WHO WOULD YOU HAUNT IF YOU WERE A GHOST? Tim I would haunt the aforementioned karaoke bar, Planet Rose. Senior Writer / Podcaster IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH 4 WOULD YOU RATHER BE THE BEST PLAYER ON A PEOPLE, WHO WOULD THEY BE? HORRIBLE TEAM, OR WORST PLAYER ON A GREAT TEAM? Ernest Hemingway, Dave Chappelle, Marlon Brando, Gwen Stefani. Worst player on a great team. Take pickup basketball, for instance. I think it’s more fun finding ways to chip in on a WHAT’S ONE THING YOU’D LOVE TO DO BEFORE great team with a crisp pass, a solid screen, a well-timed YOU DIE? backdoor cut. More fun to fit into the fabric of a well-oiled machine than playing clunky basketball with bad Write a book. teammates. WHAT EMBARRASSING MUSICAL ARTISTS DO YOU WHAT’S THE MOST UNPLEASANT SOUNDING WORD? ADMIT TO REALLY ENJOYING?

Onomatopoeia. As previous people have said, I’m not really embarrassed by any of my music preferences. I like a wide range of IF YOU WERE A PITCHER, WHAT WOULD YOUR music. What I’ll do is, I’ll cherry pick songs, rather than ENTRANCE THEME SONG BE? professing to be a fan of an entire artist’s oeuvre. For instance, in college I had a phase where a friend got me I have a memory from 2015 at Dodger Stadium that I won’t into ska music, specifically The Mighty Mighty Bosstones ever forget. The sun was setting on Chavez Ravine, really song “The Impression That I Get,” and the Reel Big Fish accentuating the light blue and gold colors of the ballpark, song “Sell Out.” We’d listen to that Bosstones song every and Zack Greinke came to bat to George Michael’s day when he drove me home from the intramural “Careless Whisper,” with that beautiful saxophone riff. It was basketball courts. Now, could I name for you any other the most LA thing I’d ever seen. Perfect pairing of song and ska songs? No. But those particular songs are bangers. place. Would want my entrance song to capture that same Or I thought they were when I was 20 years old. spirit. WHAT’S YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL? WHAT’S YOUR KARAOKE SONG? Totoro, from the Hayao Miyazaki film “My Neighbor This is actually a loaded question. I’m a regular at a grungy Totoro.” karaoke dive bar in the East Village called Planet Rose, and I’ve been going there for eight years now, ever since I WHAT’S THE DUMBEST WAY YOU’VE BEEN INJURED? moved to New York. I can walk in there any night of the week and know five or six other people there. It’s my When I was in grade school, around 12 years old, I got a Cheers. My go-to song used to be “Africa” by Toto. My black eye playing some sort of hot potato game with my college buddy and I used to sing that and have a whole baseball team. The injury wasn’t dumb. What happened routine. Then he moved to Germany. Now my go-to is next was. For the next two weeks, without any explanation “Roses” by Outkast. But if my brother is there, we’ll usually nor any doctor’s note, I wore a Pirate-style eye patch to just go through David Bowie’s entire catalog. Next time school. No one asked questions. I acted like it was ROS is convened in New York, and it’s safe to go to bars, we normal, and everyone else did, too. can arrange a group outing.