“do I look like a groupie?”
no—you look like Nick Lowe, only with a much better nose. and for some reason, I expected you to look like Michael Stipe. Not ‘hoped’–‘expected.’ No idea why. How often does one get so much better than anticipated? rarely is how often.
you are better looking than the photo implies.
nick lowe wishes.
i want to know how francis, who apparently did not realize that the dark suit was a foregone conclusion, helped. choice of shirt and tie?
gordon
What a good story. And for some reason I don’t even suspect you were photoshopped into that picture. Did they dedicate a song to you? ZZ Top’s Sharp Dressed Man, perhaps?
Just don’t tell Luis Leguia they painted those cellos blue. He didn’t seem to like that idea.
Nice tie.
mig
no, a cheap chinese cello got painted blue, with car paint no less, bit no-no. mr. leguia’s cello was smashed flat by a truck in schiphol airport. that’s the whole punchline, i still haven’t seen one of his instruments.
francis’s contribution to my styling quandary was to tell me to wear what i wanted, basically, anne.
novala: i am the one with the chinese brown sauce on his tie. i photoshopped that out… i was going to write about that in the story, but i decided to try to concentrate more on apocalyptica and less on me. i had lunch at an asian restaurant in the mall near the concert hall and had crispy duck on noodles with anonymous sauce, and it turned out to be so saucy it was swimming crispy duck on noodles designed to spray sauce and i had it all over myself before i noticed and stopped eating noodles. also i had a piece of duck stuck between two molars all fucking day, all through the interview and all through the concert. first thing i did when i got home was floss.
Wow, a whole interview with those guys and not once did you use the word “hot.” Which, if I had a similar opportunity, would have turned up way too often and with an extra bonus “t” at the end.
mig
They are so h0tt, Jessica. The photo doesn’t do them justice. Now I think, good style advice for me would be, if you want to look good, don’t have your picture taken amongst hott young rockstars. Especially if you have bleener eye.
wow, you look GREAT amongst the cello dudes! i have been saving this piece on my desktop for some quiet time, and just loved it! it made me shriek! i shall definitely try bass rosin on tough gigs!
did i ever tell you my cello was smashed up on tour with chamber orchestra of europe – in italy of course. bloody driver ate too much pasta and drunk too much wine and crashed and all the instruments were hurled out the back onto the motorway. bass drums fell on mine – a Benjamin Banks 1775 beauty worth
Evil R.
Good interview, very interesting, thank you!
mig
You’re welcome, Evil R.
Ruth, that’s horrible. I feel your pain. At least it got to be in a movie.
Brilliant interview! The guys are great people as well as amazing musicians, aren’t they? Oh, and in case no one told you, the mysterious glasses-wearing cellist’s name is Antero Manninen.
*waves at Rifje two comments above*
mig
Thanks, Tracey. They’re great people, definitely.
They did tell me Antero’s name, but I didn’t meet him at the interview, and I have a bad memory for names.
Mandy
Wow, what a great interview. You did a good job, man. And you defenitely have a great memora :)
*thumbs up*!
Mandy
Wow, what a great interview. You did a good job, man. And you defenitely have a great memory :)
*thumbs up*!
anonymos
YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD!!!I TOO LIKE THE CELLO BUT YOU PEEPS ARE TOTALLY TURNING ME OFF!!!EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GOING CLASSICAL???GUESS YOU CAN”T WITH THAT HAIR IF THATS WHAT IT IS?!?!?!?
Sanne
Very nice report! Thanks! :)
Mystica
Really nice interview, thank you for posting it!
@anonymos – They are all classical trained musicians who played (and still play – like Perttu in the Helsinki Philharmonic) in classical orchestras. Fully classical trained musicians who like Heavy Metal and covered Metallica songs just for fun about ten years ago. I think they just show that in music anything is possible – as strange as it may sound at first sight. Have you ever heard some pieces of them? If not, I’d suggest to listen first and then judge…
you’ve turned into a groupie!!!
And thanks for the concert.
my pleasure.
“groupie” is a little harsh, j-a. plus, do i look like a groupie? seriously.
afficcionado.
connoisseur, maybe.
fine boys, apocalyptica.
cool new feature: click on the pictures and bigger ones “pop up”.
Way cool – thanks! Sounds like they’re a little like FourPlay (http://www.fourplay.com.au) but louder and with more hair. And more cellos.
You went for the suit, I see. Wise choice, I think.
So, it sounds like the green room was more fun than the concert, even if you were getting tired. And yes, ya done good with the quotes and all…
“do I look like a groupie?”
no—you look like Nick Lowe, only with a much better nose. and for some reason, I expected you to look like Michael Stipe. Not ‘hoped’–‘expected.’ No idea why. How often does one get so much better than anticipated? rarely is how often.
Which one are you?
you are better looking than the photo implies.
nick lowe wishes.
i want to know how francis, who apparently did not realize that the dark suit was a foregone conclusion, helped. choice of shirt and tie?
What a good story. And for some reason I don’t even suspect you were photoshopped into that picture. Did they dedicate a song to you? ZZ Top’s Sharp Dressed Man, perhaps?
Just don’t tell Luis Leguia they painted those cellos blue. He didn’t seem to like that idea.
Nice tie.
no, a cheap chinese cello got painted blue, with car paint no less, bit no-no. mr. leguia’s cello was smashed flat by a truck in schiphol airport. that’s the whole punchline, i still haven’t seen one of his instruments.
francis’s contribution to my styling quandary was to tell me to wear what i wanted, basically, anne.
novala: i am the one with the chinese brown sauce on his tie. i photoshopped that out… i was going to write about that in the story, but i decided to try to concentrate more on apocalyptica and less on me. i had lunch at an asian restaurant in the mall near the concert hall and had crispy duck on noodles with anonymous sauce, and it turned out to be so saucy it was swimming crispy duck on noodles designed to spray sauce and i had it all over myself before i noticed and stopped eating noodles. also i had a piece of duck stuck between two molars all fucking day, all through the interview and all through the concert. first thing i did when i got home was floss.
Luckily no turtle erm tortoise shell cello :)
Wow, a whole interview with those guys and not once did you use the word “hot.” Which, if I had a similar opportunity, would have turned up way too often and with an extra bonus “t” at the end.
They are so h0tt, Jessica. The photo doesn’t do them justice. Now I think, good style advice for me would be, if you want to look good, don’t have your picture taken amongst hott young rockstars. Especially if you have bleener eye.
http://queserasera.org/archives/000904.html
Which I do, in flash pictures.
wow, you look GREAT amongst the cello dudes! i have been saving this piece on my desktop for some quiet time, and just loved it! it made me shriek! i shall definitely try bass rosin on tough gigs!
did i ever tell you my cello was smashed up on tour with chamber orchestra of europe – in italy of course. bloody driver ate too much pasta and drunk too much wine and crashed and all the instruments were hurled out the back onto the motorway. bass drums fell on mine – a Benjamin Banks 1775 beauty worth
Good interview, very interesting, thank you!
You’re welcome, Evil R.
Ruth, that’s horrible. I feel your pain. At least it got to be in a movie.
Brilliant interview! The guys are great people as well as amazing musicians, aren’t they? Oh, and in case no one told you, the mysterious glasses-wearing cellist’s name is Antero Manninen.
*waves at Rifje two comments above*
Thanks, Tracey. They’re great people, definitely.
They did tell me Antero’s name, but I didn’t meet him at the interview, and I have a bad memory for names.
Wow, what a great interview. You did a good job, man. And you defenitely have a great memora :)
*thumbs up*!
Wow, what a great interview. You did a good job, man. And you defenitely have a great memory :)
*thumbs up*!
YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD!!!I TOO LIKE THE CELLO BUT YOU PEEPS ARE TOTALLY TURNING ME OFF!!!EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GOING CLASSICAL???GUESS YOU CAN”T WITH THAT HAIR IF THATS WHAT IT IS?!?!?!?
Very nice report! Thanks! :)
Really nice interview, thank you for posting it!
@anonymos – They are all classical trained musicians who played (and still play – like Perttu in the Helsinki Philharmonic) in classical orchestras. Fully classical trained musicians who like Heavy Metal and covered Metallica songs just for fun about ten years ago. I think they just show that in music anything is possible – as strange as it may sound at first sight. Have you ever heard some pieces of them? If not, I’d suggest to listen first and then judge…