Stephanie Ault

Interview questions:
Full given name:
Stephanie Christine Ault (I was supposed to be a boy with the name Stephen!)

Hometown: I was born in Bryan, TX, but raised in Denver, CO. I really am a Colorado girl at heart. Everytime I go back to Texas I feel like Remy from ¡§Ratatouille¡¨ except with a bunch of Texans.

MAC or PC?
MAC, you know why? Because my PC just crashed on me last week and I¡¦m still really bitter about it. Apparently, MACs don¡¦t crash.

Favorite post-show meal: Hmm. Well, I¡¦m really poor, so usually my friends come over to my house and we have wine and cheese and dark chocolate that we¡¦ve raided from someone else¡¦s fridge. ƒº

Pre-show rituals: I pray and I think about all the stories that went into my songs and I re-live and re-visit them.

Worst onstage mishap: I completely spaced mid-song and forgot how to play the rest of it. I just kind of sat there for a few seconds and made it look like a dramatic pause. Ha!

Favorite venue to play in: Anywhere really, as long as the audience is receptive and interactive, that¡¦s all that matters. If the audience is digging my music and having a good time, then the venue just seems to disappear.

Favorite place to travel: Provence, France

All-time favorite music venue: There is this underground old stone bar in Paris that I love to go to the music is wonderful and usually jazz or some type of sensual array of musical genius.

Special skills:

Last book you read: ¡§The Shack¡¨ by William P. Young

Favorite magazine: Oh. I just realized, I haven¡¦t read a magazine since my tweens.

Must-see TV show: I¡¦m a dork, I love watching ¡§Arthur¡¨ on PBS every Saturday morning with a bowl of cereal.

Last good movie you saw: Juno

Favorite place you have lived: Brooklyn, New York

First concert ever saw: Well, I used to live behind an outdoor music arena its called Fidler¡¦s Green and I remember the first concert I ever heard (not saw) was Elton John. It was amazing! I will never forget that night, I was 8 years old and I remember sitting on the rooftop of my apartment and crying when he sang ¡§Can you feel the love tonight¡¨

If you could go back in time and catch any concert, what would it be? That same concert. Except this time, I would be front row and center.

Current band/musician (besides yourself) you have been recommending to your friends: Sufjan Stevens, all the time, I can¡¦t shut up about him!

Most played song on your iPod: ¡§Vito¡¦s Ordination Song¡¨ by Sufjan Stevens

Best vacation spot: Greece

Worst job you ever had:
I¡¦ve had some pretty bad jobs, but the worst job I have ever had was last summer when I worked on a farm in Greece and I shoveled pig poop in a bikini and golashes in 115 degree heat. That was pretty horrible. I¡¦m not sure if I¡¦ll ever feel the same about pigs¡Kor bikinis¡Kor golashes! I do still love Greece though.
- Spencer Williams