You may know Eric Olsen from his various musical endeavors. He is a member of a number of beloved Burlington-based outfits, including Swale, Led Loco and James Kochalka Superstar. He’s also a web and graphic design guru, a husband and, most recently, a father.

Tanner: Hey Eric -- what are you shopping for today?

Eric: I’m looking for the Spoon album -

Tanner: Find what you’re looking for?

Herb: boxes havn’t arrived yet cause of the holiday delay…

Eric: Because of MLK day, the shipments were delayed -- activists man, they always fuck shit up.

Tanner: What have you been listening to today?

Eric: Been going through albums in alphabetical order -- I’m up to B, so I’m up to that Art Brut album -- then there was that Basement demo’s from Elliot Smiths post suicide album… something else, can’t remember…

Tanner: What are your preferred mediums -- vinyl, mp3, cd, cassette, 8-track, a-dat etc?

Eric: That would depend on the setting -

Herb: What if you were being held prisoner?

Eric: That would depend on the size of the prison…

I’ve slacked on vinyl -- i like to get my albums, and rip them to MP3 for my Ipod. I have alot of vinyl, but i wouldn’t call it a collection, i’m mainly CD though. Usually my record player is in disarray.

Tanner: Conan or Leno?

Eric: I’m with CoCo. Actually in my opinion, Leno is like a red state thing, they’re gonna win -- it’s like the decline of western civilization.

Tanner: Read anything good lately?

Eric: Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, or is it “what i think when i talk about thinking”? … no wait. I’ve also been reading Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything -- basically cliff notes  of the history of science and all things.  Also since I’ve been coming here last week, i’ve been constantly checking out Gawker.com pretty religiously, we’ve been having alot of laughs at the house about Conan’s list of possible porno names if he starred….

Tanner: If you could be one person in music history who would it be?

Eric: Fela (kuti) I’d have a sovereign nation. Not every musician has that.

Herb: You’d be dead.

Eric: he had alot of sex.

Herb: Not like, Warren Beatty levels of sex.

Tanner: ZZ-Top or DeeDee Ramone?

Eric: Ooooh tough one…. It’s a toss up, ZZ Top would be in the running before they remastered their drums, did not like that. Depends, every other day, I’d go back and forth -- shared custody.

Tanner: Your #1 album of 2009.

Eric: Umm… hmm… not sure.

Tanner: Your #1 album of 1989.

Eric: It was either Nation of Millions or Daydream nation…I’m dating myself now aren’t I?

Tanner: Shower singer or car singer? If so, what song?

Eric: Bath Singer -- You got another thing coming by Judas Priest.