20 Questions with The Hood Internet

Not to sound snobby, but Girl Talk is SO 2006.  Since then many have hopped on the mash-up genre but have been unable to do it well.  However, The Hood Internet (a duo composed of Aaron Brink -aka ABX and Steve Reidell – aka STV SLV, pronounced Steve Sleeve from Chicago) have done the unthinkable.  They have done mash-up in a way that would make Mr. Gregg Gillis (aka. Girl Talk) proud.  The epic mix tapes they have created fusing hip-hop, indie rock, dubstep and downtempo are enough to get any party started. Sure enough, they are taking on a party of epic proportions: Camp Bisco in Mariaville, New York taking place from July 7-9, 2011. and prior to them rocking the festival crowd out, we decided to grill them with our usual 20 Questions.

1. What is your dream of happiness?

STV: To be able to travel anywhere in the world and live there for as long as I feel like. Also, talking animals.
ABX: Grilled cheese with five types of cheese served with tomato soup that never gets cold and never burns your tongue.

2. Blonde or Brunette?
STV: I don’t discriminate.
ABX: Blonde

3. What is the quality you like most in a person?
STV: Sincerity
ABX: Open-mindedness

4. What do you fear most?
STV: BEES
ABX: Bearsharktopus

5. 808s or 909s?
STV: LOLs
ABX: The 626 rimshot sound is underrated

6. What’s your biggest regret?
STV: Not going to see Nirvana in 1993 when my friend Andy had an extra ticket.
ABX: Not being able to play a whole bunch of musical instruments really well. I like that in Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character learns to play the piano. I would do that, but with a whole bunch of instruments.

7. What’s your fav bar or club in the world?
STV: Tie between First Avenue in Minneapolis and Metro/Smart Bar in Chicago.
ABX: The Hideout in Chicago and The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor.

8. What’s the one thing you can’t live without?
STV: Google Maps on a smartphone. I have terrible directional sense.
ABX: Breakfast. I’m worthless if I don’t eat.

9. What are the 3 musicians dead or alive you’d like to see perform?
STV: Buddy Holly, Nirvana, Notorious B.I.G
ABX: The Clash, Queen, Otis Redding

10. What is your favorite decade in music?
STV: Lots of cool things happened in the 1970s.
ABX: I really enjoyed the 1990s.

11. If you had to choose, would you rather go blind or deaf and why?
STV: Blind. I’ve seen lots of things and could approximate images, but not hearing new music would be a drag.
ABX: Definitely blind. I use my ears more than my eyes on a daily basis.

12. How old is too old?
STV: That’s a relative notion.
ABX: Too old is always someone else’s age. Don’t know what happens if you are the oldest person in the world. Maybe that’s too old.

13. Where do you see yourself in 15 years?
STV: Chillin with a bunch of talking animals.
ABX: Test driving a hovercar. Doing things with holograms. Watching the 37th season of The Simpsons and complaining that it used to be so much better.

14. Who’s your hero?
STV: Danger Mouse
ABX: Barack Obama

15. What’s your favourite colour?
STV: Pantone 7593 C
ABX: Blue

16. What song could you live without ever hearing again?
STV: Right now I’d have to say Ke$ha “We R Who We R”
ABX: Splack Pack “Give Us Your Cash, Bitch”

17. Metallica or Madonna?
STV: Metallica all day
ABX: Madonna all night

18. What’s your most hated vice?
STV: Fast food. (is also “most loved”)
ABX: Dick Cheney

19. Who is the most tragic figure in history?
STV: Eeyore
ABX: Jimmy from The Shangri-Las’ “Leader of the Pack”. If only he had listened to Betty.

20. What are the top three live shows you’ve seen in your life?
STV: Daft Punk, Prince, David Banner
ABX: Radiohead, Weezer, The Flaming Lips