The Acorn's soulful blend of plucked guitars, washing keys and intimate production is at once stark, morose, and uplifting. It's beautiful aural flora made by fauna, and is a fantastic soundtrack to fondling and farewells. MP3s from their latest release, The Pink Ghosts, are available at kelprecords.com. Bunk Bedouin caught up with head nut Rolf, and over cognac and cigars, they talked about several pressing matters of international importance.

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PHASE CANCELLATION?
Enough to know that we're not going to stop fighting until every last phase is allowed to exist in peace.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME AN ACRONYM FOR? We were forced to drop the acronym when the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (www.acorn.org) sued our asses. We're in the process of legally changing our name to Za Pine Nutz. We're actually really happy with the change.

DON'T YOU FEEL SAD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE SQUIRRELS THAT, SO OPTIMISTICALLY, BURY ACORNS BEFORE THE WINTER, AND THEN FORGET WHERE THEY ARE? ISN'T THAT LIKE A LIFE OR DEATH GAME OF "WHERE DID I LEAVE MY HOUSE KEYS"? We wrote a song about that exact squirrel. Weird!

I ATE AN ACORN (NOT THE BAND) ONCE OR STARTED TO ' IT TASTED A BIT LIKE A RAW POTATO. Why did you do that? Remember what happened to Oedipus. How scandalous it would be if the incestuous relations between that oak tree and potato plant were to come to light? (What happens in the forest stays in the forest).

WHAT IS YOUR NAME AN ANAGRAM FOR? O, narc!

"LIMITED PALLETTE BUT QUICKER EXECUTION OF IDEA" IS ARMWRESTLING "LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES BUT TONS OF PROGRAMMING TIME TO GET A SINGLE SOUND" FOR CUSTODY OF HIS SON AND AN 18-WHEEL TRUCK (IT'S FLASHY). WHO COMES OUT ON TOP? Yeah, I liked Enya a lot too after seeing the penultimate scene of L.A. Story, but lately my acoustic guitar has been making a lot of sense.

WHICH ACROBAT IS YOUR NAME A REFERENCE TO?
Remember the episode of Circus of the Stars with Scott Baio and Morgan Fairchild as the Ringmasters? Morgan Fairchild is really holding up. I fucking love those Old Navy ads.

HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A MUSICIAN ABOUT THE USE OF
HYPERSONIC AND TARGETED AUDIO, BOTH AS A NON-LETHAL LAW ENFORCEMENT METHOD, AND A WAY OF IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISING CONTENT? If it's not causing Alzheimer's, it's not targeted or hypersonic enough.

(HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO) ELECTRIC LADYLAND? Twice. It rained the whole fucking time and the ladies, though electric, were plain.

WHICH ANACHRONISTIC OVERSIGHT(S) IN FILM ADAPTATIONS OF CHARLES DICKENS NOVELS IS YOUR BAND NAMED AFTER? There seemed to be way more cars and subways in the Ethan Hawke version of Great Expectations than I remember Dickens putting in there.

Bunk Bedouin