Pheaturing Wil Farr From Paper And Sand

PHIRST OF

Hey there, welcome to a Monday entry of the Peverett Phile. Before I start I have to show you something. Let me say my wife is amazing, okay? I am not kissing up, it's just true. This past Saturday was Logan's 10th birthday party and the theme this year was the Transformers. My wife is a big fan of the TV show "Ace of Cakes" and is very good at it herself. Take a look at this Transformer symbol cake she made from scratch all by herself.

Isn't that amazing? Sarah Palin’s new book is coming out next month. It’s called, “Going Rogue.” She was Rambo, out there on her own... hiding in the trees... swooping down on vines... looking for bogies... She’s already received a million dollars for the book. And today, she took that money and went shopping. She went to Bed Bath & You Betcha. The movie Christmas Carol opened over the weekend. Christmas movies are being released earlier and earlier every year. I think Al Gore will probably blame it on global warming, but they are. The new version of Christmas Carol is in 3-D. After all, who doesn’t want to see an old man in a nightgown in 3-D? Tough economic news. The unemployment rate went above 10 percent for the first time since 1983. Last week economists were saying the recession is finally over, but this week all of those economists were laid off. A new report found that there are 237 millionaires in Congress. Some of that is oil money, some of it is from family money, but mostly it’s just old fashioned bribes. A man in Pennsylvania was able to identify the guy who mugged him after looking through his old yearbook because they were classmates in high school. He said he was easy to find because the guy signed his yearbook, “Have a good summer... someday I’m going to mug you.” Congressman John Boehner told a crowd of protesters that the new healthcare bill is “the greatest threat to freedom” he has ever seen. Then the Taliban was like, “Uh, hello?” Disney, who is a fantastic company to work for, has announced that they are building a park in China. Lady & the Tramp, 101 Dalmations and Pluto are not characters or movies there, but items at the food court. Okay, do you kids like your cellphone? How about pie charts? Anyway, I have an iPhone which my wife sucks, but I love it. I did a pie chart to show her how much and what I use my iPhoe for and this is what I came up with.
Okay, it's time for the web's popular game, kids. Let's play...

Take a look at this poster and figure out if it is porn.

1888
Mary Jane Kelly, a 25 year old hooker, falls victim to Jack the Ripper. Mary's face had been mutilated; her breasts had been removed and she had been disemboweled. Her various internal organs were scattered about.
1953
Dylan Thomas drinks himself to death.
1971
John Emil List, a "deeply religious" Lutheran, kills his mother, wife, and three teenage children. He is not found until 1988, living with a new improved family as Robert P. Clark in Richmond Virginia.
1997
Michael Paul Lookinland, aka "Bobby" from the "Brady Bunch", charged with drunk driving in St. George, Utah. With a BAL of 0.258, the 36 year old former child star was very drunk.
2005
After being shuffled around the weekly schedule, Fox television executives give up on "Arrested Development" and release the last four episodes in a two-hour block. The show does not go on despite interest from rival networks ABC and Showtime.

Today's guest is the lead singer and guitar player for the New York band Paper and Sand. That is, I think he is. I read that the band broke up. Anyway, their new album "Thick As Thieves" is available right now on iTunes. Please welcome to the Phile... Wil Farr.

Me: Hello, Wil, welcome to the Phile. So, what's this I hear that your band just broke up?

Wil: Hello and thank you! Yes it is true, the band broke up due to creative differences on our direction in music making.

Me: Anyway, how are you, sir?

Wil: Great! Working on a new project entitled: "Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!"

Me: I downloaded the album "Thick As Thieves" from iTunes. That's your second release after "Foot In the Door", am I right? I have to download that one as well.

Wil: "Wolf at My Door". That's our first effort and thank you so much for supporting independent music by downloading "Thick As Thieves"! That album was our labor of love!

Me: I like your music, Wil. How long had the band been together?

Wil: We were together for a total of 4-5 years. Our most recent lineup was together for about a year!

Me: Are you all friends, you and the other guys in the band?

Wil: I love all the other boys that were in the group equally as musicians and as people. It was my honor and privilege to play with such a talented roster of dudes! We still get together for drinks and such either together or one on one!

Me: Go ahead and tell the readers who your band mates are... or were.

Wil: Our most recent lineup was myself, Jonathan Jetter, Kyle Houser, Dan Wintersteen. Before that Adam Christgau and Jeff Ratner were in place of Dan and Kyle.

Me: Now, the band is based in New York. Are you originally from there? What part of New York are you from?

Wil: The band was based in NY. I am from Montgomery, AL.

Me: I was raised in Port Jefferson, Long Island. Ever been out there?

Wil: I've been to Northport... that's where my lady is from...

Me: Okay, let's talk about the band name. Paper and Sand. Where did that name come about?

Wil: That's a long story that is very boring and not very interesting. Sorry......

Me: I was looking at the bands you are friends with or know about and noticed Kiss Kiss was one of them. I am supposed to interview a member of that band soon I think. They're not breaking up, are they?

Wil: I lived with Josh (singer) for a year at college and am good friends with him. I also respect his music (and him) immensely. Jonathan also played with them for a brief period of time. As far as I know they are going quite strong!

Me: What's this I hear the band has a song in the "Top Gun" video game? It isn't a version of that Berlin song, is it?

Wil: We only submitted our own original songs to the soundtrack. They added their own silly little music. We were very grateful for the opportunity to be featured on such an explosion filled game!

Me: Okay, Wil, what's next for you? I wish you a lot of luck with whatever band you end up in, or on your solo career. Is there anything you want to plug?

Wil: I'm starting a new group called "Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!" Check out some rough cuts at:
www.myspace.com/hurrahaboltoflight. It's pretty different from PAS but hopefully just as good!

Me: Take care and you are welcome back when your next project comes out.

Wil: Thanks!

PHINALLY

That's it for another entry of the Phile. The next entry will be posted next Tuesday. Sorry about all the changes in the days, but I have to work this thing around my work and family schedule. Thanks to Wil Farr for taking time out to do this interview and also to Wikipedia, and you the readers. Next Tuesday on the Phile it's Stig Jøraholmen from the Norway band Peter & The Penguins. So, until then, spread the word, not the turd. Bye, love you, bye.

Pheaturing Peter Kearns

PHIRST OF

Hey there, welcome to the Phile, I am your host, Asstro-Boy. So, I know it's Wednesday, or as I like to call it Humpday, but this will be the last week in awhile the Phile will be posted two days a week. With the Christmas holidays coming and everything I will be busy. Tomorrow is my son Logan's 10th birthday. Ten years! That's a decade I have been a dad. This time ten years ago Jen was starting her 26 hours of labor. I have make sure I say 26 hours, and not anything less. There’s a new poll out on the sexiest accent. It’s the Irish accent. I thought, “No way! It’s not even an accent; they’re just drunk.” Yesterday was Japanese Culture Day. I celebrate every year: I put on a kimono and giggle like a Japanese school girl. I’ve never understood Japanese dining. I always thought it was a put-on. “Let’s see if we can get these people to eat raw fish with sticks... and then get them to drink hot wine... and then we’ll make them sit on the floor without shoes... ” Yesterday was also was Election Day. Everyone who voted got an “I Voted” swine flu mask. It looks like New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will win a third term. He spent the most on the election in New York history... just barely exceeding the New York Yankees salary cap. So, across the road from our house is a lake, and there is a rumor there's a monster that lives in it, called the Monster of Cherry Lake. I didn't believe it until I saw this thing jump out of the water.

Man, I am running out of ideas. I was looking at a magazine earlier today and I saw an ad for the George Foreman Grill. It must be a new ad as I didn't notice it before. I was kinda puzzled by it as well. See what you think.


Okay, let's try one more, shall we? You know those inspirational posters? I saw this one and I thought it was kinda cool... I think. Anyway, they are getting more and more obscure.

Okay, let's have a little history lesson, shall we?

1963
At a Beatles command performance (present: Queen Elizabeth; the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret), John Lennon utters the remark: "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."
1966
The Arno and Po rivers in Italy flood, submerging 2/3 of Florence. Irreplaceable renaissance art treasures and books were destroyed. 113 people died and 30,000 were rendered homeless.
1979
The US Embassy in Tehran is stormed by "students", holding 52 hostages for 444 days. The incident propels Ted Koppel and his magnificent hair onto the national scene with a long series of repetitive Nightline: America Held Hostage specials.
1986
The Iran-Contra Scandal is first reported in "Al Shiraa", an obscure Lebanese magazine. The public would come to learn that millions had been paid for US weapons and equipment for Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages in Lebanon. Profits were illegally channeled to the Contras fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
1993
A series of fires rage in Southern California, destroying 300 very expensive homes in Malibu and 700 homes scattered elsewhere. Damage totals $500M to $1B. Half of the large fires were arson.

Today's guest is a very talented singer and piano player from New Zealand whose CD "No Such Thing As Time" is available on iTunes and fine CD shops throughout New Zealand. Please welcome to the Phile... Peter Kearns.

Me: Hello, Peter, welcome to the Phile. I have to say thanks for the CD "No Such Thing As Time". I really enjoyed it. How long ago was it released?

Peter: Thanks Jason. "No Such Thing As Time" has been available digitally since late 2007.

Me: Listening to it I hear smidgens on Ben Folds, a little of Queen, and a little Steely Dan. Are they influences of yours? Who else are your influences?

Peter: It's hard to define influences really. I don't set out to sound like anyone in particular. I used to years ago. That thing where you like someone so much you just want to sound like them. I think you grow out of it. But I did grow up with music from the 60s/70s/80s, so it's bound to sneak in. There are certain familiar production styles I love, which I'm happy to work within. And just for a laugh I do make little homages around the place in the songs, that might evoke an old record I used to like or something, just to entertain myself. I am influenced by great lyricists. Joe Henry would be an example. I like moods and moments in certain songs by anyone: Like the way so-and-so song sounds for three seconds at the end of the third verse. What would it be like to capture that feeling for a whole song? That kind of thing is more interesting than stealing someone's thing outright. There's enough of that going on these days.

Me: There's a whole lot of instruments and playing going on on the album, Peter. Are you playing them all or do you have a band?

Peter: It's all me except for the stick. I might form a small band at some point to play more straight-ahead versions of the songs live.

Me: Didn't you collaborate with a member of King Crimson? Tony Levin?

Peter: Tony was the stick player on "Don't Shoot The Messenger". He played bass on a song on the new album to come too. It wasn't so much a collaboration as I hired him to play bass lines. He was tremendous and seemed to effortlessly know exactly where I was coming from. I told him what I wanted, he improved those ideas and sent them back. Done. Painless.

Me: Piano is the main instrument of choice for you, isn't it? How long have you been playing piano?

Peter: Since the age of 4 so... 38 years.

Me: Are you working on a follow-up?

Peter: Yes, it's nearly done. It will be called "Kitchen Sink Theatre". Both albums were more or less recorded simultaneously over three years. I have reworked some of the songs for the new one though. One was co-produced with a guitarist friend of mine from New York named Vinnie Zummo. He was a Joe Jackson Band member for a number of years. He's one of the most talented guys I've ever come across. He's really off the charts and it was a blast work on the song with him.

Me: I have to ask you about Jeff Cameron, Peter. How and when did you meet him? He's an interesting character, isn't he?

Peter: Jeff's a very talented cat. He answered an email I sent out to some myspace friends. He knows his stuff and has an interesting history. It's great to bump into guys like that. You have to wade through the rest to find them.

Me: He said you are currently helping him on his new music. How is that going?

Peter: I laid some tracks on a couple of songs, but I may be involved more in a post-production sense.

Me: Peter, you're from New Zealand, right? Do you still live there or did you move to the States?

Peter: I live here and travel to the States occasionally. I've mainly spent time in LA.

Me: How is New Zealand? From watching the Lord of the Rings movies and other movies, it looks beautiful. A lot of filming goes on there, doesn't it?

Peter: The movie Heavenly Creatures was made here in Christchurch where I live. They also make a lot of Bollywood stuff here. It's so clean here that every time I come home from another country I'm reminded how I've barely breathed actual oxygen for however long I was away.

Me: Peter, you have your own blogspot I noticed. Hmmmm. How often do you update it? I update mine twice a week. ; )

Peter: It's not a blog really. I just use it as one way for people to follow what I'm doing. If there's nothing to say, I say nothing.

Me: Other side projects you have worked with are Gazpacho and Dee Long, right?

Peter: Yup.

Me: Gazpacho is a Norweigan band, Dee Long is from Canada and you're working with Cameron from America. Anybody from England you are working with, or worked with?

Peter: I've contributed to a couple of things from there. I recently co-wrote a song called "Wise Up" with a brilliant singer/songwriter from London named Judie Tzuke. She has a large discography that really worth checking out. I was very lucky to make that connection. Her work is of such a high calibre. Our song was on her recent album "Songs 2".

Me: How on Earth did you end up working with a band from Norway anyway?

Peter: I was blown away when I first heard them in 2002. I noticed they were happy to collaborate from a distance, so I dropped them a line. I eventually co-produced two songs on their debut "Bravo".

Me: Peter, I have to ask you before you go, how come I cannot find a picture of you on the web? I did found a picture of a photographer named Peter Kearns though.

Peter: There are way more interesting Peter Kearns's out there than us. There's one guy on a wagon thing being pulled by a donkey. It's a kind of village idiot vibe. There's a lesson in there somewhere. There are some pics of me floating around. It's not important to me. Someone said to me a while ago "You're a real mystery man", and a light bulb went off. It makes promo easier. Ha.

Me: Peter, thanks for taking part on the Phile. Tell Jeff I said hello, and go ahead and plug your blogspot, and website and tell the readers of the Phile where they can purchase your CD. Thanks again.

Peter: You're welcome. The album "No Such Thing As Time" can only be purchased digitally, virtually everywhere online. The new album "Kitchen Sink Theatre" will be likewise available within a couple of months. Anyone can keep up at www.peterkearns.net. I'm easy to find on Twitter also.

PHINALLY

Thanks, Peter, for a really good interview, and thanks to Jeff Cameron for setting it up. That about does it for another week of entries. As I said the Phile will be updated one day a week through the New Year, probably on Monday's. The Phile will be back next Monday with Wil Farr from the band Paper and Sand which I think just broke up. We'll have to find out. Thanks again to Peter, and Wikipedia and to you readers. Spread the word, not the turd. Bye, love you, bye.

Pheaturing Dean Lee

PHIRST OF

Hi there, welcome to another entry of the Phile, thanks for stopping by, I am your host Jason 'No Bolitas' Peverett. So, this is a disturbing trend: celebrity death hoaxes on Twitter. Kanye West was rumored to be killed in a car accident. Kanye announced that he’s not dead. He just wishes he was. The “Today” show had an update on another guy who wishes he were dead: convicted swindler Bernie Madoff. The report said, “He shares a cell with a convicted drug offender, and he eats pizza cooked by a child molester.” They do make the best pizzas... I haven't got an e-mail on Sarah Palin yet. I want her book and her on the Phile, so if you know anybody that knows Ms. Palin, please e-mail me at thepeverettphile@gmail.com. Anyway,

Sarah Palin’s first stop on her tour for her book will be the Oprah show... shouldn’t she be on Maury first? Remember my Segway incident a few months back? Well, it seems I am the poster child for Segway safety. Take a look at this poster.


Yep, that's me on the Segway. So, have you seen who is the villain in the new Spider-Man movie? If not, here it is!

I love those motivational posters you can buy at the mall. When I find interesting ones I like to show you on the Phile what they are. I've been doing this for awhile, but nothing beats this one.


And now for the popular on-line game...

Okay, I think I hit an all time low. What do you think? Okay, now from the home office in Port Jefferson, New York, here is this week's...

Top Ten Least Popular Halloween Candies
10. Creamed Candy Corn.
9. York Peppermint Beef Patty.
8. Reese's Sushi Cups.
7. Oh Henry Kissinger.
6. Ted Williams Lollipop Head.
5. Appalachian Trail Mix.

4. Bernie Madoff's Payday.

3. Good 'N Cheney.

2. Almond Joy Behar.

And the number one leat popular Halloween candy is...

1. Regis Pieces.

1974
The Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns, killing 78. Six of the victims jumped six floors to their deaths. After the fire started, club officials barred the doors, suspecting a ruse by customers to avoid paying.
1984
Velma Barfield, convicted of killing her mother, her boyfriend and two others with rat poison in their food was put to death by lethal injection in Raleigh, N.C. Barfield was the first female executed in the US since 1962.
1988
The Internet Worm is released by Cornell grad student Robert Morris. His ingenious program was meant to explore the Internet harmlessly, but due to a bug, it crashed some 6,000 computers. Spaf parlays the incident into a career.
1995
The image of Jesus Christ appears to many people in a photo taken by the Hubble space telescope, depicting a gigantic gas plume 7000 light years from Earth. Some CNN viewers pointed out the image resembles Gene Shalit more than the Lord Saviour.
2003
"Arrested Development" debuts on the Fox network. The half-hour sitcom was a brilliant yet short-lived show (lasted three seasons) whose cast included Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, David Cross and Ron Howard.

Okay, let's get to it. Today's gust is the lead singer for the band Dean Lee & The Unwelcome Guest who are currently recording their new album. Please welcome to the Phile... Dean Lee.



Me: Hello, Dean, welcome to the Phile. Your band might be The Unwelcome Guest, but you are always invited to the Phile and will be an invited guest. So, where did the band name come from?

Dean: Hey, I like what you've done to the place. It's a reference to the Woody Guthrie song "The Unwelcome Guest", a mystical conversation between a robber and his horse about the greed of the wealthy and the struggle of the working class.

Me: Who is in the band?

Dean: T, Mike, and T.J. were in a country cover band together before I moved to Richmond called Eagle Summit, so there was good chemistry to start with. I met Jeff up in Harrisonburg when he played bass in Albuquerque and asked him to join.

Me: How would you explain your music, Dean?

Dean: I think I'm aiming for something very close to the root of it all and hope that something original happens. The bands that exist in our minds as great/classic rock & roll were kids being exposed to the folk, blues, jazz, country, and r&b they could get their hands on. Nowadays, those genres from that time period are far better documented and it's still very fertile soil to dig in for influence. In a process of "you are what you eat" and knowing what stones have been turned, you attempt to make something new. I'm a big fan of inconsistency.

Me: Let's talk about where you're from... Virginia. So, is Virginia really for lovers?

Dean: Virginia has lots of battlefields to walk around in. To answer your question- yes, you can't walk down the street without having to step over a couple making love on the sidewalk.

Me: Are you originally from there?

Dean: Yes, I grew up in Nokesville, outside of Manassas.

Me: How long have you been playing music, Dean?

Dean: I guess about 14 years. I played bass and guitar in some punk and hardcore bands when I was younger.

Me: So, ever played or opened for any national acts? Who would you like to open or play with? Aerosmith, Nashville Pussy, Foghat?

Dean: A)Yes, in May we opened for Wayne Hancock and it was a good time. B) I would like to play with The Black Shade. C) All of the above.

Me: Megan, your manager, was cool enough to set this up, so she's not really terrible, is she?

Dean: No she's great, she has faith in us. She's really trying to get us in a situation that could get us some really good exposure. Plus I think she gets a kick out of taking 5 dudes home at the end of a show.

Me: I looked for your music on iTunes but couldn't find any... so if Megan wants to send me a CD... LOL. Do you have any CD's out, or are you working on one? If a Phile reader wants to purchase your bands music, where would they go?

Dean: We just recorded some songs and they are still being mixed, my guess is we will have them up on our Myspace soon.

Me: Also, do you guys have a website?

Dean: www.myspace.com/deanleetheunwelcomeguest.

Me: Thanks for doing this interview, Dean. I wish you luck, hope to see you guys in Florida soon and keep rocking.

Dean: Thanks, I enjoyed the self-indulgence.

PHINALLY

Okay, not all interviews can be fantastic, kids. Thanks to Dean lee for taking time answering my lame questions and to Megan Terrible the bands manager for setting it up. Thanks also to Wikipedia and to my friend Jeff. Now pay close attention, the Phile will be back on Wednesday this week, not Friday. Yes, in two more days the Phile will be back. The guest will be New Zealand singer Peter Kearns. So until then spread the word, not the turd. Bye, love you, bye.

Pheaturing Kyle Weber From Zelazowa

PHIRST OF

Hey there, welcome to another entry of the Phile. I have a really good entry for you today with Kyle Weber from the band Zelazowa. I think on the last entry I called him Kyle Chamber instead. So, how are you? They’re giving out the swine flu vaccine according to a priority list: doctors, nurses, pregnant women, then children, regular people, cats, dogs, then Baldwins. All the celebrities are trying to get the shot because they think there’s Botox in it. They’re saying sneeze into your elbow to avoid spreading it. Square dances will be wiped out across America!

Well, Halloween is tomorrow. Halloween is not for me. I am not pagan, so I don't take part. It's like I am not Irish, so I don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day. I don't like to work so I don't celebrate Labor Day. In San Diego a burglar threw poop at the jurors during his trial. He got sentenced to 31 years. You know things are not going to end well when you start throwing feces at the jury. This wasn’t his first crime — he had a mile-long crap sheet. We should be fair, though. After all, he’s entitled to du-due process. His lawyer was expecting a dung jury. After months of debate, a healthcare reform bill now exists! The new bill is called the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The bill’s official title is actually HR-3692. 3692, of course, stands for the year they expect the bill to pass. The bill is 1,990 pages long. To put that into words everyone can understand, that's like 5 million tweets. In a new book, President Obama’s former campaign manager said that Bill Clinton ruined Hillary’s chances of becoming vice president. Hillary's very angry at him. In fact to punish him, she made him move from the couch to their bed. CNN’s Lou Dobbs revealed on his radio show that shots were fired at his home three weeks ago. But good news — police have narrowed the list of suspects down to 50 million Latinos. I don't like mentioning Kanye West on the Phile, because he gets to much attention as it is, but once again he showed up at my work. This time he walked into my office and said Beyonce can do my job better. Yeah, right. Anyway, here's proof he was there.

What an ass. Thanks for Jeff for taking that pic and capturing the moment. So, Disney is coming out with a new Winnie The Pooh movie, and they decided to make the film a little more realistic to meet with the times. Take a look at this screen shot from the new film, kids.

Pretty weird, right? I just want to know why is the background all green if it's a screen shot? In the past I have shown you different inspirational or motivational posters that are a little odd and that's out on he market. Here's the latest one I found.

1938

CBS radio announces that glistening, black-eyed Martians have landed at Grover's Mill, New Jersey. Luckily for the extraterrestrials, the news is announced during a Mercury Theatre program and later discounted as a work of fiction. Needless to say, the event causes widespread panic before the government manages to clamp a lid on it.
1944
Anne Frank deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (If you're reading the diary, she dies in the end.)
1945
Natalis Fonzii Henry Winkler is born in New York City.
1961
Due to his "violations of Lenin's precepts," Soviet leaders decree that Josef Stalin's body be quietly removed from its place of honor inside Lenin's tomb. They bury the Man of Steel with a plain granite marker near the Kremlin wall.
1966
The Zodiac kills his first victim, 18-year-old Cheri Jo Bates, in the library parking lot of a community college in Riverside, California. Zodiac stabs her to death with a small knife, nearly decapitating Bates in the process.
2002
Jason William Mizell, aka Run-D.M.C.'s legendary DJ Jam Master Jay, is shot dead in the lounge of his Merrick Boulevard recording studio in Queens. The masked culprit, who gave Mizell a close-range .40-caliber gunshot wound behind the left ear, remains at large to this day.

Today's guest is the guitarist for the really cool band Zelazowa. They're new album "Elephants On A Mousehunt" is available at F.Y.E., iTunes, CDBaby and Amazon. They'll be playing on November 11th at The Diamond Club at Citizens Bank Park - 7th Annual Make a Celebrity PAL in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please welcome to the Phile... Kyle Weber.

Me: Hi there, Kyle, welcome to the Phile. Hey, that rhymes. So, how are you?

Kyle: I'm doing well. Thank you for asking.

Me: I have to ask you about the band name Zelazowa. I like the sound of it. Zelazowa. Zelazowa. Zelazowa. What does it mean?

Kyle: Zelazowa Wola is the birthplace of Frederic Chopin, the romantic composer, and is a town located outside of Warsaw in Poland. We took the first part, Americanized the word a bit, and ended with ZELAZOWA. It roughly translates to steel will in Polish.

Me: I purchased the band's CD off iTunes and really liked it, Kyle. When was it recorded, and how long did it take to make? By the way, who did the drawing? It'll look cool on a t-shirt.

Kyle: Thank you so much for the compliment. We are very happy with the results ourselves. We recorded it from June 17th to July 17th (2008) in a home studio in Nashville, TN with two very talented friends of ours Patrick Himes and Rosemary Haskins. The drawings (front and back) were actually done by Bryan's and my mother (we are brothers by the way).

Me: The album's title "Elephants On A Mousehunt" is a lyric from one of the band's songs, right? How did you pick those lyrics for the album out of all the other lyrics?

Kyle: Not really sure. Bryan just presented it to the rest of us and we all liked it, so it stuck. He is the one to answer that.

Me: I noticed you have two other releases on iTunes, Kyle. How has the band changed over the years?

Kyle: The band has changed a lot over the years, but I would say the biggest difference between the most recent release and our older albums is the production value. The newest one is leagues above the rest. I guess that is what happens when you have time on your side rather than working against you.

Me: I would love to hear a live album from you guys. Any in the works?

Kyle: Album? Probably not any time soon unless someone bootlegs one, hahaha. We do have several live tracks though. Some of which have already poked their head out on our Myspace page. As far as live takes go, we recently did a pretty top notch video recording of a recent hometown show, which you can check out at www.youtube.com/zelazowafilm.

Me: Let's talk about who is in the band. Who are they, and how did you guys all get together?

Kyle: It's pretty easy actually. Bryan and I are brothers and Terry and Ian are cousins. Bryan met Terry in junior high gym class and things just went from there.

Me: Are you all from Philly? You must really love cream cheese, right?

Kyle: We are all from outside of Philly. About 45 minutes. Bryan, Terry, and I grew up in Downingtown and Ian grew up a little closer to the city in Norristown. Yes, we do all love cream cheese, but probaby cheese steaks and pretzels even more, hahaha.

Me: You guys played all over the States, right? Ever been to Florida? What is your favorite show you have done?

Kyle: Correct. We have played in all 48 of the continental United States and 15 countries in Europe. Let's just say we have been around. Florida, yes: Orlando, Tampa, Naples, Jacksonville, and Pensacola (a bunch of times). I think I can speak for everyone when I say that our favorite shows are in Philly and New York City because we always have a great crowd with our hometown crowds. Other than them: Bristol, TN; Norman, OK; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Dayton, OH; Paris; Prague; Munich; and on and on.

Me: You also hit Europe? Did you play festivals or clubs?

Kyle: We played both actually and it is as good as everyone says.

Me: Where in Europe did you go?

Kyle: France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, and the Czech Republic. As I said before, we get around.

Me: Did I read there is a documentary film about the band? How did that come about?

Kyle: You did read correctly. The film is called, "What You Want Us To Be, We Cannot Always Be", and is a Ship King Media Production. Basically, our video/photo/web/everything guy sat us down during one of our trips to Pittsburgh and pitched us the idea and we said sure. It basically encompasses all of his footage and our footage from our first year and a half of touring.

Me: Is it available on DVD anywhere?

Kyle: Yes: http://www.filmbaby.com/films/2318 or just grab us at one of the shows. We always have them with us.

Me: Okay, Kyle, is there any websites or anything you wanna plug? I hope to see you on the road sometime and thanks for doing this interview. Take care, man.

Kyle: Yes actually. Obviously, www.myspace.com/zelazowa and www.zelazowa.com, but also I want to plug www.indieonthemove.com. It is our, ZELAZOWA's, latest venture. It is a 100% FREE venue database of clubs all over the US that entails an internal emailing system, club reviews, and much more. Thanks again for your time and all the best.

PHINALLY

Thanks to Kyle for a really good interview. Check out their CD "Elephnats On A Mousehunt", it is very good. I bet Kyle and his fellow band mates are excited about the World Series. Thanks also to Wikipedia and my friend Jeff for the Kanye and myself pic. Okay, the Phile will be back on Monday next week with singer Dean Lee. Have a safe weekend, and spread the word, not the turd.

Pheaturing Preston Hubbard

PHIRST OF

How why ya? Welcome back to the Phile, I am your host, Myles Standish. I am back from our vacation to Boston, and I put the ass in Massachusetts, I learned a lot when I was there. Navigating Boston with the aid of a speech enabled GPS device is about as useful as navigating Boston with the aid of Stevie Wonder. “TURN LEFT”, the device says. Ok. Would that be the street 30° to the left or the street 60° degrees to the left? This happened more than once. Note to self: write down street names on next trip. I thought Jen was gonna throw that thing out the freakin' window. American chop suey has nothing to do with Chinese food (then again, only in Boston do Chinese restaurants serve French rolls): Macaroni with hamburg, a little tomato sauce and a bit of onion and green pepper. Breakdown lane. Highway shoulder. Which is an oxymoron - the last place you want to break down in greater Boston is in the breakdown lane, especially during rush hour, when it becomes the high-speed lane (in some places, even legally). The state has built a series of emergency turn-outs along Rte. 128 so you can pull out of the breakdown lane if, in fact, your car breaks down. Massachusetts has two capes - Ann and Cod - but only the latter is The Cape. Boston Common is so-called because it was land held in common for residents for uses such as cow grazing; however, one rarely sees cows meandering about Boston Common these days. On Boston Common, the cows have been replaced by WWI naval mines. On the first day we went to Quincy Market, which my wife had no idea what the big deal was. "It's just a food court." She has a point. We went as well to see the Mayflower 2, which is not a boat Christopher Columbus rode on, Plimouth Plantation where we met real

Wampanoag natives. It's not polite to call them indians, or ask them "what makes the red man red?" or "do you pee-pee in your teepee?" We went on the USS Constitution, which I thought was in Washington DC. One day we also went humpback whale watching, which was cool, even though I don't like animals. This is a picture of what I hoped we would see though...

And this is what we really saw...

The high-light of the trip for me was going to Newbury Comics though. Man, I love that store. What else is going on? Happy belated birthday to Hillary Clinton. The president wished her happy birthday and asked her what she wanted, and she said, “Your job.” Bill Clinton planned a romantic dinner... then he went home and saw Hillary. The movie Paranormal Activity is out. It’s movie where a couple puts a camcorder in their bedroom to film the things that go bump in the night... and also to see if anything happens with ghosts. President Obama just declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency. First the swine flu’s a big threat, then it’s not, then it is. Make up your mind. This thing’s like the Brett Favre of infectious diseases. The hotel we stayed at was by Logan Airport, which Logan thought was cool that it was named after him. And I wasn't sure about the security there. It was great, but of there was a fire... Take a look at the lock on the door.

From the home office in Port Jefferson, New York, here is this week's...


Top Ten Excuses of the Balloon Boy's Parents
10. Wanted to star in new reality show, "Prison Wife Swap".
9. "Attic Boy" doesn't have the same pizzazz as "Balloon Boy".
8. Couldn't get carry-on bag into the overhead compartment.
7. Teaching my son about getting his 15 minutes of fame.
6. Why should those Macy's parade people have all the fun?
5. Wanted to promote new reality show, "America's Got Balloons!"

4. Insists he went ballooning on the Appalachian Trail.

3. Just trying to see Russia from his house.

2. Thought he could get an interview on the Phile out of this.

And the number one excuse of Balloon Boy's parents...

1. Tired of those Jon and Kate kids getting all the attention.

1964
In a private ceremony, Sonny and Cher marry each other by exchanging rings in a Tijuana motel bathroom. Five years later, with a baby on the way, they get married for real.
1993
Santa Ana winds drive 14 fires across five Southern California counties, which destroy more than 500 homes and cause perhaps $1B in damage within a week's time.
1997
The California Medical Board announces it is investigating Hollywood plastic surgeon Steven Hoefflin, after former employees accused him of "fondling, disrobing, photographing and ridiculing his anesthetized patients." Hoefflin - whose former patients include Liz Taylor, Phyllis Diller, and Joan Rivers - denies all charges. The probe is eventually dropped, but not before Dr. Hoefflin agrees to pay his former workers an undisclosed cash settlement.
1999
Five gunmen storm the Armenian Parliament with machine guns, killing the prime minister, Vazgen Sarkisian, and seven other high officials on live television. The gunmen surrender the following day, after holding a large number of parliament members hostage. The motive behind the attack seems to have been protesting government corruption.

Soupy Sales: He was sort of a poor man's Jerry Lewis, if you can fathom such a thing.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Well you already know that Max sails in a boat to the Wild Things place, subdues them, starts a wild rumpus, threatens to eat them, then leaves and goes home. But that's not much, really. How do you take a book that's got about 10 sentences in it and make it into a movie? Give the kid a backstory, give the monsters names, personalities and complicated emotional issues (there are moments where you think they could have just called it Where The Needy, Passive-Aggressive Things Are), but then detour from the usual formula of turning a kid book into a kid movie and give it to weirdo director Spike Jonze, avoid pandering moves like monsters suddenly doing hip-hop dance moves and making farty gags and sidestep your way around easy emotional catharsis. In other words, you treat your kid audience like they might not be idiots and give them a movie they can love even after they grow up. So, it's kind of astonishing when something this odd slips through the cracks of the Hollywood mainstream. It's perfectly suited for your kids (unless people in big monster costumes freak them out, which probably means they're about five years old; and if you're an attentive parent you should probably already know if your kids are easily scared) but it's also for adults. It takes the original book's open-ended quality and infuses it with a depth that doesn't feel tacked-on. It's rough and raw instead of slick or safe, right down to the art direction. If you're tired of how kid book adaptations usually get it wrong, you can feel safe buying a ticket to this one. It's a beautifully grubby work of art. Max Records as "Max." is great in it. First of all his name sounds made-up, so that's cool. And his performance is the kind of natural, unmannered thing that other cuteness-bingeing child actors would do well to emulate. And James Gandolfini, the voice of the most heartbroken and "Max"-like Wild Thing, brings a built-in, Tony Soprano-like element of menace that shows itself even when the puppeteers and CG tech people are creating the saddest of all monster faces. I wouldn't buy the movie on DVD I don't think, but I loved the soundtrack. From 1 to 10, it gets a 6.

Today's guest is world-renowned bass player, who has played with the likes of Big Joe Turner, , Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Vaughan, The Blues Brothers (Belushi and Ackroyd), Ministry, Etta James, Professor Longhair, and Dr John. From 1984 to 1994 he was the bass player for the popular band The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Please welcome to the Phile... El Chignon Prez, Preston Hubbard.

Prez: Thanks for the interview. I was away for 10 days, and am just now catching up on shit. Your blogspot is awesome. I wasn't aware of it before, but will be checking it regularly now.

Me: Hello, Preston, how are you? Welcome to the Phile. Should I call you Prez, or Preston?

Prez: You can call me Prez! Everybody does. A lot of the old crew still call me "Pinky".

Me: I have to say this is a big honor with you being here as I was a big fan of The Fabulous Thunderbirds in the 80's and 90's. When did the band break up?

Prez: We broke up by degrees in the 90s. Jimmie left first, then I did a couple of years later, then Frannie after that. Kim still tours with the name. I prefer to move on, but would do a reunion with the original guys. We're still all friends.

Me: You worked with Dave Edmunds who produced some Fab T-Birds stuff. I am a big Dave Edmunds fan and my dad was a good friend of his. Was he easy to work for? Did you guys record at his studios in Wales?

Prez: Dave was a good friend of ours and a pleasure to work with. He has good ears. "Tuff Enuff" was done in a London studio. Maison Rouge, I think. Then we did one with him in Memphis (Ardent studio), and one track for a movie somewhere in LA. I haven't seen him in years.

Me: You are one of a shit load of bass players I have interviewed, but you are one of my favorites. Is there any bass player you are a fan of and admire?

Prez: All my idols are dead now. But there are a couple of guys who I admire a lot. Tony Garnier (old friend who plays with Dylan). Marty Ballou up in Providence. Ronnie James. Phil Flanagan. There aren't too many that I look up to anymore.

Me: When did you start to play bass, and how did you choose that instrument, Prez?

Prez: I started when I was 14, and went to big bass when I was 18. I just loved the sound of it, and the fact that it is the heartbeat of any band.

Me: You are one of those rare bassists that plays both regular bass and upright bass. What is your favorite to play?

Prez: I love them both. My '51 P is da shit. But if I had to choose, the big girl is my favorite. You can do so much more with an upright, especially for the type of shit I play.

Me: Jim Creeggan from The Barenaked Ladies also plays both. Are you aware of his work?

Prez: I know the band name, but I'm not really familiar with them, or him. Not really in my sphere of music.

Me: Let's talk about your drug use. You're fully recovered, right?

Prez: I have 10 years clean. Drug free! No chipping, pills, nada. I left that life behind. But I still like my vodka! My ex-wife says that I'm clean, but not sober.

Me: On your website you don't hold back on talking about the drugs you were on. What led you to be such a habitual drug taker?

Prez: As I say on my site, I just always loved getting high. No childhood trauma or anything. Also, back in our day, drugs were everywhere and not yet politically incorrect. It was part of the life.

Me: You took everything known to man, right? But heroin was the main drug you took. Am I right?

Prez: Heroin did become my main thing, for 18 years or more. Along with coke and rock.

Me: Did everybody in the Fab T-Birds do as much drugs as you?

Prez: We all did shitloads of coke and drank. The coke was everywhere. I was the only junkie, though. None of them messed with it.

Me: You did jail time as well, Prez. How long were you locked up, and where? I bet you missed playing during that time.

Prez: I did two bits in county jail (Del Valle, TX), then did a flat year in TDC (Texas penitentiary). GP (general pop... no protective custody or any of that). I was on paper for a year after that.

Me: You also were on Bonnie Raitt's big hit album "Nick of Time". How was she to work with? I heard she was cool.

Prez: Bonnie is an old, dear friend... back to the Roomful of Blues days. We met in '76. She is, and always has been, a sweetheart. A class act! It was thrilling to do "Nick" with her. Warner Bros had dropped her b/c she was "too old". We were all furious! Then Capitol picked her up and the rest is history!

Me: You were also in the Blues Brothers, Prez. Was that after John passed away when Ackroyd went out with Jim Belushi? I bet that was fun playing all those Stax soul songs.

Prez: Roomful of Blues was their original backup band. They patterned their band after us. It fell apart when Duke (Robillard) and John got in a squabble. We only did two live gigs with them in NYC, but they were fun.

Me: And to top it off you got to play with Stevie Ray and Jimmy Vaughan (who also was in the Fab T-Birds). Did they get along as brothers?

Prez: Stevie was family. The sweetest guy in the world. I miss him to this day. The T-Birds and he did epic tours all over the world. There were always rumors about the Vaughan brothers hating each other, but it was all bullshit. They loved each other and got along great! I was lucky enough to play on his final record, "Family Style", which he did with Jimmie. I have the platinum record (along with all my others) hanging in my hallway now.

Me: Where were you when you found out Stevie died?

Prez: I was in bed sleeping. Around 9 AM, a mutual friend from Dallas called me with the news. I was stunned. It took days for it to really sink in.

Me: Let's talk about the band Los Camales. Is that your current band? Who is in it with you, Prez?

Prez: That's my band in St Louis. We mostly work locally, because I still take tours and road work. I'm also doing some producing. I am the only original. As with a lot of bands, the players change often. Right now, we have great KC blues singer Elmo Bailey, Alec James on guitar, and Joe Meyer on drums. I just produced Cherry Black's new CD (she's from NY), and LC backed her.

Me: What does Los Camales mean?

Prez: It's Chicano slang for "brothers". From other mothers. From the heart. Homeboyz.
Siblings would be "hermanos".

Me: Prez, where do you live now, and where were you born? Do you still tour a lot?

Prez: I live in Da Lou (St Louis). I was born in Providence, ended up in Atlanta for a couple of years, and Austin for 20. Yeah, I still take tours and road work.

Me: I have to ask you about your opinion on the war on drugs. You think it's bullshit... why is that?

Prez: It's a huge waste of money and keeps the gangs and cartels in business. It creates incredible violence. Our prison population is the largest in the world now... and mostly drug offenders. People will always get high. Let them do it. It's just prohibition all over again. We could make billions in taxes and help the economy. But the prison/industrial complex is doing fine... and we all pay for it.

Me: Okay, let's have some fun. The Beatles or the Stones? Foghat or Aerosmith?

Prez: STONES!!!! Since I was a kid. And now, ironically, they're all friends of mine. I get all access at all their shows. And Aerosmith. My Boston homies. Never liked Foghat. But I do love the Beatles too. Their music helped change the world.

Me: Prez, what's your favorite gig you have ever played, man?

Prez: The T-Bird Riverfests (which we put on in Austin) were always my favorites. It was us and all our friends (Stevie, Bonnie, Los Lobos, Chili Peppers, Nick Lowe, Santana, etc etc etc). Two sold out nights in Madison Square Garden (with Seger) wasn't bad, either. And playing to a quarter of a million people in the Soviet Union wasn't too shabby. Roomful of Blues with Count Basie at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. There are too many to choose from.

Me: Your websi te is pretty informative, Prez. Go ahead and tell the readers what the address is.

Prez: prestonhubbard.com.

Me: Are you working on any new music? You should write a book, Prez.

Prez: My book is an ongoing thing, since I started writing in notebooks in prison. I have discs and shit on my hard drive and all that. Music (my real love) takes precedence... and I'm a lazy fuck. An advance would go a long way to making me get serious with my writing. I still write in dribs and drabs, though. The stuff on my web site is broad strokes... a mere percentage of my life. That was written and edited back in 2001. I'm a lazy fuck!!!

Me: I hope this interview was fun and you are welcomed back anytime you want, my friend. Is there anything you want to tell the readers of the Phile? Take care and be safe.

Prez: This was definitely fun... and your blog spot is great! It was a pleasure to do this. Orale, pues! Te watcho, carnal!!!! Much Love, Prez.

PHINALLY

What a nice guy and great interview, even though he doesn't like Foghat. This just goes to prove I don't name drop who my dad was. Anyway, I would love to interview Prez again sometime. Okay, the Phile will be back on Friday with Kyle Chamber from the band Zelazowa. Once again thanks to Preston Hubbard, Wikipedia and you for reading. Have a good few days and spread the word, not the turd. Bye, love you, bye.

Pheaturing Mary Tamm

PHIRST OF

Hey there, welcome to the Phile. I am so excited. First, Mary Tamm is today's guest, and she is my first "Doctor Who" related interview. Second, tomorrow we are going to Boston. We were supposed to go over the weekend but Jen had a camera class to go to and my nephew Aiden had his baptism. And today, I had to post this entry, so tomorrow we are going. We'll be flying on Jet Blue, so I imagine we'll be sitting on the plane for a few hours before it takes off. Jen is excited, she wants to do the Freedom Trial, Boston Harbor and Faneuil Hall. Logan wants to see Plymouththe USS Constitution and I want to see Newbery Comics and the Hard Rock Cafe. Oh, and that Cheers bar. So, at a town hall meeting in New Orleans, President Obama said that he would rebuild the Louisiana coast, and the crowd cheered “Yes we can! Yes we can!” Then Obama said that he would fix the economy, and the crowd was like, “Not so sure! Not so sure!” A new survey found that the average man cries six times a year. That number would be a lot lower if it weren’t for Glenn Beck. The Democrats' healthcare bill made it past the Senate Finance Committee in a 14-9 vote. Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe broke ranks with her party and voted for the Democrats' healthcare bill. She’s been missing ever since. The bill easily made it through the committee with a vote of 9-14. Or as Roman Polanski calls it, the perfect age range. Even though the Democrats’ healthcare bill was passed, President Obama said that now is “not the time to pat ourselves on the back.” Mostly because you might tear a muscle. Okay, in the past I showed you some motivational posters that are out on the market. I found this one and at first was confused.

And now for the popular game here on the Phile...

Check out this new statue of Ronald McDonald. I think they are changing the clown;'s image. Bet you're really scared of clowns, now, aren't you?

I like to apologize to Mary, who is a real lady. Sorry, Mary.



1982
Maverick carmaker John DeLorean is arrested in Los Angeles with $24M worth of cocaine in his suitcase. The case is later thrown out of court when a judge rules that the FBI sting operation constituted entrapment.
1987
The New York Stock Exchange suffers its worst crash in history, when the market suddenly loses $500B. The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 22.6%, twice the amount of the 1929 crash.
1997
During the warm-up act at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, 4,642 Mötley Crüe fans - including a few minor children - are treated to a vignette from a pornographic video projected above the stage. The scene depicts a naked woman masturbating with a dildo and performing fellatio. Tommy Lee does not appear in the video.
1998
The ClubLove website posts nude photos of irritating radio personality "Dr." Laura Schlessinger. At first, Schlessinger denies the pictures are of her, but then inexplicably files a copyright infringement suit against IEG, publisher of the site. In doing so, Schlessinger tacitly admits the authenticity of the nudie pictures, which includes a "money shot." Ultimately, IEG prevails, and the photos remain on the site. Dr. Laura's radio show consists of a prudish, moralistic and religious advice show, making this whole episode highly amusing.

This is so cool. Long time readers of the Phile know I am a huge "Doctor Who" fan, so today's interview is so bloody amazing. She is best known for being the first actress to play the character of Romana in the science fiction television series "Doctor Who", opposite Tom Baker as the Doctor, from the 1978 - 1979 season known collectively as "The Key to Time". She is a graduate and an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her autobiography entitled "First Generation" was published on 14 September 2009 by Fantom Films, and that book is the second in The Peverett Phile Book Club. Anyway, please welcome to the Phile... Mary Tamm.


Me: Hello, Mary, welcome to the Phile. So, how are you? I must say you look as gorgeous as ever.

Mary: Thank you thank you - you are too kind!

Me: You were one of my first "Doctor Who" actors I have ever met back in the 80's at a convention on Long Island. Do you still do conventions and enjoy meeting with fans?

Mary: Yes, very much so - partly because of the new fan base- I have fans who range from 4 to 80 in age. Of course, I remember you well....

Me: Let's talk about "Doctor Who" for a bit. You were on one season in "The Key To Time" series. Did you know that by the end of that season you'd been regenerating?

Mary: Oh yes, in fact there is a long section about this in my book. I knew I would only do one season almost from the beginning, it was a question of persuading the producers of this, who could not believe I would not stay.

Me: Do you watch the new show? What do you think of it? If you were asked to make a cameo, would you do it?

Mary: I love the new show and would love to do a cameo - although I would prefer a juicy leading role, of course, preferably as the Doctor.

Me: You have played Romana again a few years ago in some audio plays, right? Was that fun to do? Those Big Finish audio plays are very popular, aren't they? You were Romana in the "Gallifrey" episode, right?

Mary: I loved doing the audios, although it was strange at first, to hear Lalla doing "my" part. She is so good in it, however, and we are such good pals that I soon got over it! I was playing a very different version of Romana. Not sure whether I liked her or not.

Me: Okay, Mary, let's talk about your book "First Generation" as your book was chosen to be part of the Peverett Phile Book Club. That's an honor, by the way. Does the name "First Generation" have anything to do with you were the first Romana?

Mary: I was given the title as a suggestion a long time ago, as I am first generation Estonian. It was only when I started writing that I realised it tied in with the Time Lady regeneration theme too. I am humbled by the great honour of being chosen for your book club, by the way.

Me: It's an autobiography on your life, starting when you were a child, right? What made you write a book, Mary, at this time?

Mary: A I said, the idea has been in my mind for many years, and I began the book a few years ago. It was only when a publisher approached me that I got going on it full time- I need an incentive!

Me: I read Tom Baker's autobiography. Did you read it, and do you still keep in touch with him?

Mary: I did read it- Tom now keeps emailing me, and badgering me for a copy of mine so he can review it- I suppose I will send him one, if there are any left- sales are going really well.

Me: The forward in your book was done by Colin Baker which I thought was kinda odd, as he wasn't the Doctor you were with. How did you get Colin to do your forward, Mary?

Mary: We are good pals, and as Colin and I go back a long way, he can touch on stories which no one else knows about - and he does!

Me: One thing I found interesting about you is that you are of Estonian descent. I don't know much about what that means, so can you explain? Are you from Estonia? Where were you born?

Mary: Well, that is part of the book's theme - don't want to give too much away here, but I am actually half Estonian, Half White Russian (as opposed to Commie). You will have to refer to the book to obtain a full picture here... I was born in England, in Yorkshire.

Me: A lot of Who fans would love to know how much of your book is about Who.

Mary: Quite a lot, although volume two will have the main section about Who - yes, I am working on the second part already!

Me: Mary, how long did it take you to write the book? Did you use a computer or typewriter

Mary: Computer - quicker- about 14 months in all, I guess.

Me: One of your first roles was in the movie The Odessa File. Isn't it funny that now you're on the Peverett Phile, by the way? Was that one of your biggest roles before DW, Mary? You have done quite a few films, right?

Mary: Yes, what an amazing coincidence. I had a varied and extensive career before DW , and continued to work in many different roles after. "Brookside" (major British Soap) was the longest running one, and was good for me as it lead to a lot of other good stage and TV parts.

Me: You have also played on "Coronation Street" and now this year will be appearing on "Eastenders". Who will you be playing on that show and have you been a fan of "Eastenders"?

Mary: I play a Russian con woman. Type casting, obviously - ho ho. I do not really get enough time to follow soaps, I'm afraid.

Me: So, what's next for you, Mary? I hope you'll be coming to America again soon... especially Orlando where we have the HurricaneWho conventions.

Mary: I would love to visit Florida, as I have never been - perhaps you could arrange it for me? Thanks. My demands are few...

Me: Go ahead and plug your website and anything else you would love to plug. I wish you lots of luck with it and hope to meet you again real soon. All the best, Mary.

Mary: Thank you so much. My website is marytamm.com. Hit that button! Lots of love to your readers, and I hope they enjoy my book.

PHINALLY

That about does it for the Phile this week. Thanks to Mary Tamm and Dexter O'Neill for hooking this great interview up. Hope he is happy with it and will set me up with more DW interviews soon. Don't forget you can order Mary's book "First Generation" from Amazon.com or fantomfilms.co.uk. Well, as I said tomorrow are going to Boston for a week so the next entry of the Phile will be posted on Tuesday, October 27th with Preston Hubbard, ex-bass player for The Fabulous Thunderbirds. So, until then, spread the word, not the turd, autism is reversible, bye love you bye.