Galeksie.

I boasted that I did not have time for taking on live interviews.

However,

when some stumbling tweenie fronts loudmouth in the middle of the street/post dawn that they're going to litter the lawn of the senior lady who lives in a house adjacent to yours. . . you've got two elbows on the couchback that rests against the living room window, eyes peering out.

Post-mess, you're not the only minor resident to run outside in your too-big blue campaign tee and Joe Boxers to assess the damage/ammo.

Did the Kix-pants use Charmin or Silly String on the front bush?

Where did the mailbox go?

And then like, maybe the lady will pay you and your neighborhood gang quarters to acrobat up the fir tree and clean the Arrested's mess.

(Tapered Lane; Bowie, MD; 1996.)

It might have done her well to leave the mess to decorate her parched lawn,
though.

Preface:
Sent at 11:36 AM on Friday

Aleks: Interview me.

Me: Can I?

Aleks: Sure. . if you don't mind me saying really weird and inappropriate things.

Me: Okay.

Aleks: Just don't ask me about bands I don't know about.

Me: Deal.

Post-Preface:

Fortunately, when I shook on the interview with Aleks of the electro space-hop project Galeksie, the agreement was not to actual physical activity.
like tree-climbing.

Her fun-mouthed remarks _did_ give me a mental run figuring out how to get around predestination: awkward pause.

Fitting, as the part-artist/part-businesswoman also spends time training men and ladies at an exclusive Gym.

Together we toned up Avril, treaded on chipmunk fetishes, and got hyphy about Lil Wayne.

Good afternoon. What have you been doing so far this morning?

I actually woke up before 2pm today. I rocked some poker tournaments, ate a MCsausage and then had to crap.

. . . End interview.

End of my career.

Just kidding. Okay, so--

Be right back. My future band mate is texting me.

[. . . she comes back]
I might sing in this pop-punk type band but the guy who put the band together's basement flooded and he said he had no where to live. Then I invited him to play some covers at the coffeehouse. . so yea I might be fulfilling my childhood dreams.

That sounds great. What are your childhood dreams, specifically?

To become Avril Lavigne but cooler and more vulgar. Like, write a song about periods or something.

So like, Avril plus Mary J. Blige?
Mary J is mad old. More like....Peaches + Avril.

What do you think of Fefe Dobson?
She has the first name of a fluffy puppy.

Would you play major stages or 8 x 10 clubs?
I would play in backyards and bars.

Cool. Okay so--what moniker am I interviewing you for? You've got several projects happening right now. I'm interviewing you for Covers, though, so, who is your band/who do you plan on playing with?

Galeksie is my new project. I'm the main attraction. I may be recruiting people soon but as of now, it's just me and my creativity; beats, keyboards, a little acoustic.

Sounds like a one woman show. You're like, ready to take over the world.
Self made self paid, baby.

Do you plan on wearing something really weird [at Covers]?

Maybe tin foil headbands and something outer space-like. Maybe just a lot of hot pink or dresses made of plastic cups.

That sounds fancy. A little bit like Lady Kier from Deelite.

She is actually my great grandmother.

Really? That's like way cool. You must be like 10 or something?

1,985

Intergalatic.

Planetarium.

So what does your band sound like?

Teletubbies on crack. TINKY WINKY! Like if Amy Winehouse had a baby with a Teletubby and her grandmother was Deelite. That's me.

Do you think there's an audience for that type of music? Who do you think will listen to that?

Oh everyone who has an ear for these things. Something new; fresh.

Do you think that's really fresh? I mean, aren't Teletubbies from like 1999?

Well, it's a whole new breed of Teletubby, technically speaking. It's like something engrained in your subconscious. From ages 1-10, everything goes there and then you take it and make it "now."

So what genre would you classify this type of music?

I would say it is the little groove in between trip hop and experimental.

Awesome.
So. Today is Friday. What do you usually do on your weekends?

I usually wake up around 5pm so today is unusual. I don't know what to do with myself. Then we usually go out to the local bar or go to MD or to the city [NY] VIP style.

Yesterday, I said that I didn't know what to do with myself outloud in the middle of College Park, and some pedestrian told me I should go see a movie. So I responded, "Batman?" And he was like, "OH YEAH! Let's go!" Do you think you'll go see Batman?

Well you know, Heath Ledger died so I gotta go see it. And we have to figure out as a society the mystery of his death through his role as the Joker.

It was a mystery, wasn't it? I'm sure the movie holds clues. There's always clues.

Do you always shout at pedestrians?

No, he shouted at me first. I said to my friend, after showing her all around that minute College Park shopping center with its 3 bars for 40,000 people, "I don't know what else there is to do around here. . ." and a jolly-go-lucky guy heard me and suggested I see a movie.
But, I don't always shout at pedestrians, no.

He probably thought you guys were cute.

Probably.

That happens to me a lot because--

I am cute.

Pedestrian interaction is a hard thing to avoid when you're aesthetically appealling.
Do you prefer to be cute? Like, is this a solid image for you? Or do you think at some point you'll have a crisis in your career and make the "sexy" transition?

Oh, it's so solid. Unless I get liposuction on my cheeks I'll be forever cute.

Sex appeal is all in the cheeks, I hear.

Yes. Both sets.

Like, when you get your wisdom teeth out, the afterward is not so sex.

--not unless you have a fetish for chipmunks. Like, you get horny every time you see a chipmunk jam nuts into his mouth.

End interview. End of my career.
Haha.

Speaking of nuts--

Omg....My friend Mike is gonna call me today to do music. Maybe I will have a band by Covers.

Yeah?

Yep.

Who would be in your band, ideally?

Well, ideally I would like to get together with you and Misun and Lil Gweezy [Gwen Morrow] and do a girl thing because we are all pretty awesome and like, get Krackie [Jackie O] to DJ. And then in NJ there is Kooks and HyeChun who want to do a Rage/Sublime type band

with me singing. Then there is this power punk project my friend Mike has going on. He has all the music and no lyrics/singer yet.

So you would fill that role.

Yes mam.

Speaking of roles--who are your influences? Musically, artistically, stylistically.

Mrs. Gottleib, my first singing teach. Props! She got me started. But my musicians--I really like Avril, of course; her voice. And Flyleaf and Beth Ditto in the Gossip. And I'm I love John Frusciante and the Chili Peppers.

So it seems you really look to female vocalists for inspiration?
Definitely. There is something about a female voice that can be so powerful.

What have you been listening to lately? Do you listen to more full cds? or songs?

I have make mixes from my party shuffle.

On iTunes?

I tizzles

Where do you get your music?

I used to have Limewire but then the sneaky governMENTALS probly took it away. I like to listen to Pandora radio, also.

What stations?

Lil Wayne and The Knife Radio. My fav song at the moment is "Collie Budz Finally the Herbs Come Around." That song is pretty awesome.

I haven't heard it. A lot of my friends like Lil Wayne but I haven't really done my research there, yet. Is he worth getting into?
It's weird because like a lot of girls that never listen to hip hop love him and want to have his babies. He has tons of music out there but I usually only listen to him to get hyped up for my boring job.

Where do you work?

Club Fit, an upper class gym.

So are you excited about this Covers Coffeehouse?
It's pretty much the talk of the town.

You're pretty much a vet, right? You've been to all of them?

I performed at them all.

Do you have any expectations or fears?

I expect to hear a lot of good music and I fear that fights will break out between men and women because I saw that video of people wrestling. But that will be kind of silly cuz its all in good fun.

If there is wrestling, do you think you'll participate?

No. My ass will get groped.

That might be true, especially since you're cute. Okay, well, from egg sandwiches to inappropriate touching, I think we've covered all the bases here. Is there anything else you'd like to say?
I would like to say that John McCain rapes Gorillas.

What is your Myspace and how can fans contact you?

Sex Pot and ExSandy. Hit me up on the Myspace.

Can we have your phone number?

My phone number is 911. Call ME!

Thanks. Have a wonderful weekend.

You too!

Look out for Galeksie at Covers coffeehouse on July 26th where she will be covered in plastic cups covering this:



. . in her native intergalactic language.