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| What is your name? |
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Farnell Akingbala |
| What do you do in the band? |
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I play the guitar, write lyrics, and on occasion I traffic contraband from the US to Canada or Mexico for the guys |
| Favorite Bands: |
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Mustardplug, Skankin' Pickle, The Archies, Josie & The Pussy Cats, The Hippos, Buck O' Nine, No Motiv, The Impossibles, RBF, Mu330, LTJ, 22 Jacks, The Smooths, Spinal Tap, The Pilfers, Face to Face |
| Favorite Songs: |
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"I'm a little tea pot" "You" (Mustardplug) "Desparado" (The Eagles) |
| Favorite Song By Us: |
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"Wrong" |
| What direction do you see the band moving? |
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Towards a more hardcore reage and gospel form music I call "Skaspel". Look for it in the eSKApists World Tour 2000. |
| What's missing, musically, from the band? |
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Nothing. I fill in all the gaps. I'm just that good. |
| What's your favorite JELLO? |
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Isn't "JELLO" spelled "JELL-O"? I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer. |
| Why do you like ska? |
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It me make happy feel |
| Are you single? |
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Thanks to Sara's constant rejection, yes, ladies I'm on the market. |
| What's your middle name? |
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Danger |
| Drink coffee? |
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Only when I need to stay up late and then I preffer Mountain Dew |
| Favorite soft drink: |
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Dr. remarkable! It's remarkable! (I'm getting paid by the remarkable folks at Randall's) |
| Greatest inspiration? |
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Sara Wrigley, without whose constant rejection I would be nothing |
| Biggest influence? |
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This is pure Farnell, uninfluenced and completely origional |
| Why do you play? |
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Why else, to pick up chicks. But it doesn't seem to be working. Maybe if I played bass too...? |
| What color socks do you wear? |
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I gave up socks in the late 60s |
| What else do you do in your spare time? |
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Read, work at Eckerd Drugs (seriously, in the pharmacy), run guns across the Texas/Mexico border, write, play tennis, work on a cure for cancer, fight crime as the super hero White Lightning. |
| Dream Gig: |
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A show with Less Than Jake would be pretty cool. Maybe then Sara would like me. |
| What have you learned in your time with the band? |
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Measure twice, cut once. |
| Where do you see the band in a couple of years? |
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Mexico |