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Rainbow Arabia

cost to make a dog bang sweep? It’s about 70 bucks for the full clean and groom. We only have it done every once in a while. They have to be groomed eventually or their hair will get really long. That’s one of those things you don’t think about when you don’t have a dog. And what makes Django Django? Django is more like a football player, while Murph is a soft, gentle guy. They are best friends. Who says jocks and artists can’t be besties? What a perfect world you live in! How does your wife fit into that perfect world? Living in a husband-and-wife domestic environment myself, I feel pretty comfortable asking this question - any fights lately? It can be difficult... but most fights are about music. We have our studio downstairs. So, tensions can arise downstairs in the studio and then everything goes back to normal when we go back upstairs. Thanks for being so honest. What do you fight about in the studio? Stupid stuff. I’d rather not go into detail. Musical choices and decisions are never stupid. They are essential... so that’s why you fight? Yeah, I guess. But I think there

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are deeper reasons behind those stupid things. Should I ask deeper? I think it would be better for both of us to be present rather than me speaking for the two of us. You’re are right... is Tiffany home? (chuckles) The dogs help to ease the tension, I assume. The sentence ‘I’m gonna walk the dog’ must be a common one. Yes they do. Thank god. Just one more question about studio dynamics - if I’d ask you ‘What shouldn’t you try at home?’, would your answer be ‘making a record’? There’s still magic in making a record at home. But if you want to go with that as an interesting answer for the magazine, we can say that. We could. But seriously, it sounds intense to make a record at home. But intense is close to magic. Definitely. How do you combine it with homely activities such as cooking dinner? We usually have a break to cook dinner. We also make fresh juice every day. It’s pretty routine. Who cooks? Together? We take turns. We both have our specialties. Like what? Page 27


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