OUTlander TV – Interview with Lipstick Letters

During Austin PRIDE on Saturday, September 10, 2011, I interviewed some of the featured artists of the inaugural OUTlander Fall Festival.  In addition to this post, I created my own YouTube Page to feature them. 

Here’s the third of the series with acoustic rock duo, Lipstick Letters (who have since decided to pursue individual interests).  I spoke with Lipsticke Letters after their set on the patio at Rusty’s.

Thanks to Melissa Martin, Director of Operations for bMUSEd Entertainment, for the opportunity & Lipstick Letters for always being game.  

As an aside, not that anyone asked for my two cents, but I only hope they work together again sooner rather than later because I feel like they just scraped the tip of the iceberg.  That’s all I’m saying.

Shot and edited by bMUSEd Entertainment.  OUTlander Fall Festival presented by therepubliq.com & bMUSEd Entertainment.

Lipstick Letters pop quiz interview – Lubbock/ATX

Just by chance you’re getting a double dose of Lipstick Letters this week.  They are both a pic-olio and pop quiz interview Artist.  Their pic-olio posted on the last Tuesday of a 5-week month on August 30, 2001, as regulary scheduled.  They were also set to be the focus of the first of our two monthly pop quizzes, kicking things off nicely for us in September.  See the pic-olio here and read their interview below.

Lipstick Letters play the inaugural OUTlander Fall Festival during Austin PRIDE 2011 next weekend, on Saturday, September 10, 2011.  Go  to the OUTlander Facebook Page for deets!

September 2, 2011

Name:   Lipstick Letters
Genre:  Acoustic Rock
Forthcoming Debut Release: TBA (Self-Released)
Release Date:  TBA

This, That, or the Other
1. Underground OR Mainstream? Underground
2. Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision OR Make a lot of Money? (OR Both)??? Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision
3. Studio OR Stage? Stage
4. Spirituality OR Hedonism? Spirituality
5. Make Love, Have Sex, OR %$*!? Make Love

Fill in the Blank
6.Music is my soul.
7. I’m musically inspired by life.
8. If I could have made any music video it would have been “Thriller” by Michael Jackson.
9. If I was a super hero I’d be Batman (because he’s just a regular guy who kicks some a**).
10. Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll should change to   __________________, __________________, and __________________. (OR Not)

Short Answer
11. I make music because:  It’s cheaper than going to a therapist.
12. I want my fans to:  Sing along to my songs.
13. If I could only share one thing about myself it would be:  I tattoo my feet with symbols from places I have been.  I call them my “passport” because they take me wherever I want to go.
14. Wild Card!  “May what you choose always be greater than what you lose.” Jenni Lord quote.
15. I want my musical legacy to be:  A songwriter who touched souls.

Watch the video Lipstick Letters wish they would have made!

outtake from popolio pic-olio posted on Tuesday, August 30th

Watch a video of Lipstick Letters performing their original song, ”Out of the Blue,” live at Darwin’s Pub here in the ATX.  Click on the pic to go to their official site.

Lipstick Letters pic-olio – Lubbock/ATX

Editor’s Note:  Zonisphere Media Group, home of the e-zine, Zubterrain, where my weekly music column, Urb’l (Urban Cool) Remedy, lived, continues to undergo a site overhaul, indefinitely.   So, my column is currently halted.  I finished out my June posts here at THE REAL popolio.

My articles normally went live on Tuesdays. I thought I was done for the meantime, but I have a few outstanding.  Since this was in flux and already scheduled with the artists, I think it deserves to see the light of day.  At Urb’l Remedy, I would have called this a BONUS Photo Pictorial (only to post on the last week of 5-week months like August).  THE REAL popolio version is a pic-olio, that could post any time.

That said, I normally had a Cause of the Month interview that kicked things off the first week of each month.  I had reached out to local R&B songbird, Lisa Marshall, to be my interviewee for August, but then I learned about the hiatus at Zubterrain.  I do know her COM would have been Out Youth Austin.  So, for these two August posts (one posted at the beginning of the month), that’s what it will be.  Click on the link to find out more about the organization and enjoy the pic-olio.
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Cause of the Month:  Out Youth Austin

Thank you to Jenni Lord and Tina Turner (yes, that’s her name!), collectively Lipstick Letters, for their openness to the process and patience on waiting for these to post.  We did the photo shoot way back at the beginning of July.  On Ms. Lord’s birthday weekend, no less.  I got the chance to interview Jenni Lord for SXSW earlier this year.  Please check out that interview over at therepubliq.com.

I’m not going to give away the concepts this time around.  I’ll just leave that to your imagination and interpretation.  It will be Lipstick Letters and my little secret only visible in the traces of their lipstick.  Corny, I know.  Couldn’t resist.  I will say, we had a quite a few set-ups, so I went with 10 final photos.

Shout out to Corey Hurt and Eric Garcia for hosting us and providing the location for the shoot.

Lipstick Letters play the inaugural OUTlander Fall Festival during Austin PRIDE 2011 next weekend, on Saturday, September 10, 2011.  Go  to the OUTlander Facebook Page for deets!

They are also the first September 2011 pop quiz interview Artist.  Read it here.

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