Sarah Kate Stuart. Dr SKS.
1. I heard you met Ryan Adams in Wellington a few weeks ago. Did you have some pretty kinky dreams that night? Oh also what did he say, was it a ‘meet-cute’ etc?
Oh in my mind it was the definition of “meet-cute”, if that includes semi-running down Cuba mall after the man of your dreams. New Yorkers walk mighty fast, I was little bit puffed when I finally caught up to Mr.Adams. From there I proclaimed I would follow him to the ends of the Earth but he said he needs a girl that will go to the edge of Andromeda Galaxy, and I said I get homesick.
2. You are a qualified Architect. Mon and I would love a women’s’ only commune for when the Apocalypse comes? What would you build us, exactly?
It would be probably really naturist inspired, lots of timber and glass, complete with saunas, spas, craft tables, workshops for carpentry and pottery, reading rooms, nature walks and perhaps a mud pit so we could get down and dirty at the end of the day.
3. Can you smell ants, or are you one of the 98% that can’t?
It seems I’m part of the dulled masses that don’t possess this super power. I wish I was part of the 0.2 % of people that believe they can teleport, I really hope some government or military operation out there is putting some dollars into teleportation research.
4. I was forced to stop at Bee World on my way out of Auckland last week. It was weird, creepy, disturbing etc. What do you think about bees?
Bees are just out there doing their thing, being productive, and not complaining, putting food on the table. If you want weird, I went on a tour at a prawn farm in Taupo. It was rad because you got to feed the prawns, then be served a platter of cooked ones at the end.
5. I tend to source my inspiration from the books I read, the music I listen to and from my friends. Mon get’s her inspiration by sleeping with “creative” boys. How do you stay inspired?
What inspires me is the feeling of wanting and longing: desire or the lack (see Lacan philosophy). If I feel like something is missing or I want to visualize an image/space or hear a sound or write about a person or place, I just have to create it for myself or create something that gets me closer to that person, place or image. Obviously what other people are doing and creating around one is great inspiration too.
6. Monica’s Mum had to tell her that babies came out of their Mother’s belly button after Mon went around Kindy stressing that her new, baby sister fell out of her Mum’s bum. Sammy was shocked when her Dad explained that the monkey’s at the zoo are what children turn in to if they don’t have baths.
Have your parents ever fed you any bullshit so that you would shut your, annoying, five year old trap? What did they tell you?
I think I was the one coming up with the B.S when I was five. I professed to so many tummy aches to get out of school and swimming lessons that my mother thought I was constantly constipated and took me to a specialist doctor for a scan.
7. So you’re in a band named Wildwood Lights. Mon has made the observation that it’s an all girl band. She’s wondering if any of you are gay or/and feminist?
Oh gosh, what can I say, I’m definitely a fan of the man and all his “glory”… A lot of our songs are about boys we like or hate. I’m more aligned with Riot Grrl than the feminist third wave. There is still an imbalance in a lot of areas and places in the world. I once started a band called Political Period Pain, I guess our message was “Girls can do and say what we want to so F*#k U, but can I have your babies?”. Those were great times.
8. If you could have written any book that’s ever been published, which one would it be and why?
The obvious answer might be Harry Potter or Rich Dad, Poor Dad cause Id be mega loaded, but it’s not all about money right? So I’m going with “Funeral of the Heart” it’s a super awesome selection of weird dark Graphic Novella, written and illustrated by Leah Hayes, she’s a mate of Ryan Adams and she did the Art Work for Cardinology Vinyl LP, she plays in a band called Scary Mansion and she seems like a cool chick.
I need to also add Steve Price’s biography, I’m pretty much obsessed with him and his bucket hat.
9. You’re a very talented person who has her fingers in an abundance of sweet, little pies. What are your most memorable experiences and collaborations?
I used to play in a band called Debutantes with 4 awesome guys, who I always say id be happy for any of my girlfriends to marry- actually one of them is! They really helped me to play better and I learnt heaps from them.
J.Marmoot is a long time collaborator of mine.
10. Sarah the Cockatoo (the talking breed of course), likes to sit on her owner, Rossel’s shoulder and whisper sweet nothings into his ear. One day she awoke in her clandestine cage to find…
… her owner had been abducted by aliens in the middle of the night leaving only a trace of green slime where Rossel had once slept. At that moment the door opened, two FBI agents stormed inside the apartment, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. They began to investigate the scene of what would one day become an unexplained phenomenon in the infamous “X Files”. I want to believe.
“Thanks Sarah”.
Amy Pennington is our favourite, fascinating lady of the moment. Amy is nineteen years old and hails from the Windy Capitol, she’s now kicking it around the fashionable streets of Auckland. We were meant to ask Miss Pennington stuff about her New York stint, her modelling career, trivia on her band and her music making, where she gathers her inspiration to put together her beautiful style, her plate collection and the impressive reading list she sports. Obviously, we didn’t do that. We asked her these things instead…