September 2004

Interview w/ Louis C.K. – Comedian

September 30, 2004

SM: When was the last time something left you with a profound sense of mystery? LCK: A couple of years ago I was living in Venice CA. Every morning I would go out to my car to find that someone had spit on the door handle. This happened every morning for about a month. I [...]

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Interview w/ Patton Oswalt – Comedian

September 28, 2004

SM: If you had to square off against the devil in a competition based on some area of the creative arts (i.e. a fiddle contest), what would it be? PO: Figure skating. SM: When was the last time you remember being left with a sense of mystery? PO: After I murdered my next door neighbor [...]

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Interview w/ Patrick Boyer – Graphic Designer

September 28, 2004

SM: What’s your first reaction to rain? PB: I guess depends if I’m dancing naked outside or how badly I really stink. Over all I would say I do enjoy the rain, although give me a crankin thunderstorm and I’ll be giddy for the rest of the day. SM: If the road in front of [...]

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Interview w/ David Hernandez – Poet

September 28, 2004

SM: What mode of transportation would you prefer to take from this life to the (supposed) afterlife? DH: Shot from a cannon, wearing a cape and glittered helmet. SM: If you know you have a losing hand in poker, are you the sort to bet high? DH: Yes, which is why I don’t play poker. [...]

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Interview w/ Jeffrey Brown – Comic Artist, “Unlikely” “Clumsy”

September 28, 2004

SM: Where are you at in your work right now? JB: In the middle of a million things. I’ve been spreading myself to thin, I think. Today I’m putting some minicomics together. I’m working on some anthology projects, and I’ve been scripting some new book length works. I have too many ideas I want to [...]

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Interview w/ Spero – Emcee “Northern State”

September 28, 2004

SM: Where is Northern State going? CS: Dude, i wish i knew.. i hope we are going towards a place of productivity, creativity, responsibility, fun and to a place where we can support ourselves doing what we love without having to continually go into debt. if one could get a nice salad at this place, [...]

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Interview w/Kim Addonizio – Poet

September 28, 2004

SM: If a poem is a house, who answers your doors? KA: Nobody. If someone tries the doors, he or she will find them unlocked. SM: Are you a smoker, or as kurt vonnegut put it, a fire on one end and a fool on the other? KA: If that’s the definition, absolutely. SM: What’s [...]

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Interview w/John Warner – Editor, McSweeney’s

September 28, 2004

SM: What do you look for in a McSweeney’s web submission? JW: The primary, and pretty much the only criteria is whether or not it makes me laugh. I also like a balance between long and short words, extreme flattery in the cover note, and a proportional sized font. You know, the usual. SM: How [...]

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Interview w/Chuck Klosterman – Editor, SPIN Magazine

September 28, 2004

SM: This morning i dreamt that time was made the same way as gravity, by the planets spinning against nothingness. what do you think makes time? CK: Well, that’ s a really, really interesting dream, but it has a flaw: Time isn’t like gravity. Gravity is a force; time is just a measurement. Asking “What [...]

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Interview – Neil Swaab, Artist “Rehabilitating Mr.Wiggles”

September 28, 2004

SM: Your art and your work don’t exactly shy away from the grotesque. What compels you to make art the way you do? NS: I do art that’s personal to me that borders somewhere on the edge between reality and the surreal. I like to look into the darker aspects of the human experience and [...]

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Interview – John In The Morning – DJ KEXP 90.3 Seattle

September 28, 2004

SM: John, you host a morning show for the rarest of creatures, a listener supported radio station free of corporate ownership. Do you think we’ll ever be able to trust a corporation with the sort of format KEXP pro-vides? JITM: I think you first have to ask, will there every be a “corporation” with our [...]

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Interview w/Dorothy, Creator of “Cat & Girl”

September 28, 2004

SM: Why Cat and Girl? D: I was in a classroom watching a pretentious student film and trying to make out what the characters’ name were – they couldn’t possibly be calling each other “Cat” and “Girl”, could they? Not even this film would wade that far into pretentious allegory, would it? And then they [...]

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Gordon Stelter – Interview

September 28, 2004

SM: You play a piano in a renovated automobile in downtown athens, ga. what are your top five songs to regale the passerby with? GS: “Grace and Beauty” by James Scott, 1909. The most elegant ragtime composition. “I’m Coming Virginia “, a haunting tune introduced by Ethel Waters in 1925. “Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott [...]

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