3 Minutes 52 Seconds with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

February 23rd, 2012 | By

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti will be touching down on our shores very soon as a part of Golden Plains Sixxx 2012 and they’re playing a handful of sideshows around the place. For full tour dates, check out their Tumblr.

Ariel Pink took 3 minutes and 52 seconds out of his daily life to answer a few questions:

What do you do? Telephone operator. / City you call home? Los Angeles. / The best thing about being you right now? It’s a secret. Tea or coffee? Coffee. / Life changing record? The Shaggs – ‘Own Thing’. / Dream collaboration? Xhol. / What inspires you? Novelty. / If not playing a gig where can we find you? Online. / I’m buying drinks, what’s your poison? Cristal. / Best record right now? Black Bananas – Rad Times Xpress IV. / One song to guarantee a private car sing-along? Any song by The Smiths. / Childhood crush? Samantha Fox. / Skrillex? Skittles. / Roulette, cards, pokies – red or black? All or nothing. / Which band would you die to play for, if not your own? Roha Band or The J.B.’s. / Favourite, quirky possession? Light show nebula. / Scrunch or fold? Scrunch. / Guilty pleasure? Women. / There’s a mini, five-band festival at yours, who’s playing? The Stranglers, Tangerine Dream, Morbid Angel, The Moody Blues and Van der Graaff Generator. / Tell us one odd thing we don’t know? You are wrong. / Two minute noodles, Mac & Cheese or baked beans on toast? Kraft Mac n Cheese. / Worst. Movie. Ever? Waking Life.