by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I am a known wanker”
– Tony Wilson
With the release of 24 Hour Party People in 2002, Tony Wilson became a household name in the minds of the people in the know. The film became a biography of Wilson who is best known for managing such seminal bands as Happy Mondays and Joy Division but due to contracts not being up to legal snuff, Wilson was never able to profit much. But since the movies release Wilson has had a tough time due to a bout with cancer and has now put aside managing bands and concentrated on other projects. Most notably In the City a yearly festival and music industry conference which is having its premiere in New York City this year.
Read our exclusive interview with Tony Wilson on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“My sexuality is fluid.”
– Sandra Bernhard
I’ve had a crush on Sandra Bernhard ever since her spread in Playboy years ago. But even before that I loved her comedy and her work in films like Hudson Hawk (Ball! Ball!) and her great role on Roseanne. But Bernhard is best known for her acerbic comedy showcased in the many CDs she has released. Her latest is Everything Bad and Beautiful, and it’s her best yet.
Read our exclusive interview with Sandra Bernhard on SuicideGirls.com.
by Nicole Powers
“It was an important film to be made.”
– Chris O’Dowd
Chris O’Dowd’s breakthrough role was playing uber geek Roy Tenneman in the Emmy Award winning British sitcom The IT Crowd. His character is well endowed in the information technology department but not so blessed when it comes to social skills. It’s safe to say, however, that in real life the exact opposite is true.
The highly personable Irish actor, who’s starring in three upcoming films – The Boat That Rocked (written by Richard “Bridget Jones” Curtis), Hippie Hippie Shake (with Sienna Miller and Derek Jacobi), and Gulliver’s Travels (with Jack Black and Emily Blunt) – displayed a distinct lack of prowess when it came to dealing with digital phone technology during SuicideGirls protracted attempt to interview him.
The first time Chris called in, he’d just embarked on a hike in the cell phone black hole that is Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon park. Thus our conversation was unintentionally aborted just as it had begun. It would take a total of five phone calls, including two more entirely aborted ones, before our interview was complete.
Read our exclusive interview with Chris O’Dowd on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I dont care about censorship”
– Billy Connolly
Little did I know that the Scottish guy that took over Howard Hessemans role on Head of the Class, Billy Connolly, would go on to become one of the funnier comedians working today. But over the past ten years Connolly has gotten more acclaim as an actor in films like Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Last Samurai and SuicideGirls favorite Boondock Saints. But his new film, Fido, showcases Connollys best role yet. Fido is set in an alternate universe in 1950s America. A mysterious gas came down to Earth and turned all dead people into zombies. After the great zombie war, secure towns have been established, and with the help of a special collar, zombies can become servants, and in some cases, peoples lovers. Connolly plays Fido, a zombie that has been brought into a family where the father is terrified of zombies. But the little boy in the family, Timmy, is being ignored by father and decides to adopt Fido as a pet. I got a chance to interview Billy Connolly during the Fido junket in Manhattan.
Read our exclusive interview with Billy Connolly on SuicideGirls.com.
by Mike Hammer
“I came up with a term that maybe it should be called, but now I cant remember…”
– Sage Francis
Sage Francis tears holes in hypocrisy and mainstream hip-hop with his thoughtful stories of the human condition. The wordsmith spits rhymes that make you think, make you smile, and flow beautifully over high-tempo beats. His new album, Human the Death Dance, is a hip-hop work of art that mixes cutting edge beats from indie rap producers like Alias and Reanimator and Ant, as well as Sage’s insightful personal and pop cultural rants. The 16-track disc is what Sage calls a wrap up album of all his previous work.
I sat down with Sage in Cleveland, Ohio to hear some things about the indie hip-hop scene, his abnormal MySpace page, the first rhyme he ever wrote, greedy publishing companies, and more.
Read our exclusive interview with Sage Francis on SuicideGirls.com.
by Aaron Detroit
“I didnt understand who I was supposed to be.”
– Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson says his new record, Eat Me, Drink Me, saved him from an identity crisis. The controversial singer – recently hailed as The Last Rock Star by Spin magazine – chatted with Aaron Detroit about Slayer fans, getting his mojo back by making a record while lying on the floor, his directorial debut Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll, and the last gasps of record industry.
Read our exclusive interview with Marilyn Manson on SuicideGirls.com.
by Erin Broadley
“I want people to be pulled into a record rather than be sort of preached…” – Aesop Rock
Like his name would suggest, Aesop Rock is a storyteller. But instead of shrouding lessons on morality within recycled folklore, the hip-hop emcee cuts to the chase, illuminating the human condition through unfettered observations on the strangeness of people and the shape-shifting worlds we inhabit. Born and raised in New York, Aesop has never lacked for subject matter. One could say that the city chooses her storytellers, and not the other way around. Aesop’s refined staccato raps eloquently around even the harshest of big city truths, and when he zigs before he zags, the wordplay is nothing short of spectacular. His detailed, non-linear narratives explore the tension that exists between innocence and the sordid aspects of human nature; the self-inflicted identity crisis that exists when one dabbles in role play – when the virgin taunts the whore, or when the pornographer becomes the ice-cream man. As Aesop puts it, his attraction lies in what happens when “fluffy meets evil.”
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