HOW'S YOUR COMMUTE?

Rita : I wonder what other people's commutes are like. Lolita : I get it—I'll ask a new question— “What is your commute to work like?” ERIN HARPE (Lovewhip): Almost every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I strap on my three-inch tall red heels, sunglasses, and anything from hot pants to an Eskimo outfit, depending on the weather, and drive! The driver's seat in the Lovebus is too tall because it came out of another vehicle (thus the heels). Then I drive anywhere from one to six hours, visiting all the rest stops in New England and beyond for the umpteenth time. Weather permitting, and traffic jams notwithstanding, we usually make it to the gig on time. *** JONATHAN WYNER (M Works Mastering): A highly aerobic dash replete with near death experiences. *** TAD OVERBAUGH (The Kickbacks): I drive into Boston ... and it's like a stampede of buffalo all trying to go through a garden hose for 17 miles. *** JON JOHNSON (Lenny & the Piss Poor Boys): I live in Wollaston and work in Kendall Square . The commute is very, very Chinese. *** NICK BLAKEY (The In Out): When I took the bus to work, my commute was like crawling through a constipated old woman the wrong way in. Now that I walk to work, it's like a very pleasant acid flashback. *** ERIK LINDGREN (Birdsongs of the Mesozoic/ Arf Arf Records): Ever since I morphed out to the country and built a recording studio on my land, my commute is now a mere 25 steps across my driveway. Or 24 if I'm under the influence of caffeinated tea. *** C. MOON MULLINS (Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra/ Damned Dirty Ape): Most of my commute is within the Yavin system. The approach is not easy. I am required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. *** WATER SICKERT (Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys): First I find the white rabbit; He usually frequents Hubba Hubba on Mass. Ave. Once he finds a French tickler to his liking, I follow him down his rabbit hole (where Manray use to be). We free fall for about 30 minutes (in this time we discuss current events and have some tea). When we land, we separate and I head toward the Cold Wire Forest were I spend my time writing bedtime stories for wire tooth animals. It's not a very extraordinary commute but I have come to love it none the less. *** JOHNNY BARNES (Johnny Barnes): Most of the year I ride my motorcycle to work. I work the four to midnight shift as a patrol officer and detective for a rural southeatern Mass. police department. It's about 15 miles and its all through countryside. I used to work in Maine , but down here, there are more deer. I have to watch out for deer crossing the roads. When I ride home to my boat at the Fairhaven Shipyard after midnight I literally have to dodge deer, possums, skunks, and turtles along the roads of Rochester and Mattapoisett. *** CORIN ASHLEY (Corin Ashley): My commute is a whimsical whirlpool of fantasy in my sugar-powered, cloud-busting hovercraft (which masquerades as a Jetta). It's me and my boy Harrison, playing a game we call “prisoner transfer” wherein he squawks and squirms while I strap him down. Then I fire up the old satellite radio and we laugh as Howard Stern asks strippers trivia. Harrison likes it when they don't know who the vice president is. If H takes a nap on the way to daycare, we stop at Drunkin' Nonuts, but if he's awake we go to Starbucks together. He enjoys a grande chai soy macchiato, but don't tell mommy. Lolita : No problem Corin, I'll call up Darcy and tell her not to read this issue of The Noise .