by James Adams
This is the third installment of Memory Mondays, where we give you a glimpse into XY Unlimited’s turbulent, glorious, and frequently embarrassing past. You can compound our shame or bolster our pride by leaving a comment below.
[We published this scandalous secret as part of our May 2013 bid to be #1 on ArtistSignal]
Little known fact: Macain does a jaw-dropping Jeff Goldblum impression. We are perpetually impressed.
Today, we finally reveal how XY stays entertained for entire 4-8 hour car rides on tour. Once Macain stops doing Jurassic Park character impressions, it can get pretty mind-numbing to stare at miles of open road; we’ve collected the following standbys to ease the long hours:
1) “This or that.” A simple but effective game of elimination, this or that pits our favorite things against one another to see what we truly value. For example, I might ask “basketball or football,” to which Michael answers football, Macain answers basketball, and Zack answers basketball just to piss off Michael because he has no preference. Basketball wins, and football is eliminated – FOREVER. Basketball then goes up against, say, unicorns, unicorns win (obviously) and basketball is also then eliminated. Unicorns then do battle against something else…you get the idea. Endlessly entertaining!
Would you? WOULD YOU????
2) “Would you for $50 a day?” For $50 a day, would you drink an entire gallon of milk every day? Would you chase a rabid gerbil through your house until you caught it with your bare hands – every day? Would you watch the same episode of Teletubbies three times a day? When sleepyville starts to hit, we keep one another awake with these important considerations.
3) “Notes from Hell.” Once our brains are mush and we can no longer play games that involve thinking, we resort to more drastic measures: turn on the radio, find a nice pop or country song, and then see who can sing the most awful, insanity-producing note over it. Simple, and deadly.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this glimpse into our exciting lives on the road. Who knows what wonderful advances in driving entertainment Christian will bring! Of course, we can use new ideas from whoever has them. What do you do to stay entertained when you’re pulling long travel hours?
XY Unlimited 
My old boss used to bring this gem up a lot – and we’d go over it again and again in the office: Who’s someone you’d identify as being ugly-sexy? For example – a movie actress? Singer? Athlete? Someone who isn’t traditionally thought of to be super gorgeous or attractive, but you just can’t help but have the hots for? To get you started…one of mine is Jeff G. 🙂 No one would probably label him a super dream-boat, but I think he’s a major hottie. Discuss.
Hmmm…I don’t think we’ve ever played that one! I’m sure Macain would agree about, JG, though. 😉