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VICE: Your live videos are so fun to watch, and it looks like you guys are both comfortable, and filled with life force on stage. Is it depressing to go from that high of being on stage and playing a show, to NOT being on stage and NOT playing a show, but like running errands and living normal life the next day?Kelley Deal: First, what a wonderful compliment! You know it's not like Mike and I "get pumped up for a show" or anything. We do enjoy each others company, and we enjoy making music, and I think that shows. If anything, we may have more trouble turning that off and focusing on a show than turning "it on."Mike Montgomery: I don't really know if 'depressing' is the right word. It's just different. Maybe the highs wouldn't feel as good if I always felt that way. I've been working for so long that it just feels like a natural, inevitable part of life. I'm lucky to do enough varied work that it stays interesting and generally feels worthwhile, but there are definitely times when I'd rather be at a show or on a tour!Is there a story behind the orange and the banana on the cover of your 7"? What's the dynamic between them? Are they married?Kelley: Let's shoot over to Ali Calis of Able Projects in Cincinnati to answer that question!Ali Calis: The graphic is metaphorically based off of the old knock-knock joke, 'Orange you glad I said banana?'It's a pretty simple concept. The orange is depicted as a female, and the banana as a man. Orange you glad I said R. Ring?!?
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What's the last song you heard that gave you goosebumps?Kelley: I was listening to a live version of "Driving on 9" and the violin solo that Carrie Bradley played just evoked such nuanced emotions of joy, heartbreak, the promise of a new day, abject loss…sigh. The hairs on my arms were standing straight up.Mike: "Santa Maria" by FOOD.Keep track of R. Ring over at the Misra Records site, and order all their stuff for the rest of time.@WolfieVibes
