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VICE interviewed me and I made a compilation drawing that accompanies the interview. It's in Dutch, though, but maybe google translate helps. Thanks, Ringo Gomez Jorge.

 

here's the interview.

www.vice.com/be/read/de-drieborstige-zeemeermin-van-teken...

I've been tagging my dolls, and quite often come across a doll or two I have never photographed. The Interview Silkstone Barbie is one of them.

3 jours après l'incendie de Notre Dame de Paris, l'intérêt des médias est toujours là.

Welcome back for another interview! Today we’re sitting down with Preston Young, AKA @Wakefanatic about his feelings on shooting film, its legacy for his family and what gets him clicking the shutter when he’s out and about.

Preston, it’s over to you…

 

Hi Preston,...

 

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#Interview #PrestonYoung #Wakefanatic

Interview for magazine writer ran by She1 DFM...

Thought I should practise my sitting pose as I assume if I am appointed I'll be sitting taking notes and typing. I thought this might help at the interview, LOL

Proud! I heard the (physical) mailbox, checked it and it was there. The new zoom.nl magazine. The biggest magazine in The Netherlands in amateur-photography. I took it out of the wrap and it smelled good, better than ever! This is the interview in Amsterdam with me: 6 pages with photo's of which 1 photo was taken during the interview/streetphotography-session.

In stores in Belgium and The Netherlands in a few days.

Bohus discusses the all-new FlapJack 1x1 with Newsshooter at PhotoPlus. If you're at PhotoPlus be sure to visit us at booth 873 and participate in our contests to win a free ND Throttle and free LED Studio-in-a-Box!

Voor 'Briljantjes', SaltoTV 1

Interview with myself - Tag Game

fui taggeada pela Plipli e pela Andy e por mais gente que eu não lembro... '-'

Faz tempo que não faço nenhuma tag xD

 

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- Pergunta simples: Como você está?

 

Bem, eu acho :v

Ansiosa para os proximos acontecimentos na minha vida

  

- Qual o significado atrás do seu nome no Flickr?

 

Eita, não sei como tá meu nome. Pera que eu vou ver ò_ó *corre pra home* *volta correndo*

Ah tá! babi_chiba

Babi é porque é meu apelido mesmo desde neném e o "Chiba" vem do sobrenome de um cantor japonês que eu sou apaixonada desde quando eu tinha 14 anos :v O Ryohei Chiba *3* lindo e chavoso <3 <3 <3 fotovelhade2010porquehojeemdiaeletamenosbonito

  

- Sexualidade?

 

Amo todo mundo \o/

  

- Estilo?

 

Cara, na minha cabeça eu sou mega estilosa. Uso umas roupas bacanosas, meio inspiradas em anime, fairy kei e decora. Mas só na minha cabeça porque não tenho dinheiro pra trazer por mundo real ainda :v AINDA

  

- De que forma colecionar bonecas influencia sua vida?

 

Virou meu trabalho e minha principal fonte de renda =3 Conheci pessoas maravilhosas nesse hobby e tive a oportunidade de desenvolver muito a coordenação motora fina por causa das coisinhas que faço <3

  

- O que sua família pensa sobre você como um colecionador de bonecas?

 

Profissionalmente falando, eu sempre ouvia "Mas você ainda vai arranjar um emprego, né?"

Pessoalmente, eles torciam a cara e davam risada do tipo "Essa menina não tem mais o que inventar"

Hoje eles encaram de boas. Só minha irmã que tem medo delas :v

 

- Maior medo?

Um monte ;u;

Ser assaltada, ser assediada, agulhas, baratas(principalmente), altura... Mas meu medo de altura é estranho. Não que eu tenha medo de altura, eu tenho medo de me dar a louca e pular do lugar alto :v ou passar mal e cair do alto.

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Foto de mim! =D A mais recente que tenho e meu anelzinho chavoso do King Boo porque eu amo esse personagem *3*

 

A maioria das pessoas ja fez essa tag mas vou taggear duas pessoas que eu ainda não vi =3

I was asked to do an interview by an admirer for a website . i was thrilled .. here it is ..

 

www.lifecapture.us/310/interview-with-photographer-nick-k...

 

FYI ... Miksang is a Tibetan word that translates as ‘Good Eye’, and is based on the Shambhala and Dharma Art teachings of the late meditation master, artist, and scholar Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche.

Got this idea from Lisa. Here is how Jessie answered the questions I asked:

 

1. What is something daddy always says to you?

Go praang phun (means go brush your teeth in Thai)

 

2. What makes daddy happy?

Good kids.

 

3. What makes daddy sad?

Bad kids.

 

4. How does your daddy make you laugh?

He tickles me.

 

5. What was your daddy like as a child?

He didn't behave, like me, and he got spanked.

 

6. How old is your daddy?

35 (actual age...36)

 

7. How tall is your daddy?

Six feet (actual height...5'8")

 

8. What is his favorite thing to do?

Take pictures.

 

9. What does your daddy do when you're not around?

Watch TV.

 

10. If your daddy is on TV for something, what will it be for?

So other people can see him.

 

11. What is your daddy really good at?

Coloring.

 

12. What is your daddy not very good at?

Nothing.

 

13. What does your daddy do for his job?

Take pictures.

 

14. What is your daddy's favorite food?

Edamame (I was eating this when I interviewed her...so she just picked this as her asnwer)

 

15. What makes you proud of your daddy?

A long time ago, he use to give us chocolate before school. (LOL)

 

16. If your daddy were a cartoon character, who would he be?

Mr. Potato Head.

 

17. What do you and your daddy do together?

Play Wii Bowling.

 

18. How are you and your daddy the same?

We both have black hair.

 

19. How are you and your daddy different?

He's a boy. I'm a girl.

 

20. How do you know your daddy loves you?

Because I'm his kid.

 

21. Where is your daddy's favorite place to go?

Disneyland.

www.1001pallets.com/2015/06/pallet-crafter-interview-3-jo...

 

We continue our series of interview, this time with Joan Stricker from the blog Scavenger Chic, she is also one of our best contributors on 1001Pallets and she's making very original creations out of repurposed wooden pallets. If you think you deserve to be featured in the next interview, please, drop us an email.

 

Tell us a little more about you? Who you are? Where are you from?

  

My name is Joan Stricker and I live in Maryland. Happily married to my husband of 31 years. I'm the mother of three boys, 2 of whom are married and the third in high school. Twice a week you can find me blogging at Scavenger Chic with any kind of project that happens to catch my eye.

 

Why do you craft?

  

I don't remember a time when I didn't craft. I watched my mom as a kid do her projects, sewing, quilting, gardening... she could do it all. My dad started his own business, but he loved woodworking. When he wanted a ping pong table, he built one, when he wanted a chair to match one he had bought, he built one. With this influence, it just seemed like the thing to do, and I get so much pleasure out of it. I guess it's in my blood!!

When I first began to make my own home, my mom and I went to auctions and thrift stores and refinished and reupholstered to fill my home with furniture at a fraction of the price you could buy new furniture. If anyone had thought about using pallets then, I'm sure my home would be filled with pallet furniture. I wish I had known then that chippy painted furniture was going to come into style, it would have saved me a lot of paint stripping.

  

How did you learn?

  

Like I said, my parents were both huge do it yourselfers. I remember as a teenager, if I needed to saw a piece of wood, I would just go downstairs and fire up the table saw. I can proudly say, I still have all my fingers. Aside from that, I also minored in art in college. Working with a lot of mediums led me to believe there was nothing I couldn't try. One of my classes even used the arc welder, though I haven't used it since, that would be fantastic to combine iron with pallets...

 

Since when are you working with pallets?

  

I've been working with pallets since 2012, when I finished my first pallet wall. I haven't shared that one with 1001 pallets yet, you'll just have to wait. To date, I've probably used over 100 pallets that were destined for the trash.

  

What are your can’t-live-without essentials?

  

In terms of electric tools, I absolutely have to have a drill, palm sander and circular saw. But don't try to take away my miter saw. nail gun or jigsaw or someone might get hurt.

 

How would you describe your style? Are there any crafters/artists/designers that you particularly look up to?

  

I would have to describe my style as rustic or shabby chic. That is why pallets are perfect for me, they already have built in character. If you need perfect wood, then pallets are not for you. I love other crafters that are into upcycling and recycling, such as Donna at Funky Junk Interiors or Becky at Beyond the Picket Fence and Angie at Knick of Time. I'm sure there are hundreds more, but these ladies are always using something old, that's rusty and crusty and making it into something new and unique.

  

How is your workspace, how do you make it inspiring?

  

I have a great workshop in the corner of my basement which I don't mind getting dirty. In January I gave my workshop a makeover, cleaning, organizing, and painting. You can see a bit of it here. It doesn't have a window though, so if I'm going to be painting or need extra light, I'll bring the project up into the kitchen. What is nice about having a dedicated work space is that I can usually shut the door to prevent the rest of the house from gathering a layer of dust.

 

What sorts of things are inspiring you right now? Where do you look for inspiration?

  

Right now I've been on a "vintage" sign kick. Pallet wood is the perfect backdrop to get that vintage feel without using actual old wood. I just completed a telephone sign painted on pallet wood last week.

While Pinterest is a great place to be inspired, I'll usually be inspired by an object...what can I make out of this? That was the case with the pallet wood and bedsprings light...it all started with the bedsprings. Or I'll be inspired by a specific need, such as when my daughter-in-law asked me to make centerpieces for her wedding or the rolling storage bin...I had a whole lot of bits and pieces and nowhere to put them.

  

We live in such a mass-produced, buy-it-now society. Why should people continue to make things by hand?

  

Besides being able to say, I built that. There are so many reasons to be a do it yourself-er. It can save a ton of money, especially if you're using free pallet wood. The pallet wood bench, free, the valentine's heart, free, the sign post, free. Things made by hand can also be personalized and they are usually made better than their store bought counterparts.

 

What is your favorite medium to work in?

  

Pallet wood has got to be my favorite but I love finding old rusty iron pieces and recreating them into something useful.

 

What are your tips for people who'd like to start crafting?

  

Start small and get comfortable with one tool at a time. Don't be scared of tools, they are there to make your life easier. Start with what you feel comfortable with. If you enjoy painting, pick up a paintbrush, if you enjoy sewing start there...but incorporate something new into your project that's a stretch.

 

What is your guilty pleasure?

  

Other than chocolate, can I say my nail gun. The reason that it is my guilty pleasure is that it is not really mine, I gave it to my husband for his birthday one year. Nobody gets more pleasure out of using it than me.

 

What is your favorite thing to do (other than crafting)?

  

I love a nice hike in the woods, I love genealogy, gardening, travel and spending time with my family.

  

What do you recommend that most people do in terms of cleaning pallets and prepping them to become something else?

  

I always tear my pallets apart so I have a pile of pallet wood waiting for my next project. I've found the easiest way to do this, for me anyway, is to take a circular saw down alongside both side rails on both sides of the pallet. Immediately you've reduced the number of nails by two thirds. If the pallet comes apart easily, then I'll just take a crowbar and hammer to it. If it puts up a good fight, like most pallets, then the reciprocating saw comes out to chop off the remaining nails.

 

To finish, we've seen that you have an active blog. Since how many times are you blogging? Is that a full time job or just a hobby to share your personal creations?

  

I do have an active blog with only about a quarter of my projects using pallet wood or other reclaimed wood. I wouldn't mind my blog becoming a full time job but since it doesn't produce much income, we'll just call it a hobby right now. I love to inspire other people with easy to follow tutorials, because if I can do it, I'm sure you can too.

 

To see all posts by Joan!

LEGO and CHILDREN

LEGO event in Oakland, California

Last batch of photos of this event.

 

Swissalpine 2016, Davos, Switzerland

“Shooting film and riding steel framed bikes; the life I wanted but never knew existed”. That pretty much sums up today’s interviewee, Andrew MacGregor, a photograher who has found himself somewhere in between shooting large format and yard sale junkers.

A supremely interesting...

 

Large version at: emulsive.org/interviews/i-am-andrew-macgregor-and-this-is...

 

Filed under: #Interviews #Interview

Going live on the streets of TO

Thanks for your visits and comments

BBC NI journalist Mark Simpson interviews the newly-re-elected Sammy Wilson MP on the phone during the BBC Radio Ulster programme "Evening Extra", on Friday 20th December 2019. Shot handheld in Studio 4, BBC Broadcasting House, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. I was duty reporter, and I grabbed a minute to get the shot!

   

Muchas gracias Andrés Rey y al equipo de Altfoto por esta entrevista.

 

Thanks to Andrés Rey and Altfoto team for this interview.

 

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BARBIE SILKSTONE THE INTERVIEW ,monikafashiondoll

I was interviewed by "Beyond the Brick"!

Listen to it Here!

 

It was great experience talking to Josh about our LEGO hobby! :)

 

I was super nervous, but I think it came out all right. ;)

 

Françoise is our interviewer, of course!

 

Françoise: What is your name?

Victor: Victor Chamberlain.

 

Françoise: What is your nationality or ethnicity?

Victor: Typical American bastard.

 

Françoise: When were you born, and how old are you?

Victor: I was born in Boston 24 years ago.

 

Françoise: What is your race?

Victor: Um? Human? Human would be my species...

 

Françoise: Are you single or taken? Who is your lover/crush?

Victor: I am single. I can’t tell you who I’m in love with, you’d tell everyone!

Françoise: That’s not true! I can keep a secret.

Victor: Famous last words.

Françoise: I bet it’s Vala!

Victor: No way! I’m scared of her.

 

Françoise: Are you straight, gay, bi, trans?

Victor: Straight.

 

Françoise: Favorite hobby?

Victor: Drinking, reading. I like to draw a little.

Françoise: You do?! I’ve never seen your drawings!

Victor: I’m sure you have. They’re all over the club…

Françoise: The wine labels?

Victor: Shhh.

Françoise: You should make your own wine, with a pretty label. That’s how to sell wine nowadays.

 

Françoise: Anyway, what is your favorite food and drink?

Victor: My favorite drink is fake red wine, and my favorite food is real red wine.

Françoise: That doesn’t count! A real food.

Victor: Then I’ll be very Boston and say lobster.

Françoise: That is a silly answer. Lobster just tastes like butter.

Victor: You are a terrible French person with no palate whatsoever.

Françoise: That is not true! It’s American cooking that is the problem. I was not a vegetarian before we came to America.

 

Françoise: Do you have a job?

Victor: If I do, the IRS doesn’t know about it...

 

Françoise: What is your favorite animal?

Victor: Cats. Lazy ones only. My favorite everythings are lazy.

 

Françoise: What is your bad habit?

Victor: I still smoke sometimes, trying to quit though.

 

Françoise: What's your favorite hangout?

Victor: I don’t know, can I say your house?

Françoise: It doesn’t feel like work to babysit our house?

Victor: It’s nice being here. Much cleaner than my house, much nicer smelling than the club. Very homey.

 

Françoise: Do you have a favorite holiday?

Victor: When I was a kid, my mom’s family always had a picnic at Memorial day, and we’d go to the beach. It’s a sad occasion for a holiday, but the beach always feels that way, half sad and half relaxing.

 

Imaginary Outside Interviewer: Dolls (from other families) you'd like to meet?

Victor giving away all the hints: Byouyuuken’s Thisbe is very pretty.

 

Françoise: Would you briefly tell your background?

Victor: My mom came to Boston for college, on a scholarship. She started an affair with a married professor. And then she had me. My father was a very wealthy and refined man, but he cared for me only to mold me into a copy of himself, and he made no bones about the fact that he wanted my mother and me to be a secret. I learned a lot from him, because I was determined to take from him everything I could. When my mother died… it was a difficult time. I’m grateful that Leo found a place for me in his organization. He’s been more of a family to me than my own family. You and Vala too.

I am officially famous! The lovely Claudia of auxpetitsoiseaux did a little interview with me! Please visit and then tell me I don't sound like a blubbering idiot.

 

I really appreciated the opportunity for some self reflection... funny how hard it can be to answer a question about yourself.

 

Here is the interview:

auxpetitsoiseaux.blogspot.com/2008/04/curious-clo-intervi...

www.1001pallets.com/2016/03/pallet-crafter-interview-10-t...

 

Today, we had the chance to ask some questions to Thomas Dambo, Artist & Designer from Denmark who specializes in making art pieces, sculptures, furniture and anything you can imagine out of trash, also known as recycled materials. Thomas also gives a lot of speeches about upcycling and arranges workshops for schools, companies, etc... teaching people how to build stuff from trash. If you think you deserve to be featured in the next interview, please, drop us an email.

 

Tell us a little more about you? Who you are? Where are you from?

  

My name is Thomas Dambo, I'm an artist and designer from Denmark working entirely with trash.

 

Why do you craft?

  

I want to show the world that there is so much good stuff in our trash, I do this by making big and beautifull projects of trash all around the world. And then, I just love to make my ideas come to life with my hands, it's just the best feeling.

 

How did you learn and how did you become an upcycled artist?

  

I can't walk by a container without looking into it, and I always bring some stuff back to my workshop, just to see what I can do with them. After doing this for many many years I guess I just got good at it. Now I have a big workshop filled with all different stuff I scavanged around my home town of copenhagen.

 

Since when are you working with junk materials and in upcycling in general? You are making a lot of installations with recycled pallets, why do you choose to work with wooden pallets?

  

Pallets are just so easy to get, they are all over the world and, in many places people will give them to you for free. At my last trip to Australia, a guy even offered to drive 100 miles and give me around 300 pallets just to get rid of them.

  

Your installations are big ones and look very complexes, how long does it take to create one?

  

My wooden sculptures takes me and my team of 5 guys between 4-10 days to create, but it really depends on what the basic idea is and then of cause how many beers we drink in the evening.

 

What are your can’t-live-without essentials?

  

That's my bicycle no doubt.

 

How would you describe your style? Are there any crafters/artists/designers that you particularly look up to?

  

I believe what I'm really good at, is to make it happen, I get an idea and jump right into it. I like to make big stuff, I like to do it in the streets, my art is for everybody, it's interactive, it's fun, it's easy to understand and of cause it's recycled.

  

How is your workspace, how do you make it inspiring?

  

It's bacically a big hardware store, but instead of new stuff on the shelves, I have old stuff, everything is needly organized and cateforized and I can pretty much make everything without having to buy anything.

 

What sorts of things are inspiring you right now? Where do you look for inspiration?

  

I let the things I find inspire what I make, recently a whole lot of small shopping cart wheels. Earlier, I found a lot of plywood. Then, I was thinking what can I make with this - and in this way I got the idea to make a rolling alphabet, so these days I'm building all the letters of the alphabet on separately and in 3-dimentional with wheels, in this way people will be able to push them around and write what ever they will like, it will be something like an interactive personal Hollywood sign.

 

When do you feel the most creative?

  

When there is a problem I have to solve, often a good idea comes to me when I'm under pressure. Then, I'm able to choose the best option faster, without thinking too much about it.

  

We live in such a mass-produced, buy-it-now society. Why should people continue to make things by hand?

  

If you cant create anything yourself, you will have to buy everything. If you don't create things you don't learn how things work, and you won't be able to repair your things, but will be forced to throw them away and buy new things all the time.

 

What is your favorite medium to work in (other than pallets)?

  

I really like to work with all wood, there is so much scrap wood, all over the world, and with some screws you can make the most amazing big and strong structures.

 

What are your tips for people who'd like to start crafting?

  

Look at what kind of trash you have access to, maybe your mom works in a factory where they throw out tons of small glass pieces, then go get some of those glass pieces and start a brain storm on what you can do with this glass. The world is sadly but truly filled to the top with trash - you should choose some trash just around the corner, not something you are having a hard time to find.

  

What is your guilty pleasure?

  

Instant chocklatemilk, ultimate fighting and new tools.

 

What is your favorite thing to do (other than crafting)?

  

Bicycling.

  

What do you recommend that most people do regarding cleaning pallets and prepping them to become something else?

  

My number one pallet rule is - only use trash pallets / throw away pallets, if you use pallets in a refund system like the Euro-pallet, its not recycling!! It is mass consumption and destruction of a perfectly good recycling system.

 

You are very productive regarding artistic installations, are you able to live from your art?

  

Yes I have been able to live from artistic work pretty much the last 12 years, besides from recycle art, I have made 10 hip-hop albums and played hundreds of concerts, I made several music video, worked as a grafic designer, made some recycle TV programs and even toured for some years with a human beatbox show.

 

Anything else you would like to tell to pallet community?

  

Yes, go check out my www.youtube.com/user/ThomasDambo channel, and if anybody have a tip how to get some more subscribers on it, please let me know, I really think I have some good videos, but nobody goes to see them.

Cheers pallet peoples, Thomas Dambo

  

Thanks Thomas for this interview :)

To find more on Thomas: website, Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube & Instagram.

Bonus: a funny video by Thomas!

youtu.be/T-0zxtDCA-o

Had the great pleasure to recently interview my friend Jim Lucio, better known to Flickr folks as Defekto, for the fourth in my continuing series of interviews on The Back Alley Tabernacle .

 

So, if you've read the rest, go read this one. And if you haven't read any of them, put aside a few minutes, check 'em out.

 

Can't say as I'm the greatest interviewer in the world, but I'm working on it. Comments, suggestions, criticisms, all are welcome.

 

Read it here: The Back Alley Tabernacle

 

Have a good weekend, y'all. What's everybody doing?

  

Oh, 2 more things.

 

1. Defekto's in the running for a local Baltimore art award, vote for him here: www.bakerartistawards.org/nomination/view/Defekto

 

2. Because I know you like pretty ladies, and would hate for you to go into the weekend without your daily dose of O' Bedlam-y goodness, there's a shot of Carré (let's hope no one steals this one) AND a shot of Morgan up on the blog for ya: blog.louobedlam.com/post/64475716/an-alternate-shot-of-ca...

Photo by Mark Peckmezian

me, ready for an interesting interview about amazon - read my blog at flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2013/12/27/interview/

 

A business man talking on the phone before a job interview. Shot on the Rolleiflex 2.8.

An interview by Graham Gremore for QUEERTY

published on Ocotber 13th, 2014.

 

www.queerty.com/photos-take-a-dip-in-the-ganges-with-thes...

 

(Queerty is the #1 gay news and entertainment site in the world with an online magazine and newspaper which has more than 1 million monthly unique visitors.)

 

Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography

 

© All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved.

Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use).

The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences.

Under some unfortunate circumstances, my husband and I are forced to look for work... it's not too bad though, we've enjoyed the time out like mini-dates as we turn in applications and set up interviews.

 

* Jacket: Forever21

* High-waist pencil skirt: Forever21

* Polka dot blouse: vintage 50's

* T-straps: Payless

* Vintage purse: gift

 

Blogged.

TV interview taking place @ Liverpool Chinatown's 2020 Chinese New Year celebrations & parade.

 

And WOW - were we all wet - or were we all wet?!

Larsen #17 Mars-Avril 2016, p. 38.

 

Download page :

www.conseildelamusique.be/projets/10-larsen

PDF :

www.conseildelamusique.be/file/1194/download

 

L'interview indiscrète

Chez Marc (Morgan) Wathieu

 

Fruit d’une énième collaboration avec l’infatigable Benjamin Schoos et sa galaxie Freaksville, Marc Wathieu évoque avec nous le projet The Loved Drones, sorte de spin-off de Miam Monster Miam, son passé dans la variété et nous présente ses 3 objets fétiches joliment surréalistes à l’image de la musique qu’il propose désormais.

 

Après The Tangible Effect of Love né il y a 3 ans sur Freaksville, c’est cette fois sur le label Gonzaï Records que sort en vinyl Good Luck Universe, 2e effort studio des Loved Drones mixé par le londonien Man from Uranus et sur lequel collabore le joueur de cithare Simon Rigot. Un sacré cocktail volontairement protéiforme mêlant musique instrumentale, ondes psychédéliques et kraut rock accompagné de clips compilant d’étranges images. Un univers intergalactique qui contraste avec celui que Marc alors Morgan, a connu dans les années 90 qui l’a conduit, notamment via le tube Notre mystère, nos Retrouvailles vers des contrées plus pop et fm. Mes premiers projets (Les Tricheurs et La Variété avec Bernard Dobbeleer et Rudy Léonet - ndlr) étaient résolument rock et j’ai eu une période de 4 albums comme chanteur en solo, dans ce qu’on appelle en France de la variété. Mais cela n’a pas changé ma nature, du coup, ce que je propose aujourd’hui avec The Loved Drones peut paraître surprenant mais pour moi, participer à l’aventure Freaksville qui propose des projets d’une tonalité garage underground pop en français, me semble cohérent. C’est très DIY comme fonctionnement, toujours un peu bancal au niveau de l’organisation mais toujours humainement très enrichissant et il se passe toujours des choses un peu dingues comme quand à un de nos concerts dans un petit club à Londres, on voit Martin Gore (de Depeche Mode – ndlr) dans le public. Cela fait partie des joyeuses coïncidences qui résultent probablement de la bizarrerie du chemin qu’on a choisi.

 

VINYLE MÉGOTS

Autre bizarrerie observée, ce drôle de vinyl qui orne la table du salon. C’est une œuvre réalisée par ma compagne, la peintre Charlotte Beaudry qui, connaissant ma passion de digger de disques, en a réalisé un en céramique qu’elle a appelé Kick Out The Jams en l’honneur de l’hymne pré-punk de MC5 et qu’elle a surtout agrémenté de mégots de cigarettes. Je trouvais ça très transgressant comme choix artistique de synthétiser ce monde de freaks qu’est le rock avec 2 symboles presque fétichistes. J’ai une formation aux Beaux-Arts et je donne actuellement cours de graphisme dans une école d’art donc être entouré d’une artiste à la maison est forcément très inspirant.

 

UNE TASSE

J’aime ces drôles d’accident de la vie, à l’image de cette tasse. À première vue, ça n’a l’air que d’une tasse, mais je l’adore vraiment parce qu’un jour, bêtement en faisant la vaisselle, elle est tombée de ma main, a heurté le sol mais a rebondi et a atterri à nouveau dans ma main. Au-delà de la jonglerie improbable, j’étais persuadé qu’elle allait se casser et non, elle a fait naître un petit trou, presque artistique. C’est un objet qui incarne le côté complètement invraisemblable de certaines situations. Le coup de chance incongru, symbole d’un moment hors de notre espace-temps.

 

MA GUITARE

Pour terminer, Marc Wathieu nous parle d’un échange au départ surprenant, mais qui au final s’est avéré payant. Adolescent, sa première guitare était une Fender Stratocaster, mais il se rend compte rapidement qu’elle ne rend pas le son escompté. Un de ses amis liégeois lui propose un jour d’échanger celle-ci avec une gui- tare venant de Paris... J’ai d’abord été très surpris quand j’ai vu qu’elle était rose. Une Fender aussi mais une Telecaster Esquire spécialement fabri- quée (pour ne pas dire trafiquée) par le (désormais célèbre) luthier franco-américain James Trussart. Elle a surtout suivi toutes les étapes de ma carrière et mon fils Maxime l’a même aussi utilisée avec son groupe (The Mash avec lequel il a fait la 1re partie d’Indochine à Forest - ndlr). Ce qui est drôle, c’est que bien avant que je ne travaille avec lui, Jacques Duvall me l’avait dédicacée en me disant que j’étais l’avenir du rock n’ roll (rires).

 

David Solomonowicz

Larsen Mars-Avril 2016, p. 38.

We've been on a little haitus, working hard on Né Ultra Vol. one! More consistent features are coming soon! Check out this interview with Jared though!

me, myself and I - with a black eye

+ Astrid <3

 

oh, and the reason for the preparation and mystery...

well I guess it's time to share: I had the pleasure of being interviewed for Fanny's awesome Mademoiselle Blythe blog

and the great collector interview #7!!!!

read all about it here!

 

thank you so much, Fanny, it was a real pleasure!

and if you don't hear this enough, I will say it again: you do such a great job on the blog!!

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