Marc Gonzolez is officially the Second Interview. Jeff has never met Marc and only came to know Marc, when Marc e-mailed him following a viewing of the trailer for “Long-Distance Runners” on YouTube. Marc stumbled upon the trailer when doing a search for “Caveh Zahedi". Anyway, in his e-mail to Jeff , Marc said:
“I just felt really bad cuz I thought your whole Doc was about you and your girlfriend
killing yourselves. It made me really sick. Im glad you guys are alive.
Have a holy moment on me, I thought you were dead for a second and it cost me ALOT emotionally. Suicide is an ugly thing… music is Rimbaud & Katsumi…. crown crown”

March 7, 2008
4:27PM

10 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

1.) Elaborate on your background (ethnicity, where you grew up,
childhood).
I was born in Edinburgh, Texas, a beautiful frontier town which is essentially in Mexico. I had a heartbreakingly bright childhood until I turned 8 and received a generous helping of teenage angst. My ancestry goes like this : my maternal great grandfather was from Spain and he and his brother shot each other to death in an old school shooting match over the rights to some land with a nice lake on it that they had inherited, somewhere in Mexico. Honestly. His wife was a tiny little lady who was 100% pure Aztec and lived to be 107 years old. Upon seeing yours truly, as an infant, shortly before her death , thought that her bloodline had delivered a new messiah, most probably because I had blue eyes. Other than that I`m white. There are also some pianos and clowns floating around back somewhere in my anglo past.

2.) You’re an artist. Elaborate why you feel the need to express yourself and what goals you strive to reach.
Its hard to answer questions about art without sounding pretentious. ‘ If we cannot articulate our dreams we are nothing but cows in a field.’ That’s Werner Herzog, paraphrased. My goal is to find a way to pragmatically accomplish the impossible things I have pent up in my dirty gut.

3.) What personal experience has contributed most, to make you the human being you are today? Why?
A solid upbringing that taught me staying free and happy was more important than possessions. Money never beats soul, brah.

4.) Do you want to have children in the future?
Why or why not?
I would love to have children with some amazing creature somewhere, but as far as I can see for me to bring a child into this system of things would be an act of profound selfishness and willful ignorance. I know that sounds awfully cynical, but I`m expecting to live in a world where I wouldnt have to feel that way real soon.

5.) Pick one.
What artistic expression such as book, painting, song, poem, sculpture, movie
has affected you most? Why?
Song. I can be pretty dense. Music shakes me out of my mental and moral lethargy better than the others. I seems to ‘ get ‘ it better. Maybe I dont know where to buy car insurance, but sweet Jesus I know how to listen. But we could just say ” Tommorow Never Knows ” by The Beatles.

6.) Where do you foresee the future of art going?
Its a hustle. Art is a wild girl from california, or something. Greed ruins art everyday,meaning it ruins peoples ability to lead meaningful lives. But there is hope, its like those shoes say, you know, ‘ Just go do it.’.

7.) How necessary or unnecessary is spirituality in your life?
Very necessary.

8.) Tell me something that no one else knows about you.
Ceiling fans make me incredibly happy and at peace with the cosmos.

9.) As a country, the United States of America is 232 years old.
What social/cultural/political changes do you expect within the next
100 years?
Without getting too specific, I`m thinking that all this wont be here in 100 years, and that it will be a very good thing. I really mean that in a positive way. Its going to be great!

10.) How can the public learn more about the band you play music with?
www.myspace.com/disastertransport

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