Zwish

Fan of the Month

November 2007

Craig, is crazy. Brillant artistic mind, sweet writer and a self confessed "lazy perfectionist". He was a major contributer to the "Toy Boy" video clip and is this month's fan of the month…..

Now Craig you had a leading hand in the “Toy Boy” lego animation clip, what did you wish was included that was left out?
There were a number of creative differences between Bryn and myself during filming, the most contentious of which, being the hat. I maintain that the sex scene would have been enhanced by having the Lego man waving a cowboy hat as he banged away. I think it would have added that X factor, or panache if you will. Of course there were some production difficulties, most notably, Bryn didn’t have a cowboy hat in his childhood Lego collection . Quickly improvising, I believed that a fireman’s hat would have made an acceptable substitute. The ladies love a fireman. However, Bryn wouldn’t go for it, and somewhat regrettably, the hat sequence never made it into the shooting schedule.

Why did the lego man die at the end of the clip?
I’d like to say that it was necessary and for the greater good. He was evil, he had no friends, he didn’t recycle and he squeezed his toothpaste from the top of the tube. But the truth is, we killed him for a cheap laugh. There it is, comedy value. I’m not proud of it, but that’s the way it is. The music industry isn’t all glamour and groupies you know.

Are you going to do anymore zwish video clips?
I’ve already been cast in two more clips. I foresee some more creative differences looming as I’m scripted to take a knee to the giggle berries in one of them. Alas, I fear I’ll once again lose the day… and the ability to father children. The second clip will involve a steamy dance routine especially choreographed to one of Zwish’s more quiet numbers.

So what is your favourite zwish moment?
I’d have to say the “hot digity” incident in the Qantas Club at Sydney Airport. I was listening to a rough cut of Grip on Reality, sitting there at the end of a long day, watching the planes and becoming increasingly tired and emotional on Bacardi and Cokes, I was intently listening away. The lyrics of each track dropped in and out of my consciousness as I pounded my way through my forth Bacardi. Then all of a sudden, the self-important businessmen around me felt the fine mist of caffeinated rum. Carbonated alcohol shot from my nostrils in the most undignified of spit takes when I heard the ambassadors of alternative heavy rock sing the phrase, “hot digity”. I immediately called Bryn under a hailstorm of dirty looks. He was surprisingly undaunted by my mocking of his Disneyesque lyrics, and just laughed proudly.

Besides the above said incident what would be your most embarrassing moment?
Just yesterday, some condoms fell out of my bag in the office. I took quite the ribbing, no pun intended. And I’ve been haunted with endless questions about how protected I feel. Even more embarrassing than that, I’ve only got three months to use the damn things before they expire. “Be prepared”, my arse. And they’re good ones too - $3.45 a go. I still can’t go back to that chemist. Last week I tried to encourage a young bloke to try abseiling by setting an example and going myself. Of course, I lost control, flipped upside down and screamed like a little girl the whole way down. Needless to say, the young bloke didn’t give it a go. The week before… my life’s an embarrassment. The point is, I can laugh about it.

So what are your crazy future plans?
I’ll be performing a salsa routine choreographed to ALT & The Lost Civilization’s version of Tequila (skilfully edited by Zwish’s sound engineer) in early December, after the purchase of an Hawaiian shirt, that may or may not continue to get a run after the performance. I’ll eat myself stupid over Christmas. And maybe, just maybe, I might get stuck into my book.

And finally what do the lyrics "emotional albino with a stir fried libido" mean to you?
Someone’ who is larger than life with bisexual tendencies. More importantly, what rhymes with “libido”?