Name: Michael Napiorkowski
Nickname(s): None
Birthdate: June 1st, 1979
Instrument(s): Bass, Cymbals, Spoken Word
Influences: The Doors, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen,
What made you want to get into music? There wasn't really an event that influenced me to pursue music, but rather my life developed in such way that the possibility gave itself to me and I accepted. One day the opportunity arose and I thought I'd try it out!
If you could open for anyone who would it be? Well, in the past probablyThe Doors. When they performed live it was something far different from what you see at concerts today. Jim knew how to create an open dialogue with a crowd where the crowd would feed off him and he would feed off the crowd.
What was the first concert you went to? The Tea Party
What were your most memorable of moments of your teenaged years? It tough to decide on what was the most memorable moment of my teenage years because there were so many memorable moments. Your teenage years are filled with excitement and adventures. It is the liberation from childhood and the reluctance of developing into an adult. That stage of life has a powerful effect on the mind, it somehow makes you feel invincible. I can't decide!
What was the best advise you ever recived? The best advice I ever received would have to be from a professor I had in college for my intro to psychology. His advice was more of a perceptual wake-up call than anything else. He clearly demonstrated to me that knowledge is not something based off of answers, but rather the manner that a person asks their questions.
What are your pet peeves? I would probably have to say overly aggressive people.
If you could be someone else who would it be and why? Aldous Huxley is probably one of the first people that come to mind. My reasoning for possibly wanting to be Aldous Huxley is because of his passion for fully understanding the human situation. He was obsessively concerned in understanding what it means to be a human being in universe far greater than anything we can conceptually grasp and his contributions to this area of study are something that I admire dearly.
What's your favourite quote? The true nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, and all that was not present did not exist. The past did not exist. Not at all. Not in things, not even in my thought.
-Jean Paul Sartre
What's your favourite cartoon? Old School Spider Man
What's your favourite ice cream flavour? Chocolate Mint Chip
What's your favourite alcholic beverage? A pint of Steam Whistle (a new flavour for me)
What's your dream car? I've never really dreamt of a car.
What Muppet do you most relate to? I'd say Gonzo, it's something about his style.
If you culd be anyone else for a day who would it be and why? Since the period would only be 24 hours I think I would like to try something extreme, like a schizophrenic or something. Why? Purely for curiosity.
What would you do in a pool of jello? Jiggle!!!
If the world were a pizza what topping would you be and why? I have no idea! I enjoy eating it, but not being it.
If you were on a deserted island with just your band memebers who would you canablize first and why? I would definitely go for Graham to eliminate the possibility of him eating me. Graham is a meat monster!
[Kier]
[Graham]
[Matt]
[Meg]
