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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Do Interview With Puppet About Pizza (VIDEO)
- Posted on Nov 27th 2012 12:00PM by Jen Zoratti
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Montreal post-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor played the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in August and while they were there guitarist Efrim Menuck hung out with Ratso, the weird rat-that-totally-looks-like-a-dog puppet host of Chic-a-Go-Go! -- Chicago's cable-access dance show for kids of all ages.
The interview with the normally press-averse Godspeed member is hilarious and Menuck is really good-natured about the whole thing.
Here are some highlights from Menuck:
On punctuation:
"You should use punctuation however you want to!"
On Canada being "just like Detroit":
"All of Canada is like Detroit -- it's all desolate."
On Godspeed playing with "that Carly Mae Jepson":
"No, we haven't played with her yet. But I'm sure we will someday."
On pizza:
"I don't like pizza, but I like people who like pizza."
The interview concludes with a bunch of small children attempting to dance to "Rocket Fall on Rocket Falls" off 2002's opus Yanqui U.X.O. The kids seem groggy, confused and possibly medicated -- footage that pretty much flies in the face of Menuck's assertion "you can dance to any of them" about his band's songs. (Shout out to the bespectacled red-haired kid that looks like he's about to hurl at the 4:42 mark. We feel you, buddy.)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor released their fourth studio album and first in a decade, Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, in October via Constellation Records.
Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Unpack Gallery
- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Back Cover
- God's Pee
- The Bucket Wire Dung Pee
- A Decanter of God's Pee?
- How to Listen to 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'
- Godspeed's Red Patch Support
- Broken Cinema Scene
- Broken Cinema Scene
- Broken Cinema Scene
- Broken Cinema Scene
- Slow Riot in Atonal Kanada
- Signs of Despair
- Dead Birds
- Luchadores?
- Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! Unpack
Around The Web:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Brainwashed
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR | Constellation Records
Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Facebook
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor remains flawless on 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! [Album]
Godspeed You! Black Emperor — 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!': 5 out of 5 stars











