(Photo by Steve Staso)
Tomorrow marks our final summer INDIE NIGHTS with ABSOLUT Brooklyn. Although it doesn’t mark the end of our music events in the basement of our Union Square store, or the possibility of working with other Brooklyn-based brands or companies with Brooklyn-inspired products (like Brooklyn Salsa Co!) it does mean this summer is flying by. We’re in the last week of July and right in the middle of the hottest part of the season. To further heat up our store (and by that we mean figuratively) we’ve invited two fresh new bands to play tomorrow evening – Living Days and The Rassle. (More on The Rassle later). If you haven’t heard of Living Days we suggest you read on.
BKI: Did your music start in the typical basement scenario? How did you all get together?
LD: A couple of broken hearts met up with the desire to make an album they would have wanted to listen to when they were 15, depressed, bored and misunderstood. As an experiment, they began to consider the notion that the universe was a benevolent one and the rest of the members showed up with a few beers and funny knock knock jokes.
BKI: What’s the back story on your name? Who coined it?
LD: Stephonik was reading Jack Kerourac’s, “On the Road” for the second time. Page 56 I think had the word “living”. It was circled in pen from when she read it in high school. She closed her eyes, pointed her finger, made a wish and turned the page. Her finger landed on the word “days”. She said, “Aiiiiight!”
BKI:Has your band hit the road internationally yet? What would be your first stop?
LD: No, Living Days has not ventured outside of the US of A together yet but we have been talking about it and making plans. First stop: psychedelic airport time!
BKI:Ever done anything extremely radical at a live performance?
LD: Prolly.
BKI:Are there any rules that you all live by as a whole? On stage or off?
LD: Sure. Unspoken ones. We love each other and love tells us what to do. Oh wait, yeah, if we are late to rehearsal we are supposed to lick a dirty window but no has ever enforced it.
BKI: What are you wearing on Thursday?
LD: Smiles!
