Q. For the geographically
challenged, where is Reston, Va?
A. Not too
far from Washington D.C., a city you have probably heard of. Reston
is to the internet what Silicon Valley was to software. It's where
AOL and a lot of other startup companies are located. It's also the
location of the Ebola virus outbreak, in a monkey lab.
Q. Are the Kennedys
possibly infected with the Ebola virus?
A. Unlikely.
Their lifelong contact with monkeys has been minimal. Besides, that
was a while ago.
Q. What's their music
like?
A. Kinda Beatle-ish,
with lots of Rickenbacker 12-strings and harmonies. A bit funky in
the rhythm, though, with postmodernish loops suggesting an exposure to
house/jungle/trance/techno/acid/triphop/boogaloo/watusi music--probably
while visiting England, a country across the Atlantic from the USA.
Q. Are they a duo
or a band?
A. They appear
as anything from a duo to a full band, complete with samplers, strange
looking guitars, and a psychedelic light show. You never really know.
Q. Any hobbies?
A. Thriftshopping
in Texas, shooting digital video along Route 66, buying used paperbacks,
vinyl lps, Levis at tag sales. Driving. Drinking hot beverages.
Q. Decaf or full octane?
A. Currently
decaf. Changes according to trip mileage.
Q. Musical influences?
A. Kinks, Hollies,
Raspberries, Dusty Springfield, Fatboy Slim, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye,
Curtis Mayfield, Nick Lowe, Bluebells, Badfinger, Cornershop, P-Funk, Alice
Coltrane, Pizzicato 5, ex-Girl, Brian Wilson, Joe Meek, the fab four, Carol
Kaye, McGuinn, Clyde Stubblefield. We could go on here for a long
time.
Q. Where was EVOLVER
recorded?
A. Mostly in
motels. Shoney's Inn in Nashville, The Travelers Inn in Las Vegas,
The Austin Motel, The Hacienda in Roswell, a cottage in the Silver Lake
district of LA, and the Continental Drifters house in New Orleans (during
a Mardi Gras party).
Q. Recommend any good
restaurants?
A. Sure.
Dojo in New York. Michael's Kitchen in Taos. Joshua's in Woodstock.
Kanter's deli in LA. The Magnolia and El Azteca in Austin.
Sabatino's in Baltimore. The Peppermill in Vegas. Steve's on
Newbury Street in Boston.
Q. Finally, favorite
guitars?
A. Danelectro
longhorns, Rickenbacker 12-strings, Gibson flattops, cheap Korean knock-offs.
We also like old analog synths, like the vintage Korg we used on the record.
Q. Any parting words?
A. Later. Bye.