And on the second album, they thought we were gay, but like gay hippies with beards.
Oh my God. Spencer's interview with Out is probably one of the best Panic interviews I've ever read. It's short-ish but the questions are excellent (Out's usually are anyway) and he's articulate and utilises wry humour and sarcasm and it's making me make incoherent noises of pure joy. Do you see the band taking [politics] on more?
It's a weird thing. Being in somewhat of the public eye, we always are aware that [anything we say] can make it into every blog. When it comes to things that are non-music related that we're still passionate about, now we are a little more comfortable just coming out and saying exactly how we feel. And this is one topic that I’m just sort of -- I just completely disagree with any of the laws that keep everybody from being equal. I’d rather use the fact that I'm doing this interview to at least say what I think than take some weird vague view on things.
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You performed with Snoop Dogg on FNMTV. On a scale of one to Snoop Dogg, how stoned were you for that entire tour?
Well… I don't know. I mean, the thing is that… There's just so much down time! And then you're sitting there, and it's like three in the afternoon, and you're already tired because, you know, you smoked a couple joints. And you get that paranoid feeling that you're that burnout guy in high school, and you kind of forget that you're even in a band, and start imagining what you'd be doing if you’re not on a tour bus. Like, God, I'd be the guy in the one-bedroom apartment who's just getting fucked up every day. But then that kind of steers you back to -- I think it was Snoop Dogg that said you can't smoke every day. So I would say probably halfway between one and Snoop Dogg.
All I want for Christmas is SJSV be interviewed more.
edit: Re-reading the Jon&Spencer Out interview from earlier this year. ♥_♥
It's a weird thing. Being in somewhat of the public eye, we always are aware that [anything we say] can make it into every blog. When it comes to things that are non-music related that we're still passionate about, now we are a little more comfortable just coming out and saying exactly how we feel. And this is one topic that I’m just sort of -- I just completely disagree with any of the laws that keep everybody from being equal. I’d rather use the fact that I'm doing this interview to at least say what I think than take some weird vague view on things.
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You performed with Snoop Dogg on FNMTV. On a scale of one to Snoop Dogg, how stoned were you for that entire tour?
Well… I don't know. I mean, the thing is that… There's just so much down time! And then you're sitting there, and it's like three in the afternoon, and you're already tired because, you know, you smoked a couple joints. And you get that paranoid feeling that you're that burnout guy in high school, and you kind of forget that you're even in a band, and start imagining what you'd be doing if you’re not on a tour bus. Like, God, I'd be the guy in the one-bedroom apartment who's just getting fucked up every day. But then that kind of steers you back to -- I think it was Snoop Dogg that said you can't smoke every day. So I would say probably halfway between one and Snoop Dogg.
All I want for Christmas is SJSV be interviewed more.
edit: Re-reading the Jon&Spencer Out interview from earlier this year. ♥_♥