Scheint die Woche der großartigen Drummer bei Gothamist zu sein, nachdem dort gestern Greg Saunier von Deerhoof interviewt wurde findet sich auf der Seite heute Janet Weiss von Quasi, neuerdings Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks und ehemals Sleater-Kinney im Gespräch. Ersterer plaudert dabei ein bisschen über das für den Herbst angepeilte Offend Maggie und erklärt warum es live immer so aussieht als würde er an einem Kinderschlagzeug sitzen:

I’m actually twelve feet tall. I suppose my drum set is kind of small because it doesn’t have very many parts in it. You mentioned The Roots earlier and that choice was largely an inspiration from ?uestlove again, from when Satomi and I went to see The Roots maybe ten years ago. I saw the drummer back there playing a pretty stripped down drum set and yet it seemed like he was sort of the star of the show, even at that time. Of course since then he’s a legend everybody knows. But he and I have joked around a little bit since then because his drum set has gotten bigger over the years as he’s become more famous. But right around that time I was thinking to myself that I wanted to take pieces away from my own drums and try to make it smaller, so when I saw him playing such a small set that it made me feel okay with it.