PART 1
11:50 AM
so
what should we talk about?
gimmee a sec
ok
how's that icon?
what
icon?
the picture near my instant message
11:55 AM
you
mean larry king? Oh, I get it.
Do
I have an icon?
yeah, bad joke
just the aol - man
aw,
christ.
are you mac?
no.
bleh
word.
did my icon just change?
nice
monkey
that's a larry king monkey
he's gonna interview you
tight.
ok ... we're on the air
Phoebe, welcome to antifolk.net and all that stuff
lovely
to be here, lach
let's do a few quickies to get warmed up
ok...what was the first record you ever bought yourself?
Jesus, I think it was Mariah Carey's debut album. But I only bought it cuz my cool friends told me to. I swear. Really.
what was the first album you bought because you liked it?
Out
of time- rem, I think.
12:00 PM
still like it?
Yeah, actually, I hadn't listened to it in probably 8 years. But I was just in Athens, GA and my friend put it on to be appropriate. It sounded pretty dope.
Do you have music on now?
No,
but I was just wishing I did.
well, put some on!
ok. be right back.
ok
ok
what did you put on?
the proclaimers. I thought about getting something cooler so I could tell you I was listening to some avante garde art rock band from norway or something. But I didn't want to be a faker.
when did you start writing songs?
12:05 PM
in high school. I wrote a song called "email love" when that was all new and exciting.
do you remeber your first Antihoot? What was it like?
But my dad and I used to jam when I was a kid- just making up lyrics while he played guitar.
My
first antihoot- that was long before I started coming regularly.
This
boy brought me. That was pretty much my whole focus.
But
I remember the moldy peaches playing.
I don't think I'd ever heard anything like that overlappy thing they did before.
They were so much fun when the first arrived on the scene
I
remember all the cool kids sitting over on that bench on the left.
way
intimidating.
It's like first day at school vibe
totally
so, now that you've been around a bit what advice would you give a
newcomer to the scene
wow, I'm not sure that anyone would benefit from my dubious wisdom.
I think they would
umm... well, I would say that being friendly is good. But not too friendly or you'll get the rep of being "that smiley guy". Telling people when you like their music leads to friendship. So does smoking.
i haven't had a cig yet today
good for you.
my
neither
me,
that is
i feel like i wanna smoke one while doing this interview!
i will if you will!
i'm all out but i gotta go move the car so i'll be passing the
deli...
i'll be back in 15 minutes...ok?
you can have one of mine. Oh, wait. This is a computer.
12:40 PM
You left the chat by logging out or being disconnected.
Reconnecting to phoebekreutzÉ
ok back but Jessie Murphy has stopped by, can we continue later
ok. I'm meeting my friend for lunch at 1:30. Shall we say 4:00?
im me then
what does that mean?
instant message
ah.
done and done.