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Pics of The 2012 Whalie Awards

Photography by Meghan Killimade
© Wailing City Photography 2012

Short Interviews by Corrine Jensen

 

For hi-resolution copies of any of the photos below, please contact meghan@wailingcity.com

 

Chris Jelden and Amanda Sandberg
(Show Goers, music lovers and all-around awesome couple)

WC: Hi. Welcome to The Whalies! Excited to be here?
AS: Very excited!
CJ: This is our first time to the Whalies.

WC:     What are you looking forward to the most tonight?
CJ: Looking forward to Pocket Vinyl.
AS: I’ll go with the whole experience.

WC: That’s a good answer.
CJ: Yeah, that’s a good one too.

 

 

Marko Fontaine
(90.9FM WCNI DJ – The Punk Rock Jukebox, show goer)

WC: So, what performance are you looking forward to the most tonight?
MF:     Suicide Dolls. Yeah, Suicide Dolls and Erik Lamb.

 

 

Matt Barnes
(Fall From Below)

WC: So you played a show last night, how was that?
MB: Amazing, amazing! The Gee actually has a phenomenal sound. It was so crisp it was nice to know.
I actually had people come up to me and say they understood what I was saying.
It was awesome and I was very impressed.

 

 

Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz
(Pocket Vinyl)

WC: How are you two feeling about tonight?
PV: Excited, a little nervous.
ES: I am sick a little bit and so, we’re opening the show but I have some Jack (Daniels) in my pocket…
(Shows a flask)
I’m actually feeling ok now and I think it’ll be good.

WC: How do you feel about the 8-minute painting you have to do?
EJ: I am very nervous about that. That is the shortest I have ever gone.
I brought the canvas so we’ll see… we’ll see

WC: How do you love this New London energy of your new home?
PV: It’s amazing, yeah definitely.
ES: I have no idea where we’ll be in a year but it’s kind of safe to say
no matter where we go we’ll point back and say this is our home musically.
EJ: This is our hometown now.

 

 

Kat Burns
(2012 Whalie Awards video producer/graphic designer)

WC: How much work have you put into making these Whalies amazing?
KB: The last two weeks have been dedicated to nothing but The Whalies. I spent several days with Sean (Murray) pulling audio and visuals for the nominee videos and I pretty much did not sleep in order to get a month worth of work done in a week. It was an insane challenge but I tried my best to get it done.

WC: Are you excited about tonight?
KB: Very excited about tonight! Probably most excited about the intro.
We’ve got surprises and excitement and yeah, it’s going to be good but I can’t give any secrets away.
You’ll find out.

 

 

Jason Banta and Ben LaRose
(Recur Occurrence)

WC: First, where is Corina Malbaurn?
RO: She’s off doing something exotic but she’ll be here later.

WC: Ok, so what are you two looking forward to tonight?
BL: I’m looking forward to seeing the performances.

WC: Anyone in particular?
BL: Suicide Dolls.
JB: And I’m looking forward to seeing everyone dressed up and getting really excited about the music scene that everyone is in. For whatever it does to your career, this is a whole lot of fun and it’s fun to be a part of something and then to be recognized you’re a part of it.

WC: So tell me, Jay, who are you wearing?
JB: I am wearing vintage Career Club today and the first suit my father bought when he got out of college.
I lost the jacket though.

WC: The jacket would have been too much.

 

Brian Lee Skidmore
(The Weird Beards)

WC: Brian, what are you looking forward to tonight?
BLS: I’m looking forward to performing actually. I’ve been building this up for the past 3 days.
You know, kind of do something a little different, unusual.

WB: I think the Weird Beards themselves are a little different and unusual.
BLS:    Ha, I think they’re pretty normal to me.

 

 

Blair Smith and Joey Hilbert
(Herff Jones)

WC: Blair, Joey is this your first Whalies?
BS: We came last year but this is the first one where we’re nominated.

WC: Are you excited?
BS: Yeah, totally.
JH: Last year I came with The FaceLifters and they won and it was a lot of fun.

WC: What are you looking forward to the most tonight?
BS: I guess performing. I’m kind of anxious about it. We’re playing a new song that most people haven’t heard.

 

 

Amy Jones and Eric Murray
(Dashing couple, music lovers, Whalie performance extras)

WC: What are you looking forward to tonight?
AJ: Entertainment, fashion, drama.
EM: I’m looking forward to a big Weird Beard surprise during their performance.

WC: So, Amy, you were a butterfly for the Weird Beards?
AJ: I was for their Creampuff music video. There were a couple butterflies and it was a great time.
We just danced on the beach and it was wonderful.

 

 

Sue Menhart
(Sue Menhart Band)

WC: Sue, what are you looking forward to tonight?
SM: Losing 5 awards.

WC: That’s not going to happen, is there a second thing you are looking forward to?
SM: Sitting on the stonewall that is going to be really wet because it was raining.

 

 

N.M.E. the Illest

WC: What are you looking forward to tonight?
NME: The new technology of the Whalies. I heard it was streamlined and awesome.
I’m looking forward to seeing Erik (Lamb) and Skobie performing and rocking it. The Fly1s.

WC: How are you going to feel when you win later?
NME: If I win later it’s going to be awesome but if I don’t win its all my friends that are nominated too so it’s like no matter who wins we all win.  Its kind of cliché but you know?

WC: What are your plans after The Whalies?
NME:  After party is wherever the road takes us. Wherever the most people are at if I win to show off the Whalie.
If not, I have new shoes on so I want to go anywhere so everyone can see them.
I’ll walk up and down Bank St. all night.

 

 

Michelle Suicide, Brian Suicide, Matt Covey
(The Suicide Dolls)

WC: Tell me, what are you looking forward to the most tonight?
MS: No rain and the fabulous of it all. Seeing all our NL music and arts family come together under one un-roof.
BS: I’m going to keep on, keeping on, keep on, keeping on.
MC: Honestly, I’m mostly looking forward to seeing ISL play. I heard them rehearsing, we share a practice space, and I was pumped immediately.

WC: Do you look forward to getting up there yourself (with the Suicide Dolls)?
M.C:    Yeah, sure sure. I try not to think about it and just, you know…

 

 

Erik Lamb

WC: What are you looking forward to tonight?
EL: Definitely, performing.

WC: It’s going to be very exciting.
EL: I love it.

 

 

 

 

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