mtvU gives Signal editor his 'shot' with interview
By James Queally
Issue date: 10/10/07 Section: Entertainment
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When that TV studio belongs to mtvU, that fear is only amplified.
That fear can paralyze you when the band that very well could be the next incarnation of The Strokes or The Arctic Monkeys is sitting across the studio from you, and unfortunately paralysis isn't the best thing to come down with when the producer says, "Whenever you're ready."
Of course, luck of the Irish, it was me seated across the room from that band last Wednesday afternoon, placed in front of a camera in a studio owned by the most iconic organization in the music industry, hoping, wishing and praying that after three years as one of the College's resident music snobs, I'd be able to channel everything I knew about genres, guitars and garage-rock to shoot the breeze for a scant 30 minutes.
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, I was filmed on an episode of mtvU's "My Shot With…" and given my first real opportunity in the world of music journalism: an interview with Canada's dance-punk wunderkind, Tokyo Police Club. The band has toured with Cold War Kids and currently is playing a few dates with Bloc Party. They're on the verge of making their big break in this country.
Somehow, I was sitting across from them. Me. My only brush with music greatness was opening for Dog Fashion Disco, a defunct but popular movie-metal band, at CBGB's over a year ago.
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