{"id":3644,"date":"2010-10-07T08:08:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2010-10-08T12:32:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T20:32:03","slug":"gimme-five-brian-corum-of-lonnie-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/10\/gimme-five-brian-corum-of-lonnie-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Brian Corum of Lonnie Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3650\" title=\"lonnie walker\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker-360x250.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker-114x80.jpg 114w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lonnie-walker.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I do the best I can with this head that I got. \/ And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a mighty fine nice head, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got mighty fine nice thoughts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sings Brian Corum just before imagining his brain and spinal cord strolling down the block donning protective sunglasses and sunscreen.\u00c2\u00a0 The lyric, from\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Summertime\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a track off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lonniewalker\">Lonnie Walker<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s debut LP <a href=\"http:\/\/terpsikhore.bigcartel.com\/product\/these-times-old-times\"><em>These Times Old Times<\/em><\/a>, strikes some sort of playful absurdist mix of nonsense and total sense.<\/p>\n<p>And considering that Lonnie Walker began as Corum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own sort of one-man-band-choose-your-own-adventure-quest in Greenville, NC, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also telling in it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confidence.\u00c2\u00a0 Not everyone would take their brainstem for a walk down the block and, furthermore, not everyone would invite four of their best friends along for the ride.\u00c2\u00a0 Now a Raleigh outfit, featuring the talents of Corum plus Eric Hill, Justin Flythe, Raymond Finn, and Josh Bridgers, Lonnie Walker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music is a lively bounce of fun and friction\u00e2\u20ac\u201dpart Americana, part punk rock with a dash of indie-pop just for good measure.\u00c2\u00a0 And you can catch Lonnie Walker live this upcoming Thursday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/local506.com\/\">Local 506<\/a> where they&#8217;ll be joined by their friends Futurebirds and Johnny Corndawg.<\/p>\n<p>And now just the five hardest questions in faux business:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a painting, which would it be? (why?)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis  question is pretty difficult. It&#8217;s hard to make a match out of two  mediums that are so different from each other. You could compare a band  by a comparison in the artist&#8217;s life, the concept that drives his\/her  works, the aesthetic of the pieces alone, and I&#8217;m sure there is more I&#8217;m  forgetting. Anyways, I don&#8217;t want to just make this comparison for my  band alone and since I love the triangle so much, I chose 20 local bands  to compare to visual artists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3649\" title=\"Insomnia (1994) by Jeff Wall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall-360x294.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall-97x80.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Insomnia-1994-by-Jeff-Wall.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>1.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowerbirds.org\">Bowerbirds<\/a>&#8211;  Andy Goldsworthy: he uses what he finds around the area of land in  which he chooses to work to create earth sculptures that decay sometimes  just as fast as they&#8217;re created.<br \/>\n2.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelovelanguage.com\">The  Love Language<\/a>&#8211; Gustav Klimt: Klimt&#8217;s work is decorative, romantic, and  very erotic in certain pieces. I feel like &#8220;Libraries&#8221; fits the look at  points in the album.<br \/>\n3.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/hnmtf\">Hammer No More the Fingers<\/a>&#8211; Keith Haring: don&#8217;t really have a good reason why Haring&#8217;s work reminds me of HNMTF but it does<br \/>\n4.) <a href=\"http:\/\/mountmoriahband.com\">Mount  Moriah<\/a>&#8211; Rembrant- super classic painter and print maker. I especially love his prints b\/c he would etch them and flatten the metal and etch  them again over and over.<br \/>\n5.) Shit  Horse- Andy Warhol: There is almost a sense of irony in Shithorse. I guess I think that comes mainly from the way the was band started. They  are also the best punk rock group in the triangle.<br \/>\n6.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megafaun.com\">Megafaun<\/a>&#8211;  Robert Rauschenberg- I feel like anyone who has seen Megafaun play live  and have also seen Rauschenberg&#8217;s work should know exactly what I&#8217;m  talking about. This was an easy comparison.<br \/>\n7.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/americansinfrance\">Americans in France<\/a>&#8211; Basquiat: Josh&#8217;s voice reminds me of Basquiat&#8217;s brush strokes.<br \/>\n8.) <a href=\"http:\/\/veeleemusic.com\">Veelee<\/a>&#8211;  Piet Mondrian: I chose this artist b\/c just like Veelee, Mondrian  creates his designs while using a very limited pallet.<br \/>\n9.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trekkyrecords.com\/embarrassingfruits.html\">Embarrassing Fruits<\/a>&#8211; Arcimboldo: HA<br \/>\n10.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therosebuds.com\/\">The Rosebuds<\/a>&#8211; Georgia O&#8217;Keefe- We&#8217;ll this was hard. I guess the flower reference is something you could easily compare. Her works are all very naked, beautiful, and they engage the viewer.<br \/>\n11.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonniewalkermusic.com\">Lonnie  Walker<\/a>&#8211; Jeff Wall: Jeff Wall is one of my all time favorite  photographers. \u00c2\u00a0His work is, a lot of the time, based off of classic paintings that he then recreates without mimicking. I feel that lots of times I write after experiencing some sort of inspiration through  already written songs, movies, books, and whatever other creative pieces or ideas I stumble upon. This isn&#8217;t always the case, but I make it a  point to never push that part of me away. Wall also arranges his  subjects to create a scene that brings about a story before he even puts  his eye through the lens of his camera. I find that I work out most of  what I want a song to sound like in my head before we ever start  arranging it as a band. This also can change, but thus far it has been  working alright for me.<br \/>\n12.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/lightpines\">The  Light Pines<\/a>&#8211; Hieronymus Bosch: When I hear the lyrics Josh is saying it  reminds me of something classic and mystic at the same time. Also,  There is a lot going on in his work besides just the overall painting.  If you zoom in close up there are tons of little subplots and important  details.<br \/>\n13.) <a href=\"http:\/\/annualsmusic.com\">Annuals<\/a>&#8211;  Frida Kahlo: Adam Baker writes and arranges most all of Annuals parts  alone. Spending hours upon hours arranging and rearranging the his  songs. Kahlo spent a good portion of her life in the hospital painting  self-portraits in isolation.<br \/>\n14.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/oldbricks\">Old Bricks<\/a>&#8211; Andrew Wyeth: The art of the debut Old Bricks album reminds me of something Wyeth would paint.<br \/>\n15.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/motorskillsmyspace\">Motor Skills<\/a>&#8211; Man Ray- Motor Skills&#8217; live show with all the lights is kind of like a rayograph.<br \/>\n16.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thewhitecascade\">White  Cascade<\/a>&#8211; Jackson Pollock: The layers of the music is so thick that at  times it almost sounds like white noise. Pollock&#8217;s paintings remind me  of the same.<br \/>\n17.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/nnaappss\">NAPS<\/a>&#8211; Marcel Duchamp: This is directed to Daniel&#8217;s take on creating music and his avenues in getting it heard by others.<br \/>\n18.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdsofavalon.com\/\">Birds of Avalon<\/a>&#8211; Ansel Adams: Both artists feel epic and create something that feels larger than the sum of its components.<br \/>\n19.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/maxindian\">Max  Indian<\/a>&#8211; Paul Cezanne: Most everyone wouldn&#8217;t mind having a Cezanne  piece on their wall. Max Indian&#8217;s music can&#8217;t really piss anybody off.  You hear it, understand it, enjoy and accept it.<br \/>\n20.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/whateverbrains\">Whatever Brains<\/a>&#8211; Willam de Kooning: Both artists feel\/look sloppy in a very good way. Colorful and catchy as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. When did you first think music was something you&#8217;d like to try?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I first started writing songs near the end of middle school and continued  through early high school. I stopped playing in mid to late high school  and it was around my sophomore year in college that I began writing  songs again. I don&#8217;t really know why I stopped or anything. I guess I  just got board of it and didn&#8217;t think I was gonna be any good at it. I  got a push from some friends who I played some songs for in College and  so I started playing solo at house shows and DIY venues. It kind of just  grew into something that people wanted to hear and I had buddies that  would book me shows, which kept me busy at writing new songs. It was  just a natural progression I suppose. I mean, I always knew that I  wanted to do something with my life that I found enjoyment in. I&#8217;m still  not convinced that music is a great way to go to maintain a decent  living, but even if I wasn&#8217;t playing shows and doing interviews like  this I would still be at home writing songs and recording them because  it&#8217;s something that I find pleasure in completing<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3651\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/photo-credit-Brian-Vetter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3651\" title=\"photo by Brian Vetter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/photo-credit-Brian-Vetter-218x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/photo-credit-Brian-Vetter-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/photo-credit-Brian-Vetter-58x80.png 58w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/photo-credit-Brian-Vetter.png 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Brian Vetter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>3. Describe how North Carolina has affected your music.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I  have found a shit ton of bands that I love here. North Carolina music  keeps me inspired because I&#8217;m always hearing new acts that I love and  sharing ideas with like minded artists keeps my mind fresh. I feel like  people who live in Baltimore would say the same thing about Baltimore  though, just as all the bands that picked up and moved to Brooklyn would  say the same thing about the music scene in Brooklyn. I will say that  North Carolina music fans give more attention to local music than most  places that I&#8217;ve been. I feel that they are the best part about it all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m  not really sure what would surprise people. I really love Slick Rick  and a bunch of other old school Hip Hop. I listen to a decent amount of classic country too, but I feel like that might not be all that surprising to people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (how \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was in daycare I used to draw my  own comic book characters. I&#8217;d give them superpowers and tape 4 pieces  of paper together to create a huge battle scene with all of them  fighting each other. I was super young but at that time I thought I  wanted to be a comic book Illustrator. I also remember wanting to be an  oceanographer at one point because I was so intrigued by the ocean. When  I was playing hockey I fantasized about being a pro hockey player and  when I was playing Sega Genesis all the time I wanted to be like Sonic  the Hedgehog. I used to spike up my hair as a kid so that I could look  as cool as Sonic. haha. As far as the &#8220;how did it turn out?&#8221; part, I  never really ended up doing any of the previous things mentioned  professionally. I also, never turned into Sonic the Hedgehog but the  future is still uncertain and anything can happen.<\/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>Truck on down to the <a href=\"http:\/\/local506.com\/\">Local 506<\/a> next Thursday, October 14th to catch Lonnie Walker in action. And, by all means, give Brian a high  five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And I do the best I can with this head that I got. \/ And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a mighty fine nice head, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got mighty fine nice thoughts,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sings Brian Corum just before imagining his brain and spinal cord strolling down the block donning protective sunglasses and sunscreen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-3644","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\/3644","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=3644"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3661,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions\/3661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}