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MY HEART IS A BLINKING NINTENDO from MHIABN

1. Please introduce yourself.
I am BA Johnston, nice to meet you all.

2. How would you describe your music to someone that has yet to hear you?
Nerd rock, loser anthems, casio manna from heaven.

3. What were your original goals in performing as BA? Have they changed?
Make money, drink beer and eat fried foods across Canada; and little about that goal has changed, maybe to get more free hotel rooms.

4. You've toured quite a bit in the past; is it challenging to drop whatever you're doing at home and head out on the road for weeks at a time?
What challenges me about touring is getting off my fat ass and leaving mothers house. I just moved into the basement there and I have a seperate entertance and cable, and Canada is fucking huge dude.

5. What is your favourite show situation (type of venue, crowd, other bands, etc) Any interesting road/tour stories?
My fav show is one where they have moniters, theres people there who like me and I get paid. Honestly I could be playing on top of a hotdog cart as long as someone buys a cd and I get 50 bucks.

6. What are some of the things you try to communicate through your music?
I dunno, love me?

7. How did the DVD come about?
It seemed like the merch table needed something new, and people had asked about someone that documents the live show better, Mat at Just Friends was pretty into the whole thing.

8. When do you think is the best time/situation to listen to a BA Johnston record?
While taking a huge crap.

9. Favourite dance party song?
Whoop There It Is by Tag Team.

11. What does the future hold for BA Johnston?
Tour, tour, tour, CD release, sleep, heart attack (age 35), become trucker, eventually get re=discovered on my deathbed. Too little too late.

12. How can ppl contact you?
justfriends.ca/ba

13. Final words?
Don't applaud, just throw money.

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INTERVIEW BY MATT DIXON, MARCH '07