Favorite burger?
Corner Bistro. There's all these other new ones but the atmosphere there is right.
Favorite bar?
Hi-Fi at 169 Ave. A. When it was still Brownie's Lifter Puller played a reunion show the last weekend. The guys there are good friends of ours and there is some confusion that we own it. We do not.
Favorite restaurant in your neighborhood?
Choice in Clinton Hill. It's more of a coffee shop, but definitely the best around here. They have great vegetable things.
Last restaurant ‘splurge'?
Tonight I am going to Prune for my girlfriend's birthday. The menu looks amazing.
Favorite live music venue?
Bowery Ballroom. The first time I saw Drive By Truckers there it made me want to play music again.
How do you pronounce gyro: YEE-Ro; GY-ro; GEE-ro?
YEE-Ro. When people say GY-ro it makes my skin crawl.
Last time you got home at 4 a.m.
It was a pretty long time ago, but it was at the 40 Watt in Athens, Ga. The lady who owns the club is a friend of ours and was in no rush to close it.
If Bloomberg was to name an NYC culture minister, who should it be?
As a collective, Sonic Youth. They would bring a really good understand of how noise and beauty and other forms of art go together.
Is the Lower East Side beat? OK, it's easy to say ‘yes' or ‘no'...prove it.
Yes, because of what goes on there on Friday and Saturday night.
