RO: Why do you think more people don't recognize the genius of the movie Toys?
JBC: People are dumb. Also, Robin Williams hanging around with children is actually a really scary thing. Also, Joan-Cusack-ruling-the-world fatigue. The target audience, who would have been our age at the time, probably thought they were too cool for a movie about toys and was out at parties actually talking to girls and driving their Explorer around, whereas we were at the movie theater on a Friday night to see a movie called Toys. They missed out.
RO: Would you be just as happy if people could use virtual reality to simulate your concerts, or would you still want them to come out?
JBC: I would be very happy if people could use virtual reality to simulate our concerts if you mean that we would be in our school-building-moved-to-our-farm practice space interacting with everybody all over the world and at least a dozen real people dancing and drinking with us.
There would need to be some kind of smell-o-vision and we would need to ensure that people were required to listen to it too loud, but with adequate earplug-type protection, but still too loud. Maybe you would have to set up speakers in your room and had to listen to it at concert volume (with your VR eye gear on), but then would be encouraged to wear earplugs (but the good ones that don't mess it up).
RO: What is the best toy you've ever owned and why?
JBC: My favorite toy was a computer by about 1984 or so, so that would be seven years old. First it would have been a Tandy TRS-80, then a Compaq, then finally the ultimate freedom machine, the Apple IIgs. My favorite game from I think Apple II was called Captain Goodnight.
You got to run and shoot, but then fly a helicopter, and then fly a submarine. My other favorite toy was probably the big scene of a WWII battle that we built in our fort with all the little model airplanes we had, where we like drilled holes through the planes and cut up the little soldiers and had them bleeding and all that kind of stuff. That project just kept going and going and always seemed so important.
Woozyhelmet "and friends" (The Shame Dragons, Hearts of Animals, Marshall Forse Walker) play around 9 p.m. tonight at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh.
Jef With One F is a recovering rock star taking it one day at a time. You can read about his adventures in The Bible Spelled Backwards or connect with him on Facebook.
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