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Randi Russo interview
Randi
Russo
<Brad> Hello
<Randi> thanks for changing the time ..last minute and all...
<Brad> No problem, thanks for agreeing to do this
<Randi> sure
<Brad> Ready?>
<Randi> yes siree!
<Randi> ask away...
<Brad> Ok then-  Tell me about how you ended up New York
<Brad> In New York
<Brad> This thing only lets you type so muc so its ok to enter after a couple of sentences
<Randi> well, i was born in NY... Long Island, actually... but ,went out to St. Louis, MO for colege for 5 years (only 2 years spent in college, 3 years hanging out there), then moved to NYC in 1997.
<Randi> i noticed that... it cut me off...
<Brad> sorry
<Brad> So you really have spent most of your life there?
<Randi> it's ok... I can get long-winded at times... maybe I should have some kind of
    appartatus like this with me all the time... I need to truncate
<Randi> in ny? yes... Spent all my weekends in NY city when I lived out in LI
<Brad> Wat did you go to college to be?
<Brad> An antifolksinger?
<Randi> ha... funny question... I always knew that college wasn't something that was
    going to help me become anything... I always knew I was going to be an artist of some
    sort ...from age 11 on
<Randi> i studied painting and history though ... later I transeferred to NYU and studied psychology
<Brad> Oh no!  I may be in trouble
<Brad> I was almost a test case
<Randi> my spelling is bad... i'm typing really fast...not double checking... i apologize...
<Brad> Hey-  I type slow and spell bad-  pity me!
<Randi>  why i n trouble? what kind of case are you? the AFNY scene is full of head cases... that's why I'm drawn to it.
<Brad> In high school- I was sent to a private school for a semester and was the only student ever there to leave for medical reasons, it was litterly driving me crazy
<Brad> I used to sing on the Pic Nic tables during lunch (very badly I might add)
<Randi> i had many of my own "medical" reasons for leaving situations... dropped out of college several times for such medical reasons
<Brad> I stayed in college and grad school, my grades got better after i switched from art to business
<Randi> i sang a lot too when I was a kid... also very badly...I used to do magic tricks as well for all of my sister's dates as they waited for her to get ready... i was an odd ball child
<Brad> What kind of crazy things did you get into in school
<Brad> I bet you sang very well!!!
<Randi> uh... my craziness was kind of on the quiet side.  My grandmother once told my mother, "watch out for the quiet ones." and I knew she meant me. My craziness was only known to my journals...
<Brad> wanna post em?
<Randi> my mother read my diary at age 13 and til this day she talks about being shocked that I would use "such language!"
<Brad> darn
<Randi> no thanks... it would bore people terribly...
<Randi> so any music questions?
<Brad> Sure-   How many Recordings have you made?
<Brad> i ask because in your Bio it says you made some under the name Raizel
<Brad> I have both on Oj
<Randi> that's a tough question. it's not so black & white... have countless home recordings... literally, I have a couple hundred tapes of my stuff. But, if you don't count the home recordings, then just the
<Randi> ...two discs that I put out on OJ
<Brad> so do you record everything?
<Randi> plus a split 7 inch I put out when I was in St. Louis and went under the name Raizel
<Randi> no...not at all... when I say "home recordings" I mean everything from snippets of songs to 4 track stuff... most of it never makes it to the 4 track stage
<Brad> ahhh -
<Randi> a lot of stuff that remains "unfinished" even though all of the ideas and parts are there
<Randi> i have trouble organizing my thoughts and ideas... I create faster than I can manage it
<Brad> sometimes unfinished songs can be fun to hear, Do you write a lot then?
<Randi> too many... it used to make me sad... now I just let it go...if they're unfinished, so what
<Brad> WHy did you use the name Raizel?
<Randi> that was my "hebrew" name (it's actually Yiddish for Rose)... it's a name I was given at birth after my great grandmother Rose... but, my birth certificate says "Randi" ...Raizel was like a Jewish cer
<Randi> ceromony name thing...
<Brad> ahhhh-
<Randi> i kinda lied... reading this, i realized that my unfinished songs still make me sad... oh well... so much for non chalance...
<Brad> wHy do you play a right handed guitar?  Being left handed and all.
<Brad> No more lies now-   j/k I used to be an astronaut
<Randi> well, long story... when I first went to buy a guitar, the salesman told me that lots of lefties play righty...so I tried that, but it felt uncomfortable,so after two days, I switched it around BUT I
<Randi> also switched the strings (a la Jimi Heendrix style)...then I bought a classical
    guitar on the street a few weeks later... I didn't want to mess with the fancy ties, so I just played it inverted...
<Randi> that's the way I play guitar till this day... (a la Albert King, Elizabeth Cotten, Dick Dale)
<Brad> Are they your inspirations?
<Randi> no... don't know of any stuff (other than the famous dick dale surf song)... I just read about them...plus, people told me of them through the years of playing this way.
<Randi> i'm not well-versed onthe blues... nor surf rock for that matter
<Brad> Me either really
<Randi> what do you like to listen to?
<Brad> Well besides all my antifolk faves I like....
<Randi> ah...diplomacy!
<Brad> The first band that i got into that wasn't played on the radio was Drivin N Cryin, I got into then through their lead singers solo folk Cds
<Randi> what was his name...(curious)
<Brad> Kevn kinney- MacDougal Blues    ...My Fave band of all time is Giant Sand, who like Smog were in a commercial
<Brad> recently
<Randi> oh! so you know of the SMOG commercial! did you read my rant on my web site (in random's room section)?
<Brad> Kevn is great and just covered an antifolk song that was on Lach's antihoot
<Brad> Yes I read it
<Randi> i don't know any giant sand but would love to listen to them... i think I heard that PJ HArvey was helping them on some project
<Brad> Kevn covered Tom Clark
<Brad> Pj and John Parish are helping them out
<Randi> you did read it? didn't know anyone cared so much... thank you...
<Brad> No prob- I just found out today that someone reads these interviews
<Randi> wow...wish pj and jjohn parish would help me out...
<Randi> love pj harvey...was just listening to her again today... her old albums
<Brad> I like rid of me       Giant Sand I think actually just broke up -  I have like 30 of their Cds
<Randi> uh oh... someone reads these interviews!?!
<Randi> j/k (got that abbreviation from you)
<Brad> Yeah- amazing I know!! i was so happy
<Randi> 30 cds... yikes! this is why I can never try out any new music... the acts have so
    many CDs that I can't chose which one to buy
<Brad> well 20 something years will do that
<Brad> When are you going to have a third?
<Randi> i barely ever buy music... wish I could but it doesn't stop my stomach from growling...right now, spare money goes to feeding myself
<Brad> I am unemployeed now as you may know
<Brad> Still gainin weight though
<Randi> I don't know... I would to put out another soon, but I am financially trying to recuperate from the last one... what's worse, is that I'm trying to emotionally recuperate as well. that CD took a lot
<Randi> ...out of me.
<Brad> Ho wdo you mean>
<Randi> well... it's hard to say, given this chat room format... but I was working a lot (office  temp jobs, which always put me in the worst mental head space), and I was working like a dog on the album. 
<Brad> Just Wore you out? 
<Randi> ...would rather not get into specifics about some working conditions for the
    album... but, sometimes I found the experience most unpleasant.
<Brad> Really-   th erecording process?
<Randi> yes...wore me out is putting it mildly.
<Brad> or working with Lenny
<Brad> beat you down
<Randi> i love recording... i love being in the studio, coming up with stuff.  but having the clock tick on your dime puts a lot of emotional strain on the whole thing.
<Randi> love working with lenny... he's really  a wonderful person... amazingly
    even-keeled, and I need a person like that in my life
<Brad> Did you see I had Lenny's Mp3 linked from the news section?   I hear ya.   I met JC Stone last time i was in NYC in April 2000 - I saw she was on your First Cd
<Randi> yes... in fact, your site was the first I heard of it... then I told Lenny about it.  He's not into the whole internet thing, so he didn't even know about it.  He doesn't get into this sort of thing.
<Randi> He was a bit surprised... I guess Scarecrow put the stuff up without his
    knowledge of it
<Brad> He must have
<Randi> JC SOne? How did you meet her? did you used to live in NY? or were you just visiting? around april 2000 was when she started playing with me.
<Brad> I just came up for 3 days and stayed at my aunts apartment, which I might do again soon.  I was interviewing at Yale...
<Brad> And went to a Hamell on Trial show at the living Room, I met joie, Jon Berger as well
<Brad> I think Joie was freaked
<Randi> oh... I think I was at that show as well... I stood in the back 'cause I got there late
<Randi> why freaked?
<Brad> hahahahah - IHAVE BEEN IN A ROOM WITH RANDI RUSSo!!!!
<Brad> I knew he was supposed to have green Hair so I called out his name on the side of the road
<Randi> ah yes... just wish you could see me play instead of being a spectator...i don't like being a spectator at most shows. 
<Brad> You don't like going to shows?
<Randi> unless it's a Paleface show or COckroach... and a few others... prewar, major matt...
<Brad> We were near the back as well
<Brad> Hamell was great and is great I think
<Brad> Plaeface-  HE have a new Cd?>
<Randi> love going to shows... I do it all the time. in fact, it's pretty much all I do as a social sort of thing.  I like listening to music. but some shows make me just want to go home and play guitar...
<Brad> I have Three of his (4 actually I have an Extra Raw)
<Brad> Some show make me wish I could play my guitar
<Randi> extra raw? i don't have that one... never heard of that one. love everything he puts out; love his shows.
<Randi> i keep using the word "love" and it's making me sick... i hate to be a creature of
    habit...
<Randi> do you play?
<Randi> guitar?
<Brad> Raw-  is the title of teh Cd
<Brad> No I can't play
<Brad> I have a fender
<Randi> oh, i just realized you meant thatyou have two copies of "Raw"... sorry, at first, i
    thought you meant that there's an album called extra raw
<Brad> Acustic electric
<Brad> yeah sorry bout that
<Randi> that's cool... do youplay often?
<Brad> Nope can't play well at all- Don't have the patience, I think I'm tone deaf
<Randi> i'm typing so fast, my brain can't keep up
<Brad> Doodle also while you type
<Randi> oh, then that's no good... leave the music making to the people who have an ear for that sort of thing...
<Randi> that would be quite a multi-task!
<Brad> yeah- some of my best friends are musicians
<Brad> hey- Multi taking is good, you can put it on your resume
<Randi> sorry didn't mean to discourage you in anyway...if you want to make music, go ahead... just don't clutter the open mics up like many of the other non musicians do...
<Randi> resumes scare me... aren't you scared of them?
<Brad> No
<Brad> Hey the lyric drive will take a bunch out of me
<Randi> that's good... i feel like i have so many gaps of "unaccounted for" time periods, that i never feeling like explaining myself, nor do I feel like lying...
<Brad> I'm getting some friends to help
<Randi> wait...wwhat are we talking about now?
<Randi> lyric drive?
<Randi> is this on your web site?
<Randi> sounds familiar...
<Brad> The lyric Drive!! on my site in the boards section
<Brad> type in lyrics and I will attempt to piec ethem together in song
<Randi> uh oh... i should participate...
<Brad> go ahead-  
<Brad> piece
<Randi> oh...i like that idea... i'm so not a giver though... in that way ... like to keep the good stuff to myself...i guess i'm selfish that way...
<Randi> you want me to give you some lyric now?
<Randi> hmmm... not good on the spot like this...
<Brad> I thought of the idea to help someone who has writters block, but didn't want to ask peopl eif they did
<Randi> you start something...
<Brad> Ok it starts like...
<Randi> i'll add to it
<Brad> A great big debt I left unpaid. I borrowed on love I'd not yet made- Peter Dizozza
<Randi> i like that dizozza lyric... now i feel shy about posting anything...
<Brad> Are you a shy person who gets on stage?
<Brad> The bottle's broken / new orleans finest sky you ever seen- Grey Revell
<Brad> Maggots keep you moist- scarecrow
<Brad> And so on
<Randi> yes... but i've overcome a lot of my shyness..yet, i'm still pretty shy... at least i can talk to people...when i was younger i was close to being a mute... i hated socializing
<Randi> ha... i like scarecrow's line!  now, i'm just plain-old intimidated!
<Brad> Me too- I forced myself out of it and was SUPER outgoing for a little while , now i'm moving closer to shy again
<Randi> give me time...
<Brad> HAHAHA-   will do you have like two more weeks
<Randi> me too... i go in phases... heading towards shy again...
<Brad> Can we be shy together?
<Randi> sure... so, should we say no more?
<Brad> Nope we should go on
<Brad> WHy have you taken all this time off from playing?
<Randi> excellent... i am having so much fun...and my fingers really need this work out... you know, i got that show coming up... wink, wink
<Randi> whoa! we were on the same wavelength there
<Brad> We were- shy and thinking together
<Randi> I have taken off time because my nerves need to rest... my mind can get so active, and my work habits can become unhealthy and obsessive, that my nerves become frayed.  I over work myself, and I get
<Randi> ...too attached to things... it's my downfall really. so, i needed a break... get my
    head together.  do music for the love of it, not for the other stuff that I always think i want
<Brad> WHat do you want from it?
<Randi> well, there's two answers: the corny,real one, and the self-deceptive, also real one. (if that makes any sense)
<Brad> tell me
<Randi> the corny one is: I really want to connect to people through music.  I used to listen to "sad" music all the time, and felt so much comfort... iwant to do that for others
<Randi> i want to make people feel like they are not alone
<Randi> i felt so lonely growing up and really felt like music saved me (sounds cliche but is true)
<Brad> what music saved you?
<Randi> I want people to face their insecurities; everything in our society is made to help people hide... i want people to shine...even in their ugliness
<Randi> well, a lot of stuff that i'm embarassed of and some stuff thati'm not embarassed of...
<Brad> How bout the embarrassing stuff first
<Randi> pink floyd, led zeppelin...pre-pubescent years... and then,,,
<Randi> then there's joy division and other goth stuff...
<Brad> Nike Cave or Marilyn Manson Goth?
<Randi> really liked fugazi and samiam fgrowing up... but also got into industrial music (and the latter I am embarrassed of)
<Randi> nick cave a bit... not into marilyn manson...outgrew the genre by that point...
<Brad> I loved 13 songs - well half of them
<Randi> that's nick cave, right?
<Brad> fugazi
<Brad> I don't know much nick cave
<Randi> oh, right... i have that .... on tape... forget it was called that
<Randi> then i liked some sad core stuff and indie rock
<Brad> Right--- I hear Milli Vanilli in the background over there
<Brad> Sad Core?
<Randi> i guess that's what they're calling it these days... stuff like COdeine, Red House Painters, ...maybe even Cat Power falls into this category..
<Randi> but, i also liked heavy riffs and music that rocked
<Brad> Oh ok- Wasn't aware It was called that
<Randi> there are so many sub-genres these days... that's cause music is so fragmented
<Brad> Antifolk-
<Randi> yeah, antifolk's another one of them.... still people find it hard to define...including myself
<Brad> Me too-
<Brad> And peopl eare asking me to define it now
<Randi> in nyc, it kinda means the people who hang out and play at the Sidewalk and the Raven
<Randi> but, it's bigger than that...obviously...and is getting bigger by the day...or so it sometimes appears
<Brad> I got into it through the music of Roger Manning
<Brad> 7-8 years ago
<Brad> Yeah the fansite has hit like 10 countries in the past 4 days
<Randi> cool...saw Roger play once and liked the show, even if he did yell at the audience and put us on edge.
<Brad> I have seen him once-   He was spooky word then as he called it
<Randi> wow! 10 countries! you mean, we're international stars!
<Randi> ha...like that "spooky word"
<Brad> You know it-   if you don't Call Milan- They might call you!
<Randi> meant to say "i like that...'spooky word'"
<Randi> well, yes... and i'm waiting...
<Randi> maybe i can do the cat walk... at 5foot 5, i'm sure they'll love it... i'm so average american!
<Brad> You Go Randi
<Brad> I want the fansit eto get Bigger too
<Randi> thanks... i'm always looking for more cheerleaders... wanna start the club?
<Brad>  I'm working on it
<Brad> Maybe after I get A job, unless It pays well!
<Randi> the fan site seems pretty big...you've done a lot of work on it... we're all so thankful for it!
<Randi> well, no money for it now... depends how short you wear your shorts!
<Brad> I Have been greatful fro all the help I have recieved and just wanted to give back to the Music that I have enjoyed so much
<Randi> and i think it's great that you've done so much... wish you could enjoy all the shows that go on here in ny
<Brad> I don't wear shorts-   I am a White Mans white man, and I don't tan- thats why I married a hispanic women to try and let my kids wear shorts
<Brad> Well I might come up in a week or two
<Brad> No kids now or SOON PLEASE
<Randi> you've got me laughing out loud now...
<Randi> i'm pale too
<Randi> my legs are the worst...
<Randi> thought i read from grey's interview that your wife wants kids?
<Brad> My sister is too- runs in the family- She went  to China and people wanted to take pic of her...
<Brad> because she was so pale (they love that and try to whiten their skin) plus they loved her wide eyes
<Randi> you know, my mom called me china doll when i was a little girl... wrote a song about it that only exists on 4 track...can't remember how to play it,so it'll never be played again live
<Brad> My wife does want em- I say not yet.
<Brad> You should go back and learn some of teh songs again!
<Randi> well, i don't know how old she is, but i'm sure she's got some time, right?
<Brad> right
<Randi> yeah...well, i had this unconventional way of tuning when I was younger...so, al ot of my songs have trouble being replayed... the tuning style could have been called"i'm so lazy that
<Randi> this could be in tune"
<Brad> Works for me -  tone deaf
<Randi> right....(laughimng again)
<Brad> If fact I love a chris chandler song where on the recording he says- "no it sounds beter if it's not in tune"
<Randi> this chatroom thing is so indulgent... have to admit that it's fun... i don't usually do these sorts of things...
<Brad> Me either- but I figured that it would be easy for the interview
<Randi> now i'm a freak about being in tune... those little tuners with the triplet lighting system...they drive me nuts...
<Brad> hahaha
<Randi> yeah...works well for that...much cheaper, and always an opportunity for a follow-up question
<Brad> i thought about making one open accessable from the front page
<Brad> chat room that is
<Randi> you just answered my question
<Randi> i was gonna say "a chat room?"
<Brad> Thought better of it though
<Randi> yeah...that would be a good idea... can anybody go on at anytime?
<Randi> oh, why would that not work? profanity issues or something?
<Brad> I might get rid of teh reviews section-  It is empty and i don't see myself filling it
<Brad> Hell no i can deal with dirty talk
<Randi> that's too bad... too bad you can't recruit people to write the reviews
<Brad> just thought It might not be popular
<Randi> oh... that could be true....but who knows...
<Brad> I am trying-  i said something about it in mt newsleter I am sending out tonight
<Randi> maybe you could feature an antifolk artist for a chat room one a month or something?
<Randi> like, advertise on the site... "Talk to Lach live! ...this Tuesday from 8-9"
<Brad> that's a good idea- i think i'll do that after the site grows some though- I would HATE fro no one to show up
<Randi> yeah, that'd be a bummer...
<Brad> I would feel bad- and i'm sure Lach wouldn't enjoy that either
<Brad> or whoever
<Randi> no way jose...i know that i'd cry...
<Randi> i'm so sensitive like that
<Brad> I am trying to get it mentioned in SPIN magazine
<Randi> really?
<Brad> yeah
<Randi> do you know someone who works there or something?  how would they take interest in it?
<Randi> sorry... i should have more faith in the scene...
<Brad> They are looking to promote scenes according to a friend that gets releases from them
<Randi> oh...that's good news... hell, they should be covering it... it's the most honest music that's out there.
<Brad> and are taking solicitations from people with my friends access for ideas
<Brad> Plus they are really interested in NYC and LA for the coverage
<Randi> well, with some acts that have become newsworthy lately, we do have a good shot at it
<Brad> I hope so -  My friend is gunna send something in for me
<Brad> who knows
<Randi> cool...mucho gracias...
<Brad> Hey- whatever I can do
<Brad> .....within reason
<Randi> well, it's good to just put it out there, then let the universe deal with the rest of it
<Brad> sure-  Just still would like more artists on it and really get a handle on it and get it running normal with columns and news
<Brad> being the drivers of traffic
<Brad> I want someone who is interested in a couple of teh artists to check out the rest and hopefully help everyone that way
<Randi> well, you probably need more of a volunteer staff... i'm sorry...i haven't added much... i'm so self-focused these days that i find it hard to do much of anything. but, when i come out of it, i'll hel
<Randi> i'll help
<Randi> my moods keep me sswinging high and low...hard to focus and take care of a lot
    of stuff right now
<Brad> That would be great!!!   I think that the scene is abound with opportunities to do this now with the Fansite, Oj catalog and AU base- I just hope we don't drown each other out
<Brad> I think we can all be a part-  but you never know
<Randi> yeah...there's a lot of stuff out there... still needs to find its voice though...it's a bit fragmented... i actually think your site is the most comprehensive
<Randi> lenny needs to send stuff... i tell him so, but...he's not into this sort of self-promotion thing
<Randi> so i think...
<Brad> It may be on the web-  But i want it to be more than just NYC- though I love AFNY
<Randi> i see you have adam brodsky... he's a phillie!
<Brad> Hey I just need a bio and Cd Covers
<Randi> yeah... maybe i'll write a bio for him... he only has cassettes...no cds
<Brad> I'll do them too I meant albums     Yep along with Nancy Falcow, Butch Ross, Deidre, James Obrien is from Boston...
<Randi> yes, there are quite a few names of people that i am unfamiliar with...
<Brad> Chris Chandler is a road warrior over 1,000,000 miles living out of his truck
<Randi> probably all non-new yorkers
<Brad> for a while
<Brad> maybe
<Brad> There are some more in the pipeline
<Randi> wow... i haven't toured anywhere yet (except the east village ...hee,hee)
<Brad> Come Come to North Carolina-
<Randi> where do you get your info from? lach? or do people contact you?
<Brad> Whic info?
<Randi> would love to! i need a car though... or a traveling buddy... my wrists are too weak to carry my guitar in a hard-shell case.
<Randi> info...meaning... the names of out of ny antifolkers
<Brad> Some contact me-  I heard about Adam through Lach and his website show links to some Philli poeple...
<Randi> would you consider putting together an antifolk night at a local club in North Carolina
<Brad> Chris chandler I have like dfor almost 10 years - i knew he knew hamell so i contacted him-  he said he is not antifolk but share a kinship and has know Lach for 15 years
<Brad> After I know where I will be living-  I am really not sure where I will be in a month
<Randi> ...lots of changes going on for you, huh? graduating, job-hunting, moving...
<Brad> well the move depends on teh job
<Randi> ah, i see... you said you just got your MBA... what kind of business are you interested in?
<Brad> I concentrated in Operations and consulting
<Randi> in what field?
<Brad> Don't know
<Brad> been working with a lot of furniture compaines on projects
<Brad> You got a contact?
<Randi> oh... the world is still wide open for ya then... that's a good place to be in... even though it can be so worrisome and anxiety-provoking at times
<Brad> We should wrap this up soon - it goes up at Midnight
<Randi> hmm... in the furniture business...no.  wish i could help...
<Brad> no not furnniture its all going to china-  though I am pale!
<Randi> yeah...you're right...this has been going on quite a long time.  this is a long interview...do you think anyone will read it?
<Brad> No - but people do anyway
<Brad> I didn't think anyone read any of em til today
<Randi> yes... they do... hope i made a good impression... i so focused on that... it's another one of my downfalls...
<Brad> Squash is a little low-   My friend Ben wrote that one
<Randi> lyric, eh?
<Brad> wait quick five questions
<Randi> ok
<Randi> i'll try to keep my answers short and sweet
<Brad> What Painter/artist do you like best?
<Randi> Munch, Klimt, Basquiat
<Randi> sorry that was three...
<Brad> i will never forgive you
<Brad> jk
<Brad> Least favorite food?
<Randi> peanut butter
<Randi> or liver
<Randi> never tried either, but the smell makes me gag
<Brad> How much time do you spend grooming a day?
<Randi> oh...vaires... not including the shower, i'd say 10-15 moinutes
<Brad> i have no sence of smell
<Randi> lucky boy...
<Brad> you know it
<Brad> Worst day of randi Russo's life?
<Randi> wow... there are a few up for contention... probably, well, cannot put my finger on one... but finding out that my live-in boyfriend at the time had leukemia was pretty devastating
<Brad> sounds like a bad day-   He ok?
<Randi> yeah...well, yes and no... he's alive and has survived SO MUCH (cannot even begin to explain), but he's having much difficulty with his health still
<Brad> that sucks
<Brad> besideds yourself, who do you think is the best kisser in antifolk?
<Randi> yes... and he's a good person too... a real gem of a human being...
<Randi> uh oh... haven't kissed enough players to know... I only kissed a few... two shall remain nameless, and the other one is Lenny (my current boyfriend of two years)
<Brad> You can guess if you want-  Unless you think it is lenny
<Brad> and you should be able to get him to check the fansite!!  I didn't know you had that kinda pull
<Brad> with him
<Randi> oh! jesus crist, i'm an idiot! i guess i read the question as ,"what antifolkers have you kissed?
<Randi> "" ...yes it's lenny!!! of course!!!
<Randi> i meant jesus christ!
<Brad> Lucky you!
<Brad> Thank you so much for taking the time out to do this, I hope that you had FUN, which was the point of it!
<Brad> And check it out cause it'll be up soon
<Randi> no problem ...it was fun.... even ifi nearly ended my relationship with lenny over that question...
<Brad> with the pic you don't like and all
<Randi> yeah...maybe i'll send you a new pic
<Brad> Hey if he doesn't read it he won't know
<Randi> true... he's not an internet kind of guy, but people LOVE to talk!
<Brad> (attention people don't tell Lenny)  In the words of Kevn Kinney "Let Lenny Be"
<Randi> anyway, thanks for the interview! i do have to get going... lenny 'll be here any minute... back from a guitar lesson.
<Randi> things come full circle, don't they?
<Brad> Thanks- be good- Keep in touch-   Brda
<Brad> brad
<Brad> they do
<Randi> Sure, you do the same!
<Brad> will do
<Randi> cool... bye! Randi