Lex vs. Scott Interview (Complete) (Almost)

Lex Dover interviews Scott Wishart (Lunchbox Records) for All Killer:


LD: Who do you think you are?
SW: Uh, I think I’m Scott.

LD: Is that right?
SW:I hope so. But I don’t know, I could be someone else. I could be dreaming and thinking that I’m Scott but really I’m another person and this is just a really big dream. I really don’t know. Or I could be dead and this could be the afterlife and I could be reincarnated as someone else and I could still not be Scott.

LD: So, what hot new bands are you into?
SW: You know, A Hero A Fake.

LD: What is it that you like about school and maybe that you don’t like about your parents?
SW: What do I like about school? That I don’t go to it anymore. What was the second part?

LD: And maybe what you don’t like about your parents…
SW: My mom likes to touch everything and my dad sometimes is a bit bigoted.

LD: I’ve been to your house and seen your music collection. You own a record store, so tell me- Is music your passion?
SW: No. Fruit is my passion.

LD: Fruit?
SW: Alright, passion fruit.

LD: Are you guys hiring right now?
SW: Did you get this shit from our website?

LD: No.
SW: No!

LD: Do you give out applications anyway when people come in and ask?
SW: I should for my own humor, but no I don’t because I keep saying I’m going to make one with the most ridiculous questions ever just so I can read them later and laugh… But I don’t want to be that big of a dick.

LD: A little birdie told me you recorded some drums for the Red House Painters a few years back. Which album are you on and which tracks?
SW: I’m on the album they just reissued, Songs for A Blue Guitar. I’m on the first song on there. Yeah, I play on “Have You Forgotten.”

LD: Just that one song?
SW: Yeah, just that one song.

LD: Is punk rock for all ages or just for children?
SW: I think it’s for all ages.

LD: What are your biggest pet peeves?
SW: How much tape do you have? Pet peeves about what? You have to narrow this down, I have a lot of pet peeves.

LD: I don’t know…
SW: People that walk around all day sipping coffee cups.

LD: Coffee cups?
SW: Yeah, you know they never finish the coffee. Those people. They always have a cup of coffee, they never finish. That’s like someone who nurses a beer. They just never finish. People who don’t use turn signals. People who talk on their cell phone in line at the bank or when I’m ringing them up in here.

LD: That’s pretty much what I was looking for.
SW: There’s millions more.

LD: But those are probably the biggest ones.
SW: Not necessarily. The only ones I can think of off the top of my head… People who say “vinyls.”

LD: Vinyls? What do you mean? Like “Hey, I’m gonna bring some vinyls in to have you look at them?”
SW: Yeah. (laughs)

LD: So have you had any close calls lately?
SW: Close calls with…

LD: Just in general. Any close calls.
SW:… No. No, I can’t think of anything.

LD: Where’s your God now Scott?
SW: My God?

LD: Yes. That would have been a better follow up question if you’d had some close calls.
SW: Oh, oh…

LD: You didn’t have any but I ‘m still going to go ahead and ask you… Where your God is?
SW: He’s at the Chinese place making my food.

LD: Alright. Who do you need when you come undone?
SW: What are these all like fucking song lyrics? I need that God that’s at the Chinese restaurant.

LD: So did you know that was a Duran Duran reference?
SW: No, I didn’t. But I do know this- (Starts singing and humming “Hungry Like A Wolf.”

LD: Are you a very political person?
SW: Uh, not super duper. I think I’m normal.

LD: Have you ever considered running for office?
SW: No!

LD: Have you ever fired a real gun before?
SW: A real gun, no.

LD: Me neither. So what’s your favorite record?
SW: I don’t believe in favorites because favoritism breeds jealousy. I don’t like to choose favorites because the others will feel unwanted and unneeded and they wouldn’t live in harmony with each other and I wouldn’t want to exclude others and make them feel left out and what might be a favorite today might change tomorrow and that might not be my favorite and I have different moods and feelings depending on the day of the week and sometimes within the same minute. I might be bipolar, I don’t know, but it could just be that I like lots of music so I don’t like to choose favorites because favorites is a favor for it and it’s not a favor where there is no flavor.

LD: I’m getting this word for word. This is some gold right here… So what’s up with that place upstairs from you guys? It seems kind of shady.
SW: PASS

LD: If you were going to break veg what food would you choose?
SW: Chicken Mcnuggets… The one time I did eat meat, and this was probably only about six months after I became a vegetarian, was chicken Mcnuggets. And that was like a zillion years ago.

LD: Where the Wild Things Are?
SW: I believe they’re at the AMC tonight at 8.

LD: Who’s the boss?
SW: Well they say his name is uh… What’s his name? Uh…

LD: Tony Danza?
SW: Yeah they say it’s him but really I think it’s Alyssa Milano.

LD: What is your least favorite local band? And you can’t say one that you’re in.
SW: Planet Piss.

LD: You’re in Planet Piss.
SW: No I just quit… C’mon I can’t answer that.

LD: Where’d the name Lunchbox come from?
SW: You know Marylin Manson right? Lunchbox something or other. It’s something about lunchboxes and I like it so much that I can’t remember it but I named my store after it. And I really like to eat.

LD: Who do you blame for the economy?
SW: Pat McCrory.

LD: Me too. Do you believe in space aliens?
SW: No, I only believe in terrestrial aliens because I don’t think aliens themselves could survive in space, they would have to live on a planet.

LD: …Okay.
SW: Gotcha!

LD: Do you believe that have been to our planet?
SW: Sure, why not.

LD: I think so too. I want to see that 4th kind movie. What do you think we should about Jake Delhomme?
SW: I don’t know who that is. Sorry.

LD: Am I suspended in gaffa?
SW: Possibly? Is that some sex thing?

LD: Are you strong enough to be my man?
SW: Why do you keep asking me about these masturbatory references? Am I strong enough to be your man? I don’t know, let’s arm wrestle and find out.

(We did not arm wrestle.)

LD: What time is bedtime?
SW: I don’t know, you know. Time to squash a dime. Time to suck a lime. Time to bust a rhyme. Time to kill a mime.

LD: Alright. Well, thank you.
SW: You’re welcome sir.

SHOWS FOR THE NEXT 1.5 WEEKS:::

Especially all you people in from outta town, you're not gonna want to miss any of these shows. We promise!

SATURDAY DECEMBER 19

I Was Totally Destroying It w/ The Lights Fluorescent + Harvard



@ Snug Harbor
1228 Gordon St
9 pm

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 20

Awesome Shirt



@ Yauhaus
1224 Rollins Ave
8 pm

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Astronomers w/ The Have and The Have Nots + The Activity



@ Snug Harbor
1228 Gordon St.
9 pm

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SATURDAY DECEMBER 26

Kinnikinnik + Dugg Dugg Present Winter Warm-Up IV
w/ Bo "Black Christmas" White, Bob Fields (as Costa Eureka) + French & Indian War



@ Pony Pasture
701 Oakland Ave
8 pm

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SUNDAY DECEMBER 27

A Special Night of Solo Musicians From Across the Pond
w/ Wouter Jaspers, Bas Verbeek, Bram Stadhouders + special guests



@ Nu Faizon
433 Faison Ave
8 pm

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MONDAY DECEMBER 28

Youth Attack! Records Showcase
w/ Failures, Aerosols, Salvation + Young and In the Way



@ Lunchbox Records
1419A Central Ave
8 pm

FOXCHASE'S LAST SHOW!!

TONIGHT, DECEMBER 17:::

Foxchase w/ Elonzo, Silverhillmine + Greg Ellis



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
8 pm

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

THIS WEEK, STARTING TONIGHT

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24

Future Islands w/ Thank You + Little Dragon



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
9 pm

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25

Le Bang (Buckmaster + Dj George Brazil)



@ Dharma
1440 S Tryon St Suite 105
10 pm / FREE

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26



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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27

Metric w/ Band of Skulls



@ Neighborhood Theatre
511 E 36th St
8 pm

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2013 Wolves w/ Hectagons + Sundrone



@ Snug Harbor
1227 Gordon St
9 pm

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29

Pretty Things Peepshow



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
9 pm

SHOWS/EVENTS THIS WEEK, C'MON:::

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17

Narrows (ex-Botch) w/ Trap Them, Meth Mountain + Monarchist



@ Tremont Music Hall
400 W Tremont Ave
7 pm

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Lucero (Ramblin Roadshow & Memphis Revue) w/ Cedric Burnside and Lightnin Malcolm + The Dirty Streets



@ Visulite
1615 Elizabeth Ave
8 pm

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18

Lights (Drag City) w/ Ultimate Optimist + Neon Methods



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
8 pm

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Pygmy Shrews w/ One Another + Thirst Porn



@ Lunchbox Records
1419 Central Ave
8 pm

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Le Bang (Dj George Brazil + Buckmaster)



@ Dharma Lounge
1440 S Tryon St, Suite 105
10 pm/FREE

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19

Annuals w/ Company of Thieves



@ Tremont Music Hall
400 W Tremont Ave
8 pm

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20

Grids w/ Pride Parade + Husky



@ Snug Harbor
1228 Gordon St
9 pm

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22

Yardwork w/ Naked Gods + Viva Viva



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
8 pm

DO THIS THIS WEEK:::

FRIDAY OCTOBER 30

P R E W E E N



@ Pony Pasture
701 Oakland Ave
9 pm

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The Have and the Have Nots w/ 2013 Wolves + Hectagons



@ Prevue Music Hall
2909 N Davidson
9 pm

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 31

New Wave Hookers Halloween



w/ Kachina, Cement Stars, Yes Professor, Gaston County Swingers Club, LA Tool & Die, Human Pippi Armstrong, Grown Up Avenger Stuff, The Swaggerettes + Friendudes (Bo, George Brazil, Dave "Alternative Champs", Brent "Alt. Champs/Vetiver")

@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
9 pm

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1

'Dumb and Dumber'
A play. 1st meeting/casting.



@ Nu Faizown
433 Faison Ave
7 pm

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MONDAY NOVEMBER 2

Find Your Muse Open Mic

Do not miss this one!!!

@ Evening Muse
3227 N Davidson
7 pm

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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3

'Stop Making Sense'



@ Common Market Southend
1515 S Tryon St
8 pm

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Curious Mystery w/ The Human Pippi Armstrong



@ 201212
1212 10th St
8 pm

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4

Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea w/ Hymns + Stephen Warwick



@ Snug Harbor
1228 Gordon St
9 pm

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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5

Captured! By Robots w/ Siren



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
9 pm

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Algernon Cadwallader w/ Band Name



@ Lunchbox Records
1419-A Central Ave
8 pm

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

Hex Machine w/ Teams, Reverser + Grow Some



@ Milestone
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd
9 pm

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8

Soul Sunday #2



@ Nu Faizown
433 Faison Ave
7 pm

Bring soul food, soul music, Cosby sweaters + friends!!!

PLEASE HELP PRINCE RAMA ANY WAY YOU CAN:::

Hey everyone,

My good friends Prince Rama of Ayodhya had all of the gear stolen in Philly the other night. They're great people and a great band and this is really heartbreaking. Below is a list of gear. I ask anyone in the Philadelphia area to keep an eye out for these items in pawnshops around town, probably for the next few months.

Also, I've been asked to look around for replacements, so if anyone has any of this equipment that they are looking to sell, please get in touch and I will put you in touch with Prince Rama.

They're also looking for donations towards new gear. Anyone who can spare anything is asked to donate via paypal at this link:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9046552

Thanks so much. If all of you could forward this message on that would be great!

Prince Rama Gear List:
microkorg
yamaha keyboard
behringer 4 input mixer
boss reverb/delay pedal
pearl distortion pedal
ibanez delay pedal
korg tuner pedal
gibson epiphone
orange amp
3 sm58 mics
16" pearl floor tom
3 drum stands // cymbal stands
zildjian crash cymbal
apple powerbook
korg ms2000
electribe esx
lexicon mx200
mackie 8 input mixer
american audio 1000 watt amplifier
2 yamaha 500 watt speakers
+ all our records // cds // probably more

Thanks everyone!
David Kadden