Beverly Bounce House aka @RealBigBaby HGB INTERVIEW

Beverly Bounce House aka @RealBigBaby recently drop a new album so... HEAVYGUNBLOG had to ask...

HeavyGunBlog: How did you come up with the album name "BEVERLY TIMECOP"?

Beverly Bounce House: I wanted to release some songs i really liked from last year but i yelled "It's 2012!" in them a lot. So i came up with the concept of an album that was a meditation on time. I wanted to ask the audience if it really mattered when a song was created. It seems to me that people only want to listen to new things or something that has aged ten or more years. I also wanted to yell about the nature of time and basic zen stuff which i hope isn't too preachy. I honestly just think the name Beverly Timecop is really funny.

HGB: If this album was a plate of food what would you be serving up?

BBH: a fresh spinach salad with salmon and almonds in it and an old slice of cold pizza.

HGB: Fill in the blank
If not for artist like... (BBH) "Kool Kieth" I would not have been able to make this album.

HGB: What Drug goes best with this album "BEVERY TIMECOP"?

BBH: Awareness

HGB: Name 6 Midwest Artist that come to mind

BBH: Oh man there are so many, off the top of my head: Kansas Bible Company, Firemoose, Chud, Andy D, Grey Granite, King Sadness, Cazz VI, Aaron Jennings, Tom Con, Kevin Nichols, Kid Valiant, not sure if kid valiant counts as midwest. i want to list so many. i know i am forgetting important peoples.

HGB: Hahaha yea thats a hard one

HGB: The simpsons, family guy, futurama or…?

BBH: Simpsons

HGB: Keeping it Classic huh.

HGB: You had an album called "Sorry Mom" and on this album you mention her again, what does she think about your music and how would she describe what you do?

BBH: My mother has been nothing but supportive of me. I am very grateful. This is probably why I am so concerned about disappointing her. oh but she hates my tunes tho.

HGB: damn she hates the music??? mega womp, she'll come along.

HGB: If you had your own label who would be the 1st and 2nd artist on the roster?

BBH: Oh man, I have so many friends i would want to hook up. I would probs sign The Chode (aka Zack Worcel). I want to see all my dudes succeed. I would also love to see FLACO and 80zdad with a deal as a duo.

HGB: Do you have a favorite song on Timecop?

BBH: Yes. My favorite song is Lament Configuration produced by Thursty Moore. He's an artist with Dr. Hemp records in Brixton. I've never met him but he really hooked me up on that beat.

HGB: Whats next for Beverly Bounce House?

BBH: I am moving to to NYC in august TO B W THE MOST WUNDERFUL GRL IN THE WOLRDS. I am currently working on a community access tv show called Kroodz World. And I may have a cassette or two out on Turd Wurld, my friend Kora's tape label, by the end of the summer.

Locals Only show this Saturday... feat. ANDY D!!!

Yo! This Saturday come check out a great show at Locals Only. My guy Andy D will be there along with a whole slew of other awesome acts! If you haven't seen Andy D perform... do yourself a favor! And search this blog for the Andy D interview to find out more about this crazy cat!

ps. Grey Granite here, Andy D is the best rapper ever! YOU MUST SEE THIS!
Here is Andy D
www.myspace.com/rockslow

ANDY D... the interview!

Yo! It's "theVision" here. I recently caught an Andy D show when he played with our boy Grey at the Melody Inn. I was mesmerized. Not only was this Bloomington native extremely entertaining, fun and hilarious... but he actually had tight beats too! I couldn't believe it... the whole package. Very rare these days so... without further ado. I present the Andy D interview.

theVision: Who is Andy D?

Andy D: Andy D wants everyone to have a great time in this life and to realize how incredible and unique they are. He likes bright colors and catchy songs; therefore, he wears bright colors and makes catchy songs. Andy D likes a lot of different things and wants to share those with the world. Then there is also the booty shaking; he does metric tons of that.

tV: Your music is epic, nasty, dirty and moving... what is your process like? Do you make your own beats?

AD: I write my own beats, melody, rhythm—all of it. Catchiness is key. I'll get a melody stuck in my head. If the hook gets stuck in your head, then the words being sung to the melody will get stuck there too-- and sink in. Next comes the wordplay. I go for humor and clever zingers. If I can make people laugh, they are a step closer to dancing. And you can't dance without having a good time. 

My biggest influences are late-80s/early-90s Freestyle (Debbie Deb, Taylor Dane, Shannon, Rockell), Old-School Hip-Hop, Disco, Electro-Pop and New Wave. I take my demo songs and ideas to my producer, Calvin Cardioid, who has one of the best ears and sensibilities for music in anyone I've ever met.

tV: Your lyrics include references to horror, fantasy, etc.—most notably the song you sing about vampires and werewolves fuckin'. Then there’s your "Auryn" tattoo! What are your influences and why?

AD: I spend a lot of time thinking about what I love…from all points in my life. The Neverending Story was my favorite movie growing up and it still is! The moment at the end when I realized the never-ending-ness of the story was in depth and not in time—it literally took my perspective to another dimension! That's why I got the Auryn tattoo. I have degrees in Anthropology and Religious Studies (basically in folklore and mythology), so that's why I love werewolves, magic, unicorns and arcane symbols. 

I'm a nerd and I nerd out about a lot of things! The biggest thing is sexuality.

tV: You are a hustler at your shows—workin’ hard, sweatin', movin' and havin' fun. What's your motivation?

AD: I don't hustle in the usual urban way, but I AM working hard.  So hard in fact that seven songs is about the maximum number I can do safely. By that 8th or 9th song I might pass out or vomit or die or something.  

Andrew WK—this guy inspired me… to be awesomer than I previously was and to do the music I want to do. My MO is for everyone to realize that in this life they deserve to have what they want (as long as they aren't fucking with other people). Everyone is deserving of happiness, and I happen to think sex and werewolves and other awesome things are results of that. This is also why I say, "I love you," seven or eight times per show, because I really do love everyone who took the time to watch me freak out on stage.

tV: There is a serious visual element to your shows. Your wardrobe. Your look. Why? Is it as integral a part of your show as it seems? (More on this question... it's really good.)

AD: Yes it is very integral. The zeitgeist of this generation places a premium on self-awareness and coolness—literally, detachment. Some people think so much about what they are doing that it paralyzes them into NOT doing. Everything I stand for is going away from that.

I have worked very hard to not care what other people think of me, and that has given me confidence. That is the opposite of coolness, detachment—those things are about keeping people at arms length and just fooling everyone with some bullshit posture. 

I decided that I was going to do something powerful and maybe absurd, but I was going to do it sincerely. I do have a rattail and a moustache all the time because I genuinely like them—not to be funny. I like to mix hyper-masculine things with the t-shirts a little girl would wear, because I’m a person who truly doesn't give a shit what other people think.

tV: How would YOU describe your music?

AD: This is so tough. I try to skirt this issue. Lil' Wayne is playing the guitar now, Kanye West is doing Shoe-gazing electro-pop, and we all know about Nu-Metal... I would love this to be popular, so maybe it's all pop music!

tV: How has your reception been in the music community? Do you have anything fresh and new in the works that HeavyGunners should be aware of?

AD: The response has been really good. I was in a battle of the bands here in Bloomington this fall, and I got pretty far—to the semi-finals. It hurt to be eliminated, and I got depressed for a while. Then I rallied and wrote a bunch of awesome songs! I met a lot of bands in this town and I've played with many of them since. Totally Michael is a great guy I've played with several times here. I've also played with some great touring bands like Matt and Kim and The Howlies. When I lived in Brooklyn [I played a lot of shows and did a collaborative duet that should debut soon] with this Electro duo called Macaque. My friends Debbie and Daphne of Avenue D (now defunct) were major inspirations to me as well. 

Choose Your Perversion is pretty new to everyone—most people have never heard of Andy D before! Check that out and check out my show. [I’m almost finished writing] my second album, Songs in the Key of Magic, so that will manifest in the next six months. I regularly play three songs from it in my shows now, and I'm going to be integrating more new songs in future shows. 

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