"Interview" with the Chaka Khan

Well, here's one that got away. I had planned to interview Chaka Khan recently, to preview her performance in Raleigh tonight at the Soul Music Festival 2009, but her management could not be troubled to respond. So I decided to have a bit of fun and attempt to channel her, kinda. Using the "Song Titles" drill going around Facebook (in which you answer questions using a single artist's song titles), I conducted an "interview" of sorts -- results below.

This didn't run in the paper for reasons of space, after I wound up interviewing Jamie Foxx at the last minute. And so I present it to you here. No big whoop, I just hate for things to go to waste.

1. Are you a male or female: "I'm Every Woman" (1978)
2. Describe yourself: "Best in the West" (1982)
3. How do you feel about yourself: "I Feel For You" (1984)
4. Describe your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend: "So Naughty" (1980)
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: "The Drama" (1998)
6. Describe your current location: "Chinatown" (1984)
7. Describe where you want to be: "Feels Like Heaven" (1993)
8. Your best friend is: "Missing You" (1996)
9. Your favorite color is: "Blue Love" (1978)
10. You know that: "I'll Be Good To You" (1989)
11. What's the weather like: "Sticky Wicked" (1988)
12. If your life was a television show, what would it be called:
"Tell Me Something Good" (1974)
13. What is life to you: "Life Is A Dance" (1978)
14. What is the best advice you have to give: "Move Me No
Mountain" (1980)
15. If you could change your name what would it be: "Coltrane
Dreams" (1986)

ADDENDUM (8/31/09): Catastrope.