You play in a band with three sisters. What's that like? Do they gang up on you ever? "Once, at like band camp, they ganged up on me and did the most vile thing with a flute... other than that it's all good. When they get annoyed with each other and argue, they get over it pretty quick due to that family love thing. I guess the one exception is if throwing stars are involved--then it takes a little longer for the wounds to heal. The other good side is that their parents come to most of our shows and help pad our draw numbers."

Drums or guitar--which do you enjoy more, and why? Which one do you think you're better at? "It depends on my mood mostly. If I want to write songs or play around with melody--since I don't own a xylophone, I reach for the guitar. But if I want to bang the hell out of something without being arrested, I play the drums. I'm better technically at the drums because I've been playing them for eight years, and only picked up the guitar in earnest three years ago. I still have to sing the little song 'Exercise After Dinner Goes Badly Everytime' to remember the string names."

How did people react to your first record, Cat Porn? The artwork and promo zine featured rather risqué shots of fetching felines--did anyone react negatively to the artwork/promo stuff? "People have had a variety of different reactions to the cover, as well as to the accompanying little promo magazine that has snapshots of different cats at their seductive best. If people balk at the cover, we don't show them the magazine. Most people have either laughed at it or pretended not to notice. The cover may have hurt us in the sense of a few people not taking the music seriously because of the artwork, but we had a hilarious time making it--and what's the point of doing all that hard work if you can't have some fun with it? We've got another good picture lined up for the cover of our new EP, I Feel Pretty, So What?, which should be available for sale at Bumbershoot. It isn't quite as risqué as Cat Porn, but it gets the message across."

Would you smack Paul Schell in the face if you had a chance and wouldn't get caught? "I am more of a shin-kicker than a face-smacker, but yeah, I would. I'd also send him to the library and demand that he do a book report on The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson. Maybe then he'd have a better idea of what some of the anger and frustration is about."

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