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Tabitha's Tutorial--Filling Out An Application

Part of my job involves me going through applications to bring in applicants for interviews and possible to hire them. Now, we get anywhere from five to fifty applications a week in our store, which would make most people think that we would have a ton of interviews going on. WRONG. You would be surprised at how many people do not know how to fill out an application. And it’s not just the teenagers, it’s the older adults too. One of the worst applications I’ve seen in the past month was from a woman who’s older than my mom (not really sure why she wants to work in a store where her entire management staff would be younger than her, but that’s besides the point). So I’ve decided to put up some tips for you readers so that when you’re filling out job applications, you know what we’re looking for. And who knows, these tips could apply to applications at other stores too.

• Follow all directions.– This should be common sense, but apparently it’s not. If it says only use blue or black ink, then use blue or black ink. Not green, not purple, not pencil, blue or black. If the application says don’t use your friends or family members as references, then DON’T use them as references. And no, you can’t use a friend of the family either, that still falls in that category.
• Answer all questions.– Leaving parts of your application blank is a big no-no. If you leave certain questions blank, we automatically file it into the no pile. That means you need to enter a salary requirement (even if it’s just minimum wage), your availability, your references, and all of the information for your previous employers. If you don’t know all of that information, TAKE THE APPLICATION HOME AND BRING IT BACK (and make sure it stays neat and uncrumpled–folds are okay, balled up paper is not). Exceptions to this rule–If you do not have a current employer, do not put a previous employer into that slot, and do not write N/A really big over the space either. Also, if you don’t know your SSN, it’s okay to leave that blank as well. The last exception is when you see something that says something like “California Applicants only”. Unless you live in that state, DON’T ANSWER IT. It makes you look like an idiot.
• Open to close is not an availability.– Believe it or not, we get kind of annoyed when people put this on their application, or the ever-popular “negotiable”. Last time I checked, “open”, “close”, and “negotiable” are not located on any clock that I’ve seen, and therefore shouldn’t be listed under your hours available. If you have an open availability, then list the time the store opens to the time the store closes. Don’t know it? Ask. It shows that you’re a serious applicant rather than just someone pushing applications to every store in the mall.
• List references!– Even though some places don’t care if you have listed references, we at Spencer’s do. And we don’t want you to give us your best friend and your aunt. We want good references, like coworkers, previous supervisors, school teachers, etc. And if you choose to list an “other” reference, please tell us what “other” is. Are they your pastor or you coworker? It would be nice for us to know, considering that we actually do get phone references for all of our employees that are hired into our store.
• Write neatly.– If I can’t read your handwriting, I’m not going to want to call you in for an interview, period. If you don’t have neat handwriting, find someone who does to help you fill out the application. It makes it easier on us, and gives you a better chance of being chosen for an interview.
• Just because it’s on your resume doesn’t mean you don’t have to fill it out on the application.– We get a lot of applicants who like to attach resumes to their application as a way to seem more desirable for an interview. But instead of filling out the application, they will write “on resume” in the blanks. Bad, bad choice. One, it shows that you didn’t care enough to fill out the application like the other applicants. And two, what happens if your resume becomes detached from your application? Then we have no way of know the information that you so nicely put onto your resume. It makes things much easier if you just put it on the application.

I’ll add more tips if I think of any. Feel free to include your application tips in the comments of this blog, I’d love to hear them. And with the way the economy’s been, I’m sure other people would love to hear it too.

Hannes von Döhren

Wieso Typografie? Wodurch erwachte Ihr Interesse an der Schriftkunst?
Irgendwie habe ich mich schon immer für Schriften und Buchstaben interessiert. Ich habe wie viele Typedesigner der jüngeren Generation auch mit Graffiti angefangen und da setzt man sich schon sehr viel mit Buchstaben auseinander. Allerdings zählt dort mehr wie man die Buchstaben verzerren kann oder neue Formen erfinden kann. Außerdem sind bei gesprühten Bildern oft auch Farben, 3D Blocks und Lichteffekte wichtig. Das hat sich irgendwann immer mehr reduziert, bis es jetzt auf der absoluten Basic-Stufe angekommen ist nur S/W und jeder Buchstabe muss mit jedem kombinierbar sein. Das macht es nicht unbedingt einfacher, nur systematischer und anders, für mich spannender.

Wer sind Ihre typografischen Vorbilder?
Es gibt viele Typedesigner die wirklich sehr gute Schriften machen. Für mich gibt es zwei Lager: Einmal die alten Klassiker: Claude Garamond, William Caslon, Giambattista Bodoni, Frederic Goudy etc. aber auch Adrian Frutiger, diese sind für mich die Meister, die die Wege geebnet haben und grundsätzliche Sichtweisen fesgelegt haben. Und dann gibt es die »digitale« neue Generation der Typedesigner, unter denen es auch für mich herausragende Personen gibt: Zuzana Licko, Xavier Dupré, Underware, Kris Sowersby um nur einige zu nennen (die mir gerade so einfallen). Es gibt aber noch weitaus mehr, die ich für ihre sehr guten Schriften schätze.

Welches Buch zum Thema Typografie haben Sie zuletzt gelesen? Welches würden Sie weiterempfehlen?
Da ich aus dem Grafik Bereich komme gucke ich mir sehr gerne Typespecimens anderer Foundries an. Ich finde es spannend zu sehen wie sie mit Schriften umgehen. Typografie ist ein ganz eigenes/anderes Feld im Gegensatz zu Typedesign. Aber der Umgang mit einer Schrift ist, denke ich, mindestens genauso wichtig (wenn nicht sogar wichtiger) als die Schrift selbst. Als letztes habe ich mir die Kataloge von Stormtype bestellt. Das letzte größere Buch ist schon eine Weile her: Anatomie der Buchstaben, Karen Cheng.

Wenn Sie eine Schrift sein könnten, welche Schrift wären Sie gerne?
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Greifen Sie zu Beginn des Schriftschöpfens zur Feder oder zur Maus?
Ich scribble sehr viel und so skizziere ich meine Ideen immer zuerst auf Papier. Die Buchstaben selbst zeichne ich meistens direkt am Rechner.

Mit welchen technischen Hilfsmitteln arbeiten Sie? Welchen Scanner, welchen Drucker, welchen Computer, welches Betriebssystem, welche Programme nutzen Sie?
Ich arbeite am Mac. Ansonsten bin ich kein Technik-Freak. Hauptsache es funktioniert.

Sind Sie Messie oder Purist? Horten sich auf Ihrer Festplatte 2.456.891 Fonts oder sind Garamond, Bodoni, Frutiger und Futura mehr als genug?
Allein aus Interesse sammle ich alle Schriften die ich bekommen kann. Oft öffne ich sie auch und gucke wie sind z.b. die Vektorpunkte gesetzt, ist sie sauber gebaut und wie ist sie programmiert.

Wenn Ihr Font-Ordner nur Platz für zehn Schriften hätte, welche wären das?
Wahrscheinlich aus jeder Kategorie/Klassifikation eine, damit ich alle »Aufträge«, die ich bekommen würde, erledigen kann.

In Typo-Kreisen werden Comic Sans und Arial gebannt. Welche Schrift darf auf keinen Fall auf Ihren Rechner?
Ich finde jede Schrift hat ihre Berechtigung. Da Schriften nicht nur nach Schönheit sondern nach Funktionalität eingesetzt werden sollten. Genau wie Design.

Welcher Buchstabe ist Ihr Liebling? Mit welchem Buchstaben fangen Sie an, wenn Sie eine Schrift entwerfen?
a und g sind die Buchstaben mit dem meisten Charakter und für mich auch die, an denen man sehr gute von nicht ganz so guten Typedesignern unterscheiden kann.

Wie kamen Sie auf den Namen für Ihre erste Schrift?
Meine erste kommerzielle Schriftfamile hieß Quench. Witzigerweise erinnert ich mich das gerade an den Fragebogen von Linotype den ich damals für die Quench ausfüllen musste. Da stand genau diese Frage.
Grundsätzlich ist Namenssuche für mich immer etwas Intuitives. Oft inspiriert von Ideen hinter den Schriften oder Gefühlen zu den Schriften.

Schmieden Sie Pläne für eine nächste Schrift?
Ich habe einige halbfertige Schriften auf meinem Rechner, die ich je nach Lust und Laune fertig mache, aber ich mache jeden Tag mindestens einen Buchstaben. Es wird also in nächster Zeit noch das eine oder andere Type-Release von mir kommen.

Haben Sie schon einmal einen Buchstaben in Stein gemeißelt?
Nein.

Vielen Dank für das Interview!
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Zur Person:
Hannes von Döhren wurde 1979 in Berlin geboren. Der studierte Grafik-Designer arbeitete zunächst in einer Hamburger Werbeagentur. Seit 2008 ist er freiberuflich als Grafik- und Type-Designer in Berlin tätig.

Schriften:
Quench
Shelton
Snoogle (zusammen mit Reimo Böse)
Opal
Embryo
HVD Comic Serif
HVD Cowboyslang
HVD Brevia
Klint
ITC Chino (zusammen mit Livius Dietzel)
The Subway Types

Interview avec Pascal, bassiste de Kickback

Interview réalisée en août 2009 avec Pascal qui joue de la basse dans Kickback. J’avais fait cette interview avec mon ami Lucien pour le compte du site skartnak.com.

Depuis “les 150 passions meurtrières”, le monde est vraiment devenu un endroit pourri, encore plus pourri qu’il ne l’était avant, est-ce cette grosse dose de merde qui vous a donné l’impulsion pour sortir ce nouvel album ? Quelles ont été vos motivations de sortir cet album ceci près de 10 ans après votre dernier opus en date ?
Le monde n’a pas changé, l’homme peut être…. et encore ? Tout va juste plus vite. Comme a son habitude l’homme ne réfléchira qu’une fois les conneries faites. C’est ça la vie ! Roulette russe pour tout le monde !… Sinon la motivation pour cet album, comme pour tout le reste, reste c’est la passion. Pour cet album Damien, Stephen et moi on a voulu un album qui fasse mal ! Déçus de voir nos scènes respectives se parodier chaque jours un peu plus nous avons voulu revenir a la base même de cette musique qui est le rock sale ! Sans concession mais en collant quand même aux racines hardcore de Kickback. L’élaboration de l’album fut un calvaire bénéfique !il faut dire qu’après 10 ans de line-up différents, de conflits et de productions toutes avortées nous avons eu le temps de réfléchir et de comprendre ce qu’il nous fallait pour sublimer notre style.
Avec la collaboration d’Hervé a la batterie et Francis Caste derrière la console nous avons pu enfin concrétiser le tout. C’est pour moi un album issus de la souffrance et c’est pur cela qui a tout son intérêt.

 Il y a plein de bons groupes français qui commencent à devenir sérieusement connu en Europe, du genre Providence, Primal Age, Out for The Count, Onesta etc., qu’est-ce que vous en pensez ? Et d’un point de vue plus général, qu’est- ce que vous pensez de la scène hardcore en France en ce moment comparé à vos débuts ?
Pour moi je suis content quand même que la musique que j’écoutais tout jeune existe encore même si je suis rarement satisfait par ce que j’entends ! Tout a bien trop été salopé …Il y a quand même quelques exceptions mais le problème ce n’est pas le hardcore… c’est le cliché qui vient avec ! De toute façon je n’ai aucune scène a défendre ni aucun étendard a brandir !!! La scène hardcore d’avant ou de maintenant c’est la même choses, les gens viennent et se casse vite…je ne voit pas tant de gens motivé pour leur « scène »..Moi je ne vois que le vide. De toutes façons Kickback, c’est seul contre tous! Nous n’avons jamais capitulé et même si le cœur n’y était plus parfois, nous sommes encore là pour le pire et pour le meilleur bien sur!

On peut voir sur votre MySpace une image avec la fourre de votre nouvel album, juste au dessous est écrit “Que le Hardcore Français repose en paix” quelle est la signification de cette phrase ?
Que le hardcore français repose en paix c’est en hommage a Booba, tout le monde aura reconnu, car on a pas fait meilleur slogan depuis. C’est aussi pour mettre une dernière peltée de terre sur le cadavre d’une parodie musicale qu’est le Hardcore Français depuis 20 ans

 Parles moi aussi de la fourre de cet album “No Surrender” on y voit votre pays en rouge avec la lettre K dessus ? Comment doit-on interpréter cela ?
Fourre ? C’est quoi ce mot ? Tu veux parler de la pochette ? C’est juste un hommage, encore un, au visuel d’un film de Gaspar Noé .ça ne représente rien d’autre que le pays d’où on vient.. C’est très graphique et c’est l’impact sobre que l’on voulait pour un des visuels de l’album. Il n’y a rien de politique derrière tout ça.

Comment s’est faite la rencontre avec GSR ? Vos potes d’Arkangel (aussi sur GSR) y sont pour quelque chose et vous ont aidés a rentré en contact avec eux ?
Stephen et moi avions déjà collaboré avec Theo longtemps avant et nous avions trouvé en lui une personne de confiance qui en plus nous appréciais… tant de rareté ça crée des liens qui ont fini par se concrétiser ! Aussi simple que ça.

On peut lire, toujours sur votre MySpace, ainsi que dans vos lyrics que ce nouvel album est pour vous, pas pour nous. “This is for us, not for you”. Pourquoi alors avoir signé sur un label comme GSR qui distribuera votre album plus largement en Europe et dans le monde. N’y a-t-il pas une certaine contradiction là derrière ?
Le slogan « this is for us this is not for you » c’est juste pour marquer la différence qu’il y aura toujours entre nous et les moralistes a la cons. Ces gens qui veulent toujours bien différencier le bien du mal qui leur fait peur. Nous on se place directement dans le camp du mal comme ça on est tranquille.

Avez-vous été influencé par une tendance ou alors par un ou plusieurs groupes pour la composition de votre nouveau disque ? Sinon quelles ont été vos principales sources d’influences lors de la composition de “No Surrender” ?
L’influence va de Hellhammer à Mobb Deep…. Ça reste du Kickback si tu écoutes bien …mais le tout sous meta-amphetamine ! Avec bien sur une touche plus sombre et brutale que ramène Damien a la guitare. Du vrai hardcore avec du vrai métal le tout avec un chant haineux.

Etant un groupe français qui a des paroles assez revendicatrices, toutes vos paroles et ce depuis vos débuts sont en Anglais. Pourquoi avoir choisi l’anglais plutôt que la langue de Molière ?
Le Français dans un style hurlé ça marche pas ou alors ça fait ridicule ! Pourquoi ?? C’est comme ça ! Demande au chanteur…

En Europe, le violent dancing s’est vraiment propagé rapidement ces dernières années, et du coup, ça créé une sorte de scission dans le hardcore entre ceux qui repoussent plus loin les limites de la violence, et ceux qui boycottent cela. Quelle est votre position ou opinion sur le sujet ?
Le violent dancing et tout le reste je m’en fous ….j’aime le bordel au concert un point c’est tout ! Que les jeunes fassent ce qu’ils veulent je ne suis pas un paire la morale !

Y’a des nouveaux groupes qui vous ont surpris ces dernières années ? Que ce soit dans le métal, le hardcore, ou n’importe ou ailleurs ?
L’avant dernier album de The Warlocks…un joyau…

D’ailleurs à ce sujet, quelles sont les groupes ou genre de musique qui tournent sur ta platine ces temps ?
Beethoven, Bauhaus, Battle, Leviathan

Est-ce que les membres de Kickback, paient leurs factures ? Vous faites quoi dans la vie à côté de KB ? Quel est le job ou gagne pain de chaque membre du groupe en dehors de la musique ?
Chômeur, branleur, voleur, magouilleur, pute… et larbin pur les plus malchanceux.

 Je sais que vous aviez des contacts avec Gaspar Noé pour la réalisation d’un clip, mais c’était il y a longtemps, est-ce que vous êtes actuellement sur un nouveau projet de clip vidéo étant donné que votre nouvel album vient de sortir ? Et si oui, peux-tu me donner des détails ? Avec ou sans Gaspard ?
Stephen a projet de réaliser un clip/film avec l’aide de Gaspar Noé … quand ? On ne sait pas encore…

Qu’est ce que ça fait d’être un des plus vieux groupes de hardcore d’Europe ?
Nous ne sommes sûrement pas le plus vieux ça c’est sur. Mais la question a se poser c’est : Combien sont tombés au champ du déshonneur ?

Tu veux rajouter quelque chose à cette interview ?
Never give up. Kickback, beaucoup d’ennemis beaucoup d’honneur

Pour écouter Kickback : http://www.myspace.com/kickback
Label de Kickback : http://www.gsrmusic.com/

Interview With Singer-Songwriter LeVar Thomas

stupidDOPE had the opportunity to interview R&B Singer-Songwriter LeVar Thomas. Without further ado here is the interview:

What is your music background? I started singing in my church choir around the age of 7 and have been singing ever since. Around the age of 13, I sang a solo at my school and was told by many that I had a great voice.  At that point, I started to nurture my talent and joined a singing group with a few of my cousins.  We sang together for years but it was hard to get a deal and didn’t seem that labels were looking in SC.  After singing with my cousins, I knew for sure I wanted a career in music.  In 2001, I moved to Atlanta, Georgia to take a chance at the music scene there.  I was very naïve to how the music industry worked but I defintely learned a lot in the 7 years I lived in ATL.  I inked a worldwide ringtone deal with Jamster and signed up with my first manager.  This buzz lead to many other opportunities.   In 2008, I moved to New York to try my hand with music there.  I learned even more and was able to interact with several major labels while I was there.  I also garnered the attention of some industry shot callers.  Now I’m settled in Florida as a student, I’m writing and putting together new music and no telling what will happen next!

What are your songs about? Most of my songs revolve around relationships.  I write about finding love and love loss, some songs about meeting “the one” and messing up a good thing.

Who are your musical influences? I have a wide range of musical influences.  Most of them are from the old school.  Luther Vandross is one of them.  You could tell that Luther cared about his musical content and he never failed to amaze me with his vocal acrobatics.  Stevie Wonder is another influence.  He writes songs about love, social ills and songs you can party to.  No matter what kind of song he would do, he made it unforgettable.

How do you describe your music to people? I would tell people that my music is a mix of old school and new school.  That is the feedback I have received most about my music.  When I sit down to write, I just let it flow.  I don’t really start out with anything more than a topic.  I guess I have absorbed some elements from the soul and pop music I grew up and grew to love.  As I said before, my songs are mostly based on love and relationships and I try to keep my music more on the clean side.  I feel all artists and media corporations should hold themselves to some social responsibility.  Kids don’t go to bed at 9pm anymore.
What should fans look forward too for the rest of 2009 and beyond? The sky is the limit as I always say!  Definitely look forward to more music from me.  Maybe in 2010 I’ll finally compile an album.  I’ve returned to school to focus on getting a degree in Business/Marketing so there is no telling what the future holds for me.

Any last comments? Thanks to everyone at stupidDope for a interview and the fans who show support everyday.  It really keeps me motivated.You can hear more of my music HERE.

artist2artist: joe DOE

There is a rebirth occurring over at Sykophunk Productions. For various reasons, artist D-O-E is officially changing his stage name to joe DOE. In the artist2artist tradition just recently started here at DIO, these two personas will have a conversation. Prepare to be confused, hopefully entertained, and maybe a little informed.

D-O-E: What’s up, me? How am I doing? Good, you hope.

Joe DOE: Please don’t do that.

D-O-E: My bad. So, the point of this is for you to answer questions that other interviews you may get probably won’t ask. But let’s start with an obvious one: why the name change?

Joe DOE: It’s all explained in the first song of my new mixtape project Who the Hell is joe DOE?! which will be available for free download on sykophunk.com starting November 13, 2009.

D-O-E: Nice shameless plug.

Joe DOE: I learned from the best.

D-O-E: What can people expect from this mixtape?

Joe DOE: It’s short, only 9 songs, but it makes up for it by being fucking epic! I put as much effort into these songs as I normally would in an album twice as long. I’m trying to show that as joe DOE I’m putting more emphasis on writing songs, melody and variation, not just rhymes over beats. The hip hop element is still very important, but I’m gonna be adding a lot more singing and live instruments.

D-O-E: When will your debut post-rebirth album be released?

Joe DOE: Probably not until spring 2010, which is another reason why the mixtape had to be so epic – I gotta milk it for a while on the promotion tip. But it also gives me time to spread the word about the new name. I got a cool comic book style promo video for the mixtape that I posted online. I might do a little series of joe DOE video comics ‘cuz it looks dope! Something to get out there while the album’s being worked on.

D-O-E: Do you think you will gain more recognition as joe DOE?

Joe DOE: I fucking hope so! At least you can Google the goddamn name! I mean, it’ll take a while to make the full transition, not to mention all the legal shit I gotta do. But honestly, I think this is the beginning of earning the respect that I truly deserve as being the most potentially successful anti-mainstream artist ever.

D-O-E: And what happens to me?

Joe DOE: D-O-E and Doeboy are still my nicknames. My friends who have been calling me that for years aren’t gonna change just because I made a marketing decision. And the D-O-E albums already online at iTunes and all that will probably be available forever. I am thinking of re-releasing Be Middle Class or Die Trying with some bonus tracks under joe DOE. But from here on out, I’ll be releasing all of my music as joe DOE.

D-O-E: All of your music? What about Dostah Shilailee?

Joe DOE: Shit, I don’t know. Where has he been lately anyway?

D-O-E: I haven’t seen him in a while.

Joe DOE: If you do, let him know I said what up.

D-O-E: No doubt. So… what’s with the mask?

Joe DOE: I’m wearing a mask in my promo pics to symbolize the idea of the unknown – you know, joe DOE, John Doe. I ain’t a slave to no identity. Plus I think it looks badass, and I’m having fun changing it up every photo session. I haven’t decided yet if I’m gonna stay rocking the mask as joe DOE or not. I think I’m gonna leave that up to the fans. Then again, if people start hating on the mask, I’ll probably wear it out of spite just to piss people off.

D-O-E: What an asshole…

Joe DOE: Bullshitski, you fat crippled butt-fuck!

D-O-E: Well, good luck replacing me as the primary bread-winner of Sykophunk Productions.

Joe DOE: That’s a low bar to set for myself, buddy. Don’t worry about it – 2010 is mine! To everyone reading this: thanks for giving me your time, get that mixtape on Friday the 13th & bump the shit out of it, stay connected and keep your third eye open for the new flavor! See, I haven’t changed, just the name has. Ghost in a dream, out.

Emily Osment Interview

Emily Osment is one of those people that you feel instantly drawn to. Get over the fact that she stars on the Disney Channel, because that doesn’t make her who she is. I had the chance to interview her and you’ll find out just why I say that.

This was one of the funner interviews I’ve done, if not for the fact that we’re both roughly the same age, but because it was laid back, relaxed, and she challenged me on some of my typical interview points; I guess not everyone agrees with Wikipedia! Read on to find out why…

Eggplante (E!): Hey there! I typically just jump right into things, so let’s talk: you’ve got your EP out now, as of Tuesday, I picked it up, and there are a lot of messages on here. What is the unifying theme for it?

Emily Osment (EO): Well, it all comes down to the name of the album [All The Right Wrongs]. When it comes to naming your album, you really wanna think about it and I didn’t want to go the self-title route just because that’s boring, and I am far from boring! It’s gotta be cool! The reason we went with an EP was because we had too much music, and we figured we could get more out there with an EP and a full length later on, rather than waiting a long time to do another full length album. I wrote a lot of this stuff when I was in high school – regular high school, normal friends, really horrible, awful, terrible girls, that kind of thing – songs like ‘I Hate the Homecoming Queen’ aren’t about any specific person, though… if you can survive high school, you can survive anything.

E!: Were you one of the mean girls?

EO: Noooo! Are you kidding me!? It was weird because I felt like, before Hannah Montana, I was a normal person and no one really cared about anything, and then the show happened, and some people dropped off and some people stayed with me, when it comes to friends, and it can change you and really tell you who your friends really are.

E!: Now, I’ll admit, when I first listened to your album, I expected Miley-Pop, and yet the sounds are actually a little more mature; where does that come from?

EO: Two years ago, I started working on the record, and that was when I realized that I’m going to want to say words like ‘damn’ and I’m gonna wanna be my own person and I’m not gonna hold back and this is my music and music is about being true to myself, and I felt like if I was restricting myself and what I want to say in my record, I felt like going with Disney would be the wrong move for me. They’re a wonderful company and I’ve worked with them for four years and they’re amazing people, but when it comes to music, I’m kind of creating another road here and I wanna go with another company. I went with Wind-Up [Records] only because they made such an amazing impression and I had my heart set on going with an indie label.

E!: What’s it like meeting people who expect you to be or buy your album expecting to hear a Miley copy-cat?

EO: You know, you’re gonna get judged, so it’s just like, listen to it, you know? People are going to say what they want to say, it’s alright, write a song about it, it’s okay!

E!: What are the most precious songs on the album?

EO: When it comes to songs, ‘You Are the Only One’ was a hard song to write just because it was really pulled from specific experiences and it was about a relationship that I had for a very long time and just getting past it and moving on. It was a hard song to write and put everything on the table and just let it go. All the other songs are personal experiences or just fun songs. I hate when albums are just love songs. It’s like, well that’s boring. You want to have something fun! Definitely though, ‘You Are the Only One’ was a big one for me.

E!: Tugs on the heartstrings? What do you think it is about those songs, because every time I ask an artist about their favourite song, even for a band like Billy Talent who write sadistic emo tracks, a huge one for them was the only love song on their last album. Why do you think that is?

EO: Love is easy to write about! I mean, you talk about love and you can make a hit!

E!: Fair enough. Would you consider the ultimate form of flattery perhaps having an Emily Osment song featured in Rock Band or Guitar Hero?

EO: Oh my God that would be so cool! It’s funny, the drums for me are so hard, and I play real drums, and they’re easier than the Rock Band drums are. It’s kinda weird, but having a song in there would be pretty awesome.

E!: So you’re a video gamer, then?

EO: Ummm, yeah.

E!: Why do you say it with a kind of shame?

EO: Well, ’cause I have a bunch of guy friends who are like totally into ‘Halo’ and they got me into it and my friends who are all about World of Warcraft, I’m just like ‘GET A LIFE!”

E!: We like to ask the weird questions, so we’re done with the ‘inspiration’ questions, because if I want to know that, I can Wikipedia you, right?

Note: this is typically where an Eggplante interview gets more intense. Read on to see how Emily catches me off guard for some fun backlash against Wikipedia! Hilarity ensues after the break…

EO: No! Wikipedia is false! They say I like knitting and I learned guitar and they say that my favourite movie is Breakfast at Tiffany’s; I’ve never even seen that movie!

E!: Well, fair enough, so onto the weird questions: if you could have any super power, what would it be and why?

EO: Any super power? Freezing time would be the best! I would get so much done. If I could have frozen time just to sleep, and then wake up eight hours later, that would be great!

E!: Well that brings me perfectly into my next question: Hannah Montana, Dadnapped, Soccer Mom, Haunting Hour, Suite Life, and that’s just in the last three years. Plus interviews, signings, events, and all that; where do you find the hours to do anything else?

EO: And then I have my band that wants to go party every night in Toronto! You see the bags under my eyes? You know, somehow, we make it work. My dad’s my manager, my tour manager works everything out, people at Wind-Up, the label, everyone has a copy of my schedule. It was funny, the week before my SATs, I was like ‘nobody plan anything!’ It was the biggest break I ever had! I’m almost thinking about taking my tonsils out just to have a forced two week break.

E!: What kinds of artists are you influenced by? You said you like Audrey Hepburn for film, but what about music?

EO: Well, when it comes to my EP, I was influenced my Alanis Morisette. I think I listened to Jagged Little Pill like forty million times over a couple of months, but personally, my musical tastes and what I actually write are completely different. I have a very eclectic mix; I listen to everything. Underground, indie stuff. I hate saying that I’m a scene, emo kid, because I’m not, but I like techno, electronic, the indie music, everything.

E!: Would you ever get a tattoo? What would you get?

EO: If I got one, I would get a Radiohead quote on my finger, in between my fingers. But that’s the thing, with the industry that I’m in, it definitely lowers the chances of the different roles that you can play, especially in period pieces and that kind of thing. Poor hair and makeup takes like six hours to cover up that sort of thing!

E!: Well let’s get into the juicy stuff; life, love, the good stuff, you know!

EO: Alright, let’s do it!

E!: So explain this long relationship for us.

EO: I had a pretty ridiculously long, complicated relationship. I think everyone’s got that relationship in their life where they think ‘Oh, that one! I remember that one!’ I can’t even put words to it. Ask my best friend, she’s like ‘I don’t want to talk about it anymore, we talk about it all the time!’ But it definitely was an inspiration for the album.

E!: So let’s jump back into the Eggplantey stuff; Nutella or Peanut Butter?

EO: Peanut Butter.

E!: Why? See, I’m a Nutella diehard, so you have to explain yourself to me!

EO: Well, Nutella is really rich and I would feel bad eating it for breakfast. I would feel like I’m putting candy on my food.

E!: You’re 17! You’re supposed to want to put candy on everything!

EO: I don’t like candy, I don’t like soda!

E!: Alright, so let’s talk about this. Why are you so weird?

EO: Hahaha, well I was at my brother’s place the other day, and I went through his fridge and it’s all low fat yogurt, unsweetened tea, and no fat milk, and whole grain bread and he’s the most healthy person I’ve ever met. And when he moved to New York, he was like ‘I’m gonna be all cool and healthy in New York’ and that influenced me and I tried it and followed him.

E!: Not a bad lifestyle! Who was your favourite Power Ranger?

EO: Why are you asking me about Power Rangers? You should be asking about, uhh, I don’t even know, I watched M*A*S*H when I was little!

E!: Well, fair enough, who doesn’t have a crush on Alan Alda? So tell me about this movie that you’re shooting.

EO: I’m shooting a movie? Am I?

E!: Ugh, Wikipedia.

EO: Wikipedia? What have I told you? What does it say?

E!: It says that you’re filming a movie scheduled to begin in 2009 and the name escapes me at the moment.

EO: You shouldn’t read Wikipedia. It’s FALSE!

E!: Point taken. So the website is called Eggplante.com and it’s called that because, well, it’s weird, but more so because you won’t forget it when you get home tonight.

EO: You’re right, I won’t!

E!: So when you see me on Twitter saying ‘go RT the article’, go do it!

EO: RT! Re-Tweet! You just said RT! RT! Really? What is the world coming to?

E!: I’m sorry! I’ve got three Twitter accounts!

EO: Three!?!?! What do you need three for?

E!: Well, I’ve got Eggplante, my personal one, and another one that I manage, so it all checks out! Anyways, we do this thing called the Crap Shoot at the end of our interviews, so I’m just going to say something and you have to give me the first thing that pops into your head, talk for as long as you want about it, give me one word, whatever you want.

EO: Cool, let’s go.

E!: Let’s start out with the big one. Disney Channel.

EO: Wooooooo! Lots of history; four years working with them. I started working there when I was 13: the ‘awkward’ age.

E!: Ninja Turtles.

EO: I’m going to say Haley on this one just because I have this memory of seeing pictures from when he was little and he had this Ninja Turtle helmet he’d wear when he went bike riding.

E!: Hey, that’s awesome! Uhh, children shows since we’re on the topic.

EO: Great! I like the Family Channel! We did a show in San Francisco the other day and we all started singing the ‘Full House’ theme song! Bob Saget! Yeah!

E!: Next: Canada.

EO: Eh? I went out with these contest winners the other night and they couldn’t get over the fact that I say soda and not pop and they’re like ’so..da…’ and I’m like, ‘yeah, you say it enough, it’s gonna start sounding weird!’

E!: So the last one is Video Games. I planned these out before, and I just had a feeling you liked your video games somehow.

EO: There’s a really funny picture of me wearing the ‘Halo’ headset slouched over playing the game and we set up a time to all get on and play Xbox Live.

E!: And is this photo Googleable somewhere?

EO: No! It’s on my personal Facebook that you will not find!

E!: Well that’s pretty much it! The EP just launched, your album is expected next year, I hear March.

EO: The date is changing, but yes, next year!

E!: Well, the Wikipedia says March.

EO: Don’t trust Wikipedia! How many times do I have to say it!?

E!: Awesome, well that’s incredible! Thank you!

EO: Thank you so much!

All the while, Emily was rocking these killer boots, truly fashionable in their own right! I joked about owning a pair of my own just like those, but told Emily if she ever hoped to see them, she’d have to release that Halo headset-toting Xbox Live-playing photo we’re all dying to see!

All the photos in this article were taken by an incredible photographer, Julie Lavelle, based in Toronto. She shoots freelance and for WeGoToShows. Check out her work here!