finch
04-15-2003, 11:57 AM
Written by Natalie Jane (not me):
The Apples in Stereo were playing at the Blackbird, a small club, with three other bands on the bill. I hate bills like that. I walked in and saw the Minders and diminutive bearded Apples mastermind Robert Schneider sitting at a table together, so I went and joined them. After the usual tinfoil sculpture presentation (a very small Ganesh), I asked Robert how his collaboration with XTC's Andy Partridge was going. He said
he was "frustrated with the project," so I don't know where that's heading. I also asked him about the demise of Elephant 6, and he said, among other things, that the E6 aesthetic had passed into the mainstream of indie-rock and there was really no need for a collective anymore. "But that logo is really important to me," he added, and pulled up his sleeve to display a tattoo of the E6 logo. He talks very fast and volubly, with frequent "um-um's" between sentences. He said that Jeff Mangum is in Canada making music for music therapy ("I can think of no better person for that job," I said), and that there was little hope of the Olivia Tremor Control getting back together. I told him about kissing the Olivia Tremor Control's Will Cullen Hart and Neutral Milk Hotel's Scott Spillane, and, emboldened by beer, said, "In keeping with my reputation as the Elephant 6 floozy, can I give you a kiss?" "You're not a floozy, you're awesome!" he exclaimed, and gave me a hug and a vigorous kiss on the lips. Yow!
The Apples in Stereo were playing at the Blackbird, a small club, with three other bands on the bill. I hate bills like that. I walked in and saw the Minders and diminutive bearded Apples mastermind Robert Schneider sitting at a table together, so I went and joined them. After the usual tinfoil sculpture presentation (a very small Ganesh), I asked Robert how his collaboration with XTC's Andy Partridge was going. He said
he was "frustrated with the project," so I don't know where that's heading. I also asked him about the demise of Elephant 6, and he said, among other things, that the E6 aesthetic had passed into the mainstream of indie-rock and there was really no need for a collective anymore. "But that logo is really important to me," he added, and pulled up his sleeve to display a tattoo of the E6 logo. He talks very fast and volubly, with frequent "um-um's" between sentences. He said that Jeff Mangum is in Canada making music for music therapy ("I can think of no better person for that job," I said), and that there was little hope of the Olivia Tremor Control getting back together. I told him about kissing the Olivia Tremor Control's Will Cullen Hart and Neutral Milk Hotel's Scott Spillane, and, emboldened by beer, said, "In keeping with my reputation as the Elephant 6 floozy, can I give you a kiss?" "You're not a floozy, you're awesome!" he exclaimed, and gave me a hug and a vigorous kiss on the lips. Yow!