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Writing Portfolio
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sports 1-6
olitics ! "#si$ess 7-11
%#lt#re 12-16
&!A 17-31
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Blatt Adept At Rolling With the Punches
Sports - The Jerusalem Post
August 9, 2015
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Caitlyn Jenner and the Meaning Of Courage
Sports - The Jerusalem Post
August 2, 2015
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LeBron Engages Fans On Titter
Sports - The Jerusalem Post
July 30, 2015
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"&eleton "liding to "outh 'orea# A (e For$ Of Jeish A$)assadorship
Sports - The Jurusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/$srael-%ews/Sports/Skeleto&-slidi&'-to-South-(orea-A-&ew-form-
of-Jewish-am)assadorship-!!*+,
August 13, 2015
On ugust 5, a crowd-unding
campaign was launched to help
lessen the fnancial burden o
&srael s0eleton competor .J.
+delman>s training in the
CD9BE98 season.
@ast year, +delman had
our successul races that
landed him F9st in world
ran0ings and ualifed him or aspot in the #orld
Hhampionships in &gls, ustria.
$his coming season, he will be
parcipang in 9C-9B more
races, through which he hopes
to ualiy or the CD95 #inter Olympics in (yeongchang, outh Iorea.
+delman, a sel-idenying Orthodo" Jew, grew on the east coast and a!ended college at
2&$, but a gap year, which he spent studying at eshivat @ev *atorah in amat 3eit hemesh,
helped inspire him to 1oin the &srael 3obsleigh and 0eleton /ederaon aer graduang in CD9:.
$he &3/ was ounded in CDDC. Originally called the =&sraeli Naonal 3obsleigh $eam,?
0eleton was added to the program in CDDF. &n CD99, member 3radley Hhalups0i fnished fh
place at the merica>s Hup s0eleton race in @a0e (lacid, New or0, to win &srael>s frst ever medal
in the sport K and the last to date.
+delman is &srael>s only acve s0eleton athlete or the CD9BE98 season.
*e is as0ing the public or donaons partly because, the way he sees it, compeng in an
unconvenonal sport li0e s0eleton K the cousin sport o bobsled K can help thwart others Jews
rom succumbing to the stereotype that they are =nonathlec and uncoordinated.?
&t is a percepon he vowed to fght during his senior year o college, when he was the
only sel-idenying Jew on his hoc0ey team.
=#hen we went out to restaurants, everyone thought & couldn>t eat because the ood
hadn>t been blessed by a rabbi,? +delman recalled to The Jerusalem Post this wee0. =$hey hadnever been e"posed to one. & always 0new Jews were thought to be uncoordinated, and &
reali)ed then that a huge part o what 0eeps that stereotype alive is that so many Jews all into
it themselves.?
$he CB-year-old +delman frst learned o s0eleton that year when he stumbled upon a
compeon on $L.
=& was capvated by what & saw,? he recalls. =&t seemed li0e a challenging and e"cing
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sport, and it had the added beneft o having ewer Jews than hoc0ey does.?
'nl then, +delman had fgured he would 1oin the &sraeli Naonal *oc0ey $eam aer
graduaon.
er researching this new, unamiliar sport, and trying it out, he was hoo0ed.
=&t is the most challenging and un e"perience & have had the pleasure o parcipang
in,? he said in an interview with &ndiegogo, the global undraising site hosng his campaign. =&was blessed to have been one o the ew rom my community to have reached a high level o
sport. Jewish and &sraeli athletes act as ambassadors o their community, people and homeland,
and there are ar too ew.?
& there was any way to demonstrate that Jews were as athlecally s0illed and durable as
any anyone else, it was by compeng in s0eleton.
/irstly, there is the sheer diversity o s0ills involvedM a trying mi" o strength, agility,
power, intelligence and guts.
=&t is the most athlec and challenging sport &>ve ever played,? said +delman. =nd &>ve
been profcient in many sports.?
&mmediately aer lunging rom a 8D-meterlong sprint onto a 9B8 0ilometer per hour
plunge down the ice trac0, the athlete must calm himsel, lower his heart rate to a normal level,
and maintain a degree o mental clarity that most o us can only manage in peaceul, noiseless
rooms.
=ny involuntary movement will apply pressure to the metal rudders and cause the sled
to change direcon.?
+delman credits both his advantages and struggles in the sport to his career as an
engineer.
=& thin0 a lot,? he says. =2ore than your average person. /or the most part that is
helpul. & & am aware o how certain shoulder posions apply pressure to the sled, & can use
them to dip lower, or ride higher in the corner, as needed. $oo oen, though, thin0ing translates
into rigorous planning.2any things can go wrong at 9B8 0ilometers an hour over the course o one-and-a-hal
0ilometers and 9 di7erent curves. 0eleton is all about conngencies, about thin0ing at the
right moments.?
/or an &sraeli to e"perience those challenges K to get involved in a sliding sport at all K is
a massive eat in its own right. 3y doing so, +delman hopes he can inspire other Jews to see0,
discover, and e"plore unconvenonal sports as he has.
#inter sports are e"tremely underrepresented in &srael, or obvious geographical and
logiscal reasons.
esources, coaches, and training acilies are all scarce and reuire ludicrous amounts o
me, money, and travel. /or o7-season training, only two locaons in North merica K in (ar0
Hity, 'tah, and in @a0e (lacid, New or0 K have pracce trac0s or s0eleton athletes.
#ith the demands and responsibilies o lie, ew s0eleton competors can a7ord to live
near these places. +delman has spent the last month in (ar0 Hity but had to return to Haliornia
on 2onday to wor0 his ull me 1ob as a product manager or Oracle. *e sll trains at a gym,
but he now has to drive C9D 0ilometers daily to get there, and although he can sll pracce the
sprinng aspect o the sport with an e"ercise called the =push,? he has to se!le or indirect ways
to pracce the other aspects, li0e the e"plosive power needed or lunging onto the sled.
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'nder the direcon o his two trainers K Jon nderson, an &/33 pro bodybuilder 0nown
as the world>s strongest man who also owns the gym where +delman praccesP, and Jasha
/aye, a ormer naonal level ' Olympic lier who competed in the 2accabiah K +delman
pracces =snatches? and =clings? K intense liing e"ercises, the 0ind you see on liing
compeons on $L, with bodybuilders hoisng heavy barbells over their heads with uic0
bursts o energy.&n contrast, $he &ce *oc0ey /ederaon o &srael has been around since the 9F5Ds, the
&sraeli Naonal *oc0ey $eam is ran0ed :Cnd in the world, and the country has at least three
rin0s where aspiring players can pracce. lthough relavely unpopular among &sraeli athletes,
the sport is not undere"posed to the point that it has become borderline impraccal to pursue.
+delman could have stuc0 with it.
*owever, he maintains that &srael>s near-total obliviousness to s0eleton is, despite the
obstacles it creates, a large part o what ma0es his role in the sport valuable.
=2any people who draw poorly as a child confrm right then and there that, or their
whole lives, they can never become good painters or sculptors.
nd Jews tend to be this way about sportsM a lot Jews gave up on all the convenonal
sports long ago aer reali)ing that they were lousy at soccer or ootball. *owever, they have not
shut themselves o7 rom sports they have never even seen. nd i they can become ambious
about one sport, that will help to open their minds.?
/or that reason, +delman says the prospect o being watched by millions o people does
not ma0e him the least bit nervousM the more, the be!er.
=& want to be seen by as many Jews as possible,? he says. =& want them to see the tar o
;avid on my uniorm and eel li0e they can do it what &>m doing.?
+delman>s campaign is ta"-deducble. $o view the campaign as well as some
promoonal videos, please visit www.indiegogo.comEpro1ectsEisrael-s0eleton- the-winter-
olympic-dreamQEstory
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!esher "tudy# Al$ost %alf Of %aredi$ Rarely Tal& To "ecular
Diaspora - The Jurusalem Posthttp://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Gesher-study-Almost-half-of-haredim-rarely-talk-to-secular-!""#
July 24, 2015
Forty-fve percent o haredim have
no interacon at all with secularJews, according to a study released
by the Gesher NGO.
nd about one in fve secular Jews
has li!le contact with the ultra-
Orthodo", respondents to the
survey released on #ednesday
said.
$he frst comprehensive inde" osocial a%tudes toward &sraeli unity
was commissioned as part o the
Jerusalem 'nity (ri)e in memory o the three teenagers abducted and murdered by *amas
terrorists last summer, +yal irah, Gil-d haer and Naali /raen0el. $he pri)e is a 1oint iniave
by the amilies o the three teens, Jerusalem 2ayor Nir 3ar0at and Gesher.
ome 456 o respondents to the survey supported educaonal e7orts to promote contact
between religious and secular Jews.
/iy-three percent o haredim reported having ew, i any, conversaons with Jews rom
segments o society outside their own. $he group has minimal &nternet access and had to spea0
with interviewers by telephone.
+ighty-one percent o the 899 people surveyed said they respected Jews rom all sectors o
society, but only 9:6 elt such open-mindedness was li0ely to resonate in the naon within the
ne"t fve years.
Gesher chairman ;aniel Goldman believes the educaonal system does not do enough to
encourage discussion among di7erent 0inds o Jews.
s be clearthat when we tal0 about unity, we are not tal0ing about uniormity.?
'ri irah, ather o +yal, is opmisc about the a!enon being placed on the issues, but added
that they need to be addressed even without triggers such as the death o his son and his
riends.
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=$he challenge, and one which we can and must conront, is to implement those soluons at all
mes and not 1ust when we>re being aced with tragedy or a!ac0s,? he told the Five Towns
Jewish Timeso @ong &sland, New or0.
$he survey has a margin o AB.B6.
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The Canna)is Resistance
Perso&al lo'
August 5, 2015
Unli0e in the ', medical mari1uanaresearch in &srael can be conducted in part
and parcel o what is allowed by the
government. ince the early 9FDs, the
country has been a world leader in such
research, drawing a!enon rom lawma0ers
all over the globe. One would e"pect &sraeli
oRcials to stand proudly in the oreront o
social progression.
3ut a meeng held $uesday by the
Inesset Hommi!ee o ;rug and lcohol buse to discuss progressive policy changes showed
otherwise. @ess than hal o the members showed up.
$he &sraeli *ealth 2inistry had 1ust announced that paents licensed to receive cannabis
would soon be able to purchase the drug straight rom a pharmacy, rather than having to go
through a grower or a distributor.
&t was a change that Inesset Hommi!ee Hhairman 2I Sandberg, who arranged the
meeng, had supported, much to the disheartenment o 99 commi!ee members.
=&srael is not Holorado yet,? wrote Inesset member 2I +li Hohen in a le!er to Sandberg.
=nd even i you want to promote your personal agenda to legali)e so drugs, it would be
be!er i you ormed a caucus or it.?
&n a 1oint statement, the boyco!ers accused Sandberg o trying to turn the commi!ee
=into the caucus to promote cannabis, instead o the goal or which the commi!ee was ormedM
to fght drug abuse and drug-related crimes.?
$o (roessor aphael 2echoulam, an organic chemist whose research in 9FDs &srael
1umpstarted cannabis research throughout the world, the boyco! is 1ust another e"ample o
how oRcials ail to recogni)e that there is a di7erence between the regulaon o recreaonal
and medical mari1uana.=urely, society has every right to decide on the ormer,? says 2echoulam. =3ut or the
la!er, the decision needs to be built on the same basis as all drugs.?
$hat basis is simpleM ;rugs are regulated individually based on their medical benefts and
potenal or abuse. & the pros o a drug outweigh its cons, and the cons are manageable,
doctors may prescribe that drug with cauon.
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Hannabis does cause some addicons in about 9D percent o heavy users, 2echoulam
admits, but more importantly, it has been shown to alleviate symptoms o, and somemes cure,
a number o detrimental ailments and condionsM l)heimerTs disease, $oure!e yndrome,
epilepsy, arthris, analgesia, and many more.
=s o now, the ministry approves medical cannabis or a limited number o medicalreasons,? says 2echoulam. =$hough & hope that will soon be improved.?
2echoulam a!ributes these limitaons partly to an oversimplifed view o the drug.
3ecause there are ewer than C:,DDD medical mari1uana paents in &srael a number that the
new legislaon is li0ely to increaseP, most &sraelis have only seen mari1uana in its illicit,
ambiguous orm. #e understand legal drugs li0e opiates and barbiturates to be synthecally
altered and controlled, but when it comes to mari1uana, pot is potU maybe good pot, maybe
bad pot, but simply pot.
ciensts didnTt 0now any be!er, either, unl about BD years ago, when 2echoulam and
his colleagues at the oc0eeller &nstute decided to tac0le the chemistry o the then-poorlyunderstood narcoc. 3y studying mari1uana given to them by law enorcement, 2echoulam and
his team were able to isolate and synthesi)e several acve compounds in cannabis.
=#hen tal0ing about cannabis, it should really be specifed which cannabinoid you are
reerencing,? 2echoulam notes. =$he term cannabis alone means nothing.alon>s vow to
crac0 down on Jewish terrorism
certainly seems warranted.
3ut the sheer level o
tragedy raises uesons as to
whether such a crusade is even
praccal. &t is tempng to believe
otherwiseM there are endless
e"amples o the power o
e"tremism and ar ewer to suggestit can be countered.
3ut such e"amples do e"ist.
Hhrisan (icciolini lives in
the ', ar rom the (alesnian
village o ;uma, the ;awabsha amily>s home, and sll the news o the frebombing that 0illed li
;awabsha hit close to home. =&t struc0 a chord in me,? he said. Not long ago, this peace advocate and
movaonal spea0er was not so di7erent rom the bomber. &ndeed, some memories he can hardly bear.
Out o the pain, though, comes hope, and that is why he has chosen to tell his story in his
upcoming autobiography, omanc LiolenceM 2emoirs o n merican 0inhead.
#hen he was 9B, Hhrisan was smo0ing a 1oint in an alleyway o downtown Hhicago when a man
rolled up in a vehicle, stepped out, and snatched the drugs out o his hand. &t was Hlar0 2artell, ounder
o Hhicago rea 0inheads. =;on>t you 0now that>s what the capitalists want you to do to 0eep youdocileX? Hlar0 yelled.
Hhrisan had been e"pelled rom school and had become numb to =that>s wrong? and =stop
that.? $his was di7erent. *e had no idea what the term =docile? meant, but he 0new one thing or sureM
he was being told how to not ft somebody>s rules, but fght against them. *is rebellion fnally meant
something.
3y 98, (icciolini had become a ullYedged member o the #hite (ower movement, and or the
ne"t seven years his lie was defned by hatred.
&n the 9F5Ds, a me o immense racial conYict in the ', (icciolo was the ace o the #hite
(ower music industry.
*e used the microphone to roar hardcore-music ans into hate-flled ren)ies with his band, $he
/inal oluon.$o promote his agenda, (icciolini was targeng and e"ploing tensions in merican society.
@i0ewise, notes wri!en by 2eir +%nger, the ar-right acvist currently being detained as the
primary suspect in the ;uma frebombing, call on advocates li0e himsel to do the same K in this case, to
target tensions between secular and Orthodo" Jews.
=+"tremists o every il0 see0 to upend the balance o peace by causing lasng damage and
unrest in communies that are already struggling with stability,? says (icciolini.
&nstability K what +%nger reerred to in his maniesto as =eggshells? K is li0ely what ma0es pre-
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e"tremists vulnerable themselves. @i0e (icciolini, the +%nger we 0now was not born.
*e was made. er running into trouble with the &;/ in CD99, he Yed to the Od ose *ai
eshiva, where he met abbi it)ha0 Ginsburgh, an e"tremist in his own right. &n his wrings, +%nger
echoes much o what Ginsburgh wrote in 9FFB to 1usy the massacre o CF 2uslims in the Have o
(atriarchs at the hands o a JewM =&t>s a lot cheaper and aster to destroy the tate o &srael than to repair
it.?
&n her boo0 tate Liolence and the ight to (eace, psychologist Iathleen 2alley-2orrison as0s
:B survey parcipants i they thin0 world peace can ever be achieved. 2ost said no, with the bul0
blaming the nature o humanity. One sub1ect commented that =2an0ind is evil by nature.?
nother addedM =$here will always be e"tremists.?
$he ma1ority o &sraelis, who do recogni)e Jewish terrorism to be baseless and horrifc, are
beginning to eel this way.
ince the stabbing at the Jerusalem Gay (ride /esval on July :D, most cricisms are directed
toward the police and their ailure to intervene in terrorist a!ac0s, to catch the perpetrators once their
a!ac0s are ormulated and put into acon.
Hhrisan (icciolini, however, did not need to be loc0ed away or his stash o guns and other
weaponry, which he 0ept in case he and his brothers ever elt a governmental overthrow was necessary.
*e had to escape rom the prison he was already in.#hen (icciolini opened his record store in 9FFB, his goal was sll the same. 48 percent o what
he was selling was #hite (ower music. $he other C86, though, drew in people o all di7erent
bac0groundsM blac0s, gays and Jews.
=nd because o music, we started to tal0... er ge%ng to 0now these people, & started to
reali)e that & had a lot in common with them and & reali)ed & couldn>t 1usy the eelings & was having
anymore,? he said during an interview with Noisey Lice, a music news blog.
large part o stopping Yedgling terrorists may be e"posureM amiliari)ing Jews with sectors o
their religion other than their own. poll conducted last month by the &sraeli 'nity (ro1ect revealed
ma1or shortcomings in that departmentM nearly hal o haredim ultra-Orthodo" JewsP have no
interacon at all with secular Jews, and a fh o secular Jews hardly spea0 with haredim.
+%nger was, arguably, born into an intolerant environment K more so than the streets odowntown Hhicago.
'nli0e (icciolini, he had no record store through which he could learn to tolerate and accept
othersZ that>s what the rabbis at Od ose *ai should have done or him. urely, not everyone at that
instuon thought li0e Ginsburgh.
#hat holds that intervenon bac0, perhaps, is the belie that such e7orts would surely be ule.
Gesher chairman ;aniel Goldman has called on &sraelis to encourage construcve conversaons and
debates among di7erent sectors o Judaism in the educaon system as a way to prevent that sort o
tunnel vision. #hile 596 o respondents they would be able to approach these conversaons with an
open mind, only 9:6 elt that open-mindedness was li0ely to resonate within the ne"t fve years.
3radley havit rtson, vice president o merican Jewish 'niversity, reminds us that change is
enrely possibleM the two sectors o Judaism are not, and have never been, in total opposion o one
another.=@oo0 at all the areas in which Jews cooperate across denominaonal lines,? he wrote in Sieglar.
=& the problem isn>t one o a lac0 o common ground, maybe the problem is one o ideology.?
@ast wee0, the streets o Jerusalem and $el viv were li!ered with crumpled posters o the
stabbing and frebombing vicms. nd a /aceboo0 post by (resident euven ivlin, in which he
condemned the e"tremists who carry out those 0inds o a!ac0s, was li!ered with threats rom &sraelis
who were enraged to see that the (alesnian community was being shown any sympathy whatsoever.
$hat alone is a massive issue. Just as we should not react to rab terrorists with Jewish terrorists,
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we should not chal0 up the la!er group to the same unsupported, counter-producve noons o evil
that are used to dehumani)e the ormer. ;oing so only isolates their ollowers and ma0es them less li0ely
to come across another path.
='nity, compassion and promong empathy, even to those who least deserve it, is what changes
the world.?
(icciolini now runs the non-proft peace-advocacy organi)aon @ie er *ate.
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A Li)eral Loo& At Online -ating
Perso&al lo'
June 20, 2013
Times are changing, the living room is dying, and
waing rooms are uieter than ever. et we are all
sll connectedUon our cell phones, our laptops, our
tablets, even our watches. & you>re young, you may
not even watch $L anymore does streaming countXP,
but you>ve probably seen an ad or two on /aceboo0
or $wi!er claiming that over a third o relaonships
begin on an online dang site. +ach me, you
probably thoughtM =No way. $hatTs ridiculous.?
&tTs impersonalZ itTs s0etchy. ightX
ctually, those claims hold some real weight.
tudies published by both $he (roceedings o the Naonal cademy o ciences and $he ssociaon or
(sychological ciences (P show that relaonships that begin on cyberspace arenTt 1ust more li0ely to
evolve into marriageUthose marriages are more li0ely to last.
$his may be hard to believe, but is it really all that cra)yX Honsider how signifcant a role
technology already plays in your relaonships. Iids today te"t more than they spea0Z adults and teens
ali0e spend more me on social media than sleeping. +ven i you preer to meet people tradionally,
technology probably has a heavy hand in the Yirng. ure, you met him or her ace-to-ace, at a
ballgame, or maybe a concertUand then whatX ou shared a chit-chat, maybe a 0iss, maybe more, andthen parted ways. ou both got a eel or each otherUhometown, age, li0es and disli0es, pet-peeves and
turn-onsUand then drove home to whip out your i(hones and ta0e that real frst stepM a te"t, a riend
reuest, a napchat, a game o $rivia Hrac0.
s our f"aon with communicaon through technology connues to grow and evolve, the
sgma o actually meeng someone in the virtual world with the intenon o developing a relaonshipP,
is receding.
John Happiolo, a sociologist who has wri!en e"tensively about troubling divorce stascs in the
', sees a glimmer o hope in a trend that is rapidly pic0ing up steam among younger, more diverse
groups o people. & youTre an old-mer, and this is too diRcult or you to swallow, then swallow your
pride and type your )ip code into 2atch.comUor, i youTre on a college campus, swipe through $inderU
to see or yoursel a pool o aces as amiliar as what you would fnd at a university-hosted barbecue.P &n
a study unded by $he 'niversity o Hhicago, Happiolo collected data rom hundreds o sub1ects who
married between CDD8 and CD9:. signifcant amount was no longer married, but or those who met
their spouse online, divorce was C percent less common. ;espite what early CDDDs news coverage and
;ateline N3H may have engraved into our heads, the trend o fnding romance through cyberspace
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appears nothing to ret over. Nowadays, the virtual world can actually ma0e or a much more controlled,
calm, and collected environment than, say, a sports bar or a city pool.
On sites li0e e*armony, personality types are established rom the get-go and laid out publicly,
to encourage li0eminded introductory conversaons. ;reams, wea0nesses, uir0s, and habitsUwe want
our potenal spouses to be on the same page as us about these things. &n real lie, we shu[e through
contestant aer contestant, but online, the no-goTs are phased out almost immediately. #eTre not
necessarily more li0ely to fnd our soul-mate this way, but weTre in less danger o alling into something
pointlessly me consuming. & you believe that your special someone is somewhere out there, youTre
probably inclined not to waste me on ruitless Yings that only stall you and eliminate crucial
opportunies.
&n deending =e-love,? Happiolo also points out a correlaon between tradional couples and
impulsivity, meaning the tendency to pop the ueson too early, without thin0ing hard enough. $he
biggest actor in a ailed marriage is, o course, the decision to get married in the frst place. omeone
spontaneous enough to hand out their number at Hhipotle is more prone to ma0ing that mista0e than
your average dang-site user, who li0ely treats the prospect o marriage with as much consideraon ashe or she uses on these websites.
ome crics, li0e +li /in0el, re1ect these ideas, cing a lac0 o established causality. $here are so
many ways to meet both on and o[ine, that solid evidence avoring the ormer is hard pinpoint. /in0el
argues that a couple who meets at church ora a museum has ar be!er odds than your average pair
cha%ng on some seedy dang site. &tTs diRcult to prove him wrong.
Others crics ac0nowledge the advantage, but ueson whether such calculated, neatly craed
marriages can really be chal0ed up to
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. and A ith The !oodnight -arlings
1usic - So&ic 2clectic
http://so&iceclectic.com/music/3"!,/"4/5-a&d-a-with-the-'ood&i'ht-darli&'s/
June 11, 2013
SE) Firstly, why the name, The Goodnight Darlings?
Kat: We got the word Darlings from the creative writing
expression kill your darlingsmeaning, dont be too
precious or attached to your works of art !ou need a degree
of irreverence to create and to edit "t the time we started our
band, this was really resonating with me # had spent a lot of
time learning and listening to different heroes and genres #t
was time to both honor my work and also to throw it to the
wolves
$hen the word %oodnight has the perfect blend of darkness
and love "nd &uite simply' we are in love with each ama(ing
night on stage, in love with the audience, in love with each
other #ts like an inherent mission statement We )ust want to
have a %oodnightall the time*
SE) How did you two meet? Whats the story?
Kat:# was bar'tending at +ine rock club and Wilsons last
band, onomb, came in and played # had seen so many
bands from working that roombut they really grabbed my
attention Wilson was the best guitarist #d ever seen, and #
really loved his singing and vocal effects # needed to know
all about his pedal set'up, so # sought him out after their
show
# was leaving town for a shoot with -$. in /olorado, and he was leaving to open up for erlin, so thank
goodness he found me through my bands website a few months later and weve been together ever since
SE) For each of you, what is your past history with music? Any previous bands? How similar were they to yours
today?
Wilson:"fter +eptember 00th, # started writing songs about humanity, politics, anti'politics, false worship1religion,
true worship1money, racism#t started with a drum machine and my guitar2 then it turned into a trio -y pedal
collection grew after meditating with 3 delay pedals set at different speeds BonBombwas inspired by4 5unk
6ock, 7ew Wave, 8lectro, 7oise, "mbient, 6eggae, and Dub "n "96 from 8pic 6ecords really liked us, but we
received a letter saying we were a little too risky because we werent pop enough:auryn ;ill showed up to one of our shows at +iberia in ;ells
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y touring with $he =ugees, Wyclef taught me the kindness
of 5opA-y music in onomb was more "nti'5op because #
didnt follow all the rock +ongwriting 6ules
$he similarity of %7D and onomb are the layers of music
creating a wall of sound and the energy and attack of my
guitar
#ve been in two previous bands 8ach one holds a special
place in my heart 8ach one revealed a key With Blend
Engine, # felt true punk' unedited, volatile, and complete dis'
ease about myself fitting into this cra(y world WithMajorette,! # got to meet ama(ing skilled workers in music'
people who could write and produce the shiniest songs # was learning how to make musical sense out of my raw
elations arriving in 7ew !ork, and also my discontent at growing up-y hope with $he %oodnight Darlings is that
#m able to assimilate both the raw power and techni&ue
SE) Who handles the beats, guitar, vocals, etc., in the Goodnight Darlings? What would you say each of
you bring to the table?
Wilson: eats start from my headimagining a real drummer
playing on top of a drum machine $hen theyre executed either
on an old 6oland 6@, an old %? with 6eason, -acook 5ro with
6eason, and now my phone with i-aschine
=or live guitar, #ve got 3 $eles, a hollow body 8piphone, and 0?
guitar pedalsA =or recording, # have more pedals and # use
unconventional instruments for texture
Kat: # have the honor of writing stories and melodies # get to
write poems and theater, confessions, and anthems # treat our
live show like an athletic event of voice, emotion, and connection
SE) escribe your genre, your sound.
Kat: Weve said were :ike
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SE) Who are your big influences? Would you com"are your sound to any of them?
Wilson: $he /lash for not being afraid to evolve and use
their rock, reggae, disco, hip'hop influences "lso ad rains,
7#7, $he /ure, +iouxsie, londie, +onic !outh, lots of ;ip'
;op and 6eggae +ometimes these bands come into play
with my sound, energy, attitude, and vibe
Kat: Wanda >ackson changed my life -y dad used to play
her old records and # thought she was the most bra(en bat
out of hell # love the nerve of her voice $hen seeing
-adonna on -$. flipped me out ;er bold style' # loved the
idea that you could be the movie star of your music # also
got into the Doors at that time too # loved their strangeness
and his poems seemed like rap for surrealists 7ow when #
write' # need to stay turned on by going to see an art or
fashion exhibit, or a great play' to stir and deliver heightened
emotions # dont think # sound like these artists' but they
inspire my own instrument
SE) !ow often do you "ractice?
Wilson: With %7D once or twice a week With )ust meat
least C times a week
SE) Every musician has a certain way of using their instrument. What do you consider to be your uni$ue
musical techni$ues?
Wilson:-y use of all my pedals to create different textures live and recorded -y rhythmic picking
Kat: -y training at the >uilliard +chool really began my awareness of breathing and diction #ve picked up so
many tricks along the way from voice teachers and other singers #m always investigating
SE) %re you signed with any record labels?
Kat: 7ot currently # have been signed before to 8-# and +ony16ed # used to think it was the be'all end'all ut
now # think there are so many creative ways to market music # think all thats important is finding people you can
really share a vision with, and expand that vision to full potential #d love to find the right label for %7D # hope
its a natural partnership at the right time
SE) &our debut E', Doll Drums, was released (ust last month. an you give listeners an idea of what to
e*"ect from it?
Kat: # hope you listen to it on headphones so you can listen to all the ear'candy Wilson has arranged through the
production of it #m very proud of our first effort together #d like you to think, "ww, what a thoughtful gift We
had the listener in our hearts creating lots of layers and dance beats
#ll take some lyrics from the title track Doll Drums to give you an idea :et me be your dollaction figurine :et
me be your bells and whistles, silver screamWeve got the doll, oh we bring the drums, ennui, we fight the
boredom* $he Doll Drums
SE) %re there certain underlying themes within your lyrics?
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Kat: #ts funny # aim to write point blank from my heart "nd it still comes out weighted with mysterious echoes'
shades of longing, grandiosity, compulsive behaviors, and late nights in 7!/ $hats ok though # feel that it lends
it enough space for everyone to hopefully personali(e it in their own way
SE) +s there a "articular song of yours that stic#s out to you as uni$ue from the rest?
Kat: 5robably 6ed ;ot, it was unusual for me2 it was written in ahalf dream one morning listening to the sports news "lso' Wilson
and # are big fans of the half time beat in the chorus of Doll
Drums #t makes us thrash when we play it live
SE) Who handles your artwor#?
Kat: Wilson is our main graphic designer ;e makes awesome
flyers for our live shows #ve been saving a scrapbook2 they are
each a uni&ue piece of art # cant draw' so # pull some art stunts
=or our first album cover, # created the photo shoot set by finding
giant toys from all over rooklyn and -anhattan -agic shops
"nd then for our first music video' # got us into a 7!/ 5arade"lso' weve worked &uite a bit with our wonderful brother'in'law
;e happens to be a renowned hip'hop photographer, 6obert
"dam -ayer E>ay'F at the arclay, 7as at 6adio /ityG
SE) Where have you "erformed? %ny favorite venues, cities? ost memorable e*"eriences?
Kat: $ours with the %oodnight Darlings are the truest, best times of my life # cant even say how much # love the
adventure of new people and a new town Weve played two extensive, rigorous tours of the +outhern H+ and
back up the 8ast /oast $here was that dance contest in :afayette, the voodoo lady singer in 7ew Brleans, the
cool big daddy club owner at Walnut +treet lues in -+ its a fun &uestion' my mind flashes to desert drives in
-arfa, $I EWe shot a video that were gonna release for the song >uly thereGA-aybe our favorite venue would
be +I+W "ustin is )ust wonderful We had booked one show and ended up playing four more shows* We had all
our gear on us and wed get invited to play the next party again and again -usically, # felt so in shape
SE) What-s the ultimate goal for your band?
Wilson: -ake music always, tour the 8arth, be loved by not
trying to be or sound like anyone else
SE) What shows and tours are you "lanning in the near
future?
Kat: Were looking to open up for one of our favorite national
acts Were also encouraged and excited by some interest from
H< writers #d love to play overseas Weve also started
experimenting with a new secret weapon of instrumentation that
will be revealed in time**
SE) What-s the best way to access your music?
Wilson: %et our debut Doll Drums on i$unes, or get to a show
and leave with a cd*
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SE) "hec# them out$ Here is a lin# to one of their son%s,
&ropa%anda!' https'((soundcloudcom(the%oodni%htdarlin%s(propa%andaAnd to their video for *ed
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. and A With /Turtle 0sland1
1usic 6 So&ic 2clectic
August 3, 2012
. Firstly, why the name, /urtle +sland?
%.$urtle #sland comes from an island at ens :akehouse
Weve spent lots of summers swimming and boating there, and
we decided that the name $urtle #sland sounded pretty cool and
fitting and fortunately it means a lot to us as a bandand as
friends
. How did you all meet? Whats the story?
%. en and # EDallinG met first before anyone else Wed always
wanted to make music together, knowing that we had the same
taste2 but it wasnt until after at least a few monthsalmost a
year, maybethat we started getting together and doing some
writing # dont think any of what we wrote back then ever got
developed into actual songs, but it was cool to get a feel for each other musically "fter a while, we got 7ick to come
in on drums2 he had played with en in a previous musical endeavor, and # had played with our ex'
bassist1guitarist, "lex, in an old band of mine "lex moved to /hicago to go to school, and 7ick was really good
friends with+ean, who came in to replace "lex
. For each of you, what is your "ast history with music? %ny "revious bands? !ow similar were they to
yours today?
%. We had each been in a band before $urtle #sland, except for +ean Bur old bands were more of a 5unk
6ock1"lternative sound, which led to an indie sound in the early stages of $urtle #sland Ewhich at the time was called
$he :ion the +&uirrel and the -an with a -oustacheG
. Who handles the beats, guitar, vocals, etc.? What would you say each of you brings to the table?
%. Hntil recently, there was never a set lineup for who played what, other than 7ick on drums, save for our song"stronauts, where # play drums for the first half while nick sang, but we dont play that one very often anymore We
usually would )ust start writing new material, and whoever was closest to whatever instrument played that or wrote
that part, which meant en, +ean and # would all rotate on bass and guitars We decided that it would be best to stick
to one instrument to get a consistent live sound, so we now have en on bass, and +ean and myself on
guitars +ean and # both sing, doing some harmonies and switching up lead vocals
. escribe your genre, your sound.
%. We typically identify ourselves aspsychedelic rock, but that is
not in any way exclusively what we do We draw influences from
everywhere4 indie rock, blues, )a((, garage rock, doom metal,
shoega(e, surf rock, grunge, post'rockthe list goes on #n the
span of one song, you could experience all of these sounds, as
well as from song to song #ts kind of spastic but we feel like it
works for us #t makes it fun and interesting because we can write
in any style we want instead of being confined to one genre
. !as your sound evolved or "retty much stayed the same
since you started? o you thin# it will hold over time?
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%. When we first started playing we had an indie pop1rock kinda sound, and we have evolved heavily from there,
while still keeping our roots pretty strong # think now we )ust have a lot wider array of sounds # think well )ust
constantly keep piling new sounds on top of what we have until its piled so high nobody really understands what it is
. Who are your big influences? Would you com"are your sound to any of them?
%. +ome stuff we dig unanimously as a band would be stuff like
:ed Feppelin 7ick is in love with onham and is really heavilyinfluenced by him and 7ick -ason from the =loyd We all like
good stuff from the JKs psychedelic underground, the .elvet
Hnderground 5rogressive LKs stuff like
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. Where have you "erformed? %ny favorite venues, cities?
ost memorable e*"eriences?
%. /omfest a while back was super cool* # think thats always
been one of our favorite shows as well as when we played
7ewport We really like +carlet and %rey /afe and play there a
good deal We played
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. and A With a .uadriplegic
7ife 6 So&ic 2clectic
http://so&iceclectic.com/the-life/3"!,/"4/5-a&d-5-with-a-5uadriple'ic/
June 3, 2012
hristopher 1ayne, 23, lives in -roville, "alifornia, a small city on the ban#s of the Feather *iver in the Sierra 4evada
foothills -ne mornin% in 5//5, he pic#ed up a friend and drove to the home of a mutual buddy, whose above%roundpool, complete with its own dec#, had finallybeen cleaned and deemed usable A few cold cannonballs later, all three
boys 6 and an ecstatic splashin% do% 6 were havin% a #iller time
7hey tired out fast and headed up the ladder to dry off "hris had
stepped onto the dec#, ready to %rab his towel, when one of the
boys surprised him by 8umpin% ri%ht bac# into the water 4ot to
pass up the opportunity for a oneuppin%, "hris followed, a%ain,
with a helluva dive, what his friends would latter call a pretty
damn cool loo#in% 8ac##nife! 0ndeed it was
9ut the water was only : feet, "hristopher :55 He ban%ed his
head, of course, but not hard, it seemed' no audible crac#, no
stars, not even pain He too# it casually, thin#in%' -#ay, you hit
your head ;ou better swim bac# to the surface! 9ut nothin%
moved
Face down and floatin% to the surface, he could see a pair of feet
7hat was all he processed until he heard a splash and sensed
someone approachin% He felt a sensation on his shoulder
Scratches 0t was the pitbull
&rincess had 8umped into the pool, swam over to him, and be%an
to scratch at his shoulder 7hat %ot the attention of the friend in
the water He came over, %rabbed his do%, tossed her over the
ed%e of the pool with no dec#in%, and resumed his swimmin%
=4o #iddin%,! says "hris He remembers e
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. Who are you?
! # am thirty'eight years old and consider myself a student of life # am probably not the best student, but # do my
homework and certainly try to learn from my mistakes # am an easy going guy who en)oys a thoughtful conversation
and who makes friends easily
. What was it li#e ad(usting? 0"s and downs? Frustrations? 1rea#downs? Silver linings?
" # often tell people that # was fortunate to have been in)ured at a younger age than most Bf course no in)ury is
actually fortunate, but in regards to ease of ad)ustment # think the statement is true Due to my age # did not have
worries about how a spousal relationship may be strained, how my family would fare financially with my loss of
income, or how # might not be able to continue in the same line of work for which # have training $he course of life #
had pictured myself traveling had simply been closed off to me, and taking the bumpy detour was the only available
choice # )ust carried on the best # could
$he first few weeks after my accident, though, # did have difficulty coming to terms with the severity of my disability #t
was not until # started rehabilitation that my focus shifted toward concentrating on what was possible instead of that
which was not
+urprisingly, # have not had many down moments # do not think depression and # get along well* $here are too manyways to experience happiness to find myself obsessing over thoughts that may bring on a darker mood +till, # am
well ac&uainted with frustration # have learned to see everything as a challenge, and while # am a fair sport, # hate to
lose # will spend an inordinate amount time doing something mundane and trivial, )ust to con&uer the situation
. What-s a day in the life?
" # normally awaken around seven oclock in the morning and spend the hour reading news articles and responding
to email -y day really begins at eight, when a home health worker comes in to help with my personal care We
spend several hours together doing physical therapy as a means of preventive maintenance, feeding me meals,
helping me shower, et cetera # am then left alone for the afternoon before the care provider comes back in the
evening to feed me dinner and get me ready for bed # use the afternoon hours to go to school when enrolled, or to
do some computer programming on various small pro)ects # often relax in the evening by listening to an audio book
or playing online strategy games
. What does it feel li#e? %re there certain areas that are more sensitive than others? oes it hurt?
" =rom mid'chest down # have no physical sensation #n my mind, though, my
limbs feel &uite normal and as though they are positioned wherever # think they
might be at the time #f # concentrate on what a particular area feels like or
consciously try to move an appendage, then that area positively comes alive
with a tingly sensation akin to that of when a limb first begins to wake up after
having fallen asleep $his is due to my spinal cord not being completely
severed2 there are still some signals being passed from limb to brain
Hnfortunately, those signals result in tingles instead of movement +o close*
# have some sensation in my arms, but it varies depending on the area # canfeel pressure on my forearms, but they cannot differentiate between
temperatures $his makes showers particularly interesting since # can feel the
water pressure but the temperature there always feels luke warm # have no
sensation on the backs of my hands and fingers, but have )ust enough on
some of my finger pads to know if # am touching something
$he only areas that ever hurt are my shoulders # do not have muscle tone
strong enough to keep the arms properly pulled upward into their shoulders, and as you can imagine the result is
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something much less than comfortable /onse&uently, # try to always support my arms well and avoid downward
pulls
. !ow has it effected relationshi"s 2romantic and friendshi"?)
" =riendships have not been effected much, but it is probably easier for me to recogni(e true friends now $here are
minor inconveniences that come with my friendship #f a friend and # are going somewhere # need them to drive myvan, and if we are going to be eating # will need help with that, too $hings like that wear on some people, # think
6omantic relationships have definitely been effected $here is much less physical touch, so the importance of good
communication cannot be understated +pontaneity can sometimes be difficult, so you learn to plan a lot $his
however can lead to boredom in a relationship /onse&uently, it is important to be mindful about how to keep things
feeling fresh and fun # have not yet mastered relationships, but # have had several and each has been something to
learn from
. What wor# do you do e*actly and did your condition effect your choice to do so? +f so, how?
" # have had a medley of )obs over the years, from doing freelance computer programming to being an instructional
aide teaching voice recognition technologies to disabled students at the local )unior college :ast year # graduated
with associate degrees in :anguage "rts and +ocial and ehavioral +ciences, but # am currently unemployed# do not think my condition affected my choice of occupations, other than having driven me toward the field of
computer related work $here was a time in my life that # was pursuing computer programming as a career, but
somewhere along the way # reali(ed # would be much happier in a position that # regularly interacted with people face
to face, and in particular if # could be having a positive impact on others What # do for work does not matter, so long
as those two criteria are fulfilled
. o you receive funds for medical needs?
" # receive +ocial +ecurity due to the permanent nature of my disability and the age at which # sustained my in)ury
$he amount # receive is based on the amount my father paid into the system
. %re you religious? +f so, does it have anything to do with your condition?
" # am not religious # consider myself a secular humanist, but atheist works as well # have always had a lack of faith
in the divine2 it does not stem from my condition # am much more interested in reason and evidence as a guide as
how best to live this life
. !ave "eo"le ever been intolerant of you due to your condition?
" # have not experienced intolerance, but people have certainly been dismissive $here have been many occasions
in college when, having arrived to class on the first day of the semester, # have received dismissive looks from fellow
students :ikewise, there have been many occasions when # have seen surprised looks on those same faces # take
education seriously, and like to respectfully take the initiative in class to show that # have both a voice and a brain
. !ave you considered 3 or had 3 any sort of surgery or o"eration?
" $he week after my accident # had surgery to help stabili(e my neck one was taken from my hip, which was then
wired to my /N, /?, and /C vertebrae $hese bones are now fused together $he range of motion in my neck is more
limited than normal, but not so much as to be noticeable
. !ow is diet restricted, since you can-t e*ercise 2right?)
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" !ou are correct2 even though # have limited movement in my left arm # do not have the strength or endurance to do
any calorie burning exercise ;owever, # still have a normal diet #t probably helps that # live alone and am unable to
raid the refrigerator whenever # like, because # certainly en)oy food*
. What do you li#e on your "i44a?
" !ou are going about this the long way $he list will be much shorter if # tell you what # do not like* 7othing comes tomind, but the )ury is still out on anchovies # have not yet had the courage to try them, but a personal motto of mine is
#ll try anything twice*
. !ow confident would you say you are?
" $oo confident #t very well could be a fault of mine, and # will not be surprised if it is my downfall in the end When it
comes to facts # am very aware that # am ignorant about a great many things, but sometimes one of those buggers
sneaks over to the known list and # have to eat crow afterward When it comes to moments when # think to myself,
7ah, it looks safe enough to drive my wheelchair through there, # have learned the hard way to doubt my )udgment
When it comes to social situations, confidence is gold #t is difficult to be confident in every situation, though, so when
# am not # simply fake it and forge on
. What do you to "ass time, to #ill boredom?
" # love learning new things, so # often read social news sites or listen to audio lectures $here are a few select
television shows # watch, and # en)oy playing online strategy games such as 6isk or -agic the %athering :ately #
have been spending my time teaching myself a programming language # have no prior experience with
. What are your dreams, as"irations?
" When # was young # wanted to be remembered by future generations for something important # achieved 7ow it is
)ust important for me to contribute to society so future generations are able to achieve important things -y
contribution need not be memorable, but it must be a positive 8ach generation stands on the combined contributions
of those that preceded it #f on my deathbed # look back on my life and think society has somehow benefited from my
having been here # will have won at the game of life
. o you still #now those #ids who were with you when you had your accident? +f so, what are the
relationshi"s li#e nowadays?
" We are all friends in that we are able to keep up on what is happening in each others life via =acebook, but # do
not have a more personal relation with them # lost touch with them shortly after my accident, and for some time felt
hurt that they no longer came around "s # matured, though, # reali(ed &uite possibly # was not the only one
traumati(ed by my in)ury, and that we all have had divergent paths to walk # am thankful to have the ability to read up
on their successes and intermittent musings
. What advise to you have for others li#e you?
" -y advice to others is to be assertive, to learn patience, to reflect upon what brings them happiness and strive to
find more of those things in life, and to never let something stop them from reaching their final destination
. +f you could go bac# and change what ha""ened to you, would you? o you thin# you-d still be the same
#ind of "erson you are now?
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" $his &uestion is more difficult than you might suppose # very much like the person # have become and do not
know if # would have learned some of the tough lessons had # not lived through tough experiences # would like to
think # am intelligent and reflective enough to have arrived at a similar personality without having had to live through
the same hardships # suppose it is &uite possible # would have become what # consider a better person than # am
today # do miss the physicality and ease of life before my in)ury # would go back and change what happened it
could be overconfidence, but # think # would have become a man to be proud of
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. and A With /The -ay We Left Earth
1usic 6 So&ic 2clectic
Ju&e 3,8 3"!,
. Firstly, why the name, /he ay We 5eft Earth?
" We were inspired by the "lex /ornell painting of the same
name We liked the double entendre of the name, as it can be
read as both leaving the earth in a literal sense, but also in a
more metaphysical way
. !ow did you all meet? What-s the story?
" Bur drummer wrote an ad on a Danish website for musicians,
and after a few emails back and forth, we all met each other
through a few )am'sessions and started the band
. For each of you, what is your "ast history with music?%ny "revious bands? !ow similar were they to yours today?
" "ll of us have played in bands prior to $he Day We :eft 8arth,
and some of us still play in other bands now as well +ome of them are direct opposites of what we play in $DW:8,
ranging from metal and post'hardcore to folk, hiphop and pop 7one of us have played post'rock before forming
$DW:8
. Who handles the beats, guitar, vocals, etc.? What would you say each of you bring to the table?
" +Oren is our drummer, /asper and "nders play guitar and #, :ars, play bass Were an instrumental band so we
dont have a singer, although weve had some, before finally settling on being without one We all listen to a broad
palette of different bands and genres and as such, we get a lot of inspiration from different angles Were a veryhomogeneous band, and everyone gets their voices heard
. escribe your genre, your sound.
" We play instrumental post'rock with electronic elements
. !as your sound evolved or "retty much stayed the same
since you started? o you thin# it will hold over time?
" Were ever'evolving in our musical expression, and have had a
revolving door kind of line'up $he members present now are the
core members and have been there from the beginning Wevebeen as many as L people in the band at one point "s of late
weve become a bit more math'rock inspired so time will tell what
the new material will sound like
. Who are your big influences? Would you com"are your sound to any of them?
" Were influenced by a wide range of genres and dont have key influences ut some related artists that inspire
us are .essels, $hree $rapped $igers, JCdaysofstatic, $own 5ortal, Bceansi(e and -aybeshewill
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. !ow often do you "ractice?
" Bnce a week
. %re you signed with any record labels?
" Were currently D#!, but well see if the right offer comes along
. +s there a "articular song of yours that stic#s out to you as
uni$ue from the rest?
" But of our released material, :ights has been the song that
has gained the most attention, but Bur enefactors is the only
song weve written, that has this continuous build'up to the
crescendo
. Who handles your artwor#?
" /asper, our guitarist
. Where have you "erformed? %ny favorite venues, cities? ost memorable e*"eriences?
" "ll of our gigs have been here in /openhagen, Denmark and weve have played pretty much every venue that
carries music in genres such as ours $here have been plenty of memorable experiences, so its hard to pinpoint )ust
one
. What-s the ultimate goal for your band?
" 6eleasing acclaimed music that people get inspired by We
arent one of these con&uer the world'type bands ;earing from
people who like our music actually does it for me
. What shows and tours are you "lanning in the near
future?
" 7one at the moment Were writing new material for the next
release
. What-s the best way to access your music?
" $hrough =acebook, where you can check out the album via
andcamp
http411wwwfacebookcom1thedayweleftearth
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