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Page 6 Flagpole Magazine October 2, 1991
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In hindsight, it was probably a mistake.
But there they were, Michael Lachowski
and Dave Barbe, in the Flagpole office at
the same time. So we decided to interview
them together, at once. And what was
originally designed to be a brief glimpse
into the busy lives of two of Athens finest,
turned into an hour-long gab about a multi
tude of subjects. Unfortunately, the space
we were alloted did not allow for such a
lengthy sojourn It’s just that simple. So,
here follows the creme de la creme of the
tete a tete, with hopes that it will be enjoy
able. and much easier to read than it was to
edit...
DB: .. Roosevelt and Daisy and Liquor
Cabinet...
Michael: What, you’re producing all that?
OB: Yeah, engineering it no less. I work at
John Keane’s studio. I work there on the
weekends, and I freelance at other studios,
too. In fact, as my never-run classified ad
states, I’m a hitmaker for hire.
ML: All right 1 What were your hits that you
have under your belt 9
DB: Well, let’s see...Madonna, Pauia Ab
dul, and as well of course, the Jack-o-Nuts
and the Barbeque Killers. I produced a
bunch of other bands before.
FP: How did you hook up with John Keane 9
DB: About six months ago, right around the
time Mercyland broke up, when I had like
absolutely nothing to do, he called up and
asked me if I was interested in training to
engineer, ’cause I talked a long time about
opening a studio up, myself. So. I spent
three months over there just hanging out,
watching him do stuff, learning how to do
stuff, like wrap up mike cables the right way.
Then I went to school over the summer for
six weeks, and then I came home and
started working. It’s a lot of fun.
FP: Daisy said you were a real ogre in the
studio. They haa to work, work, work.
DB: (laughs)
ML: That’s good. That’s the sign of a good
producer.
DB: I make them all like my personal slave
people. And once they’ve been in the stu
dio, they have to be that way to me forever.
The Barbeque Killers, Jack-o-nuts, Killbil-
lies, the Primates, all of them. That’s why
Andrew and Joel quit Mercyland. because
they couldn’t stand living in my mighty swath
anymore.
FP: Is that what it was? We're getting some
dirt on Mercyland...
DB: No, actually we're still pals. I'm sorry,
there is no Mercyland dirt. We are still and
will always be pals.
ML: What have you been [recording] re
cently?
DB: Weil, a bunch of unreleased soon-to-
be smash hits. The aforementioned Daisy,
and that’s gonna come out on a single. Not
the one that just came out, but they’re
gonna put another single out in November
that I did. And the stuff I did with Roosevelt
is gonna be some kind of record, but it’s
gonna be a little while before that one’s out.
And the Liquor Cabinet was a demo. And
I'm doing Udder this weekend...! learned to
record in Deerhead College, in Chilacothe,
Ohio. I had my first experience living in a
mobile home for more than one night at a
time. And it was incredible...
ML: I'm gonna try to do that... I’m gonna try
to rent one that’s on some property out in the
country, and use it as a getaway spot,
'cause this trailer is there and it’s empty and
it’s real pretty and it’s by a lake.
FP? What are you trying to get away from 9
ML: The phone, and if I’m at home, there’s
all these things that have to be done. When
you're at home, and you sit-down, there’s
stuff that’s not getting done.
FP: So. what's Michael doing?
ML: I'm working on an art show that Curtis
Whaley and Charles Ratcliffe and I are
gonna have together, and when it comes
time to figure out where we’re gonna have it,
then we’re gonna have to run out and find a
spot, because we decided a while back not
to have it in a traditional gallery space at the
Tate Center or the arts building.
FP: Why?
ML: Because what we wanna do is a little
bit too funky for that, like Charles' work is
gonna be installation-oriented. Kind of site-
specific, with lots and lots of wood, lots of
lattice, that came out of old houses. We
need a fairly large space because of that
and because Curtis’s paintings are gonna
be fairly large. But we really just want it to
be a good opening, really funky and we
want to be able to have beer and have a
party. We don’t really care if it’s gonna last
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