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’ ve shared some very precious moments with juer - gen Teller over tha years. It all began with an as- signment to have him shoot me an mah dancers for a magazine called Man About Town back in 2016 an I remember it was tha first time tha magazine ever had ta put one of them porno cover sleeves on a publication cuz they were afraid it would do harm to tha people of tha world if they saw tha cov- er image of me gazin into a meat store from tha dark streets of London. I knew at that moment that I would know this man for a long long time. Fast forward six years later and here we are, along with
C: Wow. Dovile Drizyte: It’s pretty out there, no? JT: So the funny thing was, I was singing to it. C: Oh fuck, you were singing it!?
JT: And I didn’t know anything of the lyrics because I couldn’t speak English! So, I was just like, you know, miming it and listen- ing to it, and I bought these record covers and they’re like this. C: Fuucck! JT: And they are really brilliant. And the funny thing is, 35 years later, because of this uh, Spotify thing, I was starting on the running machine, running, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, that’s Frank Zappa.’ So I put it on, and then suddenly I was listening to it and understanding it, and I’m thinking oh my God, I was listen- ing to this and singing to the words when I was 15! C: And didn’t know what the fuck you were singing. JT: And I didn’t know what the fuck I was saying! C: And anyone who knew English was listening to what you were fucking saying JT: Yes! C: And being like “who the fuck is this 15-year-old kid?!” JT: Yes! C: With a lot of wisdom JT: Yes! Hilarious, no? C: I did not know he went to those places. JT: Yes, it’s very good. C: Yeah. DD: So this goes under ‘Stormy Seas!’ part of the interview.*
his rascal wife an biz partner Dovile Teller, tha Tellers as they call themselves, capturing more precious moments together... all of each other instead of just me this time. Tha three of us cruised around NYC chewin tha fat in a long black car, stoppin in some wonderful places an celebratin our luv for each other an tha city. I wanted ta talk, ta see him an her on this side of tha lens, and ta throw some coal on our future fires. —Christeene ON THE SUGGESTION OF SONG Juergen Teller: I recently came across Frank Zappa again. Christeene: Frank Zappa? JT:Yes, yes. Are you aware of it? Of him? C: I’m aware of Frank Zappa through my friend who’s an older guy, who likes to do Garage band crap and base play and skateboarding and shit, but I never have gone down a Frank Zappa hole. JT: Right. Because when I was a teenager, I got these two records, and I listened to it, and I couldn’t understand it be- cause I couldn’t speak any English, couldn’t understand any lyrics, and there’s a song called “Bobby Brown Goes Down.” C: Uh huh? JT: And I was singing to it, and it’s just like uh, so out there, we should maybe…I’m going to find it. And the record covers he did are so fucking out there, and just because what I was, I have these records at home, but I didn’t look at them for like all this time. *JT plays “Bobby Brown Goes Down ” by Frank Zappa Hey there, people, I’m Bobby Brown They say I’m the cutest boy in town
*Plays Bobby Brown again.
ON MEMENTOS, FANS, AND FISH C: A women at South by Southwest once gave a fish. Like, held up her hand, and I was on the stage, and I thought she wanted to touch or just shake, and I went to touch her hand, and she, I was holding my microphone in my left hand, that’s my mic hand - I don’t know, I think everyone has something like that; you might hold your camera in a certain way that’s very particular to you. JT: Of course, of course. C: And I took my mic out of my hand, reached out, and she put a fucking dead fish in my hand! JT: Jesus. C: And she was so excited. And I go, ‘What the fuck is wrong with you?!’ and she got real sad, and I was like, “No, no, no.” I was like, ‘It’s okay,’ but I go “I’m very concerned because it’s like 100 degrees outside in Austin, and you have been walking around with a dead fucking fish in your purse, all day long?” * JT laughs C: I was like, ‘What the fuck have you been doing to your friends?’ And then my microphone smelled like fish the whole show. JT: Right. C: And then another kid named Moon Baby in Pittsburgh said, ‘Oh, I’ve made you some clothes,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, okay.’ And they literally bought a pack of Hanes t-shirts and underwear, and just drew on them. JT: Right. C: But then they took, they bought a pack of pork chops, raw pork chops, from the grocery store, and they just wrapped the pork chops in the clothing that they gave me, and that was the gift. So I took it home, untied it, opened it up, and I’m like, ‘Okay,’ and then it was fucking raw pork chops. And Silky was with me, and she was like, ‘I think we should really lock the hotel door tonight, and just really make sure no one comes in.’ JT: Haha, right. C: It’s very strange, the things that people will give. JT: Yes, it’s very strange what people portray or how do you call it, like, project on you.
C: Oh Fuck
My car is fast, my teeth are shiny I tell all the girls they can kiss my heine Here I am at a famous school I ’ m dressin’ sharp and I’m acting cool
I’ve got a cheerleader here Wants to help with my paper Let her do all the work And maybe later I’ll rape her Oh God, I am the American dream I do not think I’m too extreme And I’m a handsome son of a bitch I’m gonna get a good job and be real rich (Get a good, get a good, get a good, get a good job)
JT: It gets better even. C: This is fucked. JT: Yeah. Listen to it.
Women’s liberation Came creepin’ all across the nation I tell you, people, I was not ready When I fucked this dyke by the name of Freddie She made a little speech then Oh, she tried to ----
C:Yeah, project on you, and then assume from. JT:Yes, from our work what we would you know.
C: What images that you’re portraying, which aren’t necessarily your day-to-day beliefs or…it’s a capturing of whatever the fuck is
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