Withersin’s Damned Interview with:
David Steven Blair
Born in Phoenix, AZ; grew up in
a small hick town called Grangeville in Idaho.
I have a wonderful, supportive family scattered throughout the western
states. Science was my first passion,
acting my next, and then in 1993, at the age of 13, I saw a little Spielberg
film called “
List published works/accomplishments:
I have a few published short
stories in a children’s magazine, two award-winning feature-length independent
films, and earned Best Director for “Paper Dolls” at the Eerie Horror Film
Festival.
List website: www.badfritterfilms.com
How can we contact you? davidBL3@hotmail.com
In your own words, define
Withersin.
Cool
horror/sci-fi mag run by
some genuinely cool people! Good art
work, too!
If you were a sideshow act,
what would you be?
I would
definitely be a song-and-dance, Vaudeville-type show.
What is your greatest
non-literary influence?
Films and their makers.
Describe your most
irrational fear.
I
have an irrational fear of spiders. Ever
since “Arachnophobia” I just can’t get over it.
Spiders just look mean.
How about your
most guilty pleasure?
“American Idol” and N’Sync. They’re tied.
Name the most disturbing
nursery rhyme/fairy tale you can recall.
I’d
have to say “Hansel and Gretel.” Come
on, a cannibalistic witch living in an irresistibly delicious house designed to
lure small children in so she can boil them up and eat them? And the climax of the
story—sure, the kids prevail and turn the tables on the old hag, but do
it by shoving her into her own oven where she burns to death. This is kids’ stuff? “Ring Around the
Rosie” is a close second, “Humpty Dumpty” a close
third: it’s just so hopeless, he’s a broken egg, no one can save him, end of
story…
Do you eat meat?
Yes.
What were the skies like
when you were young?
Sunny.
Name your favorite garden
tool.
Garden tool? Well, the lawn mower isn’t really a garden
tool, but it’s my favorite garden/lawn/greenery maintenance-type tool, I
guess. I like mowing…you get sunshine,
fresh air, and the pleasure of a clean-looking yard.
Name your least favorite
color, first job and worst job.
My
least favorite color is chartreuse, my first job was dishwashing at a Mexican
Restaurant, and my worst job was working for the Census Bureau or Starbucks.
Favorite: Author,
Movie, Music Group, Song, and Quote.
I
don’t have a favorite author, but I have been reading a lot of Deepak Chopra
books lately…I’ll give you my favorite book though: The Stand by Stephen
King. Favorite movie: three-way tie
between The Lord of the Rings movies.
Favorite music group: three-way tie between Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab
for Cutie, and Arcade Fire. Favorite
song: Fall Down by Toad the Wet
Sprocket. Favorite quote (these days…)
“If not now, when?”
If you were a loaf of bread
what kind would you be?
Amish Friendship Banana Nut Bread.
Weirdest news you have read
in your local newspaper:
I
don’t think I ever read the local newspaper; the Idaho County Free Press only
came out once a week, and I only ever picked it up
when I needed to start a fire.
Why horror?
It’s
fun! Scaring people is fun! Being scared is fun!
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