Pyramid Culture

Jeff Wright met up with the lovely ladies of the Bad Bands Revolution's colour-coded pop darlings, Pyramid Culture, to ask them some questions. Pyramid Culture are Catherine, Ignacia, Kat, and Tallulah. They asked us to colour code their names, but we're not that smart with webbyness. They're Wavelength's favourite walking, talking, singing, and dancing mood ring band.

Who is your favourite Pyramid Culture member?

Tallulah: The BBC online news' "science and nature" page.

Kat: Of all the world's pyramid cultures, I think my favourite is the mythical pyramid culture of Antarctica. We can't even be really sure that it existed, but if it did, it could very well be the true cradle of civilization.

Ignacia: If by "member" you mean sexual organ, the answer is obviously vagina! Pycult is full of them.

Catherine: WASHROOM PREP!

Who is your least favourite Pyramid Culture member?

C: GIRL ARGUING!

T: High heeled shoes.

K: Those divas over in Egypt have had the spotlight for a little too long, I think.

I: To be honest, we only have vaginas. That and BOOBS! Boobs feature pretty prominently in all of our songs, actually.

What local indie dood (sic) turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

C: GREG GRAFFIN!

I: Emotionally? We warm up with Jon-Rae songs before playing. Singing about the lord really gets us in the mood... to sing. The mood to sing.

K: Obviously, my husband Matt (awww, I know, I'm boring now that I'm married - but honestly, if I didn't think Matt was the dreamiest boy in dreamsville, I wouldn't have gotten hitched so quick). On the creative front, I am also inspired by DJ Cyber Rap - the guy's got a lot of talent that he's much too humble about. I guess I'm into white rappers?

T: I think Doc Pickles is onto something.

What local indie dood (sic) turns you off?

I: What do I win if I say Garry Incarnate? If it's ice cream, I will totally do it. What about those Riptorns guys? They're pretty off-putting.

K: Doods are OK. It's the chicks you've got to worry about. As the recent Fifth Column tribute night taught us, all women are bitches.

T: That guy from the Riptorns. He broke my tooth!

C: MIKE McCOLGAN!

What is your favorite curse word to hear Kat say?

T: "Ohshit" - when she says it as one word, really fast - "ohshit." It sounds like she's trying to say "ocean," as if she's on to a new song or something. But it's really a curse.

I: I wish Kat cursed in Serbian. That would probably be the hottest. Kat is going to teach me Serbian, you know.

K: I am a lady of excellent poise and deportment. I do not curse!

C: KAT (IS A) LADY!

What sound or noise do you love to hear Catherine make?

C: I WITHDRAW!

T: The sound she makes when she sees a cute animal. It's like "buh" mixed with "BUH" mixed with "MEEP." It's a top secret formula, really.

I: Every noise because of our love! Although the sounds Little Miss Fistycuffs makes when she melts due to kittens are pretty amazing. Best noises.

K: That "nyuh, nyuh, nyuh" sound she makes when she's flustered and goes into Rain Man mode. "Yes muffin, we know there are 46 pens in the jar, now can we get back to practicing?"

What sound or noise do you hate to hear Tallulah and/or Ignacia make?

T: I make sounds or noises?

K: I only hate it when they fight about makeup. But even then, their dulcet tones are a delight to the ear.

C: "THAT HURTS!"

I: It's sort of gross when Tallulah and Ignacia make their in-love noises. Get a room, guys. Seriously.

What profession other than your own (bad band pop star) would you like to attempt (you're not allowed to answer "prostitute")?

T: I hope to one day run Blocks and Wavelength. That's after I buy The Bagel, of course.

K: It's pretty tough being a bad band it girl, but I guess I thrive on the fast paced, jet-set lifestyle. I'm pretty sure I'd make a good impresario, but my schedule just won't allow it at the moment. Either that, or an archivist. Superstar or supernerd, no middle ground.

I: I would say maybe a crime-fighting country-music singer with really really big hair and lots of sequins.

C: MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR!

What profession would you not like to do (you're not allowed to answer "prostitute")?

C: HARD LABOURER!

T: Chimney Sweep.

K: I would really hate to be a miner. The black lung and danger of cave-ins aside, I'm really pretty claustrophobic.

I: Anything that involves the colour beige and/or the telephone.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say is his favourite Pyramid Culture song when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

T: Aspartame. It's kind of like missionary work, you know? Helping people, guiding them and all that.

K: Tough one. Either Saturnian Sponge, because it's about the mysteries of space (heaven is in space, right?) or our upcoming song (to be debuted sometime this fall) about dolphins. It contains a valuable moral lesson about the importance of humility that I think God would really dig.

I: Maybe Ladder Song, because it's about doing it. Or Dolphin Song, because it's sort of about speaking in tongues, kind of. Or Kamchatka because He digs the part about champagne and caviar. Pycult after-party in the sky?

C: LADDER SONG! OK!

By Jeff Wright