Sorry for the double post, but here are the Rolling Stone excerpts that scottfer mentioned:
(…) Batmanglij is also gay, a fact he’s never really discussed publicly. His friends have knows since college, but he didn’t come out to his parents until about two years ago. (Asked how they handled the news, he laughs: “My dad went to Brtisish boarding school. You don’t get much gayer than that.”) A self-described homebody, he was in a pretty serious relationship last winter, but they split up a few weeks into the recording of the album. “I tried everything to have him back,” Batmanglij says. “He broke my heart”.
(…) Take “Diplomat’s Son”, which is inspired by that boarding-school story Koenig wrote. The original is an angry parable of class tension and resentment that culminates in a bloody beat-down on a soccer field. Batmanglij took it and made it a love story. “After you leave college, the world opens up,” Koenig says. “For this record, I wanted there to be songs that everybody could understand.” (…)
I had heard about this piece; it's very interesting. Is there a way you could send me the rest of the text from the article? I'd really like to see what else was written.
I had heard about this piece; it's very interesting. Is there a way you could send me the rest of the text from the article? I'd really like to see what else was written.
Sorry for the double post, but here are the Rolling Stone excerpts that scottfer mentioned:
(…) Batmanglij is also gay, a fact he’s never really discussed publicly. His friends have knows since college, but he didn’t come out to his parents until about two years ago. (Asked how they handled the news, he laughs: “My dad went to Brtisish boarding school. You don’t get much gayer than that.”) A self-described homebody, he was in a pretty serious relationship last winter, but they split up a few weeks into the recording of the album. “I tried everything to have him back,” Batmanglij says. “He broke my heart”. (…) Take “Diplomat’s Son”, which is inspired by that boarding-school story Koenig wrote. The original is an angry parable of class tension and resentment that culminates in a bloody beat-down on a soccer field. Batmanglij took it and made it a love story. “After you leave college, the world opens up,” Koenig says. “For this record, I wanted there to be songs that everybody could understand.” (…)
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I had heard about this piece; it's very interesting. Is there a way you could send me the rest of the text from the article? I'd really like to see what else was written.
I had heard about this piece; it's very interesting. Is there a way you could send me the rest of the text from the article? I'd really like to see what else was written.
Here's the whole magazine for download: http://www.avaxdownload.com/forum/magazines/1293-rolling-stone-4-february-2010-a.html
Here's the whole magazine for download: http://www.avaxdownload.com/forum/magazines/1293-rolling-stone-4-february-2010-a.html
Thanks a lot man!
Thanks a lot man!