April 16 - Weekly Artist Interview - DJ Laura C-Chord

DJ Laura C-Chord has a show at Breakthruradio.com called The Scenic Route.
Breakthruradio.com rules because The Scenic Route rules, because DJ Laura C-Chord rules.
Rulers work by measuring the space between distances, giving you an accurate readout of exactly how far apart the 2 distances in question are. Rulers are completely accurate nearly every time, because nearly every ruler ever made is equal, all around the world. "Ruling", on the other hand, is completely subjective, and is put into play whenever and wherever the heck I feel like it. And since I say that DJ Laura C-Chord rules, then I guess it must be true.
All around the world.

Steige: If it were up to you, if Laura was Queen of the World for a day, what would DJ stand for?

Laura C-Chord: Hmm, I don't know if the acronym for DJ would be my biggest concern if I were Queen of the World, but if I had to choose, I would say...Fucking Awesome. So what if it doesn't start with D or J, I'm the Queen of the World. That's how I roll.

S: What about if the acronym was changed to L.A.U.R.A.?

L: Lively And Unbridled Ravenous Audiophile.

S: If God was a L.A.U.R.A. what type of music do you think he'd spin?

L: Without getting into an existence of God argument, I'll say that he or she wouldn't have to spin anything. They'd tune into The Scenic Route. Why mess with perfection? Hahaha...

S: I guess if you were Queen of the World you would essentially be God of all music... so it would only make sense to play your show! Then you could play whatever music you wanted!
Next!
Who's your favorite character from your favorite TV show, book, or movie, and why?

L: That’s a toughy, but I think that Tina Fey’s character from the TV show 30 Rock is my favourite, mostly because I think she’s really relatable, at least for me. She's awkward, loves food, has a good sense of humour, always has a ridiculous story to tell, and oh so much more. Really any character that exhibits extreme awkwardness has a place in my heart, as I too can be unbelievably awkward sometimes.

S: Haha! Yay for random awkwardness!
Cadbury Creme Eggs: Special Easter treat, or Money-Hungry Marketing Ploy?

L: Money Schmoney... What's my special Easter treat? A new Animal Nation album??

S: As long as your Easter falls on May 24th! ...That being said, we just got our new albums back from the printing place YESTERDAY, and there's definitely something being processed through the Canadian mail system for you as we speak.
Without checking Google, how did chocolate eggs get tangled up in the whole 'deathing and re-birthing of Jesus' thing?

L: According to my friend Ashley, who is like Google, but hotter: Eggs and rabbits are symbols of the Pagan goddess Oestera, who is the focus of the Spring Equinox celebration which happens around Easter. Also, I will take any excuse to eat chocolate.

S: Everyone always shies out of this question... How many cats does it take before someone becomes a crazy cat person?

L: I don’t necessarily think that a “crazy cat person” needs to have more than one cat to be considered crazy…it all lies in the obsession that some people have with their cats. Those who get portraits done of their cats, revolve their lives around them, and talk about them like they are newborn babies to anyone who will listen…that makes you a crazy cat person.

S: Someone once told me that everyone's a little bit crazy. What kind of crazy do you have hiding inside of you?

L: I don't think I really hide my craziness. I'm fairly high strung, and crazy enthusiastic about pretty much everything. I usually add sound effects to my daily life, various grunts and groans and dramatic sighs…is that crazy?

S: If that's crazy then I sure hope to heck I'm not normal! Anything else you want to talk aboot?

L: The fact that you used "aboot". I love it. I could do some shameless self promotion, but I already did that in question two.

S: Too modest to even shamelessly promote herself twice! Bless her heart!
Buuut since she didn't I'm gonna have to.
Make sure to check out both Breakthruradio.com as well as Laura C-Chord's amazing show on said site, The Scenic Route today!
They have tons of downloadable podcasts full of amazing new music, and her friend/work-mate DJ Emily totally has a super sexy voice.
Fun fun fun!

-Steige.


If you enjoyed this interview make sure to check out our amazing Interview With Photog-Uber-Nerd Paige Harley! Or for something really random check out our Interview With an Empty Bucket! Or for something really random that doesn't consist of reading words check out The Googly Eye Project now!

April 9 - Weekly Artist Interview - Linus Stubbs

Linus has always been like a father to me. Not like a real father, and even less like a metaphorical father, but more so like a father in the sense that I didn't really have anything to write for the intro to our Linus Stubbs interview, and this was the first thing that came to mind.
And that, to me, almost means more....

In reality-actuality (fun word combo alert!!!) Linus Stubbs is one of six producers that worked with us on our new album, "Understanding More About Nothing Than Anybody Ever Thought Impossible or: How I Learned To Stop The Worrying and Love the Music". (Releasing MAY 24th!)
Linus made the amazing musical accompaniment for 2 of my favorite tracks, Party Animals (the story of Mike and I being too stoned to realize the Zoo was closing, only to discover that the animals living inside all turn into wild Party Animals at night after everyone goes home), as well as Street Shadows (the story of addiction, and my friend Jimmy).

Make sure to check out those songs by going to the Animal Nation myspace page.
Also, make sure to check out more songs by Linus by going to the Linus Stubbs myspace page.

Steige: "Linus" immediately makes me think of Snoopy and the gang.... Do you like Peanuts? What's your favorite kind of nut?

Linus Stubbs: Yes... but not from bars! 'Cause people piss in 'em!
Not me personally, but a friend of mine did...
Don't do drugs kids!

S: Speaking of Peanuts, we all know you never go anywhere without your security blanket.
Is there anything else you never leave home without?

Li: Well, usually it's just cigarettes and jimmy straps... and depending on where I'm goin', Beer!

S: Snoopy's always trying to steal your blanket. You guys have actually gotten into a few scuffles over it. Do you not like beagles, or just Snoopy in particular? What about if Snoopy had a little Philly in him... do you like beagles with cream cheese?

Li: Ahh man! Me and Snoop' been workin' things out... We cool we cool!

S: Do you ever get Schroeder to help you with your beats? He's quite the composer!

Li: Schroeder bit all his shit from me!! Biter!!!

S: If back flips were hot dogs, how many back flips would you say you go through on an average day? What about if back flips were cheap hookers, and AIDS was never invented?

Li: If hot dogs were cheeseburgers, I usually go through five back flips a day. And if hookers were cheeseburgers, I can only handle 2 at a time.

S: Are you more of a Party Animal, or a.. uh.. Street Shadow..?

Li: I gotta definitely say I'm a Party Animal! BEER!
But, I get the pleasure of walking through Street Shadows everyday out my front door.... Sometimes to get to where the Party Animals are!!!

S: Anything else you'd like to mention?

Li: Yeah, thanks to all the people that support my music!
Big up to my main man Task Rok. The Task and Linus album drops soon! So stay tuned for that. I gotta thank Steige and Slim!!! Definitely more tracks in the future!!!
And Thanks to everyone that cares about anything I gotta say! and that means YOU!

S: Heyyy! Thank you!
This was fun. I'm gonna have to research my Peanuts and my Schultz's and get back to you with even more ridiculous Snoopy related questions!
Maybe the next track we do together will be all about the adventures of Snoopy and Linus, with me playing Snoopy!

Radd.
-Steige.


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April 2 - Weekly Artist Interview - Paige Harley

Paige Harley. - paigeharley.com
Sounds like a motorcycle... that's powered by rockets... and it's got cameras on it, capturing everything, all the time... and there are robot-sharks that shoot lasers from their eyes attached to it... and there's probably a couple rainbows that follow it around wherever it goes too.
That sounds fun.
That sounds like something I'd like to ride.

Steige: Is your name made up? It sounds made up.

Paige Harley: You bet it’s made up! Wouldn’t you be jealous though if it wasn’t? The person that made it up gave it to me on the condition that it sounded like a rock star name, and I had to live up to it… being a photard kinda stomped that dream.

Steige: I don't believe you....
Forget the rule of thirds, I want to know about the rule of fifths! (A fifth is one fifth of a quart of alcohol, or a two-six for the cheese heads out there, but calling it a two-six kinda ruins the joke... much like explaining the joke.) Back to the rule of fifths... what's your favorite drink, and how many of those would I have to buy you before you'd drop your guard and let me take advantage of you?

PH: I’m such a beer victim. After being in Ireland I’ve developed an unquenchable thirst for Guinness. I try not to drink too much of it thought cuz it’s like a turkey dinner in a can. Usually I just stick to vodka waters. Take advantage?? Flatterer.

S: What has been the best or worst or craziest shoot of your career so far? Why?

PH: I’m not sure if I would call it a career. A failing attempt to love your job maybe….. The craziest shoot of my life was with guitar extraordinaire Barry Jones. He needed an album cover so we went for a walk in downtown Vancouver with the idea of some interesting candids. We ended up scaling the outside of a 30 story apartment building that was under construction. We took nude shots of Barry and his guitar. His feet were dangling over the edge, and the traffic way down below made crazy light trails.
Getting a group of boys to take off all their clothes while leaving one in a banana costume is always fun too.

S: You shoot both film and digi. What do you tell the filmophiles that say digital is for chumps, and will never reach the quality of film? What do you tell the new school cats that tell you to get a digi, and step into the 90's?

PH: Oh man! Filmophiles is my new favorite word! You may have just killed photards. If I could afford to shoot nothing but film, I would. But digital allows me to screw up….lots. So to the wonderful filmophiles I say “take me with you!!!!!”. And to the new school digi whores I say “screw you and Canon sucks.”

S: Pff, whatever. My Canon could totally out-face-detect your Pentax any day....
"I love your stuff! I bought one of your photos at your last exhibit, and it totally completes the room I put it in! You should come by sometime and check it out!" Does that ever work? If so, I, uh, just bought one of your photos, and...

PH: That line is sooooo lame. Especially since I’ve never had an exhibit…yet (grad show coming up! www.langaraphotograds.com ) That would make the person a liar! I would, however, be totally impressed if someone went to all the effort to steal one of my photos and print it off themselves. Waaaay more effort.

S: You know there's going to be houses full of your stolen-from-facebook photos now, right? If you were a Ninja Turtle, which one would you be, and why?

PH: Michelangelo is by far my favorite. I feel so close to him I’m just gonna call him Mikey. He looks great in orange plus he has the best sense of humor of the dole. Plus nunchuks????? Hands down, I’d be Mikey.

S: Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and _______.

PH: Pentax!

S: You're cute.

PH: I can’t believe how unprofessional you are!!!!!!! I am a human being! Not an object to be gawked at!

S: Right.... Anything else you want to say?

PH: You're cute.

















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