'Paolo!
I'm
glad everything is working out for you. Those of us who create for the
love
of it often tangle with the details of our own existence. This is why
I'm a
waiter feeding tables three days a week and Linc works in a bookstore.
These
days, don't we all live like Dostoyevsky? I digress. Thank you for the
interview.
Like all good things, it was worth the wait [shit, i know, it took
me so
long to prepare this stuff, guys ^_^, - k's note]. Actually,
your
timing was perfect. Alot has happened the last few weeks and you
caught both
Linc and I around the computer. Here are our responses: DK = David
Klopfenstein LM = Lincoln
McGrath'
1. ok,
introduce
Your-self, You know, always that old opening question.. where are You
from,
and where are You going to?
DK: Dave. Portland, Oregon. I'm slowly going from today to
tomorrow under
a little patch of sky.
LM: I'm Linc, from Portland also. I hope to go to Italy some
day.
2. why
people should
NOT listen to Your Music.
DK: Long answer: They lack the tools necessary to interface
with our
paradigm. Short answer: They hate lullabyes and tape hiss.
LM: because they're out of hashish. no really, you shouldn't
listen to
us if you want slick clean sound with nothing out of place or off-key.
we do
what we do the only way we know how.
3. three
tapes
on BKS
mean
a lot of songs, do You have a kind of Muse? What does Music mean for
You?
DK: A muse? Yes, one could say that an epic romantic story with
an unhappy
ending led to a thousand nights of songwriting. She was amazing. Life
goes on.
To answer the second part, I'll paraphrase Brian
Wilson: I write about girls, cars -- in my case
machines -- and where I live. Music goes through you, like a radio. It
isn't
from you.
LM: Dave is a song-making machine. I just try to hang on. I
think it
was Neitsche who said "without music, life would be a mistake."
4. at
komakino,
we think SIMRF is a
real
undiscovered 'gem', are You in touch with any other name besides BKS?
D You perform live too?
DK: Thank you. Our only goal is sharing our music. To that end,
it has
been very difficult to find the right people. Alessandro
[Crestani, - k'snote] shares our philosophy and working with him
is a pleasure.
We will be releasing "Stolen: Honda Dream" this year on Best
Kept Secret. It is still in the early stages, but we are very
excited to
be working with A Bouncing
Space [good indie label already met on koma - k's
note
] on a full-length release. Also, when we finally get some stuff
to Bliss,
we hope to be on an upcoming compilation. I love to play live. Ross
& the Hellpets are my favorite Portland band. It's always
fun to
share a night with them and I hope we tour together someday. I also
play drums
for the Persimmons.
LM: you know, I've always thought so, but Alessandro
is the first to think it was worth putting on his label. we play live
when we
can, but Portland has so many bands that it's hard to get an
interesting show
put together. I should add that we're ready to tour Europe any time...
5. do
You use to
re-listen to Your own Music in Your everyday life?
DK: It plays in my head constantly.
LM: I put our old stuff on every once in a while when I start
to forget
what it sounds like.
6. what
Bands/Names
can we relate to Your songwriting? Let's help people to image what
they risk
to meet..
DK: I will side step that question this way: If my space
capsule washed
up on a desert island and I had to kill a little time before I met a
Jeannie,
I would need these records: Pet Sounds by the Beach
Boys, the 8 1/2
soundtrack by Nino
Rota, Something Else by the
Kinks and Sister Lovers from Big
Star. I would also want Linda Smith, the Clean
and some
old Roger Miller. Then, I could look for Barbara
Eden and Bill Dailey.
LM: boy, that's a tough one for me. I was reminded of Syd
Barrett
when I first heard Dave's stuff, but I think he's past that
phase...
me I like everything, pretty much. when I was really small, my parents
played
me a lot of broadway musicals and American folk music.
7. Rocket
Isla..what? Usually i don't ask about Band's name.. in Your
case, i
do...
DK: It seemed long and absurd at a time when people were
obsessed with
one word band names, so we kept it. The ironic twist is that many
dangerous
defense facilities in the United States are nestled in wildlife areas.
Sauvie
Island is downstream from two of the most notorious.
LM: Sauvie Island is the largest fresh-water island in Western
America.
there's your little geography lesson. it's right here in the Portland
area and
you can take a #17 bus out there from close to where I'm sitting, if
you have
all day. the Moon
Rocket Factory is a little thing Dave and his brother Tim cooked
up when
they were little. there's this grain silo there that is pretty
intimidating
to a little kid, very big and ominous. why we decided to name our band
that
is another thing--I guess it's the dorkiest thing we could come up
with.
Thanks,
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