Name? Leslie Basalla
Nickname? Bubba (to my boyfriend), Pisspants (to a few select friends, and it's not why you think)
Age? 25
Location? Cleveland, Ohio, USA (and I've got the stubborn North Coast pride to prove it)
Profession? Reporter for a publication with NO rock and roll cred, slacking and procrastinating.
Involvement in Bettawreckonize? Lazy writer of occasional features and reviews
Are you in a band? No, but if I have my way that will change soon.
Do you write for other zines? No, but you can read a few of my CD reviews on Amazon.com.
Current playlist? The Dirtbombs Ultraglide in Black; The Black Keys The Big Come Up; Screamin' Jay Hawkins Voodoo Jive: the Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins; The Sadies Tremendous Efforts; Gun Club Fire of Love; Soledad Brothers Steal Your Soul and Dare Your Spirit to Move; Detroit Cobras Life, Love and Leaving; The Greenhornes entire catalog and a cool Halloween mix that Gerry from Them Wranch (RIP) made back in 1998 or 99 for a bunch of friends.
Top five favorite albums of all time? Oh Jesus, just five? Okay.… The Kinks The Kink Kontroversy; Elvis Costello and the Attractions This Year's Model; Flamin' Groovies Teenage Head; X Los Angeles/Wild Gift, The Pogues Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Do you have a Makeout Club profile? Why or why not? A what what what?
First show/concert: My first concert, and amazingly I am not alone in this among Bettawreckonize staffers, was Richard Marx (hey, I was 12). First cool concert was The Cure in 1993 or 94 on the Wish tour. First club show was a bunch of local Cleveland bands of the time including Walking With Edna and Rotary Ten at the Phantasy.
Favorite show/concert of all time: The Fleshtones/The Woggles/The In-Sect at the Union, 1997; The Slackers/Hepcat at the Grog Shop, 1997; New Salem Witch Hunters/The Greenhornes at Pat's in the Flats, 1999; The Revelers/The Mount McKinleys at the Euclid Tavern, 1999; The Neckbones/Geraldine at The Union, 1997; Firewater/Appalachian Death Ride at the Union, 1998; The Swingin' Neckbreakers at the Beachland, 2000; The Real Kids at the Beachland, 2000; Los Straitjackets at the Beachland, 2001; The Dirtbombs/Detroit Cobras at the Beachland, 2002.
Favorite drink: Tequila Sunrise, PBR when I'm broke, Guinness when I'm not, Dos Equis any time, and orange juice every damn morning.
Who would I eat: Joe - I prefer my meat nice and lean, thank you.