future and then maybe an EP shortly after that.

» How'd you like playing at McCarren Pool? It's one of my favorite venues ever. Is it equally enjoyable from the other side??
it was fun the first time, a lot of fun. the second time sucked. the sound guy was a total dick.

» Tell me more about this so called Baltimore music scene I read about on Wikipedia. Is it real? They name it, but the link goes to a page with no article!
i don't know what you are talking about. baltmore does have a music scene.

» If you had one song that you had to play 150 times a year for the next 30 years, which would you pick?
Cecelia

» Tell me something about you that's mundane.
i like to pick at my feet.

» What is the one thing you want people to know about you that nobody ever asks?
i'm not sure. i get asked a lot of questions.

» What kind of shampoo do you use? Toothpaste?
broners for both.

» This is for you to write whatever you want. (Please feel free to plug any upcoming collaborations, projects, etc)
ed schrader