January 2005

Interview with Saul Williams • Poet

January 27, 2005

SM: Given that music is a collection of patterns, and man is a collection of patterns, what separates man from music? SW: Business. SM: Please recommend a phrase to speak aloud moments before shuffling off the mortal coil. SW: son of the sun friend of the wind life of the womb reborn once again SM: [...]

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Interview with Greg Dulli • Musician

January 27, 2005

SM: If you could send a postcard to heaven with a guarantee of reply, what message would you send? GD: If we are to achieve all that you wish us to, perhaps a return engagement and a refresher course is necessary to remind us of how we may live together peacefully and with a kindness [...]

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Interview with Val Kappa • Comedian

January 27, 2005

SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? VK: I would draw a river with an empty canoe floating on it. To the side of the river would stand an octopus gazing at the canoe through a large magnifying glass [...]

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Interview with Beau Sia * Poet

January 25, 2005

SM: Please describe your smile to someone who has never seen it. BS: I think that you should ask an ex-girlfriend or someone I’ve dated this question. Any answer I give would probably make me sound like a douche bag, unless it was some self-deprecating lie. I think Heather O’Neill would word it perfectly, albeit [...]

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Interview with Hank Stuever * Washington Post Reporter & Author of “Off Ramp”

January 25, 2005

SM: When was the last time you found yourself talking your way into trouble? HS: At the District of Columbia’s DMV. I needed to change the address on my license and car tags and failed to bring in the exact three kinds of documented proof that I live where I say I live. (Like anyone [...]

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Interview with Andrew Vachss * Author & Attorney

January 25, 2005

SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? AV: A current. SM: If you woke up tomorrow and found that you had been transformed into a tree, who would you prefer to sit in your shade? AV: Depends on what [...]

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Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein • Interviewer

January 18, 2005

SM: If you were transformed into a tree tomorrow, where would you need to place your roots to survive? DRE: I’ve lived in a lot of different cities in my life and visited three times as many but I’m a New Yorker. I’ve tried very hard to live in places like Santa Fe, Los Angeles [...]

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Interview with Martin Luther • Musician

January 18, 2005

SM: When was the last time you found yourself drawn to a church or house of worship? ML: I attend worship service and sunday school at the church I was raised in when I’m in San Francisco from time to time. I fellowship more often outside the church with spirit filled people regularly. I was [...]

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Interview with Wendy Ip • Musician

January 18, 2005

SM: When was the last time you felt like a stranger in a usually familiar city? WI: Actually, the last time I visited my best friend in Canada – Calgary, Alberta, to be exact. I’ve lived in New York for so long that I was actually SUSPICIOUS of everyone’s friendliness, until I realized that that’s [...]

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Interview with Barb Lien-Cooper • Comic Artist, Creator of “Gun Street Girl”

January 18, 2005

SM: When was the last time you went to a party that you thought about for days afterward? BLC: I love parties, but only certain kinds. I love the type of party where you encounter someone and you get into a great, deep, lengthy conversation with him or her. But, that sort of party is [...]

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Interview with Anita Endrezze • Poet

January 12, 2005

SM: When was the last time you found yourself in a unexpectedly wonderful place? AE: Last Summer, I hiked two miles which was difficult for me since I have MS. I could barely walk after we hiked. I was exhausted. It was really hot, too, but beautiful. It was in the Cascade mountains. We hiked [...]

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Interview with Christian Finnegan • Comedian

January 12, 2005

SM: When was the last time you found yourself stranded somewhere, and how did you get un-stranded? CF: Being a stand up comic, I get stranded in hour-long conversations with social misfits and/or potential psychopaths at least once a month. The comedy community is populated with a disproportionately large number of people who creep out [...]

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Interview with Davy Rothbart • Co-Creator of FOUND Magazine, Contributor to NPR’s “This American Life”

January 5, 2005

SM: What is the best reason you can think of for anyone to do anything? DR: To try and meet girls! SM: What did you want to happen to you by now? DR: Well, I really wanted to get drafted by the Detroit Pistons. My services are still available, so Joe Dumars – if you’re [...]

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Interview with Martín Espada • Poet

January 4, 2005

SM: When was the last time you felt like you were a part of an unbreakable circle? ME: I recently made the mistake of hanging my son’s Burmese albino python around my neck. Now that’s an unbreakable circle. Slowly, the snake realized that my head was not a live mouse, and released her grip. SM: [...]

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Interview with Chris Buck • Photographer

January 4, 2005

SM: If you were heard to say “I’m ready to fight him now”, what would you likely be referring to? CB: As the organizer of a weekly street hockey game I have to enforce the game’s rules. There has been occasion when a player has “dropped the gloves” during an argument with me and I [...]

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Interview with Eric Powell • Artist, Creator of “The Goon”

January 4, 2005

SM: What advice would you give a man trying to rail against a growing darkness? EP:Be vigilant but don’t get too obsessed that you can’t enjoy a nice piece of pie. SM: When was the last time you had an epiphany? EP: I’m still waiting. SM: When was the last time you felt really, really [...]

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