The Smith Street Band’s Wil Wagner reveals his secret crush, dream dinner party guests & wants to play the AFL Grand Final
The Smith Street Band’s Wil Wagner reveals his secret crush, dream dinner party guests & wants to play the AFL Grand Final
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Coburg Velodrome will be housing a pool party ... sans water this Saturday.
The Smith Street Band have assembled a Pool House Party that includes: Tired Lion, The Bennies, Ecca Vandal, Press Club, Bec Sandridge, WAAX, Ceres, Baker Boy, Tropical F**k Storm, Signals Midwest, and many more.
Let’s put singer Wil Wagner under the Cahill Grill and see how he fares.
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STELLA DONNELLY’S DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Real name?
William Michael Godwin Wagner
Guilty pleasure?
Where is home?
Korweinguboora, which is an hour and a bit out of Melbourne!
Career Plan B?
AFL player
Biggest bug bear?
Failed AFL career
Earliest memory?
Hearing Bruce Springsteen in the back seat of my parent’s car
Your best quality?
Identifying my faults
And you’re worst?
Too many to list
5 Dream dinner party guests?
Kendrick Lamar, Bruce Springsteen, Larry David, Carrie Brownstein and Paul F Tompkins
5 Desert Island discs?
Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Advice to teenage self?
Appreciate everything
What did you have for breakfast today?
Black coffee
Top of your bucket list?
Play as part of the half time entertainment at the Grand Final
Biggest inspiration?
Bruce Springsteen
Secret crush?
Dane Swan
Secret skill?
Long car ride playlist curation
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
A few too many pies
Star struck moment?
Peter Garrett coming into our dressing room
Career highlight?
Peter Garrett coming into our dressing room
Favourite tipple?
Jameson
Pool house or jail house?
Pool House
The Simpsons or Rick & Morty?
The Simpsons
The ARIAS or the AMP award?
I’d take either!
Johnston St or Gertrude St?
Johnston St
Tough fourth album or difficult second album?
We’ve done both and I think our fourth is better than our second!
Sandra Sully or Tamara Oudyn?
Sub-tweeting or face-to-face conversations?
Face-to-face
Netflix or VHS?
VHS
Falls Festival or Laneway?
Whichever one wants to ask us back to play
How did you develop your creative vision?
Time, practice and curiosity
Pool House Party , Sat noon, Coburg Velodrome
Come grill me: @joeylightbulb
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