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CONTEST: Make the best interview question for Betsy to ask the rockers at CMJ
Submitted by imaginary ash on October 11, 2007.Next week I'm off to NYC for CMJ Music Marathon, the East Coast answer to SXSW. As usual, all the bands I really really want to see will be playing at the exact same time in different venues, but with the multitude of bands rocking all week long I will surely not go empty-handed. Empty-eared? Hmm.
I'll also be asking anyone who'll give me the time a series of interview questions, which will culminate in an editorial piece for my day job. I was thinking, what if I snuck in one extra *imaginary* question? Then I can assemble all the answers to that question and post the whole thing back on here when I come back up for air next Sunday, or soon thereafter.
So, your mission: Come up with the best question for me to ask. No requirements or restrictions; silly, serious, existential, whatever. We'll pick our collective favorite, and I'll ask it of all the smalltime, mediumtime, and bigtime (if I meet any) rockers I can.
I guess there isn't really a prize for the person who wins this "contest," other than the warm feeling you get from having your question answered by some dude who plays drums for some band. Is that not enough?
Fire away! You have until Monday.
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imaginary liz said on October 11, 2007:
You could do the battle of CMJ vs SXSW - which one do they like better and why... OR what is their craziest NYC story (i.e. lost the bassist in the subway - distracted by shiny things), favorite NYC band, would they rather be in the studio audience for the View or Ellen D show? Favorite NYC delicacy? If they had to write a song about NYC, what would they focus on (Coney Island? Hunter College? Letterman?).
Hmmm.. I like this game!
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imaginary stella said on October 11, 2007:
If you were on Jeopardy, what would be your ideal 6 question categories?
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imaginary dana said on October 11, 2007:
What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend...?
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Homeless!
OK, that's not an interview question, it's a joke. But it would be funny to ask as if it were an interview question! At least, I would think it funny.
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diana said on October 11, 2007:
ooh which shows are you seeing? I was thinking of checking out the showcase at the Bowery on Wednesday, or Thursday or whenever it is.
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Mary for Certain said on October 11, 2007:
Any pre-show superstitions or rituals?
(i.e. visit the local strip club, eat an entire 1 lb bag of M&Ms, etch the venue into your skin......I dunno...)
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imaginary dana said on October 11, 2007:
Rick, it's *totally* funny.
Mary, that's a good question!
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david said on October 12, 2007:
heres one i've always wanted to say: indie rockstar, are you indie becuase you a complete pseudoist who believe the indie is better than all other genres and trains of thought in music or is it because you are pretty much an egotystical spawn of the andy warholism that destroyed our museums in the thirty-fourty years?"
oh yeah, i went there
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Sheila said on October 12, 2007:
What are your thoughts about artists like Radiohead self-releasing music?
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julia said on October 13, 2007:
What do you you mean, destroy our museums??? Warhol used his art to archive the scene around him...
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imaginary ash said on October 15, 2007:
Ok, here I am to collect my winning question. Any thoughts before I pick a winner?
And Diana, I'm gonna be everywhere. I mean everywhere. Wanna rock with me? My not-humanly-possible schedule:
Tuesday
Arlene's Grocery
11:30pm Aloud
Bowery Ballroom
10:00pm Dean & Britta
11:00pm The Rosebuds
Lit Lounge
9:00pm 13ghosts
10:00pm Through the Sparks
11:00pm Von Iva
12:00am Lismore
Living Room
9:30pm Hotel Lights
10:30pm Choo Choo La Rouge
Luna Lounge
9:45pm The Hollow Sound
Wednesday
Alphabet Lounge
8:45pm Two Loons For Tea
10:15pm Summerbirds in the Cellar
Blender Theater at Gramercy
7:00pm Mika Miko
Bowery Ballroom
10:00pm No Age
11:00pm Dan Deacon
12:00am Deerhunter
Cake Shop
9:40pm HO-AG
12:10am We Versus the Shark
Canal Room
10:45pm Division Day
Luna Lounge
10:00pm Jason Anderson
Mercury Lounge
11:00pm The Little Ones
12:00am Robbers on High Street
Thursday
Ace of Clubs
7:30pm Blammos
8:20pm Minipop
9:20pm Scissors for Lefty
The Annex
10:00pm Black Kids
Arlene's Grocery
9:00pm Hallelujah the Hills
Blender Theater at Gramercy
10:00pm Datarock
Day Stage - Puck Building
3:00pm Wild Light
Highline Ballroom
8:45pm Yo Majesty
Joe's Pub
11:30pm Elk City
Southpaw
11:00pm Imperial Teen
Union Hall
11:00pm Division Day
Union Pool
11:00pm The Everyday Visuals
12:00am Neptune
Friday
Ace of Clubs
10:00pm The Houstons
11:00pm The Sammies
Alphabet Lounge
7:30pm Age Rings
Bowery Ballroom
7:00pm Drug Rug
Crash Mansion
7:00pm This Car Up
10:00pm Wild Light
Day Stage - Puck Building
12:00pm Moros Eros
1:00pm Bowerbirds
Fat Baby
6:00pm Ezra Furman
8:30pm SPOUSE
Fontanas
10:00pm Oliver Future
Mercury Lounge
7:00pm Bon Savants
8:00pm The Shaky Hands
9:00pm iLIKETRAINS
10:00pm The Dead Trees
11:00pm The Walkmen
12:00am The Broken West
1:00am White Denim
Pianos
10:00pm Tulsa
Saturday
Ace of Clubs
2:20pm Via Audio
2:55pm Elizabeth & The Catapult
Bowery Ballroom
9:00pm Le Loup
10:00pm Foals
11:00pm The Brunettes
12:00am Band of Horses
Crash Mansion
7:00pm Eli Paperboy Reed
Fat Baby
9:00pm The Sterns
Magnetic Field
9:30pm Muck and the Mires
10:30pm The Ettes
Mercury Lounge
1:00am Tigercity
Pianos
10:45pm Great Northern
That's not including all the parties and events. I'm already exhausted.
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Shane Curry said on October 15, 2007:
I think it's too late, but I have a suggestion!
Do you make music for yourself or for others? Do you write introspectively in hopes a very specific type of people will feel an attachment to you, or do you generalize themes/ideas in hopes to connect with a larger audience? Which is more important?
Now somehow sandwhich all that into 5 or 6 words.
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imaginary dana said on October 15, 2007:
Betsy -- OMG. I can't wait to hear/read about what you actually see/hear!
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Erik Gonzalez said on October 15, 2007:
Go with the Fight Club standby:
If you could fight anyone - alive or dead - you want who would it be and why?
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Betsy can't log in said on October 17, 2007:
Ok guys, I'm going out there and I'm gonna do my best. I've decided that I like all the questions, so I'll try to get as many answered as possible!
xoxo
Betsy (who loves the CSS video you posted, Erik)
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Yhoozvei said on October 20, 2007:
The communality of living ensures that citizens cannot secretly deflect.
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Levi said on October 11, 2007:
Here's a pretty simple one: Beatles or Stones?