Q&A – TOM CARTER
1: Analog or Digital?
digital with a judicious helping of vacuum tubes.
2: What time did you wake up today?
9AM
3: Last thing you read?
past master by r. a. lafferty
4: Whats your first memory?
Waking up in my crib surrounded by weird 70s cutout corkboard animals
& next to a puddle of my own vomit
5: Tea Or Coffee?
both, and lots of it
6: Last thing you cooked?
baked balsamic/tamari marinated tofu with steamed kale, walnut rice
pilaf & caramelized onions
7: If you’re reborn who or what would you like to be?
a hunter/ gatherer in an isolated land of plenty
8: What inspires you?
people who know no other way than their own
9: Last record you played?
suzanne langille/ neil murgai _wild & foolish heart_ LP
10: Favorite piece of musical equipment?
my lone axe, ’78 ibanez pf200 alpine white les paul copy
11: Last movie you saw?
T:O:U:C:H:I:N:G by paul sharits
12: Who do you love?
family, friends, bo diddley; roughly in that order
13: Do you have any pets?
nope
14: Are you useful?
i hope not
15: Biggest fear?
becoming trapped in someone else’s nightmare
16: What do you value the most?
stillness
17: Famous last words?
safe as milk & twice as nice
Tom Carter has a blazing new tape out on Root Strata that you can see, hear & order here.
“8: What inspires you?
people who know no other way than their own”
I love this.