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What band did you listen to most during the eighties? Do you still like them?
Carolyn Berk: I remember having a Simon LeBon pin, so probably Duran Duran. "Hungry Like The Wolf" is a really good song.
What is your worst memory of elementary school? Of high school?
Carolyn Berk: I think I'd repressed this... We had to do a mealworm project in grade school. We had to keep maggots as pets and feed them and care for them. It was awful. They smell like living death.
You're about to -- ahem -- get lucky. What album is playing in the background? Why'd you choose it?
Carolyn Berk: I think some House of Pain might be in effect.
What was the first thing you ever shoplifted? Why did you take it?
Carolyn Berk: A wafflehouse plate. I guess I felt that I needed it.
If you could beat up anyone in the world and get away without the usual annoying real-world consequences -- jail time, lawsuits, bad press, etc. --who would it be, and why?
Carolyn Berk: I can think of two dozen politicians who deserve a pie in the face.
What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? Why did you take it?
Carolyn Berk: Highway driving. And I keep doing it.
It's better to regret something you have done than it is to regret something you haven't done. What do you regret doing (other than agreeing to answer these questions)? Why did you do it?
Carolyn Berk: I think I only regret things I haven't done.
Did you go to your high school prom? If so, who did you go with?
Carolyn Berk: I went to the prom with my friend Aaron.
For reasons we won't bother going into right now, you're going to be locked in the back of a truck for a sixteen hour drive between gigs. If you could have any musician, past or present, back there to keep you company, who would it be?
Carolyn Berk: Bob Dylan. Of course! Or Tara Jane O'Neil and a can of binaca.
What is your strongest, most unshakeable belief?
Carolyn Berk: Love.
If you were a porn star, what would your "porn name" be?
Carolyn Berk: Dusty Bibles.
You're on your way to a show, and all of a sudden you find yourself in the middle of a huge four-way battle between pirates, ninjas, robots and intelligent apes from the future. Your only hope of getting to your gig is to pick a side. Who do you join, and why?
Carolyn Berk: C'mon, I'm a lover, not a fighter.
If you could sponsor any beverage -- appear in their ads, receive a lifetime supply and never be seen drinking a competing product -- what beverage would it be?
Carolyn Berk: Ovaltine. And I've made it very clear to them I'm available.
What's wrong with Rolling Stone these days?
Carolyn Berk: Boobies. Everywhere.
Why are frogs amusing?
Carolyn Berk: Because they can time travel.
You've traveled back in time and met yourself, age sixteen. What do you think?
Carolyn Berk: I'm a frog?
What, in your opinion, is the best porn?
Carolyn Berk: Puppet porn, no contest.
How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
Carolyn Berk: Just one. But he has to walk real slow.
What album(s) should everyone be given on their eighteenth birthday?
Carolyn Berk: Well, everyone gets the Smiths, I think. That seems about right.
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Orange Twin Records offers the following information on Lovers:
The core of the band is composed of Carolyn Berk, Daniel Rickard and Brent Jones, with additional musicians appearing on the album. Formed three years ago, they have built up a tremendous local following. Berk is a strong songwriter, invoking comparisons to Cat Power and Patti Smith. She writes
all of the songs acoustically and then turns to the other members of the band to orchestrate them. Violins, banjos, Moogs and wine glasses, as well as other ambient soundscapes such as planes passing by overhead, are all woven seamlessly into the songs. The result is a thick, rich mix. Their songs are a heady combination of sweetness, honesty and intensity. Nominated for "Best Up And Coming Band" for the Flagpole Annual Music Awards in 2001, the Lovers have captured the interest of the Athens Music Scene.
-- George Zahora
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