Jed Whedon Interview, by Joss "no relation" Whedon.
IN WHICH Jed talks about his new album, and Joss asks the kind of probing, thoughtful questions that are the benchmark of his minutes-spanning career as an ace reporter.
This week, my brother Jed came out with an album, "History of Forgotten Things". I happen to love it very much. I am not unbiased; I'm his brother and it is my mission to tear him down. But I love the damn thing, and so I asked if I could interview him about it, get the word out to people who haven't heard it, and give some insight to the people who have. Come with me now on a magical journey I call:
"HISTORY" LESSON: An Interview with Jed Whedon
Jed Whedon walks into the lobby of the Chateau Marmont wearing Aviators and a purple scarf hung loosely about his shoulders. He drops into his chair with the weary air of someone who's coming off an exhausting press tour, or a really great party, or both. Orders a Bloody Mary before he apologizes for being late, and is on his second before I even get my tape recorder out. The Aviators don't come off.
Now THAT'S how the preamble to an interview starts! Cracking good cheese, Gromit! But Jed doesn't own a purple scarf, or Aviators, and we did this interview on the internet. I wrote the questions, he answered. The Bloody Marys probably happened, though.
Joss: When you write songs, which comes first, the words or the music?
Jed: The music. Rarely I'll start with a little phase or a single lyric, but most of the time I start building a song instrumentally and mumbling nonsense lyrics while I come up with the melody. Next I record myself singing the gibberish (to get the melody down) and try to figure out what it sounds like I'm saying. And then, hopefully, at some point, but not always, I discover what the song should be about.
Joss: I'm sorry, the correct answer was "Generally, the contract." My God, man, you STARRED in Merrily We Roll Along! Turn in your theater geek card right now. You have shamed your people.
Okay! Describe the album. For the uninitiated. What category would you put the music in, if any?
Jed: This is always a hard question, and by hard I mean bad. Alternative is the easy answer because that is a category that says "this music is different from the stuff you can categorize. Except for alternative stuff. It's exactly like that." The album is listed as rock (because I didn't see alternative among the options in the drop down menu) but if I was forced into a corner and my knife was taken away and the only way out was to answer accurately, I would say alternative/singer-songwriter/ambient/rock. But it's really just something I made. I don't know what it is. I know it isn't a comedy.
Joss: When you were three you worshipped me as a god - now you are taller and can do more things. Why haven't I killed you?
Jed: I think you are keeping me around to aid in your evil plan to take over the world. But I will never turn my back to you, my brother. Never. Unless it's a conga line, cause those are simply the QUINTESSENCE of fun.
Joss: In Last Man you have our brother Sam throw a sweet little jazz riff at the end of an 80's sounding dance groove. Do you juxtapose styles deliberately as a statement, or is it just an organic whole for you?
Jed: It is not deliberate. I just make s***, man. Just feel it. You know? Feel the flow and go with it, bro. Just kidding. But it's sorta true in terms of finding the movement and style of a song. In Last Man, I had what I thought were two great verses and two great choruses, and I thought "where should I go from here?" and then I thought "somewhere else."
A funny story about the end bit: when I was telling Maurissa about that idea (which is something she has to put up with constantly) I excitedly said, "And then at the end of the second chorus it'll go... jazzzz." And she thought I meant I would actually say that as a lyric. She nodded her head with a look of bewilderment, "That's great, dear." I think that might have been the first time she called me "dear."
Joss: Troublemaker is hauntingly beautiful - and very personal. Is that something you're comfortable discussing, or do you just leave it in the lyrics? How personal are you comfortable getting in a song?
Jed: A lot of this record is very personal, and I guess I like that. Troublemaker was recorded years ago. It's about when Maurissa was in the hospital with a severe Lupus attack and we didn't know if she was gonna make it or be the same if she did. One of the reasons I kept the scratch vocal was because I recorded it so soon after we got through all that and the emotions were still so raw. Anyway, happy ending on that one. Mo and I got married and all that. Beautiful ceremony. Joss, you were there.
As I have gotten older, songs tend to be more personal. But you have to be able to write character-study songs as well (To Be Money, Bad Son), from the point of view of someone who doesn't exist, or it will get really really boring only talking about yourself. Unless you are like a heroine-addict adventurer who keeps falling in love and then getting his heart broken and really wants everybody to get up and dance.
Joss: You have Felicia Day playing and singing on the album. Is she too pale to live? Also, you've collaborated with her in every medium except macaroni art. Do you feel sorry for her paleness, or is it a "talent" thing?
Jed: She lives nearby, is close friends with my wife and has some talent. That's my excuse, what's yours? That, and Maurissa and I like to invite her over so we can project Super-8 movies onto her face.
Joss: Stylistically, the album is very coherent, but is there a cohesive theme to it? Is the title any indication?
Jed: Nostalgia, I guess. The title comes from a few things -- the terrifying feeling that we are forgetting our life as it rolls along. My obsession with all the history that was never documented (though in the digital age, that may be over). As well as the sensation that history can give you. A feeling that is indescribable. That feeling of connection through the ages. It is related to nostalgia. Sometimes, when I pass through a town I have never seen before, I long to not only live there, but to have lived there my whole life; to be nostalgic for it. I get the same feeling from history. I yearn to have lived during all those times. And, of course, in the future. Does that answer your question? Or any question for that matter?
Joss: Do you consider this a DIY album? How much of it is home-baked?
Jed: Yes. Almost entirely recorded at my house. Very much home-baked. Like brownies. Brownies with weed in them.
Joss: Can you give a shout out to three count 'em three influences on this album?
Jed: Paul Simon, Brian Eno, Jane's Addiction, Pink Floyd. That's four bitch!
Joss: If Spartacus and Buffy got in a fight, could this question be any lamer?
Jed: The astronaut would win.
Joss: You write, sing, play keyboards, guitar, drums, produce... god I hate you. I mean, which is your favorite? Where do you feel the most at home?
Jed: I love it all equally. A lot. I love playing and the process of creating stuff. But I have to say that the instrument that is proving most valuable is the one we all use and are using right now, the puter.
I am a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none in a lot of ways. But the computer allows me to try every idea, pick the ones that hold up, and the tools to manipulate the ones that don't. To mold and play and tinker and experiment and screw up and delete and fine tune and polish. In recording music, in writing scripts, in editing film, in graphic design. I couldn't do any of it as well (or at all, or in my own room, or distribute it to the world) without the computer. It is the most creative tool ever invented and I love it very, very much. Though it hurts my eyes.
Joss: What should happen in the second act of The Avengers movie? (Note: PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION FIRST.)
Jed: Something cool to set-up the third act.
Or maybe a slow-motion montage to a song from some album you like. Something very current and under the radar. It'll come to you.
Joss: You've performed in tons of musicals (including Merrily We Roll Along, you pathetic non-geek). What's the difference between musical singing and pop singing?
Jed: I think there's less of a difference nowadays, right? Right, Joss? Musical singing used to be all vibrato and diction, but pop-music has found it's way into musical theater. The main difference is, unless it's a film, in a musical you are never allowed to sing really softly. Or crowd surf.
Joss: Your album never mentions cute kittens. Is there any possibility I'm not just writing that to cause a search-engine grabbing link?
Jed: Who would ever do such a SEX SEX YOUR FAVORITE STARLETS NAKED SEX
Joss: The song Drones was first used in an episode of Dollhouse. Was it written for the ep, or just right for it?
Jed: The goal was to make it feel like it happened to be right for it, but it was in fact written for the ep. Drones (from Belonging), and Remains (from Epitaph One), were both written for the show. Remains was your (Joss') idea. You said, "Why don't you guys record a song for the end with Mo singing all pretty like? Cause it'll be probably be good. Plus, we will save like fifty grand in the budget and maybe the apocalypse will be more than some candles in a paper mache city."
Drones was written for the end of Belonging, but ended up in the middle. It's about tradition, I guess. With both songs, the key was to write something that lyrically fit with the episode and the visuals, but was independent of the show. So it feels like the song was discovered in editing and happened to work. Drones would have been far less effective if the lyrics were, "We're dolls. Sitting in a chair. A chair with a blue light that makes us ninjas sometimes..."
Joss: What's next?
Jed: I am definitely going to do more of this. I hope to put out some EPs soon. Another album in the future. Play some gigs maybe. But first, I am going to start fleshing out some DH2 stuff. Which reminds me, you're supposed to come over to lay down some more demo tracks, but it hasn't happened cause you've been "busy." Where are your f***ing priorities, bro? Seriously...
(At that point, he stumbled out of the lobby, pausing to have his picture taken with a couple of giggling fangirls and then puking into a fern. His scarf stayed on the chair, draped, lifeless, spent. Purple.)
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Simon | August 14, 14:23 CET
Peanut Noir | August 14, 14:25 CET
Felicia Day, goddess of cinematic projection -- All hail her Paleness
;D
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Loose Deckplate | August 14, 14:28 CET
jclemens | August 14, 14:29 CET
I would've pay hard cash to see Joss interview Lebron James on The Decision
IcedPhoenix | August 14, 14:30 CET
This is where I'm suppose to put something witty right?
...Damn.
Anyways, the album really is great, love it all!
And thank you Joss and Jed for your lovely insights on conga lines, astronauts, scarves and something -- I think -- about music.
xWolffspridex | August 14, 14:32 CET
I'm never going to look at Felicia Day without thinking of a film being projected onto a face now.
And, wahoo at Joss's Wallace and Gromit love!
Vandelay | August 14, 14:33 CET
This needs to happen more often. Joss, your questions are as hard-hitting as ever! You should do some on-the-scene reporting. It would be hi-larious. Also, oh god..
In all seriousness, that was by far the greatest interview I've ever read. It was nice to get more insight from Jed about the process and such too.
Now, Joss, see what you made me do? I had to click the pause button on iTunes. It was worth it thou--Y'know how you're coming to Melbourne and Sydney later this month? I hear Perth is also good this time of year.. Eliza, Summer, Dichen and Charisma would know :D
Edit: The tags are also flawless in their Google search ability. Only one thing is missing though.. Kittens~!
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MattAn24 | August 14, 14:40 CET
Lioness | August 14, 14:40 CET
UnpluggedCrazy | August 14, 14:41 CET
That’s my excuse, what’s yours?
Hee.
Joss: What should happen in the second act of The Avengers movie? (Note: PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION FIRST.)
I think we all knew Joss was in this stage of his writing...seeing as there are purple letters on the front page and what-not.
Joss: Your album never mentions cute kittens. Is there any possibility I'm not just writing that to cause a search-engine grabbing link?
Jed: Who would ever do such a SEX SEX YOUR FAVORITE STARLETS NAKED SEX
I laughed out loud...and then I got confused about where the naked starlets actually were. Don't tell me Jed lied about the naked starlets. :-O
“We’re dolls. Sitting in a chair. A chair with a blue light that makes us ninjas sometimes…”
That's so beautiful. *sheds a tear for Printy*
Great to see
the J-man...and the other J-manthe J-men posting.Xantastic1316 | August 14, 14:41 CET
And encouraging news on the DH2 front - at least Jed is working on it. :)
Looking foward to getting the album from iTunes next week.
samatwitch | August 14, 14:43 CET
Yes, that wot he said - that stuff slays me bad, too, in an equally obsessive, must-document-it way. I think that I remember it all - and then a huge chunk disgorges itself from that thing I call a mind, or a friend says something -- and I remember something major that I'd... forgotten. It does me in. And yet: it's like found treasure, too.
Troublemaker made me cry - and I... can relate to it too. I live in a not-dissimilar situation. I think that's partly why I relate to them so strongly as a couple. It's beautiful and painful. I hate art.
I like the whole album, but I think it was "Troublemaker" that won my heart. "Drones" is on my list, too.
And I freakin' adore the cover. It's got penguin-y cover goodness, along with circles and stuff. It and the digital book are the cat's ass. ; >
It's a hit. And apparently, according to iTunes, it is a hit. Mazel tov to Jed and everyone involved.
But - good point. Where are the !kittens!
QuoterGal | August 14, 14:44 CET
I have not got around to buying this album yet, due to paleness, which is apparently incapacitating. Also my friends keep projecting movies in my face, which is a bit distracting and makes it hard to hit the right keys. But the 30 second previews in iTunes are very pretty.
(^ First post on WHEDONesque! For some reason, typing that feels douchey. But anyway, hello everyone. *waves*)
Cruella DeWitt | August 14, 14:45 CET
cabri | August 14, 14:45 CET
Hunted | August 14, 14:45 CET
Jaymii | August 14, 14:52 CET
Loose Deckplate | August 14, 14:53 CET
marvelknight616 | August 14, 14:55 CET
The album is delicious. Has anyone else seen the Digital Booklet? LOVE. IT.
Good insight on "Troublemaker". Could tell it was about Mo, but didn't realize lupus could get that serious. Scary.
And, naturally, they tease us about DH2. I will be looking for a montage now in Act 2 of Avengers. ;)
Fantastic. More relative interviews please! These are fun.
korkster | August 14, 14:58 CET
CandyMaize | August 14, 14:59 CET
MattAn24 | August 14, 15:01 CET
brinderwalt | August 14, 15:07 CET
And korkster-dollink - clearly you don't read my posts with a fine-tooth comb. ; > Um, in your hand. ; >
My post wherein I call the digital booklet the cat's ass.
; >
QuoterGal | August 14, 15:13 CET
More seriously, Jed: related too deeply to the whole "nostalgia for a place I've never been" bit. (It also reminded me of The Southland's Miles.) Please stop mind-melding me. Thanks.
Famin | August 14, 15:14 CET
gossi | August 14, 15:15 CET
It's rare for an -entire album- to do that to me.. Jed deserves the praise for years of hard work.
MattAn24 | August 14, 15:21 CET
And, I have a cat. His ass isn't always delicious.
Anyhoo, more cheers for the digital booklet couldn't hurt. It really is a treat, and people should purchase the album so they can check it out.
So, people? The Digital Booklet? Totally worth it. Everything from the worn look and pictures to the footnotes. You should definitely get it.
And I only own a brush.
korkster | August 14, 15:28 CET
Cub-Reporter Jimmy.. er... Joss, GOOD JOB!
What's new on your Horrible project?
arklin | August 14, 15:30 CET
There are no crappy songs in this album. The only feeling I have is to want to snuggle the album (if it were a physical manifestation) and stare at the ceiling, pondering how perfect this music is for everyday life.
korkster | August 14, 15:32 CET
Plus, we all learn something new from the footnotes and pictures! I especially love the comment about "could be the drugs, but this is outstanding.." It was both, it turns out.
Nice.
@korkster; Totally! It's actually my very first album purchased via iTunes.. I never really bothered buying anything in particular (I've had my iPhone since about May 2010) until now.. Worth every cent. Deserves more than $16.99 AUD though..
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MattAn24 | August 14, 15:33 CET
Back to the fun!
NYPinTA | August 14, 15:36 CET
Linnea1928 | August 14, 15:43 CET
Popping out tomorrow to buy it :D
rainbowsymphony | August 14, 15:58 CET
MattAn24 | August 14, 16:00 CET
(NB - for the purposes of this post i'm ignoring that time on 'House' when it was actually Lupus)
((and in the really real world, i'm glad it all ended happily. Or rather, didn't end at all))
And i'm also pro-pale, both aesthetically and sympathetically for I too am melaninically challenged (or as Billy Connolly puts it, I start off pale blue and it takes me a week in the sun to get to white ;). Which would be funnier if it wasn't actually more like "20 minutes to turn lobster red". Damn you source of all life on Earth, damn you to hell !
Joss loves Wallace and Gromit!
Or maybe just cheese quotes (they're thin on the ground).
Don't hate that this is Joss' special procrastinatey place, where he comes cos everybody knows his name (which in some ways isn't that big a deal since he's kinda famous) and nobody really minds that he hasn't fully fleshed out that scene on page 40 with the significant looks between Hawkeye and Nick Fury. Not saying he prefers Whedonesque to porn but at least we're on the same list. And i'm no expert BTW but "complications ensue" (pretty sure that's what usually happens in Act II).
Also, funny interview, cheers for that boss man + bruv. I didn't really like the way the creative insights, heartfelt emotional truth and barely submerged fraternal love/pride got in the way of the jokes but y'know, what's perfect in this life, right ?
(loved 'Drones' and also enjoyed the other preview tracks from a few weeks back so i'll check out the album when cash permits)
Saje | August 14, 16:02 CET
I'll just hum along to this fabu interview until then.
MindEclipse | August 14, 16:04 CET
Fabulous interview, I'm still laughing!
Also: 2 Joss posts in just a few weeks? \o/!
Nicole | August 14, 16:09 CET
@Lady Brick; Hm.. Okay. Think of -the- most awesome thing ever. Now.. Double that excitement. That there is Jed's album.
It also turns out that Joss brings us all together, because -every single Joss post- has a lot more comments than everything else. We're all happy times, yo~?.. Yeah..
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MattAn24 | August 14, 16:12 CET
I almost died laughing. Seriously. I had to wipe off my monitor. And did anyone else read this part"Come with me now on a magical journey I call: "HISTORY" LESSON: An Interview with Jed Whedon" in Andrew's voice?
eddy | August 14, 16:15 CET
And thusly, the nature of brotherly relationships revealed. I think the answer is humor. Of the belly-laughing variety I was exhibiting, scaring the cats, probably annoying the neighbors (turnabout is fair play, bitches). Humor gets me through a lot, and besides the excellent answers about music composition inspiration, Joss and Jed come through with the laughs.
Brand New Day I think was my favorite piece in Dr. Horrible, being written by Joss and Jed, so I already know how talented Jed is. Of course I'm going to buy the album, the interview was just icing. Thanks, Joss.
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Tonya J | August 14, 16:19 CET
redeem147 | August 14, 16:29 CET
gossi | August 14, 16:30 CET
I think we're done.
Pointy | August 14, 16:39 CET
For the same reason I'm yet to kill my younger - yet taller and mathematically brilliant - brother. They're taller than us, and they can loom.
Best laugh I've had all weekend whilst sober. LoL. Now, if only all other reporters could have this kind of integrity/insight whilst interviewing their subjects...
Avarice | August 14, 16:43 CET
B: So is the album.
Love it, guys. :)
Casira | August 14, 16:52 CET
Shapenew | August 14, 16:56 CET
Fred_Sonja | August 14, 17:04 CET
VeryVeryCrowded | August 14, 17:11 CET
@theonetruebix | August 14, 17:16 CET
Taaroko | August 14, 17:24 CET
Kairos | August 14, 17:25 CET
I've never seen someone express that same kind of feelings before.
electricspacegirl | August 14, 17:29 CET
MindEclipse | August 14, 17:32 CET
Loved everything about it, but a couple of notes...
1- "Maurissa and I like to invite her over so we can project Super-8 movies onto her face." // well , that's just mean! =P
2- Yes, the astronaut would win.
Oh and I haven't listened to it yet... no iTunes for Brazil... need to paypal the money to someone to buy it for me and all that stuff... but will do it this week! Can't wait to check it out!
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maxsummers | August 14, 17:37 CET
Great interview, most are quite boring.
You go girl.. um i mean Joss and Jed
Heatherondo | August 14, 17:38 CET
Shpadoinkle | August 14, 17:47 CET
The "astronauts would win" line made me laugh very very much.
Tyler823 | August 14, 18:00 CET
Minxie | August 14, 18:42 CET
Shpadoinkle, excellent name! Welcome!
Can't wait for Joss to get writers block again, I don't mind how long it takes for The Avengers to come out as long as he keeps putting these up!
Astronauts for the win. They have lasers!!
BlueSkies | August 14, 18:45 CET
ManEnoughToAdmitIt | August 14, 18:55 CET
Craig Oxbrow | August 14, 19:07 CET
witticismsxo | August 14, 19:09 CET
Green Queen | August 14, 19:15 CET
Thank you Joss.
Madhatter | August 14, 19:28 CET
kumarhk | August 14, 19:35 CET
The French, who have a knack for the poetic phrase,
might pin down in words this strange emotion
of a city seen at night – something
like ‘nostalgie de l’inconnu’ –
a nostalgia for the unknown…
paradoxical sweet yearning in
a thousand lighted windows behind which
humans like ourselves whom we will never meet
share our lives; in this still night scene
(the distant sounds but faintly heard,
though not on our saved screens)
elevated to the holy mystery of life;
the soundless magic of a nightclub
saxophone and wistful clarinet;
a rhapsody in moods of blue.
QuoterGal | August 14, 19:35 CET
Inevitable Betrayal | August 14, 19:40 CET
Ivalaine | August 14, 20:13 CET
Pointy | August 14, 20:33 CET
embers | August 14, 20:48 CET
OK, did Joss write Jed's responses, or are they both this way for real? If so, America is saved.
Also, Joss should make a few tweaks in his plan for world domination, including turning the Fox Network to the GrrArgh Network.
And Felicia Day is not too pale to live, especially in talent. She should just learn how to play World of Warcraft at the beach.
ETA: Just sampled the album. I'll have to get an iTunes card to add more cash to my account, but I'll get this album. Now all he needs is a world-wide tour with Miracle Laurie's Uke Box Heroes and a video or two, and he's all set
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impalergeneral | August 14, 20:53 CET
I feel loved! I appreciate the welcome, and I look forward to arguing about the sort of commonly dismissed minutiae that drive my siblings from my presence. In a loving way. Mostly. No really, I'm pretty cool. I made brownies. #Overcompensating.
Shpadoinkle | August 14, 21:40 CET
Just wondering, is that purple scarf gonna make an appearance in either comic form or the Avengers?
BlueSkies | August 14, 21:44 CET
Welcome, Shpadoinkle. Quite a tonque twister there, I love it!
Madhatter | August 14, 22:12 CET
Shpadoinkle | August 14, 22:24 CET
jcs | August 14, 22:50 CET
@theonetruebix | August 14, 22:52 CET
cabri | August 14, 23:04 CET
That was one funny interview. But making fun of Felicias paleness. No sir, that will not do! Choose you weapon and we will settle this in a civilized manner. I prefer a pillow... or maybe tacos...
Satai (with Punsch) | August 14, 23:27 CET
gossi | August 14, 23:45 CET
catalyst2 | August 15, 00:29 CET
Oh gossi, hush those hounds!
Madhatter | August 15, 00:41 CET
Wait, there are more of them??
Matt7325 | August 15, 00:51 CET
Madhatter | August 15, 00:56 CET
There're 5 Whedon brothers IIRC (Joss, Jed, Zack, Sam and ... I wanna say Mike ?). Basically, they have enough for their own posse which is totally handy if they ever have to avenge a wrong and/or defend a small Mexican village from marauders.
(and yep, it's sickening to know that even the supposedly non-creative brothers are actually creative too. [ETA]The good sickening that is BTW with, err, nice sick[/ETA])
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Saje | August 15, 01:07 CET
eddy | August 15, 01:28 CET
Yes there's also Dmitri, Ivan and Alexei.
Simon | August 15, 01:37 CET
eddy | August 15, 01:49 CET
There, just helping out.
bubblecat | August 15, 02:08 CET
Simon's reference is to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Not so much with the Russian dancing but more with huge internalised struggles and patricide.
Looks like, I shall have to wait for this, because of issues loading itunes. Shall just have to play the hell out of the three tracks avaiable on Soundcloud until then.
In the meantime is there any truth to the rumour that the original title was to be "Oh that's where I put it!" by Jed Whedon & The Mildly Coerced?
viewingfigures | August 15, 02:39 CET
Just been wrestling with 60-70-hour working weeks and laptop meltdown. All good now! :-)
catalyst2 | August 15, 02:41 CET
BTW, we're a more fun distraction than porn. :_)
Shey | August 15, 02:43 CET
daylight | August 15, 03:27 CET
And Felicia Day is pale? Who knew!
Dana5140 | August 15, 03:34 CET
dance4days | August 15, 03:35 CET
BlueSkies | August 15, 03:41 CET
cardea | August 15, 03:52 CET
Love you, Joss and Jed (and Maurissa, and Sam, and Zack and however many more of you there are lurking around).
Please make with the procrastinationing more, Joss!
Shep | August 15, 03:53 CET
emmy | August 15, 04:42 CET
Of course! Why didn't we realize that Los Hermanos Numeros were based on the Whedons?
Ah, re-reading this interview (and catching up on the thread) has been a great way to start my day. This Joss guy is a pretty good interviewer. I mean, he's no Rutherford D. Actualperson but he's got charisma. (No, really. I heard she was on one of his showy shows on the TV box.)
Xantastic1316 | August 15, 05:32 CET
betweentheblinks | August 15, 06:06 CET
Hooray for fun interview!
Septimus | August 15, 06:34 CET
And, welcome to all new members.
The little asian | August 15, 06:39 CET
But probably your purpose with this was to get Jed some exposure, and it worked, because I am now going to seek out this music more quickly than I would have before. (Before I was all, "I'll check that out ever." Now I'm all, "I should get on that sooner.")
Kiba | August 15, 07:54 CET
Joiya | August 15, 08:23 CET
It's always nice to get a peak behind the non-existent (but totally figmented) Hollywood shades and receive confirmation that someone else's creative process is as free wheelin' and screwy as one's own.
And I "Amen" the most wonderfully creative tool ever, the Difference Engine.
BreathesStory | August 15, 08:27 CET
Welcome, Monbon (and Cruella DeWitt (and all))!
Pointy | August 15, 08:35 CET
kumarhk | August 15, 09:00 CET
Saje | August 15, 09:19 CET
Saje | August 15, 09:21 CET
And there's a Matt Whedon? Brilliant. Then my ultimate plan of Matt's being the true supreme overlords is coming to fruition! Now, my fellow Matt (however, much more famous than me one..), initiate phase 2~! \o/
MattAn24 | August 15, 10:06 CET
Astonishing_Chaos | August 15, 11:31 CET
BUT NOT UNTIL YOU FINISH DR. HORRIBLE 2. Priorities, remember? ;)
Zelikman | August 15, 14:30 CET
We're just glad you're back. We've missed you :)
Madhatter | August 15, 15:06 CET
[ edited by Hellmouthguy on 2010-08-16 02:51 ]
Hellmouthguy | August 15, 17:50 CET
I have been looking for this everywhere. For hours. It turned out it wasn't in a poem - but it was someone I knew pretty well...
*quote-y relief.*
“...we are torn between a nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.” - Carson McCullers, "Look Homeward Americans", The Mortgaged Heart
*crawls out again...*
QuoterGal | August 16, 00:44 CET
Numfar PTB | August 16, 01:04 CET
Lioness | August 16, 03:47 CET
Does that make me a bad fan?
missmuffet | August 16, 06:20 CET
Nope.
Not bitter at all.
(off to ITunes to figure out how to get this album, uh, cd, uh, musical compilation of awesome Whedon-goodness)
bloodyrockerswitch | August 16, 07:08 CET
I didn't actually know about Zack until "Commentary!"
Xantastic1316 | August 16, 07:21 CET
Sigfodr | August 16, 07:33 CET
No, missmuffet, it certainly does not. In the early days of Joss is a Hottie, when I had written the bio there (now I just have the Wikipedia page embedded...) I had mentioned something about Joss's brothers and actually received a correction from Matt because I left some of them out. And I feel like, as a person who owns a website named Joss is a Hottie, if I am not a bad fan for not knowing about all of the many brothers Whedon, you clearly can't be a bad fan for not knowing of them all. (And I am not a bad fan. I have a hat and whatnot.)
Kiba | August 16, 10:11 CET
Sorry, Cavemen. :)
Ulmassir | August 16, 11:10 CET
embers | August 16, 11:16 CET
MrDave | August 16, 11:48 CET
I'm right there with you, Joiya!
I would pay, too, if Joss did an interview like this say once a week. Of course that would be after my employers decide that maybe they ought to pay me for the work I've done.
Nebula1400 | August 16, 15:20 CET
might pin down in words this strange emotion
of a city seen at night – something
like ‘nostalgie de l’inconnu’ –
a nostalgia for the unknown…
paradoxical sweet yearning in
a thousand lighted windows behind which
humans like ourselves whom we will never meet
share our lives; in this still night scene
(the distant sounds but faintly heard,
though not on our saved screens)
elevated to the holy mystery of life;
the soundless magic of a nightclub
saxophone and wistful clarinet;
a rhapsody in moods of blue.
That was lovely, QuoterGal. And it appears that Carson McCullers was right. (Thanks for finding that, btw.)
That's often how I feel, electricspacegirl. Like getting invited over to someone's family dinner, hearing the stories, sharing the laughter, and wishing that I could be a part of it so that I could truly appreciate it.
I've been listening to Jed's music for 7 hours. Non-stop. Love it.
[ edited by korkster on 2010-08-17 02:25 ]
korkster | August 16, 17:24 CET
silent knight | August 16, 20:54 CET
SpendTheNightAlone | August 17, 09:42 CET
Saje | August 17, 10:23 CET
InappropriateStarches | August 17, 10:44 CET
SoddingNancyTribe | August 17, 13:49 CET
That said, I don't see any other typos so you never know (I mean, what're the chances that the single typo he makes also happens to actually be a thing ?).
Saje | August 17, 14:48 CET
Pretty high if the only method you have for catching typos is spell-check, actually. It would overlook "heroine" for the exact reason that it is an actual thing.
< / buzzkill >
Xantastic1316 | August 17, 17:17 CET
Saje | August 17, 22:09 CET
Seriously, Jed is the man.
guidedby | August 19, 22:12 CET