Boys Nights Out are in the midst of the Nintendo Fusion Tour, which is selling out arenas all over the place (from what I've surprisingly heard). This interview was conducted with Kara Dupuy by phone on October 18, a few hours after I found up I had (once again) been passed up for a job (bummer). Dupuy had some interesting things to say, and a surprising piece of information about a soon to be dead form of media.

PL: State an interesting fact about yourself.

KD: I'm a classical pianist. I like Beetovhan. Is that along the lines of what you're looking for?

PL: Yeah. Thats fine. Whatever you wanted to say is good.

KD: Yeah, I guess most people don't know that about me.

PL: Do you ever experiment with different sounds you can make using your keyboard or any electronic devices?

KD: Actually, its funny you should ask that. I'm actually involved in a circuit bending project right now modifying the keyboard that I bought at Radio Shack. As of right now, I modify some of the sounds on my Nord Lead, but I am working on building keyboards to mix some really cool stuff.

PL: We actually talk about that in one of my classes.

KD: Oh really?

PL: Yeah. My teacher is really into hip hop and how you can make sounds out of nothing.

KD: Yeah, its all about taking the circuits that are presented to you and making new circuits out of them, and you get some really interesting results.

PL: Being a new member of the band who adds backing vocals as well, did you get to play around and make up your own harmonies, or did they pretty much tell you what to do?

KD: They give me a lot of freedom. Obviously, we all kind of make suggestions to each other about what sounds best. Usually, I'll do what comes naturally. I'll try a few different things and we'll kind of decide together what works.

PL: I was looking on your website today, and it said that you guys bought some fake drugs from bums.

KD: laughs Yes. Thats actually a true story.

PL: How'd that go?

KD: When we were in Philadelphia, there were a lot of homeless people wondering around near where our bus was parked, and we were there for two days, so our bus was parked overnight, and we had a lot of offers of various things for sale from the people on the street. It was an interesting couple of days.

PL: Is it an insane feeling to be part of a tour that is selling out arenas?

KD: Yes it is. Its kind of hard to think about it really, because it doesn't make sense if you think about it. You look out everyday and there are so many people. You kind of have to distance yourself from it because its kind of overwhelming if you think about it in too much detail.

PL: Its cool. I'm just surprised punk shows are selling out everywhere.

KD: Its awesome. Its very very awesome and very very cool, but yeah; its totally insane when you actually think about it.

PL: Can you name some forms of dead media? An example of live media would be CDs or DVDs? (This was a confusing question and I spent some time trying to explain it. I won't bore you with my stupidity)

KD: One of the kinds of media that I find very interesting that is gonna be dead pretty soon is the two inch tape. They have stopped making it altogether, so its impossible to buy two inch tape. I think that analog recordings are going to be obsolete very soon. Maybe they're not now, but soon they will be. I was involved in a recording studio, and we purchased a two inch tape machine to record onto, and now we can't buy tape for it unless its used tape. Its really strange.

PL: You can tape over the tape a lot, can't you?

KD: Yeah, you can. It does have a shelf life though. Being made of plastic, it gets brittle if it sits too long. Eventually, we won't have it anymore, which is a really really weird idea to me.

PL: Did you ever feel uncomfortable being a new member of the band?

KD: I don't know if I'd say uncomfortable, but when I first started working with them, there was definitely a period of uncertainty. I didn't know if I was gonna be a permanent member of the band or if they were just gonna have me tour for this record and then send me on my way. I wouldn't exactly call it uncomfortable, but definitely uncertain.

PL: Whats one movie everyone should see?

KD: I don't know. We like gangster movies. "The Warriors." I haven't actually seen it yet, but I'm sure they're gonna make me watch it real soon. I think that the rest of the band would probably say "The Warriors."

PL: Whats a little known fact about Canada?

KD: A little known fact about Canada is that Brian (Southall-drums) and I don't live there.

PL: Oh, where do you live?

KD: We're from Detriot.

PL: Okay, whats a little known fact about Detriot?

KD: Detriot is just an awesome city and its really fun and its a great place to live.

PL: Name one album, besides your own, that you think all kids should have in their collection.

KD: Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral.

PL: Do you have any final comments?

KD: Nope. I think that about does it.

Interview by: RF

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