Doris Delay Speaketh
Sound the Trumpet of Jubilation and adorn your sunshine armaments as I take you on a whimsical journey to the Butterscotch Mountains of Tralaland. But if that sounds too gay for you, why dont you saddle up and get ready to ride the wave of musical boners sprung by Orlandos ultra-adorable super-pop quartet Doris Delay. Infectious melodies, fanciful lyrics, and cute button noses. If kittens could play instruments then they would put Doris Delay out of a job, but they cant, so why not settle for the next best thing. kP penetrated the hymen of pops little darlings and is broadcasting it all over the internet. Enjoy!
kP:N/S/A/L?
Nik, male, 19, Orlando
Dominic, male, 35, Orlando
Keyvan, trans-male, 28, Orlando
Russell, male 20, Winter Park (Orlando)
kP: Pix?
Nik: We have a few pictures on www.myspace.com/dorisdelay and at the Courtneys' photobucket (which also has plenty of cute animal pictures).
Dominic: Some of those were before Keyvan had his sex change operation. He was a lot prettier then, but he plays guitar a lot better now.
Keyvan: I miss wearing skirts though.
kP: Is there any relation in the fact that both yourselves and Band Marino have name's derived from 20th Century figures?
Nik: Yes
Dominic: Most Definitely. Most Definitely.
Keyvan: Dan Marino is fictitious, whereas Doris Delay is a real character; both of which are so last century.
kp: I hear elements of Belle & Sebastian, Of Montreal, and The Polyphonic Spree in your music. Are any of these artists influences of yours?
Dominic: Belle & Sebastian? Yes. The funny thing is that even though I hear elements in our music that sound like Of Montreal and The Polyphonic Spree, I can't say we are influenced by them. Not directly at least.
Keyvan: not for me, actually.
Dominic: Yeah. Keyvan sounds nothing like Of Montreal.
Russell: I don't hear the Belle and Sebastian at all, but I guess you could say it sounds like Of Montreal
kp: Who are some of your influences?
Dominic: I'm influenced by South Park and Kids in the Hall. Musically, I listen to the Animals, the Kinks, Velvet Underground, the Cars,, Blondie, the Pastels, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Unicorns, Talulah Gosh, Missing Persons, Astrud Gilberto, Tommy James & the Shondells, Serge Gainsbourg, Dolly Parton, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, Bill Monroe, the Go-Go's, Dolly Parton, Buddy Holly & Slick Rick. That's about it. I don't listen to anything else.
Keyvan: I have bands that I love, but that I must name as guilty pleasures or else I'm kicked out of the band. These are: Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Primus, Jeff Buckley. CAF TACUVA definitely CAF TACUVA! Metric, Stereolab, Salsa Music. Papi Louis.
Dominic: That's it. Keyvan is kicked out of the band.
Russell: I like to think the band sounds like the Unicorns meets the Olivia Tremor Control meets Frankenstein
kP: I hate spicy food. How do you guys feel about it?
Nik: We always get into bad fights after eating spicy foods.
Dominic: We get into fights when Nik gets a haircut. Oh, and every time Keyvan opens his mouth.
Keyvan: Oh, and whenever Dominic has a dumb opinion.
Russell: People still eat food?
kP: I don't know if each Elephant Fight Dragon EP is different, but I liked the Barbie,flower, and airplane stickers on the CD I have and I also really enjoyed the spray paint design and the packaging. Which one of ya'll designed it?
Nik: Courtney from the Courtneys.
Dominic: The stickers were my idea.
Keyvan: Dominic was my idea. Totally ripped off from Matthew!
kP: Tacos or burritos?
Nik: Burrito the kitty cat
Dominic: Beans the kitty cat.
Keyvan: Are you calling us little dumb beasts of burden? Or edible corn flour flaps?
Russell: Keyvan's kicked out of the band.
kP: It seems that a lot of your material (lyrics, song and album titles, even sound) has a fantasy quality to it. Do you have any strong influences for the band that aren't musical?
Dominic: Well of course we're influenced by the local band, Fantasie, featuring Freddy from the Hate Bombs. I'm also influenced by swimming.
Keyvan: Girls that are crazy, but not about me, and only make me go crazy, and not in a cute crazy way, but in a "WHYYYYYY!?!?!" way.
Dominic: You should see the girls Keyvan is talking about.
Russell: If you mean "Fantasy" by Earth Wind and Fire, then yes.
kP: You guys really seem to enjoy animals. Hell, who doesn't? But on the pin I have, there is a happy panda doing a handstand, but your record label is called Panda Violence (which could certainly mean a number of different things). What is your stance on pandas?
Dominic: Handstance.
Nik: Pandas, along with many other black and white animals, appear very cute and harmless, but can actually cause great harm when prompted to do so. Killer Whales are a great example of this. We seem like fairly cute and harmless people, but our personalities really shine through in a knife fight.
Dominic: Nik's correct.
Keyvan: I hate that pandas don't want to procreate to save their species! That's very burrito!
Russell: Pandas are involved in a never-ending race war against grizzlies, polar bears, and black bears. The casualties are in the hundreds of thousands. Panda Violence is devoted to ending this senseless bear holocaust.
Nik, you are in a side project called the Pussy Control. How much were you guys influenced by me and my band Sir DX Chop-A-Lot?
Nik: I'm not really sure if I'm in The Pussy Control, I just played a wicked guitar solo and spat a white boy rap about getting peed on after sex, which was inspired by Dominic's true story about getting peed on after sex.
Dominic: Every word Nik says is true. Nik does a lot of spitting.
kP: Which brand of batteries do you each prefer?
Keyvan: Metallica
Dominic: I looked, and there are 10 different bands on myspace named "batteries not included". In my opinion they all sucked pretty bad except for the one from Irvine, California. They are a barbershop quartet band of batteries and I'm of the opinion that they are pretty bad in a pretty good sort of way.
Russell: I have a video of batteries not included that i taped off of tv when i was 8
kP: Why are you guys so cute?
Dominic: So our moms wouldn't throw us out with the bathwater.
Keyvan: NOT CUTE! RUGGED. Check out my mega rugged man beard. While supplies last.
Russell: I'm a late bloomer =/
kP: What's one word you would like this interview to end with?
Dominic: Mashed Potatoes.
Keyvan:
Russell: Squeee
Nik: My band is gay.
interview by Matt Harrison
Sound the Trumpet of Jubilation and adorn your sunshine armaments as I take you on a whimsical journey to the Butterscotch Mountains of Tralaland. But if that sounds too gay for you, why dont you saddle up and get ready to ride the wave of musical boners sprung by Orlandos ultra-adorable super-pop quartet Doris Delay. Infectious melodies, fanciful lyrics, and cute button noses. If kittens could play instruments then they would put Doris Delay out of a job, but they cant, so why not settle for the next best thing. kP penetrated the hymen of pops little darlings and is broadcasting it all over the internet. Enjoy!
kP:N/S/A/L?
Nik, male, 19, Orlando
Dominic, male, 35, Orlando
Keyvan, trans-male, 28, Orlando
Russell, male 20, Winter Park (Orlando)
kP: Pix?
Nik: We have a few pictures on www.myspace.com/dorisdelay and at the Courtneys' photobucket (which also has plenty of cute animal pictures).
Dominic: Some of those were before Keyvan had his sex change operation. He was a lot prettier then, but he plays guitar a lot better now.
Keyvan: I miss wearing skirts though.
kP: Is there any relation in the fact that both yourselves and Band Marino have name's derived from 20th Century figures?
Nik: Yes
Dominic: Most Definitely. Most Definitely.
Keyvan: Dan Marino is fictitious, whereas Doris Delay is a real character; both of which are so last century.
kp: I hear elements of Belle & Sebastian, Of Montreal, and The Polyphonic Spree in your music. Are any of these artists influences of yours?
Dominic: Belle & Sebastian? Yes. The funny thing is that even though I hear elements in our music that sound like Of Montreal and The Polyphonic Spree, I can't say we are influenced by them. Not directly at least.
Keyvan: not for me, actually.
Dominic: Yeah. Keyvan sounds nothing like Of Montreal.
Russell: I don't hear the Belle and Sebastian at all, but I guess you could say it sounds like Of Montreal
kp: Who are some of your influences?
Dominic: I'm influenced by South Park and Kids in the Hall. Musically, I listen to the Animals, the Kinks, Velvet Underground, the Cars,, Blondie, the Pastels, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Unicorns, Talulah Gosh, Missing Persons, Astrud Gilberto, Tommy James & the Shondells, Serge Gainsbourg, Dolly Parton, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, Bill Monroe, the Go-Go's, Dolly Parton, Buddy Holly & Slick Rick. That's about it. I don't listen to anything else.
Keyvan: I have bands that I love, but that I must name as guilty pleasures or else I'm kicked out of the band. These are: Soundgarden, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Primus, Jeff Buckley. CAF TACUVA definitely CAF TACUVA! Metric, Stereolab, Salsa Music. Papi Louis.
Dominic: That's it. Keyvan is kicked out of the band.
Russell: I like to think the band sounds like the Unicorns meets the Olivia Tremor Control meets Frankenstein
kP: I hate spicy food. How do you guys feel about it?
Nik: We always get into bad fights after eating spicy foods.
Dominic: We get into fights when Nik gets a haircut. Oh, and every time Keyvan opens his mouth.
Keyvan: Oh, and whenever Dominic has a dumb opinion.
Russell: People still eat food?
kP: I don't know if each Elephant Fight Dragon EP is different, but I liked the Barbie,flower, and airplane stickers on the CD I have and I also really enjoyed the spray paint design and the packaging. Which one of ya'll designed it?
Nik: Courtney from the Courtneys.
Dominic: The stickers were my idea.
Keyvan: Dominic was my idea. Totally ripped off from Matthew!
kP: Tacos or burritos?
Nik: Burrito the kitty cat
Dominic: Beans the kitty cat.
Keyvan: Are you calling us little dumb beasts of burden? Or edible corn flour flaps?
Russell: Keyvan's kicked out of the band.
kP: It seems that a lot of your material (lyrics, song and album titles, even sound) has a fantasy quality to it. Do you have any strong influences for the band that aren't musical?
Dominic: Well of course we're influenced by the local band, Fantasie, featuring Freddy from the Hate Bombs. I'm also influenced by swimming.
Keyvan: Girls that are crazy, but not about me, and only make me go crazy, and not in a cute crazy way, but in a "WHYYYYYY!?!?!" way.
Dominic: You should see the girls Keyvan is talking about.
Russell: If you mean "Fantasy" by Earth Wind and Fire, then yes.
kP: You guys really seem to enjoy animals. Hell, who doesn't? But on the pin I have, there is a happy panda doing a handstand, but your record label is called Panda Violence (which could certainly mean a number of different things). What is your stance on pandas?
Dominic: Handstance.
Nik: Pandas, along with many other black and white animals, appear very cute and harmless, but can actually cause great harm when prompted to do so. Killer Whales are a great example of this. We seem like fairly cute and harmless people, but our personalities really shine through in a knife fight.
Dominic: Nik's correct.
Keyvan: I hate that pandas don't want to procreate to save their species! That's very burrito!
Russell: Pandas are involved in a never-ending race war against grizzlies, polar bears, and black bears. The casualties are in the hundreds of thousands. Panda Violence is devoted to ending this senseless bear holocaust.
Nik, you are in a side project called the Pussy Control. How much were you guys influenced by me and my band Sir DX Chop-A-Lot?
Nik: I'm not really sure if I'm in The Pussy Control, I just played a wicked guitar solo and spat a white boy rap about getting peed on after sex, which was inspired by Dominic's true story about getting peed on after sex.
Dominic: Every word Nik says is true. Nik does a lot of spitting.
kP: Which brand of batteries do you each prefer?
Keyvan: Metallica
Dominic: I looked, and there are 10 different bands on myspace named "batteries not included". In my opinion they all sucked pretty bad except for the one from Irvine, California. They are a barbershop quartet band of batteries and I'm of the opinion that they are pretty bad in a pretty good sort of way.
Russell: I have a video of batteries not included that i taped off of tv when i was 8
kP: Why are you guys so cute?
Dominic: So our moms wouldn't throw us out with the bathwater.
Keyvan: NOT CUTE! RUGGED. Check out my mega rugged man beard. While supplies last.
Russell: I'm a late bloomer =/
kP: What's one word you would like this interview to end with?
Dominic: Mashed Potatoes.
Keyvan:
Russell: Squeee
Nik: My band is gay.
interview by Matt Harrison