Frank Zappa - The Mudshark Interview Lyrics
[includes The Look Of Love (BacharachDavid) and Wives And Lovers (BacharachDavid) as background music]FZ: What's your name?Mr Tickman: I'm Martin TickmanFZ: And what is your position here?Mr Tickman: Front office managerFZ: The name of this stablishment is . . . ?Mr Tickman: This is the Edgewater InnFZ: In Seattle, Washington. Can you tell me, uh, how some rock'n'roll groups have taken advantage of this unique situation?Mr Tickman: They've taken advantage in different ways, and we do encourage, uh, and advertise that you can fish from your room and we are glad to have our guests fish from 'emFZ: Do you supply them with fishing equipment?Mr Tickman: No, but we have a shop in the hotel that does rent the equipment as well as baitFZ: What sort of bait do they usually use?Mr Tickman: Uh, it's a preserved minnow of some variety, I don't know exactly what the fish isFZ: Well, what do they do after they fish from the window?Mr Tickman: Well, rock'n'roll bands and other guests as well often catch shark and squid and octopus and usually we, it lands up either in the bath tub or dribbled on the floor on the way to the bath tubFZ: Mm-mmh . . .Mr Tickman: But it's not reserved to, uh, to any rock'n'roll bands, I mean, other guests do it tooFZ: Mm-mmh, but how frequently do you find squids and sharks and octopuses in the bath tubs of the rooms here at the hotel?Mr Tickman: After almost any good weekend of pretty heavy occupancy, say like over half the house filledFZ: If you have over the . . .Mr Tickman: Way, way . . .FZ: . . . over half house filled you'd find one, say?Mr Tickman: Yeah, say, one or something like thatFZ: So how often would you say that is each week? Twice a week you'd find a . . . ?
