Interview

Interview with Paul Scheer

March 29, 2010

Interview conducted via email. SM: You’re the last surviving human getting ready to board a ship leaving Earth. What brief message would you leave behind? PS: “Watch Gossip Girl every Wednesday Night at 9PM on the CW…Shit is it on Wednesday Night? I don’t know, I think it is…I DVR it, so I can watch [...]

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Interview with Paul F Tompkins

March 15, 2010

Interview conducted via email. SM: Please describe your most recent brush with danger. PFT: I thought I was allergic to peanuts! False alarm. Totally psychosomatic. Now I eat peanuts by the shellful. SM: Are you a good dancer? Please describe your style. PFT: My dancing is not, how you say, so good. I only dance [...]

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Interview with Aziz Ansari • Comedian

July 10, 2007

SM: Please finish the following sentence: “The days, they go by like…” AA: The days, they go by like.. years as I wait for Time Warner to fix my Internet in my new apartment, as I slowly devolve into madness hoping I can steal a small nugget of Internet from the Wi-Fi network titled ‘sambar.’ [...]

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Interview with Dale Beran • Writer of the online comic A Lesson Is Learned

January 17, 2006

SM: What compulsion would you say that you are proudest of? DB: I had a friend in 6th grade who coughed every time someone he didn’t like walked by. One time in reading class Nicole (real name) had to keep squeezing by his chair for some reason or another and he had such a fit [...]

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Interviews With Comedians Andres du Bouchet & Anthony DeVito

December 15, 2005

Interview with Andres du Bouchet SM: Do you know how to cook? My girlfriend says I will never be complete until I learn how to cook. Is this true? ADB: I can cook, and indeed, I never felt complete until I learned how to cook. Because the thing I learned to cook was a NEW [...]

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Visual Interview with Polly Chandler • Photographer

May 11, 2005

This week, we continue a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch or photograph. This week’s visual interview is with photographer Polly Chandler. Click on the question to view her reply. SM: Do you have anything you carry around for good luck? SM: If [...]

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Interview with Matthew Forsythe • Artist

May 4, 2005

This week, we continue a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch or photograph. This week’s visual interview is with artist Matthew Forsythe. Click on the question to view his reply. SM: What do you suppose your arch-nemesis is doing right now? SM: If [...]

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Interview with Nina Paley • Artist

May 4, 2005

SM: If you were looking for ghosts walking around disguised as men, what would give them away? NP: Their online personal ads. SM: If we were to replace your heartbeat with a song, what would you prefer it be? NP: Something Bhangra. SM: Where is the most soothing place near you that you can think [...]

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Interview with Keith Kin Yan • Photographer

April 26, 2005

This week, we begin a series of visual interviews, in which an artist or photographer replies to our interview questions with a sketch or photograph. Our first visual interview is with photographer Keith Kin Yan. Please describe what you imagine strangers see when they see you for the first time. What do you think your [...]

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Interview with Robert Lanham * Author of The Hipster Handbook & Editor of Free Williamsburg

April 20, 2005

SM: If all the important aspects of your dreams were “marked” to get your attention, what sort of marking would they have? RL: Esther Williams shows up to do a little aquatic dance number to highlight the important stuff. SM: How do you calm yourself when you are angry? RL: I crank Organized Konfusion’s “Bring [...]

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