Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Friday, March 13, 2009

The Cool Observer Interview: Mickey Z.

(All questions chosen by the regular visitors here, a.k.a. The Expendables)

1. What skill(s) would you teach a child to aid their passage through this world?

MZ: Growing and preparing your own food, self-defense, and the subversive pleasure of independent thought.

2. If you could have a new society tomorrow, how would you describe the relationship of its citizens in this new society?

MZ: It would be creative and ever-evolving...with justice as its compass.

3. What are you going to write a song about tomorrow?

MZ: I dunno...The Ballad of P. Diddy?

4. Have you heard of anyone yet having a satisfactory explanation for the success of P. Diddy (a.k.a. Puff Daddy or Sean Combs)?

MZ: He’s the Barack Obama of hip hop.

5. It’s time to make a choice. Would you fight or flee, and why?

MZ: Flee, if possible, when the odds are insurmountable. Talk my way out of it whenever I can. Fight when left with no choice.

6. When did the first monkey go to Hell?

MZ: The moment it met the first human.

7. If you were a stock character in a dystopian sci-fi film/novel which would it be: the overlord, the scientist, the ultimate warrior, the lone explorer, etc.?

MZ: The Warrior from Astoria.

8. What food/meal do you make that requires the most effort to prepare?

MZ: My cooking style is pretty simple: plant-based, whole foods, organic and locally grown as much as possible. And did I say simple?

9. What was your last moment of clarity?

MZ: The week before my Mom died, she needed non-stop care and attention and love. That week, I experienced a sense of undeniably clear purpose and focus unlike anything I’ve ever felt before or since.

10. Are we all fucked?

MZ: That’s putting it mildly.

If you want to tackle these questions in 25 words or less, please do so and e-mail me your answers