LOVE NOTES

Four Tulsa couples together in life and in song on the best tunes for love (and for war)

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Phillip & Fiawna

Fiawna Forté and Phillip Hanewinkel, rockers married on Oct. 10, 2010, were bandmates before they were roommates. Now, he cooks, he cleans, he draws her in her bare feet; she writes, she growls, and bets it all on the power of 10.

Where did you fall in love?
Phillip: Under the Mooch, February 10, 2008. From her first note, I couldn’t get her off of my mind. Where did she come from? Was she from here? How was I not aware of this? I had to get the answer to these questions.
Fiawna: The Blend in Broken Arrow, June 6, 2008. After years of lugging around all the heavy equipment myself, this guy, who had just recently become my bass player, ran up and grabbed a 100-pound speaker out of my hand and said, “I’ll get the heavy stuff. Don’t worry about it.” He looked a lot different to me during and after that set.
Admittedly (to each other): An undisclosed parking lot in Tulsa, August 10, 2008.

First concert together: Feist at Cain’s Ballroom, April 14th, 2008

First album you bought as a kid:
Phillip: Rubber Soul, The Beatles.
Fiawna: Blue, Joni Mitchell.

Last fight you had about music: “Always On My Mind” - Elvis or Willie?

But you can both agree that… It’s a dang good song no matter who sings it. (But Elvis is better.) (Phillip, stop hijacking the interview.)

Song that reminds you of him/her. 
Phillip: “Working On A Dream,” Bruce Springsteen, and “Brand New Start,” Little Joy.
Fiawna: “You Inspire Me,” Nick Lowe.

Star Wars or Star Trek?
Phillip: Batman.
Fiawna: Wonder Woman.

Apologize or ask permission? Communication.  

First album you bought as a couple: Middle Cyclone, Neko Case.

Ideal superpower?
Phillip: “I’m Batman.”
Fiawna: The power to make anyone feel at peace at any given moment.