Glitch psihodelija.
Kathleen radi muziku i video.
http://www.duh-real.com/
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Video artist Kathleen Daniels speaks to AdrianIII for DIS Magazine
Transcript
AdrianIII: This is AdrianIII for DIS
Magazine, homegirl, and we’re here with Kathleen Daniels, video artist
and musician. Original, differentiated, technologically poignant. First
off, it’s a pleasure to speak with you, finally, even if it is
asynchronous.
Kathleen Daniels: It’s a pleasure to meet you, too, but it seems like we are old friends.
I can see how we are old friends. How are you doing these days/today, Kathleen?
I’m doing fine. I’m planning my trip to Mexico, a place
that I never thought I’d be visiting before and wouldn’t now, except a
friend I haven’t seen in years has invited me.
Thats cool, I’m sure you’ll have a great time, though I
can’t believe you’re going to Mexico during an oil spill and civil
uprising. So, you just released your latest album, Say What, off of your label, Duh Real. What was the feeling you were trying to get with this latest collection of songs?
When I began making Say What, I was thinking groovy, tunes that tweak the soul, laid back and mellow.
Are there any tracks on the album that get at new feelings that you haven’t expressed on other albums?
The track “Dawn” is a rare for me, seeing as I don’t
normally go into the victim mode. Seeing as I’ve gone through many
changes in life and have gotten turned off by people in general.
You also have a very strong internet identity. Do you see yourself as an internet artist?
I have a internet identity because that is where I
started. Don’t do gigs, but don’t plan to only stay there, which is one
reason I do videos that can eventually be shown on MTV.
As you know, in the past, most artists didn’t have any
other options except to get a contract with a major label. A slave
position keeping your ass on the road while they suck up the moulah. I
have mixed feelings about the internet. Sure it has helped many artists
get over, but it also has minimized the artist’s energy and creativity
by expecting their music to be free. If they walked into Macy’s
department store and walked out without paying, their ass would be
arrested.
And you know that’s the truth. Speaking of identity, are
you black, Kathleen? Are you a black Native American? Not that it
matters on the internet, but…
I’m a Native American black Jew. My mother was half black and Jewish. My father, half black and Indian.
Once someone asked what Indian tribe my father was from.
My reply was it don’t matter because I still gotta pay rent. But the
fact is that his tribe, whether Comanche, Tonkawa, Kickapoo, or Apache
was in Austin, Texas.
In your track “Old Friends,” you reference an instability of friendships or relationships on the internet.
I created the song “Old Friends” after meeting all phony
wannabees on the internet. One of my so-called friends on MySpace made
the mistake of emailing me about her acting job in Hollywood. When I
first met her, she was a model and said nothing about acting. I emailed
her back with good wishes but asked When did all this come about? Well, I
never heard from her, seeing as that email was not meant for me.
There are a couple of your songs that are about dating younger men. Are you currently dating a younger guy?
No, I am not dating a younger man. I happened to be
married because I am living in Germany, but otherwise would nevah in
life get married. And for sure don’t need a relationship, other than a
true friendship. Five years younger is not bad, but for those dating
someone ten years or more younger are just setting themselves up.
Because facelifts can only do so much for so long. What happens when you
start losing your memory and the skin on your neck starts hanging?
Who is Sonny Lucatorto?
Sonny Lucatorto is family, part owner of Duh Real, and also my business contact in the States. A Capricorn.
Cool. When I first listened to Say What, I was
really excited because I immediately heard that the production quality
had increased over the last two albums. Are you working with someone
new, or is this a new expertise that you’ve acquired?
Seeing as though I am not making a fortune, I refuse to
pile up debt from studio time. So I had to do everything myself, as
always. I finally got the process down, and it shows on my last CD, Say What. I am self-taught on everything I do.
What does “realness” or “real” mean to you?
Real is being real. Forget finesse and politics; I would
rather have the bad news than a washed-over phony reply. I’m from the
ghetto, where the naked truth was all you got.
Are you real?
I am as for real as one can get and why I have few friends
and told myself years ago that I ain’t wasting my time living a lie. Or
trying to remember the lies. Ya know?
What is your perspective on the current state and future of humanity?
As for humanity, it’s hard to see it getting any better.
Seeing as the KKK-entwined Republicans and mindless Tea Party are out to
destroy what they haven’t already. Priests molesting children who will
then grow up to molest children or worse. Human trafficking is still
rampant. People so into hype that they will sell their own relatives’
info for five minutes of fame.
So to your question, I don’t have much faith in humanity and don’t think it’s gonna get any better.
Our readers are up to date on what you do. They surf your
site, and they have been to your YouTube page, and they have been
listening to your lyrics, and they wanna know what are you wearing right
now? A jacket? Are you wearing a jacket? Are you wearing pants?
At this moment I am wearing sweats and a hooded
sweatshirt, my favorite wear. Laid back and comfy. I sit at the computer
looking like a rapper, at times with my hood over my head.
I mentioned before that I am self-taught on most
everything I do. Back in high school, I failed sewing because I would
lay out the fabric and start cutting straight out the gate. The teacher
wanted me to first lay out the pattern, pin the pattern, and then cut.
But that was wasting my time, although I didn’t have nothin’ else to do.
Because my mother shopped at the Salvation Army for my
clothes, I became a fashion designer and gave a fashion show while still
in high school. The fashion show was written about in the Minneapolis Tribune,
and I was on one of the major talk shows. So most of my clothes were
and are one of a kind, made of fabric that drapes. Cream and burnt
orange, red and beige, but never, never, black and orange. Halloween!
I used to wear platforms and high heels until 1982, when
leaving a disco, pain shot up my leg. From then on it’s been tennis
shoes and flats. Hello, Missy Elliot. So if I was going to an
after-five, I can get elegant but with low-low shoes. Yet on the norm,
my style is laid back; there is no one I need to impress. For those who
dig my music, you can buy my CD Say What at CD Baby. Nice talking to ya, Adrian
View Kathleen’s Channel on Youtube
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