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: where the speakers appear. Text which you type
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SPINspy: Hey everyone....We are going to be talking with Bettie Serveert and Yo La Tengo from SXSW tonight
SPINspy: Welcome...and press the interact button to send your questions
SPINspy: We have James from Yo La Tengo...
SPINspy: And Berend from Bettie Serveert
SPINspy: Start sending your questions now
SPINspy: Ask them anything about SXSW...
SPINspy: Matador records...
SPINspy: Ask Berend
SPINspy: about Amsterdam
SPINspy: Ask Yo La about New Jersey
SPINspy: And ask them both about their new albums
SPINspy: We're getting their screen name logged on right now
SPINspy: It's really cold here in Austin tonight
SPINspy: And our computer is really buggy tonight
SPINspy: Bettie Serveert has a new album called Dust Bunnies
SPINspy: Received an 8 in the latest SPIN
SPINspy: Yo La Tengo has a new album in April called I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
SPINspy: Let's get started, shall we?
SPINspy: I'm going to have to type the answers because our other computer is toast
Question: How the SXSW feast going so far?
SPINspy: Berend: Hey, you know...it's a lot of music.
SPINspy: James: No comment
SPINspy: Berend: No Jazz festival could beat this.
SPINspy: Peter from Bettie: There was one hard rock festival in Germany that beat it
Question: how long have you been doing this?????
SPINspy: James: Ten years and going strong for Yo La
SPINspy: Peter: Six years
SPINspy: Berend: I started in the mid Seventies when I was a kid
Question: How many bass players were in Yo LaTengo before James?
SPINspy: James: I used to know...anywhere between 6 and 14
Question: Is Gerard as big a dick in real life?
SPINspy: James: Gerard's a nice guy....as opposed to what? The TV character he portrays?
SPINspy: Peter: As opposed to you?
SPINspy: Berend: Let's keep cyberspace clean!
SPINspy: Everyone: Is this flaming?
Question: why were you in Texas for
SPINspy: James: I were in Texas for RAWK
SPINspy: Peter: I'm in Texas to put some law and order here
SPINspy: Berend: Y'all
Question: I'd like to know if and when Bettie Serveert is coming to the Phoenix area
SPINspy: Berend: That's going to be in May...touring the whole month of May
Question: who turn you on to your style of music
SPINspy: Peter: Van Gogh, Baudelaire
SPINspy: James: Dwight Yoakam
SPINspy: Peter: Dwight Twilley
Question: Berend, is Texas a bit of a "culture shock"?
SPINspy: Berend: Ah...yes...
SPINspy: Because of the enormous quantity of birds around here
SPINspy: With long tails
SPINspy: Otherwise, It's exactly like Amsterdam
SPINspy: We're here with James from Yo La Tengo and Berend and Peter from Bettie Serveert
Question: Ask James if his band has the coolest agent in all of rock
SPINspy: Uh...booking agent?
SPINspy: That's the only agent we have, so my answer would be yes
Question: are you going to Boston area?
SPINspy: James: We'll be in Boston in late may
SPINspy: Peter and Berend argued for a sec then decided beginning of June
Question: a couple of weeks ago at the Grammy some story pop up in the media
about new band an
Question: there drawing power as time go on, do you fell that are you going
be here for a lone time or
Question: try to pull it out as a group
SPINspy: Peter: "B"
SPINspy: Berend: I hope it's over real soon
SPINspy: James: I can't top that answer
Question: Did Berend or Peter bring any 25 guilder bags with them?
SPINspy: Berend: You know, I'm absolutely against drugs
SPINspy: And Peter is absolutely in favor of them
SPINspy: Peter: It's actually cheaper these days
SPINspy: Berend: It's 20 guilder
Question: What kind of bands have you see at SXSW and have you seen MTV News
yet
SPINspy: James: I saw Dwight Twilley and 20-20, so that should answer your
SPINspy: question if I've seen MTV news yet
SPINspy: Berend: Berend and Peter have been in the hotel all day, so they've
only seen MTV news
SPINspy: Peter: I've seen two bands, but I won't name their names to save
their careers
SPINspy: Berend: By the way, Holland rawks
SPINspy: Rock behind the dikes
Question: Berend and Peter, is the band happy with the American response to
your music or do you
Question: want more?
SPINspy: Peter: Basically we want less because it's too much to handle
SPINspy: Berend: I copy that
Question: was the song valentine sung as a valentine?
SPINspy: Berend: It is balentine with a b
SPINspy: Peter: It's actually a Spanish word where the b is pronounced as a v
SPINspy: Peter: We do not answer that question
SPINspy: Berend makes a high pitched noise
Question: who are you guys?
SPINspy: We're here with James from Yo La Tengo, and Berend and Peter from
Bettie Serveert
Question: Where your lovely lead singers tonight?
SPINspy: James: Ira and Georgia are watching TV right now
SPINspy: Berend: Carol is in the Spaghetti Warehouse
SPINspy: (So if you live in Austin go harass her)
Question: are plans in the works for a u.s. tour anytime soon? if so, who do
you think you'll be
Question: touring with?
SPINspy: James: Yo La will be on tour from mid-May until early July in the US
and Canada
SPINspy: With Sleater-Kinney, Barbara Manning, Sleepyhead, the Magnetic
Fields, Lambchop, and
SPINspy: one show, Toronto, with Bettie Serveert
SPINspy: Berend: Bettie Serveert will be on tour for all of May with Wilco,
boring show with Yo La
SPINspy: Tengo in Toronto, and we will continue, switching drummers...jk
SPINspy: There is talk of a member swap
SPINspy: Only a joke
SPINspy: We're take one last question because we are freezing and the
typist's fingers don't work
Question: If you had but one liver to spare, would you give it to Mickey
Mantle or Larry Hagman?
SPINspy: Peter: Definitely Larry Hagman
SPINspy: Berend agrees
SPINspy: Peter: and to David Crosby
SPINspy: James will keep his to himself
SPINspy: That's all for now from SXSW
SPINspy: Look for live pictures uploaded tonight of Guitar Wolf, Yo La Tengo,
Helium, Bettie Serveert
SPINspy: And live soundclips next week of all the bands at SXSW
SPINspy: Meanwhile, go play our contest and win Koss headphones
SPINspy: Keyword: SPIN
SPINspy: In the SXSW area (click the picture)
SPINspy: Happy trails to you
SPINspy: Until we meet again
SPINspy: March 23rd...Mighty Mighty Bosstones
SPINspy: 6 PM
SPINspy: Come on down
SPINspy: Bye bye
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