Daily Discovery: Park Strangers, “Looks Like an Amy”

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June 10, 2015 4:09 pm

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ARTIST: Park Strangers

SONG: “Looks Like an Amy”

HOMETOWN:
Noah – Los Angeles, California
Adam – Petoskey, Michigan
Vince – Washington, D.C.
Sam – Chicago, Illinois

CURRENT LOCATION: Gambier, Ohio

AMBITIONS:
Vince – To play all the notes on the guitar.
Noah – For us to complete this questionnaire from three different continents.
Sam–Successfully create an m-dash in google documents.
Adam – Rock and Roll.

TURN-OFFS:
Sam – Strife
Adam – Sticky
Noah – Pungency
Vince – Cheese

TURN-ONS:
Noah – Skin
Vince – Water
Sam – Hot breath close to either of my ears
Adam – iPhone

DREAM GIG:
Noah – Often.
Vince – Blues Alley.
Sam – The drummer for The Roots.
Adam – The White House.

FAVORITE LYRIC:
Vince – “And later on I’ll be playing in the road, when that rubber hits my back and I feel my heart explode. And that blood in my chest is suddenly worth more than sex and love and gold.”
Sam – “Thugging. Never taking no for an answer.”
Noah – “He said you’re pretty good with words, but words won’t save your life. And they didn’t, so he died”
Adam – I’m mostly into guitar solos.

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW:
Sam – Cale Bonderman.
Noah – Cale Bonderman.
Vince – Seth Myers.
Adam – Either Seth Myers or Cale Bonderman.

SONG I WISH I WROTE:
Vince – Billie Jean.
Noah – Tiny Vessels by Death Cab For Cutie.
Sam – Mobius Streak/Hiatus Kaiyote.
Adam – Late Night Cigarette Talks by Graham Young.

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH:
Vince – Galileo, Beethoven, MLK, Jeff Buckley, and Chamillionaire.
Noah – Duke Ellington, Julia Child, Dad, Mom, Cicero.
Sam – Chad R. Matheny, Robert Pirsig, Gil Evans, Minnie Driver, Dave King.
Adam – Glen Danzig and his 4 best friends.

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE:
Vince – Pile at the dougout.
Sam – The bassist from Real Estate’s band at Kenyon College’s North Campus Apartment #1.
Noah – Wilco at The Wiltern.
Adam – Vulfpeck, baby.

I WROTE THIS SONG:
Noah – When I was younger.
Sam – Next to a brook.
Vince – Man without a face.
Adam – Hello Dad, I’m in jail, Dad.