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notes April, 2012Interviewer: With all of the collaborations and projects, what are you looking to do next? Can we expect another Monsters of Folk album? More from She & Him? M. Ward: I think the next five years will be very similar to the last five years. All of my projects are alive and well. If we’re not talking about music, then we’re e-mailing about music and staying in touch. -
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notes November, 2005RufusLeaking: You've been tagged as rock's boy genius by all of the music press ConorOberst: Mhm RufusLeaking: So my question is what's 647 divided by 29? ConorOberst: [laughs ]Oh, umm, I don't know. I like pancakes RufusLeaking: Mm, some genius ConorOberst: [laughs] -
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notes September, 2011Interviewer: If you look up "Conor Oberst" in the Urban Dictionary, this is a typical definition: "A sexy, emotional, skinny, scrawny, pale indie boy who knows how to make you cry when you sit at home alone." ConorOberst: [laughs] Fantastic! I'll take it! -
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notesBright Eyes: Interests Come in Cycles, interview
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notesMy Morning Jacket interview at Austin City Limits
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notesBright Eyes, NME, T In The Park
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notes June, 2011Interviewer: You've always recorded on your own label, Saddle Creek. Does that take the pressure off for you, in terms of when and what you put out? Nobody stood in your way a few years ago when you put out two albums simultaneously. And I read recently that you and Mike Mogis have invested all your money in a recording studio. What's up with that? ConorOberst: [Laughing] That's a little exaggeration, but between the two of us, we did put in a lot. Mike also produces other bands there. And for me, just to have a place to make our music, no matter what happens externally, is very important. We don't make music for the masses. -
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notesJim James, about Circuital, WNYC
June 2011
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notesConor Oberst, Backstage Pass: Bright Eyes
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notes May, 2011Interviewer: If you ever decide to retire from music and you could do any other profession, what would it be? ConorOberst: Maybe like a zookeeper or something like that. I really like animals. It’d be fun to swim with dolphins, train a lion, stuff like that. Interviewer: Last question. The rapture is Saturday (or was, when this interview took place) — Are you ready? ConorOberst: [Laughs] It’s already here, right? The 21st. I was all prepared for the 2012 one, so this one snuck up on me. I was going to go down to the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico to wait out the 2012 Mayan calendar thing, but if it’s this Saturday, I guess I’ll be driving back from Delaware. I’ll be on some brutal turnpike on the east coast when the clock freezes. I’m going down to play this radio thing tomorrow and coming back Saturday so I guess I’ll be at a weird truck stop or something. -
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notes August, 2002Interviewer: What other mediums inform My Morning Jacket? Do you read a lot and go to films or are you pastoral, ascetic meditators? Jim James: We try to go to movies, but we just enjoy the explosive ones. Since none of us can read, books and other forms of printed entertainment are out of the question. (...) Interviewer: Are you regularly wild on the road, or do you just drink bottled water and look out for your cousin [guitarist Johnny] Quaid? Jim James: We have our wild nights. Rarely does a hotel room escape unscathed from our brutal rampages. They're mostly brought on by us reading books, or brutal TV fights and pillow fights. Interviewer: Wait, you just said that you guys read in the hotels, and that none of you can read. Which assertion do you want to stick? Jim James: None of us can read. -
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notes Gigwise interview, February 2011Interviewer: In the early 90s Belle and Sebastian used to play gigs at incredibly low volume, meaning the audience would have to make a group effort to be quiet enough to allow the songs to be heard. How do your audiences affect, or even contribute to the way you make your music? MikeMogis: They definitely affect our playing. The other night there was an older song we were trying to play and in the sound check we literally couldn’t get through it, but, in front of an audience, we played it perfectly. The fans respond in different ways, depending on the music. They’re really in tune with it, even with the new songs. They know when to go wild but then, on more stripped down songs, they’re practically silent. NateWalcott: You can tell it means a lot to them, they’re very respectful to the songs. -
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notesBright Eyes Much interview 2011
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notes About The People's KeyConorOberst: It’s about as electronic as apple pie! MikeMogis: It’s just not as folky a sound, the synths that are on there you can find on a Cure record. -
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notes November, 2006ScottCarney: Scientists have concluded that zombies will walk the earth. How do you intend to survive? JimJames: I won’t survive. ScottCarney: You won’t survive. JimJames: I won’t survive. I’ll be among the first dead. ScottCarney: You don’t have a zombie survival plan? JimJames: Nope I’ll be one of the first to be killed. ScottCarney: That’s a shame. JimJames: Although I did practice at the 2005 zombie attack. ScottCarney: I miss those every year. JimJames: I’ll definitely be one of the first killed; zombies are really attracted to me. ScottCarney: I have zombie dreams a lot, so I’m prepared. JimJames: What are you gonna do? ScottCarney: I’m gonna fuckin’ run. Like a motherfucker. It’s funny because pre-remake “Dawn of the Dead,” I had a surefire plan. I was living in Pittsburgh and my Pittsburgh friend … JimJames: Pittsburgh’s scary. ScottCarney: It is scary. Well it’s the coincidental home of zombies with George Romero and the first “Night of the Living Dead” being made there. “Dawn of the Dead,” the original, was filmed at the Monroeville Mall outside Pittsburgh. JimJames: Weird. ScottCarney: So Pittsburgh has a lot of zombie heritage. JimJames: That’s a weird coincidence. ScottCarney: Yeah. JimJames: I never knew that. ScottCarney: So a roommate of mine who I was living with at the time had an arsenal of guns, so my dream was that the zombies would come back to life, and we’d just sit on the roof and pick ’em off and drink and it would be awesome. But the “Dawn of the Dead” remake came out, and the zombies run after you, and it freaked me out, and now my plans are really scattered. I think the thing to do is run. You try to stay quiet, move only at night. Get upstairs, block all… JimJames: Right, all doors. ScottCarney: … entrances. Really if zombies run, we’re fucked. JimJames: I know. ScottCarney: If zombies walk, it’ll be pretty awesome. JimJames: Unless you can become one of them, then it’s sweet. ScottCarney: Yeah. JimJames: If you don’t lose your head. ScottCarney: It’s true. JimJames: Pittsburgh is scary. ScottCarney: Pittsburgh is indeed scary.
