Synth-Tard Interviews Ryan from BABYDICK

the SynthTard (-Me-) interview with Ryan from BABYDICK.

I have no memory of how, when, or where I met Ryan many years ago but I do know it was before his band, with Hedona, Dicko, and Jeffro, The ROCKBUSTERS, totally exploded here in Austin, and had everyone singing along to such hits as 'suck my dick', and 'life in the fat lane'. As Many of You know, I'm a life long die hard fan of Russel and Sean and all things FUCKEMOS. Their new band, BABYDICK, is My favorite band in town, hands down. I decided to interview Ryan for my geeky synthesizer blahh-g, and send it to my friend Chad of Whoopsy Magazine to publish or throw away or use as toilet paper, what you can't do that with an email. can you? hmmm. Bringing this idea up led me to the sad news that Ryan is leaving the band, his last show with Babydick is set for the CAVITY REUNION at the BROKEN NECK. 9-23-11.
No, I don't get to be their new synthtard, yes, of course I asked. That slot has been filled.

so first of all , Thanks Ryan, this is a super geeky blah-gg about synthesizers, so I must start with the obligatory gear PRON questions. You play an Alesis Micron through some giant stack. details please...

R:Alesis Micron through a PV bass pre, Behringer Virtualizer 2024, Alesis 3630 Comp, Nady XA-900, into a PV 2-15 PA cab.

explain why you're leaving the band.

R:I quit because Rusty refuses to do Joe Walsh's 'In The City.' I don't suffer fools who so willingly commit career suicide.

do you recycle?

R:I'm a lapsed Unitardian. I recycle religiously. Bottles, cans, and idears.

do you think Dick Cheney is a Reptarded Alien?

R:Who knows? Dick knows. Dick shot a man in the face & made him apologize to Dick. Power like that makes me hard

favorite Babydick show?

R: Fave BD show? Whoopsy's SXSW gigs. Power like that makes me tumescent.

do you own any heat vision goggles?
R: No heat vision goggles but I do have one taped nipple. Shiny. Black. Electricians. Taped.

what do you do in real life? or make something up because it's none of anyone's business.

R:I work in a harshly lit, ice cold, Man In The Gray Flannel Suit-esque 200 x 100 yard cube farm, facing a windowless corner with huge blank white walls on which hangs nothing but one tiny rectangle of diamond plate aluminum with a single bullet hole put in it's center by William S Burroughs. I'm the new Charles Ives. Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true..

do you have any superpowers other than Bass and Synthesizer?

R: Stupor-powers? I'm not your average horticulturist.

discuss the experience of writing or learning songs with Russell. or not.

R: Rusty's a lyrical miracle. He rarely suggests, but always approves/denies riffs. Rusty in 4 words: great ears, sotto voce.

do you know where strawberry milk comes from?

R: Strawberry milk comes from the female carton in that Coffee & TV video. She's with the angels now.

do you believe in cheese? i heard it was a hoax.

R: Yo creo con queso. Thick, gooey, golden globules of melted molten mancheco graciously glide gulletward.

your favorite animal ever, personal pet, or famous.

R: My Maine Coon Bob. He showed up at the back door half dead from sinus mofungo. He blew thick, gooey, green snot rockets the size of Bic Pens all over the house until antibiotics cleared it up a coupla months later. The only cat I've had that ran down squirrels for catch & release kicks. Spastic & the size of a small dog. A great furr-son. RIP Bob.

is this getting annoying yet?

R: Not annoying. Yet.

will you be doing any solo synthesizer or other music in the future?

R:When the day job work slows down years in the distant future, I'll get reacquainted with my Electribes. I'll do some electro-c&w along the lines of Chip & Tony from Rank and File's Blackbird project. They did a fine high & lonesome cover of Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. A hi-tech redneck thing & call it Loose Livestock.

add one more thing.

R: One more thing? Find a high look out spot downtown. Spend several nights &/or days looking down, observing how cops catch people. Notice how beat & riot cops walk up to a corner, stop before rounding it & peek around the corner looking up the block or down the alley. Sneaky & smart. Cops train to not walk around a corner out into the open & put themselves in view of whoever is up the block/down the alley. Next time you wanna have a little chat in the alley, do some non-sanctioned exploring, or throw a brick at a Klan rally, whatever, think about where to not place yourself. Frustration is the mother of crime.

Thank You sir, rock, er Synth on.




(google video search the words 'Vlern' and 'Babydick' for some more footage I've been filming for the last few years, then go see BABYDICK and rock your snazzy pants off. )