NICK: [...] What's a good example… like, "Motherless Bastard"-- that sample is one I recorded myself when I was in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Los Angeles.
PITCHFORK: Wow, that's an actual person?
NICK: Yeah, they had this great jellyfish exhibit, these Portuguese Man-of-Wars just floating, and next to me was that conversation. I didn't pay much attention to it but then I heard it at home later, and it was just…it kind of sets a tone.
PITCHFORK: That's amazing that that’s a real conversation. It's laid out in such a way that I always figured it was from a movie.
NICK: It's funny, stuff like that happens all the time. The more you have your recording equipment on, the more stuff like that you're going to get.
@tgbrow Ahh, nevermind. Turns out SongMeanings' hyperlink generation is busted. It leaves out the colon after "http". Anyhow, copy and paste the link manually to get to the interview.
@tgbrow Ahh, nevermind. Turns out SongMeanings' hyperlink generation is busted. It leaves out the colon after "http". Anyhow, copy and paste the link manually to get to the interview.
Turns out the sample was a legit conversation o.O Here's an excerpt from an interview The Books did with Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/5920-the-books/)
NICK: [...] What's a good example… like, "Motherless Bastard"-- that sample is one I recorded myself when I was in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Los Angeles.
PITCHFORK: Wow, that's an actual person? NICK: Yeah, they had this great jellyfish exhibit, these Portuguese Man-of-Wars just floating, and next to me was that conversation. I didn't pay much attention to it but then I heard it at home later, and it was just…it kind of sets a tone.
PITCHFORK: That's amazing that that’s a real conversation. It's laid out in such a way that I always figured it was from a movie. NICK: It's funny, stuff like that happens all the time. The more you have your recording equipment on, the more stuff like that you're going to get.
@tgbrow Looks like the URL for that interview was deprecated. Here's the current one: http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5920-the-books/
@tgbrow Looks like the URL for that interview was deprecated. Here's the current one: http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5920-the-books/
Shit, messed it up again lol. This is the real deal: http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5920-the-books/
Shit, messed it up again lol. This is the real deal: http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/5920-the-books/
@tgbrow Ahh, nevermind. Turns out SongMeanings' hyperlink generation is busted. It leaves out the colon after "http". Anyhow, copy and paste the link manually to get to the interview.
@tgbrow Ahh, nevermind. Turns out SongMeanings' hyperlink generation is busted. It leaves out the colon after "http". Anyhow, copy and paste the link manually to get to the interview.