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BuzzWorthy Radio: Looner!
Looner returns to BWR to promote their concert in Brooklyn, NY at the Trash Bar on September 21, 2009! For more information on the band LOONER, log on to http://www.loonertheband.com
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- 18 Sep 2009
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Long told the radio It's live! It is Buzzworthy Radio Where you can get the latest buzz And all your favorite shows and stars Buzzworthy Smarts You were not listening to Buzz Radio yo But it has to go Right Right radio Hey everybody welcome to A new edition of Buzzworthy Radio I'm your host Navell Jaylee Coming to you live It's 3 p.m. Eastern time 12 p.m. coast time You're on ball talk radio Dot com So number is 6 4 6 5 9 5 4 2 2 8 We are joined again by the band Visit to promote their concert In Brooklyn, New York on Monday September 21 at the trash bar Stay here with us right now Let's bring them on, shall we? How are ya? Hey, how you doing? How you doing? I'm good man. I'm good Angel Villy, welcome, welcome back Hey, thanks for having us again Yeah, man Greetings to the road We're currently on the move On our way from Chicago to London, Indiana Indiana, okay So be here if we're navigation In the background, that's exactly what it is (laughter) Thanks for the warning It's not as if we don't hear anything else In the background, like, dog barking Our train's going by, ya know, just We're navigation, I think that's I think that'll be okay (laughter) So you've been just, you've been on tours and see last talk, basically, what's been going on? Yeah, we've been on the road for almost three weeks I think our Brooklyn show will be about halfway through our six-week tour We're doing 32 shows total And we're ending in Los Angeles On the 14th Yeah, 32 shows, 32 cities And it's been great It's actually getting pretty exciting to reach the halfway point (laughter) Yeah, the fans must be taking it to you a lot I mean, come on, you got a lot of my Tommy Gotti out there, and you had that video, I'm pretty sure the fans are pretty much taken to you The route, the route's your whole Response has been great, and We've had some of the most interesting, spontaneous dance, dance floors Like interpretive dance Moshpits Oh, okay Interesting, the way everyone's reacting to the songs It's pretty cool, I can't complain at all Yeah, we've been playing with some really interesting bands as well, and great venues And, you know, always, you know, getting to see the country from a car window is actually one of my favorite things to do So, I'm pretty lucky So, what has been your favorite thing about doing this tour so far, like, besides, of course, doing the performances? Like, what is it about touring as you guys like so much? Uh, it's the Gypsy lifestyle? Gypsy lifestyle, or the circus lifestyle, whatever you want to call it, it's kind of, we are in many ways a circus, because we're traveling from down to down, and we set up We come into these places, we set up our madness, rock everyone's faces off, we break down, and then we go to the next city and do it again And we just got done, we had a couple of days off in Chicago, but before that we did eight straight in a row without eight cities in a row Eight cities in a row, and, you know, that's pretty crazy, and you get tired and my mom asked me, she's like, well, are you getting really tired? And I was like, well, yeah, but all we're doing is the show, the show, you know, the setup, the show, the breakdown, and then the driving, the sleeping and the driving. It's a good time. It's a good tired, and it's doing something that we really love, and, you know, seeing the countryside change as we drive from west to east is always really fascinating, and then, you know, you get on the east coast for a while, and then having to go back, you know, down south and back west. That's actually my favorite part, the reveal from east to west. I prefer that to the west to east changes in the landscape. Right, you know you've been doing it for a while, and those are the kind of comments you're getting. That's true. So, yeah, it's like, you know, I'm living vicariously through you guys with your tour and everything, because it's so interesting. You don't know what goes on behind the scenes when people actually do tour. Like, you think, like, when they're doing this, they get, like, free time somewhere in the middle of those performances, and, like, you get to see a little something, some of the sites or whatnot, but you don't. So much. Yeah, we're pretty busy. Towards the end, though, we do have a lot of stuff between our Phoenix and Las Vegas, and we're going to camp in the Grand Canyon. Okay. So, that's going to be pretty cool, but still, that's only one night, you know, we only get to, we have a night off, it's just one night, you know, so we don't really like get to go hiking or anything. We just kind of set up and make a fire and make some s'mores and then go to sleep and wake up the night and have to drive to the next place. I mean, that's kind of part of it. That's some of the part that we love, because if we do get to see all these different cities, and even though we're in there just for a flash, you still get a vibe and energy from people when you play for them, and you get to see the differences, no matter, even if you're there for a short while. And, you know, we never really feel like we're coming to, like, this is the first and only time we'll be in this town. We'll be back. You know, and hopefully in the future you really check out those places. Yeah. There you go. I had to ask when you were, like, saying that they, um, when you were guys getting, like, the weird dance moves with that song, no one has done anything else as spontaneous as far as what they do in normal concerts. Throw the panties up on stage or nothing like that, all right? You're not getting hit without yet. No, no, it's really nice. Just, it's, you know what it is? It's the people who, who just kind of spontaneously burst into dance. It's almost like they're not ready for it. They're not ready for it. This one guy came, this one guy came back to us after the show. He and his friend really were really letting us go, you know, and I just assumed that this is something that they do on a regular basis, the way they were moving around and really feeling it, you know what I'm saying? Um, he came up to afterwards, he was like, I don't know. You guys, I'm going to blame you because I'm going to have a heart attack, but I just, I don't dance, you know, but I just couldn't help it. You know, your music, it just, you like, want to move, you know? Wow. Really, really intense. I was really impressed. They were kind of a large guy, too, so that's always pretty cool. Yeah, they were like real cool, so we're, um, so it's just nice to see, actually get to see your music connect. Yeah, that's fun. You know, that's like a visual, visual representation of that, and then, when it happens, it's really, it feels really cool. That's really funny. You're just telling me about that. I'm like, I can picture, I can picture like that one crazy guy that's like walking up and doing that and I'm like, hmm, and I would probably be, I'd be like the one guy in there that's sober and just looking and going, huh? Well, it is about these guys, these two in particular individuals who were dancing like that. They looked really normal, really normal, up in superior with normal, like frat guy normal, and like, they were just sitting there with their beers, and then it's like, they were possessed. They were possessed, and then they talked about that. They wouldn't stop talking about how they felt possessed. But, you know, it's interesting because up in Lake Superior, Wisconsin, when we played, there was a very spirited gentleman who was dancing into our music, but she fit the part. She had like a Santa Claus beard and like a really funny hat and tie-dye shirt on. Very eccentric. You know, very eccentric and wonderful, but that you'd more expect, you know, coming from that guy. But the guys in Boise were just, you know, Joe Average dudes, you know, kind of handsome, like with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in there, and like, just twirling their asses off. Can I say S? Yeah, you're not allowed to say you just said it, I'm not adding it out. Right on. But that is, is that your weirdest encounter with a fan with that? Just that one incident? Or was there anything else that was a lot worse than that that you can say? No, actually, it's been pretty, that's the extent of it. Not really crazy to happen. It's just except for people's reactions to the music. Aside from that, we're just, we live mostly in the truck. Yeah, we're in our truck. Two at a time can be in the back, which we've made into, like, movies back here on the laptop, and the two people in front have to listen to the movies coming through the stereo system. Which is kind of like audio books. Kind of like an audio book, actually, listening to the Matrix without watching it. Although, you know, I've seen it a million times. Pretty good. It helped us the time, just as well, I think, as watching it. Yeah, we're actually, right now, we've paused it. We're watching the, the daily Earth stood still. Yeah, we're on a Keanu Reeves kick right now. Our tour manager, Paula, and I kind of like him. I guess we're going to have to do point break. Point break, yeah. Oh, for Patrick, it's crazy, too. Aw. That'll be it. That'll be it. Yeah, I'm doing a, I'm doing a 30 dancing weekend this weekend. Um, and now it's cool to work. Yeah, I am. What a shame that was. I know it was a fan. He's such a graceful man, you know, in his life, and not just his movements, but in everything he did, you know, he really had... I'm gonna miss him. Strong sense of self, and... Right, there's never going to be another dirty dance in a roadhouse. Roadhouse? That's a good one, too. That'll be a good album. Yeah, outsiders, the best. That's really good. Um, but yeah, I mean, this, this life, lunar life on the road. Yeah, lunar life on the road. I like it. How's the weather in New York right now? Are we going to finally get some falls? I mean, it's been, it's been really hot since we left. Hot? Really? So, everywhere we go, it probably is hot. Are you sure we were over here because I, I've been getting nothing but rain. Oh, so, yeah, we haven't seen it yet. Oh, I'm looking forward to that. Yeah. Well, we're not having rain right now. It's actually, it's actually pretty good. Um, it's like 72 degrees out now, but, uh, but, uh, it's, it's pretty much going to be like, uh, partly sunny, partly cloudy throughout the rest of the week. So. Cool. Excellent. So you're going to come out the trash bar? I hope so. It's not bad. I saw you have one coming up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is like 45 minutes away. So. Oh, yeah. Close it. Yeah. It comes in Philly. That would be a good time. Yeah, I'm not far away from that. That's, that's like the city I interned. So it's, you're like, like a hop skip in the jump from over there. So definitely, definitely hit that up. Absolutely. Oh, excellent. Excellent. So, so let's, let's, let's give everybody a rundown of you guys. Yes. They didn't hear you guys before when the last time you were on, let's give them a rundown exactly who you are, how you came into fruition. Okay, well, lunar started when Angel and I met. We became a couple first. And, and then we started playing music together. And we were scoring a film together, actually, called Teenage Caveman. And in one of the scenes, a girl yells at a monster, you're a lunar. And, and it made us laugh a lot. And because we were scoring the film, we had to watch it over and over and over again. And every time that line came out, we laughed just as hard. And one of the times I looked at Angel and I said, you know, lunar would be a great name for a band. And he said, yeah, actually. Actually, yeah, that does sound like a good name for a band. So we decided to name our project lunar because we had started writing some songs as well as the film composing stuff. And we, one day we compiled, you know, five or six of them or, yeah, six or seven of them together and decided to release it as an EP. And we started playing live. And, you know, when we wanted to start playing these songs live, we started by asking friends of ours who were musicians to kind of join our band. And, and that sounded great. We were a five piece at one point with keyboards and two guitar players. You know, bass player and Angel was playing drums and I was just singing. And then after a while, after rehearsals, we realized that what we really do was to be able to go on the road. Angel and I both kind of had a similar wanderlust that felt like we needed to take care of. And really, you know, it's hard to get somebody to want to leave their life and go on the road with you. So we decided to just try to figure out how to play the song, just the two of us. And in that we found some technology that was available so that Angel could build the song's live using beatbox guitar loops and samples live. He'll build and then he can put down guitar and go to the drum kit. And then I pick up a bass guitar and we can play along. So we basically, we found a way to be a two person band that sounded like five. Yeah, exactly. And that's kind of what happened. I became the guitar player and the drummer and always the bass player and the singer. And actually on the road now we have a third, a third number. David Ramirez is our newest, the newest lunar person. Yeah, he's playing keyboard. He's playing keyboard and just kind of freaked out musically even more right now. Yeah, it's a great addition to our sound. But we view the studio thing and live thing separately. When we're in the studio, we make the song everything that we hear. We put it down and then we present it live later. So they can have like, it can be two separate things, yet being the same. Yeah. Yeah. So live, I call this, I call it orchestrated madness. Like a rocket show. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. I definitely have to check it out when you guys are in Philly. That's going to be tight. It's hot. And also, after about 15 shows, we're done. Tonight will be our 15th show. We threw that. Wow. It's pretty hot. It's pretty hot. Right about it. I'll tell you. I'm excited about the shows and I think they've been going really well. I'm wearing really big shoes. Yeah. I've been wearing really. They've been like, it makes you taller or like fat shoes. Oh, yeah. No, not like clown shoes. They're fancy shoes, Paul is saying. They're fancy. They're shiny. They're a big fancy shoe. The Letto. Oh god. Oh, I can't say this. No big, just fancy shoes. Right, not clown shoes. We don't make clown shoes. That's fancy. Glamorous. Fancy, glamorous. Makes your feet hurt. Shoes. Right. Yeah, well, yeah. Not so much. I only have to wear them for an hour or so. It's no big deal. Right. And for those who haven't seen it, they always got a killer set of legs. Oh. So with the fancy shoes, it's a nice touch. Love you. Love you. Yeah. Lunartheband.com. There is a picture. And you can just see her with those legs. I'm like. Nice. That's a nice plug. That's a nice plug. Yeah. I don't think I asked you this before. If I did, then, excuse me, I'll apologize. But was the music thing both of your first loves? Like, was this something that you initially wanted to get into, like, right off the bat? Or was there something that you actually wanted to do before you got into music? Well, I've had music since, you know, I basically came out on my mother playing music. I've been playing instruments that was four years old. So it's been, it's the only thing I've ever thought about. The only thing that was ever going to be what I'm doing right now. I always knew I was just going to be playing music. And to find myself in a position where I get to make great music with my wife who has that same dream. And to do it. It's really, really cool and unique and nicely to be. I was always a performer. I started figure skating when I was six and I did it competitively and extremely seriously for about 15 years. And then, you know, out of college, I started writing music and found that as an equally fulfilling way to perform and to express myself. So the music thing is definitely the only thing I want to do now. The only thing I can see doing. And we became a couple, we were a couple before our music thing happened. And which is pretty neat as well. So we like really dig each other. And then the music thing happened. Yeah, we get along most of the time. Yeah. It's like, yeah, you know, he's right here. She's right over there. It's fine. Yeah. We're just, we're just, we're just sitting together. That's cool. But it's so interesting to hear that, you know, you guys are together. You guys are your husband and wife. And yet you have the same passion, you know, because you don't normally hear a lot of people who are a couple that share the same kind of interest the way you guys do. So it's kind of a, it's very intriguing to hear something like that. Like, when you find that out. Yeah, and we have no problem selling people that we're a happily married couple. Yeah, I was pretty happy. We're pretty much 24/7 together. And we certainly drive each other crazy at times. But, you know, life is given take. But, you know, when we're on the road is lunar. We're not, I mean, yeah, we're married, of course. But because we're sharing our life with two other people. And our space. And the dog and all the space. And, you know, we're in hotel rooms all four of us together, you know, days on end. And we do definitely take a break from being husband and wife. We have to be a band. But that kind of keeps it exciting too. Because then when we get that day off and we get that time alone together, it's like, oh, right. Hi, I missed you. I missed you too. And, you know, it's not about five minutes. But, you know, while we're on the road, it's all about lunar. And that's great. We're able to do that too. Because, you know, you're, we're best friends too. Band mates too. So that's cool. Hi. That's really cool. This is basically your major, major first tour that you guys are doing. Yeah, this is certainly the most organized thing we've ever done. Yeah, we've done it a few other times. We've been, we've gone back and forth quite a few times. But never with this sort of preparation and organization and focus, you know, all that good. That comes only through experience. Yeah. Feels good. You know, all the way down to, we used to carry around, you know, hundreds of CDs with us. To sell on the road. And this time we decided to make a compilation of our favorite, our 13 favorite songs from our four past releases, including the single "The New Central" and being signed. And we're calling it 13. And instead of making a CD, we made download cards. And we're selling those at our shows for like $5. You get 13 songs. They're a lot lighter. Yeah. And it, yeah. It takes much less space. We like to think it fits in our purse, you know, all hundred cards. And, and it's pretty because it's just, it's focused. It's just the best, the best of, and we're playing most of the song vibes. So that's pretty fun. That's cool. That's cool. Do you guys, I have to ask, is you guys ever, or when you first started doing the tour? Let's put it that way. Did you ever get that fear of nervousness when you first started going up on stage in front of all those people when you see them, they're like, they're here for us. Oh my God. I'm sweating bullets, but none of those other stuff. Do you, do you ever get that or you just, the excitement just takes over and it doesn't even bother you? Well, the sweating bullet part, especially for Angel. It's just part of the given. But it's not, I don't think it comes from anything for nerves. It's just from all the craziness I'm actually doing on stage. As far as people, I just, for myself, I don't, no, nerves doesn't play part of it. Luckily, because I know it does for some people. But that for me, it's just kind of, it's home. Going on stage is home for me. So it's kind of like just welcoming a bunch of happy people to the house. Yeah, it's pretty cool. You know, I make them a big musical meal. Yeah, a musical meal. A musical meal. What? What? A smorgasbord, if you will. A smorgasbord, a broad worst of all things. Is that where we're going with that? Yeah, kind of, you know, a little Spanish, right? I think last time we talked, we talked about sandwiches. We talked about sandwiches. We always talked about sandwiches. We've come up. Yeah, we did talk about food the last time, didn't we? As soon as I ended that show, you know, I got my car in Richmond, Donald's. Yeah, but this one, you know, for musically, you know, we got little fish and chips, because don't we like the the pest road and the cure and the things over there? We got a little Spanish rice on my end. Some burgers. (laughter) A pie, for afterwards. A little bit of everything. The audience is like the pasta sauce that you two are like the spaghetti strands kind of thing. There you go. That's great. Oh, I like that. And you need both for them to really work. Yeah. It's like, you know, you know, with the audience being the sauce and you guys are on stage and you might at one point get to that point where one of you jumped into the audience, so there you go. I can't see that. Exactly. Look forward to that day. I would love to do that. Do people still do that? Yeah. Okay. Cool. I want to do that. Maybe I'll just hurt while doing that. Just make sure that they are going to catch you. Yeah, I know. I might throw the dog out there first. We have a little 12-pound shit too. Her name is Ruby and she comes with us everywhere. She's the lunar dog. And she has actually had the opportunity to be on stage with us at a few places already, which is pretty cool. She's just got her little bag that she stays in and she just wants to be by us. And she's so used to all the noise and all the music at this point. She doesn't even notice. Rarely that she noticed the audience even. She's staring at us the whole time. It's kind of funny. So I'm able to give her a little pat as I run over to the drum side. Right. So that's the perfect thing to do. Just throw it right in the audience. If they don't catch her, then it's like, "Oh, poor doggy." That's what it sounded like to me when you said that. Well, pretty accurate. Yeah. You're going to make the dog the guinea pig. If that dog doesn't start barking, I'm like, "Hmm." I have to wait for the dog to go right out of the concert and they just didn't catch the dog. That's a shame. Right. That's a great headline. Yeah. Yeah. That'll be in the New York Times, I think. It's a great thing to be. Front page news. There you go. Right there. You probably will not be welcome back to New York. Yeah. I feel it's supposed to be that Brooklyn. Nah. But oh well. But where else do you guys head after New York? Let's talk about that. I said you're going to be in Philly. Where else do you head after the city of lights? Is that what New York called the city of lights? Yeah. I can do it all. Great stuff. Well, it's the coolest of dates can be found on www.lunertheband.com. But yeah, we're going NYC. Well, after Brooklyn, we go to Burlington. Burlington, Vermont. Wilmington, Delaware. Boston. Scranton. Pennsylvania. Philly. Charlotte, North Carolina. Just outside of Georgia. Wisconsin's Decatur. Hot Spring Arkansas. Market Heights, Texas. Let's see. Keith, Louisiana. Artmore, Oklahoma. Las Cruces, New Mexico. Amarillo, Texas. Tucson, Phoenix. The Grand Canyon. That's for us. Las Vegas. Palm Springs. And then we're in the Nellie. At the Viper. On October 14. Yes. Delaware. That's closer than Philly. They've been here like right over the bridge on that one. I'm like, wow. I didn't see that one. I saw the Philadelphia one. I must have skipped Delaware. So it's like, huh. I made this video on the 24th. This place called Mojo 13. Oh, okay. All right. Yeah. We've actually been there before. And I think there's a couple of cool bands playing with it from Australia and somebody else. It's a really interesting bill. That should be good. It should be fun. Okay. Now, have you met any other, like, musical talents while you're doing your performances? Like, have you met, like, the Kelly Clark foods or, like, all those kinds of people? Yeah. I'm like intrigued. I'm like intrigued. Right. We've actually played with a number of bands who are comical on purpose. Like, yeah. Kind of comedy. I'm not saying that to be mean. I'm saying that because that's what they do. That's what they're doing. And they're really successful at it. And I think that being a funny musical act is actually one of the more difficult things, in my opinion. And mostly it falls flat, I think. But we really saw some -- we're seeing some pretty good ones. What's that guy's name? Stendek? Yeah. Stendek. He's a one-man band. St. Louis. And St. Louis. And he sits in the middle of, like, all of this gear. On one side he's got a little drum kit. On the other side he's got keyboards. On the other side he's spinning a little, you know, scratching records. He's like a one-man band band. And he does kind of what we do. He makes loops live. And he just kind of spins around on this little stool. And he plays mostly covers. And there's such a comic timing with him. And kind of the way he decides to interpret songs that -- that was good. We were lacking. We were in stitches. I mean, full-on real -- real laughter. Yeah. So that's good. That was really -- that was a nice treat. Yeah. And I look forward to meeting more different, you know, musicians and bands. And what the rest of this tour has in store for us. Yeah. That's what it's for, isn't it? Yeah. It'd be for more people. Absolutely. Not just -- not just as far as music talent goes, but also fans. Yeah. Absolutely. Well, you guys, LunarAtTheBand.com, find out where they're heading next. They're going to be in Brooklyn, New York on Monday, September 21st. When do you guys go on? Do you have a time? I think we go on at 10. I'd like to say 10. I want to say 10 pm. Trash bar, 10 o'clock, Brooklyn. Hey, look, come on out. Yeah. Right. Come on out. All right. If not Delaware, I'll definitely see you in Philly. Thanks, guys. Take care now. All right. Bye-bye. Bye. Love these guys. They're awesome. All right. We got one minute before we actually cut out here. Definitely want to get in the promotions for next week. I'm going to be busy the next week. Oh, my goodness. First of all, thank you guys so much for tuning into the show, tuning in last night's show as well. Next week, we're going to have on Jamie Lee Kirchner. She is from the show Mercy, the new NBC show Mercy. She's going to be on also the first eliminated contestant on the biggest loser, Alexander White will be on next week. And Jeffrey Reiner, the executive producer of NBC's New Show Trauma will also be on next week. I'll get the dates up as soon as possible, but they are confirmed. They are all taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday. Also, we're going to have on Sean Robinson from Access Hollywood and David's favor from CNBC talking about the new age of Walmart. So we're going to be having on all those people next week. And just a matter of two days, it's crazy. Absolutely crazy. But thanks guys so much. We'll see you guys next week. As always, signing off. 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Looner returns to BWR to promote their concert in Brooklyn, NY at the Trash Bar on September 21, 2009! For more information on the band LOONER, log on to http://www.loonertheband.com