From the monthly archives: June 2007
If you would create an dream band, which persons would be in it?
[I]‘d have a monkey on bass, a panda on drums, an octopus on accordion, a wolf on vocals. they’d all have human qualities though, the wolf for example would be gay but does not come out until the 3rd record for which they take a giant step in a more balearic pop direction. this is where the octopus puts the accordion back in the latin pop tradition.
How do you typically go about when writing and composing your songs?
I wake up early. From the night before I have carefully folded four clean towels and hung them on a chair. I feed the birds from my window. On my desk there is a bowl of red apples, I take one bite, then put it back waiting until the bite turns brown. I spin on my chair, a dirty thought passes through my head but I let it be. As a young magpie lands on my window sill I slowly wipe my sweaty forehead with one of the towels.
Then I lie down for a few hours. When I wake up it is late and I buy the evening paper, carefully reading every word. I open my window and throw breadcrumbles to the young magpie. Occasionally I throw small rocks at him with the message “Life is hard” written in tiny red letters. Then I have supper and I go to bed.
Stem smerig stem Clittenunie! (sort-of NSFW)
Een heleboel Mohammeds (vrede zij met hen)
Schijnbaar was Modest Mouse afgelopen weekend niet in Amsterdam omdat Isaac Brock een fles tegen z’n kanis had gekregen.
-…Hotel
-…Rose
-…Police Club
-…Ska Paradise Orchestra
-…Sex Destruction
-…Adventures
-Birds of…
Ik bedenk me net dat je je band kan noemen hoe je wil als er maar “Tokyo” in de naam zit.
Zanger van Arcade Fire steelt iemands basketbal. O nee toch niet! Weblogdrama! UPDATE: Louter dode links. U heeft een (beperkt) stukje humor gemist.
While I was waiting for the SUV to take me back to my car, I got waylaid by one of the producers of MTV’s PIMP MY RIDE. You know what a pimp is, right? He’s a dude who tricks, frightens, or flat-out bullies a woman to fuck other men for money, which she then gives to him. Just wanted to clear that up. ‘Cuz there’s a show called PIMP MY RIDE. Maybe they can do another show called RAPE MY CRIB.
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