| 1. Dolph
Chaney is:
a) a singer, guitarist, and keyboardist
who’s written some pretty decent songs.
b) a new brand of breakfast cereal.
c) the GNP of Malaysia. |
2. Dolph
is also:
a) a Christian.
b) a librarian.
c) a Lugubrian (a member of a new
political party / lobbyist organization / bridge club just for the lazy.
wait, that's been done. by lots of folks. never mind). |
3. Dolph’s
new CD, New Bird Rise, contains:
a) 13 new original songs, recorded
at Riding A Raid Studio in Atlanta.
b) 13 songs by The New Originals,
recorded at a studio while ridding Atlanta of Raid(tm).
c) 32 ways to pedicure a head of
lettuce with a stapler. |
| 4. Dolph
has been called:
a) proof that "musical insanity
is alive and well" (Eugene Chadbourne, 1988).
b) a [censored] slow [censored
censored] driver (the driver behind him on I-285, just this morning).
c) pants on toast (Dolph Chaney,
1997). |
5. Dolph’s
been at this indie thing:
a) since 1988, when he was 14.
b) all bloody hours of the day
and night, and it’s getting on my last nerve, I can tell you.
c) called Indies Heironymus, where
everyone stands up and says, "hi. My name is _______, and I’m an indie
musician and a 15th century painter." |
6. Dolph’s
style is:
a) mainly acoustic pop with touches
of loud electric guitar and Realistic Moog.
b) rather like running a Bible,
a copy of Synonyms For Dummies, and a copy of Better Living Through
Punmanship through an electric cheese-grater.
c) non-existent. |
| 7. Dolph
currently lives:
a) in the Atlanta area.
b) in his car, perpetually driving
from his apartment in the suburbs and his day job in the city, until the
vehicle starts cackling and calling him "Binky."
c) for the near-certain Glass Tiger
reunion. |
8. In an
ideal world, Dolph would like to be:
a) able to pay the bills just by
writing, recording, and performing.
b) cast as Isaac the bartender
in the next "Love Boat" movie.
c) much, much better with a bocci
ball. |
9. Dolph
has performed live in:
a) mainly campuses, coffeehouses
and churches, as well as at the 1997 Edge Festival at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
b) Carnegie Hall. Not the one in
New York, the one in Houston, IN -- the replica I built out of a cardboard
box & set up in a field.
c) more ways than one. |
