Interviews
Steve Juliano is a weird dude. He loves chick flicks, has a self proclaimed “unhealthy fascination with death” and apparently loves Cutting Crew. We had a chance to send Juliano some questions since his latest group, Requiem For The Dead, released a new EP on Valentine’s Day.
So, what brings you to launching a new EP on Valentine’s Day? Is this a gift for someone?
We finished the ep and found that all the pressing of our merch and cds and all that other good stuff was going to be done middle …
So the other day, The Emperor told me to interview a rock band hailing from North Hollywood called Til All is One. So I did that. I took a long, thought provoking stroll to the couch in my living room. There, I racked my heart, my soul, my brain, nay, the very core of my being for soul quenching questions to fire at Mike Mckay, vocalist of Til All is One. After about fifteen minutes of this, I called that guy.
Hey, my name is Dan, I’m from Racket Magazine. I’m …
Racket was excited when we got a chance to interview the creator and cast of the hit cartoon show Adventure Time. Last time we chatted with Pendelton Ward, the bushy bearded mastermind behind the series, a butt bumpin’ dance party broke out. This time we were able to sit down and have him share his hopes, dreams, and inspirations.
Cartoon Network willingness to embrace surreal quirky fun and weirdness has continued to be a winning formula to draw talent. Ward has been catapulted into the limelight to join the network’s roster …
Sublime was a band I listened to extensively in middle school and high school, and Bradley Nowell was one of the first musicians that I can remember being bummed out about passing away. So when I was offered to interview Rome, Nowell’s replacement in Sublime, I was first a bit hesitant. But I figured, and this is all conjecture as I obviously never met Brad Nowell, that Brad would want Sublime to go on without him as long as it didn’t suck donkey balls. And well, Rome doesn’t suck donkey …
Racket’s interviewed Tom Gabel numerous times, and each time there’s been amazing quotes and lots of stirring the punk rock pot. This time I bowed to let Mondo interview him. Now that they’re done being mainstream sell-outs on a soul-sucking major label and back on indie Sabot Productions, Against Me! are…still being Against Me!
Hey Tom, I’m Armando and I’m going to be interviewing you for Racket Magazine.
How are you Armando?
I’m doing great, it’s a warm California day and I can’t complain.
Whereabouts in California are you at?
At the moment, Los …
How many of you can say you took a break at work to call a porn star and have a chat? I did. It was awesome. Especially because the porn star in question is Joanna Angel, founder and CE-Hoe of BurningAngel.com, the site full of tattooed hotties doing the naughty..
Ms. Angel not only put up with my inane questions, but bet that she could give me an erection. Little does she know that she won that challenge before it was ever issued. Boioioioioioioioing.
How’s your day going?
Pretty good.
Cool, cool. Now …
So I went all the way to Winston Salem, North Carolina to interview A Light Divided last Thursday. After a nine hour flight, they wouldn’t even buy me lunch, but we did explore the functions of prisms. We conducted the interview at their apartment, where we explored my apparently sexist view on the alternative music scene. A Light Divided is a female-fronted alternative rock band from North Carolina. They like to melt faces as well as grilled cheeses.
Also, none of this really happened. I emailed vocalist Jaycee and drummer Adam, …
The Original Knockoff boys fulfill affirmative action requirements while talking with Los Rakas from Panama. We are TOTALLY international.
Gabe and Dennis bother Scarub once again. What do you think of their sweet new dance moves?
In the words of The Hoff: what a mess. Whereas I’ve long bitched about the drink prices at the House of Blues, Acergomi, the bar right next door to the Glasshouse, is easy on the wallet. Not so much on the liver. I meet up with the Original Knockoff boys after having already put a few drinks away, and they convinced me to pound a couple tall-boys before heading inside to set up for our interview with what I thought was going to be Beefcake The Mighty of GWAR.
We line …
At this year’s Cypress Hill Smokeout Festival, Gabe and Dennis found themselves in the bus of electronic music maestro Paul Oakenfold. With other acts like Living Legends, Erykah Badu, Nas and Cypress Hill themselves, I honestly didn’t expect male nudity in any of our interviews. Notice that only after one of our boys gets topless does Oakenfold start discussing his work scoring the film Fugly.
-The Emperor
Remember that heavily tattooed lizard guy that was on Ripley’s Believe It Or Not once upon a time? Yeah–Lizardman started a band. No–we didn’t interview him. *disappointment* Instead, I had a chat with Lizard Skynard guitarist, Jagermeister lover, and former Heavils member, Mossy. We talked chortling, Prop 19, and of course, Jager. The disappointment didn’t last long.
So why do you guys hate Anderson Cooper so much?
This is his [Lizardman’s] personal vendetta against Anderson Cooper. I’ve asked him a lot of times and others have asked him as to what it …
J. Roddy Walston is no stranger to superlatives. Called everything from a “genius” to “a baby of the gospel and blues”, the Maryland-by-way-of-Chattanooga rocker and his band The Business has transformed themselves from Southern rockers to one of the biggest fixtures on the Maryland scene. After several years performing on the road and selling CDs out of their own van (a rock n’ roll trope is there ever is one), they had the good fortune of signing on to Vagrant Records earlier this year. Their self-titled album is available online …
Recently I was able to sit down with Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music and Rumbleseat. During this short interview I was able to ask Chuck about his plans for the next couple of months, what his home life is like and the epic-ness of his beard.
You didn’t do the Revival Tour this year; the past two years you did it in the fall. Rumor has it that it isn’t being cancelled, just pushed to next spring. Can you shed more light on what’s going on with the Revival Tour?
We …
