March 2005

Interview with Jason Little • Artist & Creator of “Bee”

March 30, 2005

SM: Where do you look to for relief from emotional distress? JL: My life is fairly free of major strife and conflict, so emotional distress is usually the result of a lack of intellectual stimulation, as a by-product of doing too much grunt work. So I like to re-ignite my creative fuse by doing what [...]

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Interview with Jason Kottke • Professional Blogger

March 30, 2005

SM: How do you usually act when you find yourself speaking to a representative of your local law enforcement? JK: I’ve never been a “fuck the police” type of person, so I treat cops just like I would anyone else, with interest and politeness. They’ve got a challenging job to do and I’m not into [...]

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Interview with Sage Francis

March 15, 2005

SM: When we say the word “languid”, what does it make you think of? SF: Fluid language. Then I think of a flaccid penis. SM: Beyond your biological parents, what would you say you are a child of? SF: I am a child of sports, karate, hiphop, punk rock and classic rock. SM: What is [...]

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Interview with Elena Dorfman • Photographer

March 15, 2005

SM: In your calmest moments, what is usually the first thing you want to know about your surrounding environment? ED: Is there anything to eat? SM: When was the last time you found yourself losing yourself in fascination? ED: At a convention for video game fans SM: What question have you been waiting to be [...]

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Interview with Paul Hornschemeier • Artist

March 15, 2005

SM: Please describe the way you dance to someone who’s never seen it. PH: Complete Spinal Liquidation. This sets in slowly, with an initially timid bopping motion, followed by a sideways pseudo-swimming. Then everything goes jello and I’m on the dance floor in a big way, taking up some serious real estate and confusing physicians. [...]

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Interview with K. L. Cook • Fiction Writer

March 15, 2005

SM: Please recommend a phrase to mutter under one’s breath, moments after running out of bullets, crouched behind a rock, hearing the approaching footsteps of a rival. KLC: Sucken-rusen-rusen-frat! SM: How would you recommend we recognize you in the land of sleep and dreaming? KLC: I’m a friendly, smiling soul, but I’m also the size [...]

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Interview with Christopher Moore • Author of “The Stupidest Angel”,”Lamb” and “Fluke”

March 8, 2005

SM: What two elements would you recommend we combine to feed men in order to make them speak to animals? CM: Humility and Acorns. SM: C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot & William Blake have run up a remarkable financial debt to you, and have gone into hiding. Where will you search for them to recover your [...]

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Interview with Bunny McIntosh of Melting Dolls

March 8, 2005

SM: Please describe the way you dance to someone who’s never seen it. BM: If you can imagine a sea lion choking and on fire. Only sexy. SM: You’ve tricked T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis & William Blake and spirited their lovely girlfriends away to your lair. How will you ensure they are not rescued? BM: [...]

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Interview with Colm Mac Con Iomaire • Fiddle Player for “The Frames”

March 8, 2005

SM: If scarecrows are for scaring crows, what scares the scarecrows? CMCI: Pteradactyls SM: Barring yourself, what’s the best thing to come out of your hometown? CMCI: Gallow’s humour. SM: Why did they kick the devil out of music heaven? CMCI: He/She couldn’t hold a tune. SM: What’s the closest thing you know of to [...]

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Interview with Philip Warner of Lithium Picnic Photography/Suicide Girls

March 8, 2005

SM: Please describe your most recent brush with danger. PW: Driving in LA traffic last week. They like to honk. LA drivers tend to view their horns as a tool for punishing. SM: When was the last time you felt like you were very close to understanding something intangible? PW: About 10 years ago. That [...]

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Interview with Jim Rugg • Artist; Co-Creator of “Street Angel”

March 2, 2005

SM: Barring an airplane, when was the last time you spent an extended period of time at a high altitude? JR: Last summer. I went on a hot air balloon ride. SM: When was the last time you were the recipient of good fortune? JR: My life has been pretty easy lately. I can’t pinpoint [...]

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Interterview with Eric Byler • Writer & Director of “Charlotte Sometimes”

March 2, 2005

SM: How would you recommend we recognize you in the afterlife? EB: If i’m in heaven I’ll be with my family and my dogs. If i’m in hell i’ll be eternally bitch slapping karl rove. SM: Please describe your appearance in the land of sleep and dreaming. EB: In my dreams I’m an editor. I [...]

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Interview with The Skygreen Leopards

March 1, 2005

GD: Glenn Donaldson DQ: Donovan Quinn SM: If you were to bury something under a thick layer of ice, what would you likely be trying to freeze? GD: Guilt. DQ: Certain memories. SM: What do you suppose people are thinking when they encounter something you’ve created for the first time? GD: Why is the sun [...]

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Interview with Debra Kang Dean • Poet

March 1, 2005

SM: Please describe an impressionable moment involving a body of water, be it lake, river or ocean. DKD: I almost drowned in the Pacific when I was very young. I’d pressed my face to the water and was so intent on what I was seeing that I forgot about breathing. My father had to grab [...]

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Interview with Alan Michael Parker • Poet

March 1, 2005

SM: If you were to illustrate a river with a secret in it, what would you be sure to include in the drawing? AMP: Phantasmagoric machines no larger than your fist. SM: If you woke up tomorrow and found that you had been transformed into a tree, who would you prefer to sit in your [...]

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