Interview with Paul Melancon
And now, the final installment interview in the Most Awesome Interviews of All Time series. First, we had Brian King from Oranjuly. Then, Mike Epstein from The Motion Sick. Finally, we’ve got Paul Melancon.
We’re all playing a show this Saturday at the Lizard Lounge, you see. Since Paul was busy in Atlanta pitching batting practice to the Braves, I was able to catch up with him on email this week:
Brendan Boogie: So you live in Atlanta, huh? So sorry about that whole “burning the city down during the Civil War” thing. But you’ve got to admit, you guys had it coming, what with the whole “slavery” nonsense.
Paul Melancon: Um… this is a rhetorical question, right? I don’t really have to pretend to be from the Dukes of Hazzard or anything, do I?
Oh, alright… “Yee-haw.”
BB: Why don’t you tell the fine people of Boogieland a little bit about your musical and personal background starting from birth to five minutes ago?
PM: It’s been a wild, rollercoaster ride of hedonistic excess, punctuated by crazed misery, a strange journey through a deranged landscape of despair and madness. Shortly thereafter I started playing music (which was where I traveled around the country playing dives and festivals, toured with the Indigo Girls, and released some critically-acclaimed records).
BB: Our readers may not be aware of this, but they are actually reading your words on a website you (along with Andrea Kremer) created. Tell the good people about your design business and how they can get an awesome website like mine.
PM: The fine folks at Shake and Howdy Artist Services are available for all your web and graphic design and artist management needs at affordable rates. Or, at least, that’s what Andrea just told me to say.
BB: Any big surprises planned for the big Lizard show on Saturday?
PM: I don’t know how big any of my surprises might be… I forgot to bring the matching jumpsuits this time around. So, it’ll just be my usual mix of introspective and moody pop, misguided love of Jeff Lynne and the occasional cover song that I don’t realize is to old for the audience to recognize. It’ll be TEH HAWESOME, as the kids say. Or possibly they don’t. At any rate, it’ll be great to finally play a show together and I’m looking forward to it!
This is going to be quite the great bill of pop rock music at the Lizard Lounge this Saturday night. Be sure to get your tickets in advance. Don’t get shut out – this is looking like another sell out.
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