THE LP QUESTIONNAIRE - ULTIMATE DONNY OF GIL MANTERA’S PARTY DREAM
It’s 1 am on Saturday night of SXSW (or Sunday morning, if you prefer) and Tom and I are racing down a completely manic 6th street (seriously, who are all these freaking people? Frat boys are staring us down as scantily clad girls puke their way down packed sidewalks) to get to the Bourbon Rocks Patio to see Gil Mantera’s Party Dream.
I’ll be honest and say that I’m a total goob who had no idea who this Youngstown, Ohio band was and were it not for way more awesome than I’ll ever be photographer Lisa Johnson bringing me cookies and reminding me several times that I had to go see them, I would be just as ignorant today.
But lucky for us I heeded her call, and we were treated to THE AWESOMEMEST BAND EVER. I have to say I’ve never seen two grown men in spandex wrestling outfits sing and dance their way through euro disco inspired songs (with extremely witty repartee betwixt and between), and I never want to again unless it’s Gil Mantera’s Party Dream.
The super cool and super cute Ultimate Donny, a Cancer who’s never ridden a horse, was groovy enough to do The LP Questionnaire and here… it is…
Name: Ultimate Donny
Pro Wrestling Name: Chief Titan
1. Pretend you’re 15 (and tell us what year it is, if you don’t mind). Name three songs you’d put on a mix tape for your girlfriend/boyfriend.
The year is 1990.
New Order - Leave Me Alone
Morrissey - I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me
Nitzer Ebb - Fun to Be Had
2. Which evil villain would make the best president? Brainiac – he’s infallibly brilliant and a maniacal bastard.
3. What was your favorite cartoon as a child? Thundarr the Barbarian comes to mind quickly. I probably wanted to be just like Thundarr but didn’t know it at the time. I know now.
4. What superpower do you wish you had? I wish I could become invisible at will. Besides the obvious reason, sneaking into women’s dressing rooms, I’d love to be able to swim with the sharks… invisibly, and talk to the sharks… invisibly, and fill tires with custard… invisibly.
5. What would the title of your autobiography be? Dogtime with Aurora Borealis
Gil Mantera’s Party Dream are still on tour so run run run to your nearest rock type club and check them out. You won’t be sorry. I bought Tom a GMPD t-shirt after the show and he actually wore it for two days straight (and he never wears printed tees unless they have something Marvel related on them).
I still have more SXSW wrap-up type thingies coming your way. Also, we’ll be continuing this little bloggy through the summer so you’ll never be rid of me, will you? I know it might seem a bit odd seeing as the festival is like ancient history and all the other bloggers have already posted scads of ink about our wee shindig but as with most things in life, I am late to the game (like when I said I’d be back to posting on Tuesday and it’s… err.. Wednesday).
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Toodles, lp
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Posted: March 26th, 2008 under LP Questionnaire, Linda Park, Music Festival, Latest News.
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