Episode 129: Blinkin Winkin Bear Bait, pt1 (Dread)
EPISODE 129
Blinkin Winkin Bear Bait, part 1
Dread
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“Why be boring? Have some fun. Rock shows should be like movies: I don’t go to a movie hoping it’ll change my life.”
-Alice Cooper
To learn more about how Dread is played check out our primer episode.
Zelma’s Questionnaire:
1. What is your name?
Gabby Grant
2. When people describe you to a stranger what detail do they always try to include?
They always say, “She seems kind of like an @sshole, but one you get to know her I promise she’s really sweet.” But usually people don’t get there.
3. You play the bass in a band called ‘Altered Saints.’ Why did you lobby so hard for the name ‘Animus Brief’ instead?
Having come up in a Catholic school background, I didn’t like the strong religious connotations and wanted to get away from that. Animus = Animosity, get it out there that that’s what we’re about.
4. What sport did you play in high school and what made you give it up?
I was really really good at Basketball, tall, athletic with a long stride. And a split-second knee injury ended that.
5. When the world seems against you, what one thing keeps you going?
It’s all about the music. It’s the only form of expression that seems to express anything for Gabby.
6. What item are you hiding amongst your personal possessions in the tour band?
A journal filled with original songs and lyrics. Gabby’s not the official songwriter of the band and doesn’t want to step on any toes, but I think they’re really good.
7. Why do you feel you owe your life to Ella, the band’s lead singer?
After my knee injury she was the only one at my school who was still my friend. She’s the on that asked me to be in her first band and from that band I’ve discovered music.
8. Which of your family members do you miss the most?
My grandmother, she’s the only one who wants me to be happy whatever that form would take, doing something off the beaten path isn’t wrong.
9. You like Horror movies. What horror movies can you not deal with?
Demonic Possession, a little part that could be real, from her Catholic upbringing. Also not being in control if her body is really scary.
10.What unusual skill do you have that sometimes has been surprisingly handy?
I can drink a trucker under the table.
11. Which of your tattoos is your favorite?
An elaborate cornucopia on my chest twisting down my sternum.
12. What do you most regret failing to do for a friend? How will you make amends when the tour is over
I didn’t go to the funeral of Ella’s grandmother. She said that it was fine, but i feel like it’s not fine. I promised myself I’d make it up while on tour, but will think of something very special after tour is over.
13. [Secret] What lie have you told so often that you almost believe it?
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Ken’s Questionnaire:
1. What is your name?
Tiger Fiasco
2. Why did you learn drums and join a band of near-strangers for this tour? Why do you now feel fiercely protective of the bassist [Zelma’s character]?
I learned drums to honor a deceased ancestor’s legacy and this was the only band that would have me. I fiercely protect the bassist as she has the most talent.
3. What was your favorite TV show, and why did you have to stop watching?
Kung-Fu the Legend Continues, and since Caradine died I can’t see him without weeping.
4. Why are you the black sheep of your family?
I’m interested in following int he footsteps of a deceased ancestor’s rocking chaotic life.
5. Whose crucifix is that around your neck?
Belongs to the first girl I french kissed
6. Why don’t you visit museums anymore, even though you had such an interest in Egyptology as a child?
Museum’s house the plunder of the authority, which I can’t support any longer
7. What daily occurrence reminds you of your ex-girlfriend?
Painting my nails different colors
8. What supplies do you regret packing into the tour van?
Cured Herring
9. Your bandmates think you resent the lead singer Ella because she shot down your idea for a band name (“Set Animal.”) Why are you glad they don’t know the real reason?
If they knew the real reason they’d know that I think Ella’s singing won’t ever amount to more than being a hack.
10. What do you think you are better at than you really are?
Driving
11. Where did you get that scar?
Major drum Solo accident
12. Which important person in your life have you resolved to reconnect with once the tour is over?
My sister who always secretly supported me
13. [Secret] What lie have you told so often that you almost believe it?
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John’s Questionnaire:
1. What is your name?
Chance “Doubting” Thomas
2. Who do you think of every time you play guitar at a gig on this tour?
My twin brother, a paraplegic – I channel his frustration and move for him.
3. What finally convinced to agree to the band being named “Altered Saints” instead of your top choice, “Praxis of Evil”?
PoE was my cynical play on wanting to be a medical professional, but instead doing frivolous music stuff, Altered Saints actually fits in my morally grey world view
4. Why do you have a picture of someone you’ve never met in your wallet?
It is a WWI soldier two-sided photo. On one side is the soldier with all their disfigurement from the war, and on the other is there face, reconstructed by early prothesis of a sculptor.
5. What game did you always beat your siblings at when you were growing up in Northern Virginia?
Late night summer games of Manhunt (a tag/hide and seek variant)
6. When did you first realize how good you were with animals?
Helping to train and care for my brother’s assistance dog.
7. You are very vocal about your hatred of firearms. So why do you have that bullet casing necklace?
It was the casing I impulsively reached out for when me and my class was huddled under our desks during a school shooting in middle school. My movement alerted the shooters to my presence.
8. You didn’t expect that your immediate post-college plans would be touring with this band. What did you think you’d be doing instead?
I thought I’d continue on with my medical training, either going forward on a surgery track towards reconstructive surgery, or at least nursing/hospice care and maybe some overseas medical volunteering.
9. When you have trouble sleeping, what pleasant memory do you focus on?
Those late summer nights when we were pre-teens running around playing games as neighborhood kids, pretending to be murderers, monsters and ghosts.
10. When was the last time your acute claustrophobia acted up?
A year back, we were the opening act, and I was at the bar after our set when the crowd got out of hand and I was nearly crushed in the press of people. I started flailing and punching, eventually kicking out a window to escape the crowd crush.
11. Why do you find the drummer [Ken’s character] more annoying every day of the tour? Why haven’t you discussed this with Ella, the lead singer and informal frontman?
He’s been doing articles and interviews, really pushing promotion and drumming (hehe) up fans – like he believes in the band. I was hoping this thing would be a over by now. If it was failing I feel like I could quit.
12. What’s in your pockets?
Guitar picks, wallet ($50 cash, license, expired student ID, photo, a bunch of random receipts and ticket stubs), old flip cellphone (or pager depending on time period)
13. [Secret] What experience makes you so sure that the supernatural exists, despite the skepticism of your family?
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Find Alexi on twitter @alexisargeant and learn more about Alexi Sargeant’s work on his website, alexisargeant.com.
Find Zelma on twitter @zforzelma and instagram @zforzelma and her website kelseyhercs.com for more information on her playwriting and performance work
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
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Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
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