October 2004

Interview w/ Dan Kennedy • Author, “Little People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter’s Eyes” • Media Critic, Boston Phoenix

October 31, 2004

SM: When was the last time you had on a set of headphones? DK: Ten minutes ago. I was listening to Miles Davis’s “Bitches Brew” and “In a Silent Way” on my iPod while reading the Sunday Times. I’m such an elitist schmuck. Yesterday I listened to some new live stuff at BobDylan.com – Zimmy [...]

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Interview w/ K. Thor Jensen • Artist

October 27, 2004

SM: When was the last time you climbed a really high ladder? KT: I climb a 10-footer every couple of weeks or so – I work in a loft-style office and when the time comes to change one of our 40+ rapidly-burning light bulbs, I have to drag that monstrosity out, teeter up it and [...]

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Interview w/ Marc Anthony Thompson aka Chocolate Genius

October 22, 2004

SM: What would we know if we didn’t know trouble? MAT: Trouble? I don’t know trouble. Every time I think we’re getting acquainted I see some body else who’s on much better terms with it. It’s then that I realize that I only employ trouble in a romantic way to spice up my little hymns. [...]

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Interview w/ Harry Shearer, Actor/Writer/Radio Personality

October 21, 2004

SM: Where are you at in your work right now? HS: The usual place, equidistant between hope and despair. SM: What color would you recommend we use to banish ghosts, and why? HS: Any color will do, since they don’t exist. So try ‘em all. SM: What physical objects would you like to be buried [...]

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Interview w/ Carson Ellis , Artist

October 21, 2004

SM: Where are you at in your work right now? CE: Trying to devote equal time to fine art, a picture book, a graphic novel, album art for the new Decemberists record, and illustration work; driving myself crazy. SM: What joke would you tell the devil at a party in hell? CE: Question: What’s 12 [...]

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Interview w/ Zoe Trope, Author – “Please Don’t Kill the Freshman”

October 19, 2004

SM: If you woke up one morning to find the citizens in the city where you live had vanished, what album would you like to hear that day? ZT: The “Lost In Translation” soundtrack and/or My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless.” SM: When was the last time you went on something you feel comfortable calling an adventure? [...]

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Interview w/Bob Odenkirk – Director, Melvin Goes to Dinner – Comedian, Mr.Show

October 15, 2004

SM: When was the last time you went on something you feel comfortable calling an adventure? BO: Last night when I went home tired as shit, and I knew I was going to have to/get to clean the house and put the kids to bed without any help (my wife was out). How would I [...]

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Interview w/ David Cross, Comedian/Actor – Mr.Show, Arrested Development

October 14, 2004

SM: If you woke up one morning to find the citizens in the city where you live had vanished, what album would you like to hear that day? DC: The soundtrack to “Free to be You and Me” SM: What is the last work of art, photography or visual imagery that really made a strong [...]

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Interview w/ John Callahan – Cartoonist

October 13, 2004

SM: Where are you at in your work right now? JC: Well, I’m doing the cartoons for the different papers I’m in, and I’ve got a new book going, I’m kind of getting into the idea of the book. I’m getting an animated show on the air about a perverted dog…I’m writing songs, Tom Waits [...]

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Interview w/ Frank Rich – Editor, Modern Drunkard Magazine

October 11, 2004

SM: Should they pour alcohol on a street-side curb to commemorate your death, what would you prefer they use? FR: Yes, except my homies would pour the well whiskey into their mouths. They’ve accidentally spilled enough alcohol for a hundred commemorations. I say well whiskey because it can always be found in a bar, which [...]

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Interview w/ Michael J. Nelson – Author, Comedian – Mystery Science Theater 3000

October 11, 2004

SM: If they had to play a song at your funeral, what would you like the bereaved to hear, and why? MN: Mahler’s 8th Symphony, the “Symphony of a Thousand.” It’s 80 minutes long and actually requires 1029 performers to pull it off as Mahler intended (“Symphony of Just Under One Thousand Thirty” didn’t have [...]

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Interview w/ Stephen Elliott – Author, Happy Baby

October 11, 2004

SM: If you gambled with knowledge instead of money in poker, with the loser forgetting what he knows and the winner learning what the loser forgets, what are the things that you know that you would gamble with? SE: Early forays into publishing. SM: What is the most important quality of any man who’s worth [...]

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Interview w/Doug Benson – Comedian,The Marijuana-logues

October 8, 2004

SM: When was the last time you had to wear a suit? DB: I put a suit on for this interview. And now that you’ve mentioned it, I feel a tad overdressed. SM: If you were hooked up to a breathing machine powered entirely by the music of one album, and you knew beforehand that [...]

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Interview w/David Wain – 1/3 of three man comedy group STELLA, co-writer & director WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER

October 6, 2004

SM: What’s in your pockets right now? DW: cell phone chapstick keychain w/flashdrive change pizza SM: When was the last time you had to wear a suit? DW: Shooting our Stella pilot for Comedy Central. SM: When was the last time you became acutely aware of an important moment passing? DW: When I had my [...]

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