DUMB QUESTIONS/SMART ANSWERS: WICKED POSEUR

Every now and then (Thursdays), we subject someone in a band that reps the real to some pretty dumb questions and post their responses. This week, we sent off our set of music journalism 101 prompts to Arthur Bates of Wicked Poseur. Mom, Dad, Grandma - Please do not read this article.

What's your favorite record lately?
Lately I love the downtown underground sounds of Jana [Hunter]'s new record and the unreleased Deer Tick record. Both amazingly rad and out of this world. I drive to work everyday...I drive my wife to work everyday...we share one car. In the car there is a cassette deck. I've had this original Pavement Slanted and Enchanted tape in there for the past three months. I love it. It takes me back like 12 years ago to when I was jamming that shit and smoking weed driving around in high school. Total TIME-WARP.

Is there a Houston band who you've been digging lately?
Fuck NO. Houston bands died when Dethro Skull broke up. Everything now, including myself, are pathetic imitations of what could be. I think too many of these "half-fags" need to get kicked right in the balls by their moms, girlfriends, boyfriends...and take a look at where they're at. I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'll be fucked if some of these dicks don't get their lights punched out soon.

What websites do you frequent?
Feowrecords.com, Enduringself.com,....,...whoops, I dropped something! Youtube, myspace, pornotube, tomgreen.com, viceland, I can spend all day looking up art/music sites and checking out all their links, it's fucking addictive.

What's your secret Houston place?
I've lived in Houston for almost my whole life and I think all the "secret" places have been bulldozed for condos. My pal Ronnie Talons fucked a girl doggy-style on the top of the old rice silos in high school and now there's some kind of crappy condos there. He said it was awesome to be fucking a girl and looking out over all of Houston and seeing the Houston SKYLINE!!! Now nobody can do that....those things were like 14 stories high. What a shame. My house is the only secret place I know now, cause I live in Meyerland and nobody wants to drive out here.

What's the best thing you have spent money on in the last year?
Rent/utilities/food/beer.

What is the best thing you got for free in the last year?
I'm gonna free your balls from your nutsack you fucker! What, you don't like poor people? Am I a charity-case to you?

Is there a touring act you are looking forward to seeing?
YES. Mickey Avalon, April 14th , I think. Everyone I know hates on Mickey, but fuck that....I think he fucked my wife in Austin and he has strippers dance on stage for his shows, the songs are just great, ROLL THE DICE!!!!

What is never far from your side?
a potent mixture of cocaine and heroin with a beer chaser.

What does Wicked Poseur have going on right now?
Man, I'm working on my keyboard-chops like OVERTIME! I got my hair cut and we're gonna be doing shows around Houston. Then is June we're flying to LA to play this little weekend-tour thang, up to Santa Barbara, then to SF. We plan to wreck that shit with my posse from ENDURING SELF.

Catch Wicked Poseur with The Show is the Rainbow Friday Night at The Mink's backroom. Also on hand will be DJs Ceeplus Bad Knives, Bad Motor Scooter and Dunnock. See, I told you not to read this.