If I'm Ever Interviewed, This Is What I Hope to Say
From Vulture‘s interview with Fonzworth Bentley:
Why do you call yourself the Penguin?
I’ve always been with the penguins — I wrote a song for my upcoming album called “The Penguin.” The way I look at it, the penguin is the flyest bird — he wears a tuxedo every day, but he can’t fly! But what if he tried? I’m gonna represent that penguin that can really fly. Two years after I wrote the song, March of the Penguins came out, and let me tell you, I was there opening weekend! I was one of the few, I was one of the few. But I was there, first row, for March of the Penguins. That was confirmation for me that things coming up in my writing, subject matter, made sense. [Emphasis added.]
I feel much the same way. The main difference, however, is that I call myself “The Marmoset,” for obvious reasons.
I’m a New World monkey
Like my peanut butter chunky
If I had a name like Fonzworth I really wouldn’t feel the need to create a special moniker.
— aldo · Jul 16, 11:06 PM · #
But dosen’t your ethnic heritiage trace back to India? It doesnt seem right that your totem animal should be a new world monkey. On the other hand, totem animals come from the spirit world and the spirit world knows no boundries. That’s why my totem animal can be the Whale Shark whilst at the same time I reside in Wisconsin.
— cw · Jul 17, 12:24 AM · #
You make a compelling point, cw. I don’t know enough about the fauna of the Subcontinent. For now, though, I’m sticking with the Marmoset — mainly because it sounds like “marmalade.”
— Reihan · Jul 18, 02:42 AM · #
There are also very cute. I can see why you picked them.
— cw · Jul 18, 10:27 PM · #