DUMB QUESTIONS/SMART ANSWERS: THE CONTINGENCY

Every week we rack our brains to figure out who you, our attractive and hopefully non-cold suffering readers, would like to know more about. Then we ask them boring questions. This week we are all rocked like sock-hops to bring you into the mind of Bunny, guitarist, mohawkist, recordingist and standing somewhat creepily outside of Al's with a big bag-ist of The Contingency.

What are some of your favorite records lately?
I've been diggin the crap outta Amy Winehouse lately. I'm probably late on this on but that grrl can sing like baby jesus ate some crisco. Also I've been taking it back to '95 with Mineral and 400 years. If you haven't checked out Chris Simpson's new band Zookeeper..DO IT!

Are there any Houston bands who you've been digging lately?
Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans. Probably because every tuesday I get to record them at our space at Fransiscos. Yes...you can record an album at Fransiscos. But it would really help if the crap ass metal band that practices on the first floor every tuesday around the time we're layin down vocals would...die or something equally quiet. But Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans are the band to beat as far as potentially getting a nice chunk of spotlight. As soon as I'm done with their album, Megalith Records is puttin it out.

What's your secret Houston place?
My secret place is your pants. Or Roller Derby Bouts. As far as The Contingency goes we try to eat at Hickory Hollow once or 80 times a month. Also Beer Island kicks the ass.

What is the first sentence of the page you are on in a book you are reading right now?
"The orgies of archaic peoples are usually interpreted in a way that completely by-passes everything that I have tried to show." Erotism: Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille

What's the best thing you have spent money on in the last year?
Dead-Hooker-Be-Gone and my new pink Daisy Rock guitar which is exactly like my old pink Daisy Rock guitar, but different pickups! Hell yeah! Dang I'm wild!

What is the best thing you got for free in the last year?
The clap. It took my mind off the crabs. And my tattoos on my legs.

What question should we ask the band next week?
How much do you love The Contingency and why does Bunny not have a girlfriend?

What does the Contingency have going on right now?
We are writing new songs more in the vain of what I wanted to do in the first damn place. Hopefully we'll be able to break into a different club and record another album before the year is up. We are in talks with Stacey Davidson about shooting a video for a song we're gonna write that will be better than anything you've ever heard. The video will be done in episodes. We're calling it "Trapped in the closet." I think it's gonna blow up. Also we got a show coming up on June 27th at Rudyards with The Girlfriend Experience from California. They are cool cats...at least over the e-mails. No tour plans for now. Maybe if more peeps came to our shows and gave us some damn love we could, but right now we's broke.

You can see for yourself just how much you love The Contingency and just how much a shame it is that Bunny is single tonight, May 18th, at Rudyards as they open a bill that also features Austin's Lick Lick and locals Fired for Walking.