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PS Dump Your Boyfriend Every Step Is A Means To An End By Ralph Heibutzki
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still a “The Midwest is e liv really good as market, as long e th g in ay pl you’re d an s, ng so ht rig we have a ey “In Indianapolis, iting wa playing what th group of people t song,” ko. aj Sz id want,” sa for us to play tha ing. ake m s nd ba said Szajko, laugh of t “A lo do, and ing “Sometimes, we n’t.” do the mistake of sometimes, we do als: in ig or t nothing bu ass, ck ki a nn ed open ‘We’re go The EP has also ensing with it’s w doors for music licannel, MTV and show ‘em ho Ch ery ov sc Di the done.’” ich is a good and Oxygen – wh
rily-titled The self-explanatothe other “You’re A Bitch” is de the EP track that’s ma, depending transition onstage llective mood. on the band’s co
t, we usually “For gigs like tha – most ts do one to two se t one,” of the time, it’s juswe take said Szajko. “Sosongs, and our powerhouse er another. slam ‘em, one aft pping, and There’ll be no stourse.” no ballads, of co ge of light Look for the full ranRob m fro – e ad sh and Gaga – that Zombie, to Lady ’s dual nd ba the es defin either billed identity, which is or PS Dump , ow Sh k rea as Pf pending on Your Boyfriend (de t). rke the ma
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ople – if you “Talk to a lot of peection, get nn co ht get the rig nds. It’s the CD in their hais is Chris easier to say, ‘Th r Studios,’ from Grand Maste ris from a than, ‘This is Ch to my band, please listen songs,’” he said. connections Of course, those thout the wouldn’t matter wit PS Dump rabid fanbase tha ilt over a 20Your Boyfriend bu
nce to the a sarcastic refere d By Voices band in the GuideGloomtown” song,“Shocker In nd/They (“There was a ba rousing were sickening/A mp your everyone/P.S. Dunal trash”). boyfriend/Emotio orded the The Breeders recgot a glossy o als ich wh song, ich Szajko MTV video – wh s knew ue ag lle co and his til stumbling nothing about, un years ago. le up co a it s acros
problem with There’s only one ajko sees it. Sz as , that theory your songs “They don’t knowwait until you a nn go e – they’r ,’ by play ‘Poker Face e got to Lady Gaga. You’vid Szajko. grab ‘em first,” sa reeled in, “Once you got ‘emg your stuff: then start releasin are. This ‘Here’s what we what we do.’” s in stranger Recognition come proven by as , too , ns tio ec dir
– there is “It was just funnybad publicity, no such thing as ard,” said from what I’ve he. “Somebody Szajko, laughing t it, how wrote a song abou cool is that?” rspective, From Szajko’s pestory is that the of ral mo the p, no matter every musical ste means to how unlikely, is a an end. s are silly – “A lot of my song road, I’ll the wn do bly proba , ‘I wrote a look back, and go e A Bitch?’ u’r ‘Yo d lle ca song a song Really?’ But it’s embers, that everybody remit takes,” all s at’ Th h. thoug he said.
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March 2014 | Volume 6, Issue 2