November 27, 2002

Eric Shea (Mover, Deserters)

1. A 1966 black 12-string Rickenbacker 360 semi-hollow-body guitar with toaster oven pickups
2. Cleaner, less toxic air at Berkeley Skate Park
3. An octagon-shaped recording studio in the high desert with a solid-gold helicopter landing pad
4. For Ride to reform and record another album
5. A cool (and dedicated) new bass player-backing singer for my new band
6. For the Purple Onion to reopen with Tom Guido back in action as the proprietor

Satomi (Deerhoof)

1. I want to thank the couple who gave me a Super 8 projector at the show
2. I want to not be afraid of flying
3. I want to give my soul to Apollo
4. I want absolute silence
5. I want my orchid to blossom

Conan Neutron (Replicator)

1. To have a label put out our stuff (please?)
2. To not get laid off (again)
3. A computer that was made in the last eight years
4. The $$$ to go on tour some more
5. For World War III not to happen

Sara Brownell (AC/DShe)

1. I want Motörhead to play my 30th-birthday party
2. I want Malcolm Young to give me guitar lessons
3. I want AC/DShe to be sponsored by Maker's Mark
4. I want to build an AC/DC-themed amusement park!
5. I want punk/metal-friendly S.F. venues reopened – no hassles!

Eric Landmark (Numbers)

1. A Terpistone (Leon Theremin's adaptation of the theremin for use by dancers; used in exotic dance, music, and light shows throughout the 1930s)
2. An Electronium ("instantaneous composing and performance machine," built by Raymond Scott in the 1950s; only a few in existence, one owned by Mark Mothersbaugh)
3. For Devo to play a free all-ages show in San Francisco – oh wait, they just did that
4. Brainbombs U.S. tour

Tommy Guerrero

1. To get over this fuckin' cold
2. More time
3. A clone of myself to live the life I'm not
4. To be 18 and skate every day
5. For aliens to abduct Bush and his cronies and probe 'em with an oil rig
5b. Just to be happy

Tina Gordon (Lost Goat)

1. Battle over dinosaur puss to end, feed off sun before sun feed off us
2. All computers, cell phones, techno go away, replace with flying saucer and skywrite "Tits"
3. Rocker venture capitalist to sponsor the Rambler, bring Power of Rock to streets of San Francisco
4. More making out for everyone, everywhere, all the time ... while reading Stroker Magazine
5. To live in a renovated water tower by the end of next year

Dennis Cabuco (Harold Ray Live in Concert, Sound Odyssey Three)

1. I'd like all my "friends" who have never seen any of my bands to watch me perform just once
2. An animatronic Ray Charles singin' "What'd I Say?"
3. A new 1,000-watt P.A. (which I could get really cheap if I had a time machine -- but would they take money from the future?)
4. A time machine so I could pick up some kickin' gear and rock out for a bunch of Neanderthals. Oh wait, I already do that
5. A record deal (duh), but not with the devil

Kristy Geschwandtner (Lil' Pocketknife, KIT, DJ Shitbird and the Ultimate Party Machine)

1. I wish I wasn't past the cutoff age for Space Camp
2. I wish for a never-ending supply of Coke Classic and chana masala
3. I wish Hobbits really existed
4. I wish I could spend a day with the following people: Trent Reznor, Gary Gygax, Stephen Hawking, and Andrew W.K.
5. I wish aliens would invade Earth so Earth would be unified against the aliens and not each other

King Riff (Crack: We Are Rock; Big Techno Werewolves; DJ Shitbird and the Ultimate Party Machine; Chop Chop Powers, feat. Raw B; Cokra; Aerobics King)

1. More time
2. Sparks or RockStar sponsorship
3. All the Sun Ra reissue albums or original issues, I don't mind
4. Santa suits for homeless
5. Hair, to feather back

Dallas Wayne

1. They would put Merle Haggard's face on Mt. Rushmore
2. George Bush would learn how to pronounce "nuclear"
3. Emmylou Harris would return my calls
4. I had more hair on my head than I do on my back
5. They would stop calling it alt-country and call it Canada, like they're s'posed to!

Paula Frazer

1. More available practice spaces for bands – that are affordable
2. More venues for kids of all ages and means to learn arts – music, dancing, art, and traditional arts like carpentry and weaving, etc.
3. More places dogs can go – like how it is in France, where you can take your dog to grocery stores and restaurants
4. A storefront where I can make and sell my woven things
5. A restaurant space for James [Kim, Court and Spark drummer; Paula's bf] so he can live out his dream of being a chef

Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Cinnamon Girls)

1. No War and No Bush
2. Neil Young to sit in with the Cinnamon Girls (Doug and Bruce from Waycross, Patrick from Dirty Power, and me, in drag, playing Neil covers)
3. Lots and lots of gear (a list so technical as to bore the average reader and so expensive as to be unrealistic unless I win the lottery)
4. To sell out, buy in, and retain all integrity
5. Whiskey (bourbon or single malt) without the headache

M.C. Taylor (the Court and Spark)

1. The Lord to tell my thuggish downstairs neighbor that we live too close to one another for him to be a bastard; said neighbor stops being a bastard
2. The Incredible String Band and Vashti Bunyan to play songs in my kitchen while I drink tea and smoke funny cigarettes with all of my quiet, very well-behaved friends and loved ones, i.e., the Dreamchimney clan
3. Enough money to take Abigail on a trip around the world
4. Brad Stark's well-being
5. Bobby Whitlock's self-titled LP, first pressing, on Dunhill, from 1972

Dan the Automator

1. "Chicken for the Pea and Sugar"
2. Trevor Pryce's car
3. Reservations at Sushi Yasuda
4. A Trip to French Laundry with Don, Morimoto, and the Bluemen
5. A new president

Jerry Business (Deadfalls)

1. Really good earplugs
2. A hydrogen-fueled band van
3. Regime change here in the United States
4. I wish for teachers to be held in as high esteem as sports figures
5. A Star Trek-type teleporter so I can visit my family and friends more often

David Immerglück (Counting Crows)

1. I desperately want Bay Area real estate prices to go waaaay down
2. I want an early-'60s Martin D-35 (or my own 40-inch gong)
3. I want a new president
4. I want yet another post-gig carne asada super quesadilla from El Farolito, no sour crème, salsa verde inside
5. I want Caroleen Beatty to sit on my lap

eXtreme Elvis

1. Kimo's at full volume
2. Pro bono legal counsel
3. White platform boots (size 11 1/2)
4. Absinthe
5. World peace

Dylan Rogers (Sonic Love Affair)

1. For people to stop telling me I look like Meatloaf (the singer, not the loaf)
2. A car that will pass smog test
3. Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan to do a Flamin' Groovies reunion
4. The Flakes' Peepin' John to become a teen idol
5. Gifts for the kids who might not get anything

Rich Scramaglia (Jipsters, Carlos!)

1. A Rupert's People reunion show
2. American flag socks
3. Swedish meatballs, lingonberries och min älskling
4. The Ronnie James Dio Terror in Tinytown DVD
5. Free drinks all year long at Thee Parkside

Motion Man

1. A new action figure to kick the old one's ass for messing with me – the old one doesn't listen
2. My action figure to stop flirting with my girl
3. My action figure to stop waking me up when he can't sleep
4. Mini-urinals so my action figure won't drown to relieve himself
5. Velvet-covered Dominoes so my action figure won't scratch the glass table

Sheetal Singh (Stratford 4)

1. A cello
2. The ability to play the cello
3. New Year's Eve in Morocco
4. Having hot bands play my new club night (last Fridays, Edinburgh Castle, starting in January, name TBD)
5. But most of all ... I want the new Stratford 4 CD (to be released spring 2003) to rock

Zeek Sheck

1. Worldwide love of sharing and happiness
2. A bonsai pine tree and freedom for all the slaves
3. A three-volt power plug for my MD player and a daddy longleg robot intern
4. Good dreams for 30 days and 24-hour spy-cam coverage of everyone having sex
5. A cure for the millipede's singed black leg disease and split-second information on everything I need to know

Kitten on the Keys

1. Pepto-Bismol pink Rice Rocket to cruise the Sunset's many 7-Elevens
2. A year's supply of fancy ruffled knickers for my pygmy ponies and helper monkeys. I've always wanted a well-ruffled Petting Zoo!
3. Rhinestone-encrusted Weltmeister accordion with sparkle finish!
4. A giant Victorian clawed bathtub with lotsa bubbles and yummy-smelling stuff to soak in while my favorite band, the Tiger Lillies, serenade me with their splendid ditties

5. Health, happiness, and success to my pals, loved ones, and everyone else in the whole wide world!

Matthew Troy (Track Star)