Editor’s note: The album release party has been postponed. We will let you know as soon as the new date has been announced.
On Monday, 21 April, Dinar Bandosu will be presenting it’s new album at Babylon. A perfect occasion to ask singer Asaf Jr. and guitar player Douglas Vegas some tough questions. Tough questions, mostly copied from an early interview with Justin Bieber on seventeen.com. Because confusing cop is the new good cop/bad cop.
GW: Welcome gentlemen. I hope you don’t mind me diving right in, but there’s something I’ve always wanted to ask you: what’s the girl fashion trend that confuses you?
Asaf Jr.: I’m glad you asked! I get terribly confused by uggs. You know, the boots that look like a bear’s rear end. I honestly do not get it. Is someone giving them away for free somewhere?
D. Vegas: And neon, really, why did that come back? Wasn’t it bad enough in the eighties?
Terribly confusing issues indeed. Did you at some point in your life manage to deal with these peculiarities to a sufficiently high degree to actually approach one of those wondrous creatures? And if so, when did you have your first kiss?
Asaf Jr.: Well, I must admit it’s all a little bit fuzzy but I think I was about 15, if not 14. And no, she wasn’t wearing one of them boots, before you ask. Nor two of them, as a matter of fact.
You really have a problem with people wearing those, don’t you? I’m sure you must have some equally bad habits yourself. What would you consider your worst side?
Asaf Jr.: People around me would probably mention my smoking. Myself, I’d say my worst habit is that I keep leaving my lighters wherever I go.
D. Vegas: Mine would be sarcasm.
Doesn’t sound too bad. Let’s turn to a somewhat more delicate subject, that of money. What’s the last thing that you bought?
D. Vegas: A couple of dried, folded moths for Asaf Jr. to put in his wallet. True story. Don’t even ask.
Asaf Jr.: A pack of smokes and yet another lighter. Or a shorter life, it really all depends on perspective.
Moths, cigarettes and lighters. Goes to show rock stars are just like people. How much money is in your wallet right now, if I may be so bold?
Asaf Jr.: None. Nothing. Zero. Nada. I just bought the damn lighter.
Oh, the trials and tribulations you go through! Have you ever thought of selling your story to Hollywood? And if so, who would you want to play you?
D. Vegas: I’d go for maximum verisimilitude and choose someone who no one has ever heard of and who cannot act very well.
Asaf Jr.: I pick Gary Oldman, if at all possible. I’d love to see him going through his wallet to find nothing but some dead, folded moths.
I’m sure one of our readers has him on speed dial. But until your film careers lift off, we’ll have to do with the music, Monday, 21 April at Babylon. I’ll be there!
