{"id":3449,"date":"2010-09-16T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T19:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2010-09-16T14:18:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T22:18:48","slug":"gimme-five-joe-norkus-of-embarrassing-fruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/09\/gimme-five-joe-norkus-of-embarrassing-fruits\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Joe Norkus of Embarrassing Fruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3545\" title=\"embarassing fruits\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits-360x242.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/embarassingfruits.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The vanishing frontier is not going to save our modern fears,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or so goes a line from the <a href=\"http:\/\/embarrassingfruits.com\/\">Embarrassing Fruits<\/a> (Joe Norkus, Lee Shaw and John Neville) new record, <em>Frontier Justice<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Delivered in sedate deadpan over a trundling riff, the lyric is a peak at the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thematic bent\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe realization that growing up is as much about accepting that nothing really changes as it is about trying to make them.<\/p>\n<p>The slacker-maturity of that sentiment is as much a reflection of the band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s evolution as it is the player\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s personal journeys.\u00c2\u00a0 From their debut split 7\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 <em>Sumr Stupid Drunk Fun<\/em> to the <em>First Time EP<\/em> to last year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Community\/ Exploitation<\/em>, the musical push has always been about stumbling toward enlightenment. \u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an arc that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s garnered them cheers for their \u00e2\u20ac\u0153easy going spirit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and pop-rock reverie and that now sees them amalgamating indie\/classic\/post-rock influences with confident, collaborative abandon.\u00c2\u00a0 And you can catch them in the act and help them celebrate the release of <em>Frontier Justice <\/em>at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duke.edu\/web\/coffeehouse\/coffeehouse\/home.html\">Duke Coffehouse<\/a> this Friday when they&#8217;ll be joined by Midtown Dickens and Lonnie Walker.<\/p>\n<p>And now just five flustering questions for Joe-fruit:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a fruit, which would it be?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.05.11-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3546\" title=\"durian\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.05.11-PM-209x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.05.11-PM-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.05.11-PM-55x80.png 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Durian\">durian<\/a> &#8211; especially when we&#8217;re on tour<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What can listeners expect from the new album?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aural  orgasm&#8230;..No but seriously -\u00c2\u00a0 there&#8217;s more collaboration. Our bass  player has been writing more and singing\/playing guitar on some stuff. A  lot of it has a more classic rock feel, mixed w\/ the nineties sounds on  some of our earlier records. We worked really hard on little lead  guitar things. We recorded it to tape too, so there&#8217;s a bigger, warmer  sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe your last or most embarrassing moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richmond VA, @ Nara Sushi (had to be there)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3547\" title=\"Frontier Justice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM-300x292.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM-308x300.png 308w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM-82x80.png 82w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Screen-shot-2010-09-15-at-10.12.33-PM.png 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Motorhead, Stone Temple Pilots, Babasonicos, Pappo&#8217;s Blues, Bonnie Prince Billie, Lil Wayne<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you want to be when you were a kid? (How did that work out?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I  wanted to be a chef, and an artist, and later on a rock star.\u00c2\u00a0I cook  for me and my girlfriend, I do web design and graphic design, and I play  in a band called\u00c2\u00a0Embarrassing Fruits, so as far as the first 2 things go, my life worked out pretty well. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Head out to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duke.edu\/web\/coffeehouse\/coffeehouse\/home.html\">Duke Coffehouse<\/a> this Friday to help Embarrassing Fruits celebrate the release of their new record, <em>Frontier Justice<\/em>. And, by all means, give Joe a high  five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The vanishing frontier is not going to save our modern fears,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or so goes a line from the Embarrassing Fruits (Joe Norkus, Lee Shaw and John Neville) new record, Frontier Justice.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3556,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}