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The Blitzen Trapper talk we posted yesterday was our first foray into the world of interviewing. It was an interesting trial run for something we hope to do more often. Here’s a brief rundown of how this actually came about:
Never having interviewed anyone in our lives, both of us were hesitant and nervous to approach the band after getting into the Bug Jar. (Getting into the bar, by the way, was slightly unnerving. We had only briefly spoken to Blitzen Trapper’s management, who told us to just talk to them at the merch table before the show, and that we’d be on the list. We were not on the list. We were on a separate scrap of paper scribbled as Andy + 1.) After much looking around, hesitation and some liquid courage, Dave went up to Brian who was manning the t-shirts and CDs, introduced himself and explained the situation. After some discussion of which member(s) of the band we wanted to talk to, we decided on Brian himself, who then needed to find someone to take his spot, which ended up being Erik, once his game of Big Buck Hunter was finished.
With the merch table newly manned, we looked for a place to sit, and settled on the table where Marty and Eric were already sitting. With only a few pre-planned questions and a notepad, we just went for it, fumbling our way around, trying to establish a rapport (which was accomplished thanks to Lil’ Wayne’s inability to perform a single show in Rochester despite three tries.)
And when we wrapped things up, the band asked how long we’d been writing the blog (nearly a month now), how many interviews we’d done (none) and how many shows we’d reviewed (none). They seemed surprised, but gave us positive feedback. And we want to thank them for being accommodating. Maybe next time we’ll use a tape recorder.
Badly Drawn Boy – Something To Talk About (mp3) from the About a Boy soundtrack
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Montreal on a Sunday night in February is less calm than one would imagine – as evidenced by the breaking of 
Today has been interesting thus far. You can refer to our previous post concerning the matter of discussion. In getting back to good things we have a quick post on a band that shares names with a mythical creature that quite ostentatiously dies in flame and is reborn from its ashes. Consider this our Phoenix moment after being threatened.
After some Web Sheriff/Wordpress wrangling this morning, Tympanogram is back in business.
I spent a fair amount of time today sorting through a pile of mail due to our mailbox lock being impenetrable the past two weeks. We have been unable to insert the key fully into the lock thereby making it impossible to unlock the box and retrieve the mail. In anger I’ve hit the box and shook it which in turn only strengthened the box’s resolve. I tried lubrication to ease the key in but was rebuked unceremoniously. Finally I asked for a woman’s assistance. The mail carrier opened the box for me and handed me our pile of mail. Success! Due to the lack of access there were several things to sort through, mostly large amounts of garbage I have no use for including the seventh phone book we’ve gotten since 2009 began.
