Eudora is a quintet from the Big Smoke that doesn't take themselves as seriously as they do their music. Ryan McLaren spoke to Eudora via email to get the lowdown on their past jobs, present state of being kick-ass and future plans.

First of all, what're your names, and could you give us a little bit of history about your band?
Mike: From shortest to tallest we are: Sally Lee, bass and vocals; Adlai Waxman, keyboards and vocals; Mike Gennaro, guitar and vocals; Jeremy Finkelstein, drums and vocals; Jason Finkelstein, lead guitar and vocals.
Sally: Think Seven Samurai, with Mike in the Toshiro Mifune role.

Tell us a tale about your worst and/or best job experience.
Mike: I, like most people, have had only positive work experiences. Some that come to mind are meeting Slash, Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) while working at a downtown music store. Slash had a huge gut and Bun E. was one of the nicest guys ever.
Sally: Both are from a summer I spent working at the Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada's Wonderland when I was in high school. Doing front-of-house 'œsecurity,'? I had to have my back turned to all the action happening on stage for the whole night and my main duty was telling people to stop dancing in the aisles. I asked to be transferred to the merch booth right away, and had one of my best experiences selling T-shirts at a Joe Walsh concert. His fans were just so darn nice and down-to-earth, and I remember it prompting a major shift in my attitude towards people who didn't necessarily listen to all the same music I listened to.
Jason: Worst job? My father made me dress up as a clown so kids could have their pictures taken with me. Then he enlarged and imposed the photo on a T-shirt to be worn and cherished forever.

Tell us your vision of the future, circa 2035.
Mike: I see only good things for the future. I think people will all realize that we shouldn't get hung up on petty things like jealousy, insecurity and hate. Soon we will just naturally want to live more honest lives with less emphasis on getting ahead, and more emphasis on becoming better people. The sense I get from kids is that while things are getting worse in terms of materialism and technology making us lazy and passive, there is also a strong shift towards becoming more aware of what's happening in the world and how we can change it. I think they know that it starts with attitudes.
Sally: Three-day work week, four-day weekends. (No such thing as time off without time on.)
Jason: Back to the Future II.

If you could live in any city in any country all expenses paid for one year, but the catch is that you have to make music all day every day, which city in which country would you choose and why?
Sally: The village of Oia on the Greek island of Santorini. The island is basically the top part of a volcano that sank into the sea, so there are all these gorgeous white-washed villas overlooking a spectacular caldera. They say the legend of Atlantis started there. I went a few years ago with my sister and it's achingly beautiful '” and that's the kind of music I want to make. And the food was really good.
Jason: Montreal. I was born there but moved away at the age of 10, and always wanted to live there as an adult. To live there as an artist would be a dream come true.

What makes your band so kick-ass?
Mike: What makes our band so 'œkick ass'? is the fact that we have two one-of-a-kind Jewish brothers who rock and who are named Finkelstein, a hot chick bass player, an awesome keyboard player and songs that you love to sing.
Sally: Now that Jay's on guitar, I'd have to say the brother-on-brother action. You've heard of blood harmonies? Well, we've got blood rockage. If you like what Eddie and Alex did in Van Halen, you'll love what Jer and Jay do in Eudora.

What does the immediate future hold for Eudora?
Mike: Tuesday, July the 6th at the Silver Dollar with Burning.
Sally: Right now we're working on a joke book based on different aspects of the band. One chapter is going to be jokes that all start out: 'œSo, there's an Italian, three Jews and a Korean driving in a van...'?