Interview articles from August 2002

Interview archives from August 2002

Letters.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... HER LUCKY NUMBER Dear Interview, I was ecstatic to see Jonathan Jackson [June 2002] in your latest issue. During my freshman year in college my roommate got me started on General Hospital but Jonathan kept me hooked. I cried the day he...

Correction.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... In the July 2002 Kate Bosworth story, images from the films Beach Party and The Endless Summer should have had the following credit: Courtesy of Photofest.

Lemonshade, anyone? the juice may be tart but the look is sweet. (Look at the Month).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Diana Vreeland once wrote, Why don't you put all your dogs in bright yellow collars and leads, like all the dogs in Paris?" This summer, the sun blazes through the sky, and yellow shines in both fashion and beauty. So, from lemon to buttercup,...

Jake Gyllenhaal: so who's this newcomer holding his own against hollywood big-timers? (This Month's Breakout Actor).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... SUSAN SARANDON: Here's the scene: We're at a Manhattan restaurant named Man Ray and we're in the ladies' room because the tape recorder only works with a cord and this is the quietest place to plug it in. So Jake, now that we're comfy, let's...

Asia Argento: for some, art imitates life. For this dynamic actress and filmmaker, art is life. (August's Action Heroine).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Best known as an actress in her father Dana Argento's cult horror films, Asia Argento, 26, is Italy's dark star. Beloved across Europe and increasingly known in American art house circles, Argento took the risk of her life when, in 1999, she...

Nicky Katt: bringing old-school cool to cutting edge. (The Movies' Brand New Heavy).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... In films such as Dazed and Confused (1993) and The Limey (1999) actor Nicky Katt has shown the explosive presence of classic Hollywood heavies, like a modern-day Lee Marvin. Following a small role in Insomnia, Katt finally steps out in Steven...

Christian Camargo: feeling stalled, this actor opened a car dealership. Now he's going full throttle. (Movie Tip).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Christian Camargo might think he got into Juilliard because "they saw someone who needed a lot of work and welcomed the challenge," but what the school's admissions board likely spotted was the dark, electric quality that has since brought the...

Spooky visions, a visionary's latest and a new-look action hero. (Movies: Reviews, Previews, Our Views).
August 1, 2002... PREVIEW: SIGNS (Touchstone Pictures) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Recent widower Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) is losing his religion. Living on a farm in Pennsylvania with his two young children and his brother, Merrill (Joaquin...

Dallas Friday: she jumps! she flips! she twists! breaking records and the gender barrier in extreme sports. (Sport Daredevil).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Winning a gold medal at the X Games, the Olympics of extreme sports, is perhaps the highest of accolades for adrenaline addicts--a totally unforgettable experience. Unless you're Dallas Friday, who, after taking first place in the 2001 Games'...

The Hives: the sound is simple. The look is slick. The impact unexpected. (Music that's Buzzing).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The Swedes are all about conquest. First came the Vikings, Volvos, then Abba. Now it's the Hives, Sweden's latest punk-pop export. Decked out in matching sharp suits and sporting a stinging sense of humor, the quintet quickly became the buzz...

Jucifer: the dynamic duo that has Athens rocking again. (Music Tip).(Amber Valentine and Ed Livengood)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... MICHAEL STIPE: First question: Charlotte Rampling or Brigitte Bardot? AMBER VALENTINE: I don't know who Charlotte Rampling is. MS: She's a movie star. OK, Brigitte Bardot or Jane Fonda? No, wait--what are Jucifer's influences, musical...

Dirty vegas: how a broken heart became the song of the summer. (Happening Music).(Steve Smith)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Songs with plaintive lyrics don't usually get used to sell cars. But there is good reason why "Days Go By," by the Brit trio Dirty Vegas, was snatched up by Mitsubishi for a U.S. commercial after it had already been a Top 20 hit across Europe....

Elton John's tip sheet. (Music Opinion Page).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... INGRID SISCHY: So Elton, this is our August music issue--a great place for us to showcase your knack for spotting new talent. Who's got you excited at the moment? ELTON JOHN: There's this singer from England called Ms. Dynamite. She's got...

Coldplay. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol) After emerging with a great sleeper debut, the British retro-purists return with a new set of dynamic, melancholic pop. Less ambitious than Pink Floyd (to whom they are commonly compared) Coldplay are...

Sleater-kinney. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... One Beat (Kill Rock Stars) Portland's indie heroes rock tighter than ever with danceable anthems that sound a battle cry of youthful celebration, and a guest vocal from Hedwig and the Angry Inch composer Stephen Trask. The intense...

Aimee Mann. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... Lost in Space (SuperEgo) There's outer space and then there's inner space. In this superb second independent release, you can trust Mann to guide you into and out of the labyrinth of the human heart. With the poetess' comforting voice, you...

Linda Thompson. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... Fashionably Late (Rounder) Fashionably late, indeed--it's been 17 years since this British folk-rocker's last album. A psychological ailment left her unable to sing for much of that time, but you'd never guess from listening to her...

John Doe. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... Dim Stars, Bright Sky (iMUSIC) The ex-X front man and indie rock visionary now offers an intimate acoustic album featuring guest shots from Aimee Mann, Jakob Dylan and Juliana Hatfield. Doe's songs are a mixture of stark confessionals and...

Charlie Christian. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia/Legacy) This four-CD collection of the jazz guitar pioneer's recordings with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra circa 1939-41 has plenty of never-before-released material, putting any previous...

Frank black & the catholics. (Sound Advice).
August 1, 2002... Black Letter Days & Devil's Workshop (spinART) These two new releases from the former Pixies front man make up in craftsmanship what they lack in daring. Black displays an easy grasp of country and folk rock, even a smattering of soul. But...

Filter. (Sound Advice).(The Amalgamut)
August 1, 2002... The Amalgamut (Reprise) The theme of this riotous, angst-ridden album is America, and front man Richard Patrick sermonizes on the nation's trash culture with a fatigued bitterness that gets tired fast. Fortunately, a few aural experiments,...

Robert Plant. (Sound Advice).(Dreamland)
August 1, 2002... Dreamland (Universal) Continuing his post-Zep career with this seventh solo effort, Plant reveals his musical influences. Covers of Dylan, Hendrix and Skip Spence of Moby Grape fame remind listeners why Plant's trademark world-weary moan...

Dave Matthews Band. (Sound Advice).(Busted Stuff)
August 1, 2002... Busted Stuff (RCA) If you forgot what catapulted Dave Matthews from Charlottesville bars to international stadiums, here it is: Epic jazz-rock jam session detours in the middle of songs attest to serious musicianship, while sensitive-guy...

Silverchair. (Sound Advice).(Diorama)
August 1, 2002... Diorama (Atlantic) Born in the wake of Nirvana, this powerhouse Australian trio first topped charts as teens. Now 23, singer Daniel Johns is in high romantic overdrive, his increasingly baroque songs given oceanic depth from Tool producer...

On Ludlow Street: the block with enough history to fill a book is back. NYC's most streetwise poet maps the ways. (Hot Spot).(The Pink Pony, a Manhattan coffeehouse)
August 1, 2002... When you enter the Pink Pony on Ludlow Street, if you are approached at the door by a large, smiling fellow with an oversolicitous desire to please, do not be alarmed, it is Lucien Bahaj, the owner. Under the same policy as Mrs. duPont, who...

Nick McDonell: what one high school student did with his summer vacation. (Book Debut).(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... "I was just sitting at my desk, and suddenly the idea for the plot came all at once," says 18-year-old Nick McDonell, author of Twelve (just out from Grove Press). The novel centers on a 17-year-old prep school dropout named White Mike who...

Music of my mind. (Food for Thought Column).(Camille Paglia on the influence of music on her life and work)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... INGRID SISCHY: What role did music play in the development of your consciousness? What was the first music you remember hearing, and where was it? CAMILLE PAGLIA: Excerpts from Bizet's Carmen. I was three years old, and it was in Endicott,...

Days between stations: Beth Orton-riveting or boring? (Music Column).
August 1, 2002... Beth Orton, the 31-year-old singer from Norfolk, England, has a new album called Daybreaker (Astralwerks/Heavenly). It demands attention because Orion is a fascinating, perplexing artist. She also has a remarkable ability to bore a listener...

Pledge of rebellion: I pledge allegiance to the spirits of rebellion and change, and to the future for which they stand: one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (Special Advertising Section).
August 1, 2002... MISS KITTIN, ELECTRO DIVA. CAUSE: PUTTING A FACE ON ELECTRONICA A Sally Bowles for the new millennium, French-born Miss Kittin's unique brand of erotic-electro has transfixed the new cabaret underground. On her recently released album Miss...

All the dish: where the food is smokin' and lip-smackin'. (Food Column).(three Manhattan restaurants specializing in barbecued food)
August 1, 2002... Maybe it's the influence of the Clintons' move north, or maybe New Yorkers are simply yearning for greater simplicity, but across the city the unmistakable scent of real southern barbecue--the kind involving wood instead of charcoal and a...

View: letter from the editor August.(Editorial)
August 1, 2002... While music has always been a vital component of the territory that Interview covers, last August marked the first time we made it the subject of a special issue. You, the readers, responded so positively to that issue that we decided to make a...

Dixie Chicks: they started out on a street corner and took country music to the four corners of the earth.(Bonnie Raitt interviews members of the Dixie Chicks)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... BONNIE RAITT: This is amazing, isn't it? MARTIE SEIDEL: Hi, Bonnie. Thanks for doing this. BR: Finally somebody's gotten us together in the same place other than the Grammys. Listen, I love your new record, Home [Open...

Remy Shand: meet the new soul singer with motown in his heart and Winnipeg in his accent.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... The voice is a cigarette-toasted falsetto. The music is elegant, jazzy, earthy, old-school. Judging by the sophisticated, funky soul on Remy Shand's recently released debut, The Way I Feel (Motown), you might think you'd stumbled on some...

The Vines: usually, when people call a band "the next Nirvana," that's the last you hear of them. not these guys.(Matt Dieh speaks to Craig Nicholls and Patrick Matthews)(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... What starts with a consonant, ends with the letters es and represents the future of rock? If you answered the Strokes or the White Stripes, you'd be correct--it this was 2001. In 2002, however, this honor goes to the Vines. After one of their...

Ashanti: heartbreaker, dream-maker, pop's new major mover and shaker.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Almost as soon as she was making records, Ashanti was breaking them. When her self-titled debut for Murder Inc./Def Jam sold over 500,000 copies, entering the charts at #1 in April, it became the highest first week sales entry ever achieved by...

Red Hot Chili Peppers: creating the modern Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle was the easy part. The trick was surviving it.(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Usually, when a band asks to be interviewed separately it's a bad sign. And if it meant, as it often does, that no one in the Red Hot Chili Peppers could stand being in the same room, then that might not be so surprising for a band that has had...

Interview looks back: the Hound-Dog days of summer.(anniversary of Elvis Presley's death)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Chances are you already know that this month marks the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. In clubs across the country, you might hear a spiced-up version of "Hound Dog" or the first-ever Graceland-approved remix of an Elvis song (A...

Shakira: the Thump. the purr. the sizzle.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... How do you solve a problem like Shakira, the pint-sized belly-dancing Latina singer/songwriter/producer, who is Colombia's most famous legal export? In such a strictly compartmentalized business as music, how do you market a Lebanese/Colombian...

Sonic Youth: still saying yes to adventure and no to compromise.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... "What's that sound?" Thurston Moore asks of his band co-founder and co-parent, Kim Gordon, intrigued by the curious, somewhat atonal chimes ringing from the back bedroom of their cozy downtown New York loft (they also reside in Massachusetts)....

Deadsy: how academia, science, war and more share a single stage and create a singular sound.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 1, 2002... Deadsy have been living underground for the past few years as multiple record label mishaps kept their debut album, Commencement (which came out on Elementree/DreamWorks in May), from seeing the light of day. But they haven't exactly been...

Shots in the dark: the factory town that changed Rock 'n' Roll forever. (Movie Column).(24 Hour Party People)
August 1, 2002... Why a duck?" Chico Marx asks Groucho (who has just said "viaduct") in 1929's The Cocoanuts--and "Why a duck?" says Tony Wilson interviewing a shepherd using that bird to round up sheep in Michael Winterbottom's 24 Hour Party People. As well as...