Ipomoea Violacea is the Latin name for Morning Glory, my favorite vine.

Never have. It's difficult to play four or more interweaving parts at once.

The internet breaks down the record industry's business model by eliminating the need for an intermediary between the artist and the fans. If my fans can download my music with no middleman, why should a company stick a label on my music and profit off of it?

If they would distribute my music on my terms, for a fair price, certainly.

I.V. is the third evolution of my solo projects, and is by far the most complex and expressive. The first of the three, Julie Flash, was a simple acoustic rock effort, two-tracked through a computer. Thatcher! followed that, and went into more complex guitar and vocals. I.V. continues the sequence, but taken into a four-track studio (Leadfoot Gurt Studio) in my basement. Now I work with complex sounds, like the feedback on 'Limiter Limiter' to produce more intense and emotional music than was possible before.

Emo, Goth, Fugazi, Joy Division, Hoover, Indian Summer, Refused, Still Life, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Hot Water Music, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Bauhaus, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Roxy Music,

My studio, definitely. Probably the only place i'm truly comfortable.

Rickenbacker 330 electric guitar, Fender Jazz Bass, Yamaha 1204 mixer, Tascam Portastudio 4-track, Fender Ultimate Chorus amp, Ibanez 60W bass amp, Shure SM57 and SM58 microphones, Ibanez SM7 distortion, Audio-Technica headphones, Boss DR-670 drum machine, old 80s Casio keyboard, Apple PowerBook G4 1GHz w/GarageBand recording and synth software.