Eric Spitznagl
― buzza, Thursday, 9 June 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― markers, Thursday, 9 June 2011 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeesh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
That interviewer is awful, but JD certainy handled it well with his signature class and dignity.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
*sings beyonce*
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
"Oh you don't like pop music? How about if I sing it at you???"
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
wow shit got really weird after that
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
super weird!
― just sayin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
spitzNAGL if i may
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
scroll 8 posts up
― iatee, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh! misread that. XD
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, June 9, 2011 6:46 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
i love the idea of the writer grinning to himself as he's transcribing this portion of the interview
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
holy hell this interview
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god this interview
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
WTF THIS INTERVIEW
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
everytime I thought "oh this is the part where it gets weird" it got WEIRDER
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Jesus, I assumed this guy was an MTV intern or something, not a contributing editor at The Believer.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
that interview erased my brain and i can't think of what a good one is like
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
he has to be trollin', theres no way
― bnw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
In his defense: more reporters should quote Beyonce in interviews.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, some of these Vanity Fair interviews he's done are pretty entertaining.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
ok lol singing at interviewees is actually a thing he does
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
seeing his interviewing style play out there helps frame the JD one a bit better...but still
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
What do you say when you’re roughing up a perp? “On the floor, dirtbag!” “Book 'em, Danno!” That kind of thing.Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.Come again?Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.
Come again?
Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
SHAQ I LOVE YOU
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
generally not a fan when the interviewers think we give a shit about them
― bnw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the fact that he doesn't seem to care about coming across as a dick is what makes some of his interviews funny, but with the JD interview that kind of jokes-bruv cheekiness is weirdly and uncomfortably mingled with the ingratiating tone of an awkward teenager meeting his idol.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
I think this guy should be hunted down and attacked by a pack of rabid woodchucks.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Or forced to live with Kid Rock, which is probably worse.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
or mauled by a murder of rabid eddychucks.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (11 minutes ago)
main prob isn't even the jokes, it's that his myopia is pushed to the forefront in this interview
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
"i bootlegg your music all the time, i even grabbed that leak of all eternals deck! is that alright with you?"
― jacobfiala, Friday, 10 June 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
Just read some of his Vanity Fair stuff, and the Darnielle interview didn't get any better as a result.
― jer.fairall, Friday, 10 June 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Interview read OK to me. Good responses from J0hn. i.e.
The thing is, I have empathy for every character I sing through. But that song, “No Children,” is kind of funny and I’m not laughing with those people, I’m laughing at them. It’s funny to watch people who are that messed up. It’s maybe not the most admirable trait in a human being to be amused by that, and I think that’s why I try to have some empathy for them. But the funny parts of that song? That’s not me saying, “Hey, isn’t it hilarious how people treat each other bad?” It’s me saying, “You guys are wasting your single opportunity to occupy this human body."
― Forget the rest / this breast test is best (Ówen P.), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
hysterical interview; was kinda hoping it was incognito whiney
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i mean...
On a scale of one to ten, ten being you want to punch me hard in the throat right now …
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
On a scale of one to 51, 51 being you want to sb me right now ...
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
Of interest!
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/first-drafts-the-mountain-goats-dance-music/240558/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
awes, will read later
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
that was cool. i always enjoy little candid bits from songwriters about their songwriting.
dude played a spirited show on tuesday in spite of a back half of the room who needed to be 51'd. it was the first i've been able to make it to in about 8 years, fun to see him with the (not extraordinarily recent) addition of a band.
― arby's, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i went and actually milled around outside but it was raining so hard and i was soaked from biking and went home instead :(
― all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Super fun show tonight, so much unpent mad energy coming from that stage. Really great sets w/ bonus Steely Dan cover in the (quieter) middle.
― Jaq, Friday, 17 June 2011 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
what steely dan song did he do?
― just sayin, Friday, 17 June 2011 07:42 (twelve years ago) link
could totally imagine kid charlemagne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeoCG7-3Jqw
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 June 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
NO STATIC AT ALL
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Shasta (Malibu, CA USA)
― buzza, Friday, 17 June 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, he did Dr. Wu
― Jaq, Friday, 17 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
I ask a few things.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 June 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link