Rob Schaeffer
Rob is the drummer for Loveless and the Goodnight Trail, a promising new band that occasionally sounds like a noisier, less serious R.E.M. They play Sit & Spin Thursday, March 28 with Light Heavyweight and Hypatia Lake.
Do you think Peter Buck should go to jail for being drunk and obnoxious on that airplane? "As far as Peter Buck going to jail for being drunk--no way. I think everyone should be drunk and obnoxious on planes. I met a woman on the bus today who had to go to jail for an unpaid parking ticket. I don't think she should have gone to jail either."
I'm sorry, but I have to ask you about your band name. It keeps making me think of My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields going hiking at night... "It was an old cattle trail that went from Chicago to the West Coast. There were two men in charge of the expedition: One was named Loveless and the other was Goodnight. I never thought about why they would name a trail after these two men. Maybe something tragic happened, like the Donner Party or something. But nonetheless, we are named after a cattle trail. Very tough of us."
So speaking of the Donner Party, if your band van broke down and trapped you on some freezing and desolate mountain pass, would you let your band members eat you? "I think I'd try to trick them into thinking that I was not edible, but I am the smallest guy in the band, so I would never go first."
So would you eat them? "Well, I think we'd all go after Dave, the bass player--I mean, after all, he is a Baldwin."
Do you mean he actually is a Baldwin, or is that euphemistic for "tasty"? "Well, he actually is a Baldwin, so he must be tasty. And oh-so-talented. Not to mention a graceful star--he's the most underrated Baldwin of them all."
You're just being nice to him 'cause you just agreed to eat him! "Girl, you know it's true."
