ES:
Where do you reside?
JW: I currently live in
a dorm on the corner of Harrison and Halsted in practically
downtown wonderful (cooler that O-town) Chicago! WITH a
nice view of the Sears tower from my bed.
ES: What
makes you money today?
JW: Well since I'm in school
here at UIC, my income is in the negatives. But I am currently
doing sound design for the Chicago Civic Ballot production
of The Nutcracker...So that's pretty nice.
ES: What
is your title, what do you do, and where?
JW: My title is Sound Designer
and Sound Board Operator. I should probably be under "Choreographers"
too, because of all my moves and flip around thingys I showed
them, but I don't want my name all over that program like
I'm some kind of show off.
ES:
What time do you wake up & what's the first
thing you do?
JW: Well Mondays Wednesdays
Fridays I get up at exactly 9:21, Tuesday and thurdays I'm
up at 8:21 and Saturday and Sunday is around 10. The first
thing I do ALWAYS, is try to hide my morning wood from my
roommate. Then I always take a shower. Shower gotta be first
or else the rest of the day is messed up!
ES:
What do you do in your spare time?
JW:
I'm usually always busy with something. It's school
during the day, rehearsals and techs in the evenings, and
homework at night, then Family Guy at 10:30, then talk to
Adrienne on the phone, then bed. So i don't really stop,
I have a full schedule.
ES:
What's in your cd player right now?
JW: The new Brian Wilson
SMILE album, The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band, and the other CD spot is open for rotation. 2
of my top 5 favorites and a spot for those impulse discs.
ES: What's
your favorite website and why? (Eric-Sharp.com is not
electable)
JW: I'd say eBay.com.
Gotta love the deals and cheap prices. I don't freetime
surf often. The site I go to most is Yahoo.com for my
e-mail.
ES:
List a few of your short term goals. (Travel, career,
personal, etc.)
JW: I have to hang some
overhead microphones tomorrow and I need to be organized
and efficient. I need to study for finals this week. I
need to help Eric check into the Special Ed for Special
Kids Institute and Veterinary Clinic. I need to get stuff
together to bring home for break. I'll probably need to
poop soon.
ES:
If you could spend a day with anyone in the world (living),
who would it be and why?
JW: I would hang out with
Gallagher the comedian. He's so smart! His stand up comedy
is so insightful and makes you think. Then we could make
dinner together. And smash it with the Sledge-O-Matic.
ES:
Favorite movies of all time?
JW: Tommy Boy, JFK, Capturing
the Friedmans, any by Michael Moore, West Side Story,
Oklahoma!, (Annette reminded me of...) Goonies, American
History X, any National Lampoon Vacation films, all documentaries.
ES:
If you were given
the power to either fly (45 mph max), or become invisible
for a designated duration of 30 minutes every day, which
one would you choose & why?
JW: I would totally Fly!
You can always use that. My favorite radio show 'This
American Life' addressed this issue. thislife.com Show
#178 Superpowers. This is a quote from this humorous,
but very serious and creditable show... "Flying is
for people who want to let it all hang out and invisibility
is for fearful crouching masturbators." This show
does not insult or endorse either idea, it's just interviews
of people and their opinions. It's really a great show.
While their quote does make invisibility sound good, I'd
still pick flying. (traffic, traveling, chase Peter Pan,
point & laugh at Batman).
ES:
Have you ever been arrested? If so, what for?
JW: Yes, yes I have. I
was arrested at the mall in Sterling IL. Technically it
was "Criminal Trespass." The lady at the Claires
girlie crap store said that she told us to leave the property
and we returned. Those are grounds for arrest. Were we
guilty. Well, the short answer 'Yes' with a 'but..' and
the long answer 'No' with an 'except'. We had been there
before and joked around with her before and we gave each
other a hard time about getting kicked out. Then one day
we went in there and she got mad and called the Pigs!
Now, another almost useless detail is that me and my buddy
had a video camera and we were being funny. Don't judge
me, ok. I did my community service, Ok!?! (sentenced to
20, only did 7) I cleaned the exterior and interior of
EVERY bus and van at the Sterling Self Help Interprises.
I payed my dues, so Back OFF, MAN!!
ES:
What's your most favorite memory of Eric?
JW: This one is definetly
hard! Actually I think I just thought of one. In fact
we have a picture of this. OH! I just thought of another!
Ok, here goes. First one, is my, Eric, my brother Justin,
his brother Lincoln and sister Laura sitting outside,
all on one side of a picnic table, in the middle of the
yard watching IN LIVING COLOR on a small TV. Good memory.
And there's even a picture of it. Ok, the second is a
really long time ago, my parents went some where on a
trip and I stayed at my Aunt Dianna and Uncle Steve's
(Eric's parents) I got home sick so I slept on the couch.
I was sad and couldn't sleep too well. Also, it didn't
help that Eric was across the room on the other couch
with the flu, pukeing and hacking in a bowl all night.
Quite memorable.
Want to know more? E-mail
Joel and find out!
Thanks for the interview Joel!!
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