Jaguar Love singer Johnny Whitney remembers his first kiss perfectly. It was in middle school with Ashley Roberge. He also remembers sneezing all over her mid-kiss ...



Buzznet: Do you have a morning bathroom routine? If so, what does it entail from when you get out of bed until you are dressed for the day?

Johnny Whitney: I don't have a morning bathroom routine per-se, but before I really get dressed my morning generally looks like this, wake up at a 7-ish, coffee, New York times, then I either work on music or graphic design. Most days I don't actually get totally dressed until about noon.

Buzznet: Who was your first kiss? Details ... How old were you? Where were you?

Whitney: My kiss was Ashley Roberge in 8th grade right outside of my junior high on a Sunday when school was out. I really didn't know what I was doing and in the middle of it I sneezed and blew snot all over her face. I am not making this up. She played it cool and then told all of my friends. Not my proudest moment.

Buzznet: What do you have hanging on your walls in your bedroom? Posters? Artwork?

Whitney: Nothing too interesting. A few framed picture/paintings, my favorite being a screenprinted picture of a little chicken escaped from a very ornate birdcage looking very perplexed.

Buzznet: Do you have any fetishes? Any pet-peeves?

Whitney: My biggest pet peeve right now is Sarah Palin. She's like George Bush in highheels. She makes me want to melt my face off. Also in Portland where I live. someone has disseminated bumperstickers that say "Keep portland weird," so annoying.

Buzznet: What do you wear to sleep at night?

Whitney: Boxers and a t-shirt.

Buzznet: Do you have a nickname?

Whitney: Johnny-Cakes, or just Cakes.

Buzznet: What was your first job? What was your worst job?

Whitney: My first job was working at a grocery store called Thriftway bagging groceries. They played Hanson and Billy Ray Cyrus in constant rotation and I had to take out the soupy stinky mystery garbage in the meet department. Thus it was also my worst job.

Buzznet: If you could be in the Summer Olympics which sport would you compete in? Any why?  

Whitney: Not to much of a sports guy. Probably one of the really dated events like shot putting or what's that one where they throw the sharp stick? Javelin throwing? Probably one of those because they are funny.

Buzznet: What song do you know every word to, but are totally embarrassed that you know so well?

Whitney:  Not to much of a sports guy. Probably one of the really dated events like shot putting or what's that one  I know all the words to every song off of Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle. Actually I am not embarrassed in the slightest about this. It is a Doggy Dogg world after all.

Buzznet: Which era do you most wish you lived in and why?

Whitney: The prohibtion era so I could be a bootlegger and talk like a cartoon villain. Or the sixties, so I could know what it felt like to be a kid and anticipate a new Beatles record. That must have been so crazy sitting around like, "hey did you hear the Beatles are putting out a new record," ... "yeah it's called "The White Album" ... "Crazy, I wonder what its going to sound like?"

Buzznet: Do you have any scars? If so what happened? If not name one imperfection on your body?

Whitney: I have a small scar on the bridge of my nose. Legend has it that I was dropped by an Aunt on a metal box and had to get stitches when I was very young like 2 or something.

Buzznet:  If we gave you sourdough bread and you could put anything on your sandwich what would it be?

Whitney: Tempeh bacon and Avocado. Delicious.

Buzznet: When you hear the word "oatmeal," what is the very first thing that comes to your mind?

Whitney: The first thing that comes to mind is one of the first Blood Brothers tours. We had a tour manager that refused to stop anywhere to eat but Denny's and Taco Bell. Being that I was and am Vegan, this did not help me very much in the hunger department. One thing that is very easy to make at your typical middle of nowhere gas station is oatmeal because all you need is hot water. So I pretty much ate oatmeal for a month and a half, and now I'm not really to thrilled about it.

Jaguar Love released their debut full-length, Take Me to the Sea, in August of 2008.