The following excerpt appear on 'Keep Quiet in the Library' - A Polarized Ions fansite which takes its name from an infamous unreleased song written by Lucas Curry. We talk with Curry about his new album, a certain lost song and his till now secret love of Scooby-Doo.
Quiet:
What made you come back and actually record an album of your own after almost eight years?
Curry:
It was a culmination of a lot of things. I was a little home sick. I thought doing an album would maybe get me a tour. I could go home and visit my family on the studio's dime. A guy can miss Baltimore. Who knew?
Quiet:
And the new albums title?
Curry:
It's Going South. About half the songs were written in that three month time frame between my leaving my super heroic gig, the breaking up of the Ions- all that- and getting my hands wet as a producer for other artists up in Canada. The second half were stuff I wrote between recording sessions within the last six months or so. All of those get kind of light hearted... and they are mainly about a longing to come home. It comes with a DVD with more than just the album on it stuff on it. Music videos- behind the scenes footage- the usual crap artists put on these things. There are also alternate cuts of songs from the album. Plus other songs... like all artists who want to prove they've made it: I cover Dylan- doing a version of Don't Think Twice. I also recorded something people who are fans of this site will be glad to hear I finally got around too.
Quiet:
You mean you recorded Keep Quiet in the Library?
Curry:
Quiet:
Why didn't the Ions never record that song?
Curry:
We wanted to... but our producers thought it was surprisingly too literate for the teen-bopper crowd. Not to mention far too suggestive. I think the suits thought they'd have to do a radio edit to cut out the line about Balzac- which I thoroughly objected too.
Quiet:
What made you write a song that spoofs almost every porn movie in the first place?
Curry:
I couldn't upset my girlfriend.
Quiet:
Curry:
My girlfriend at the time was bragging to her friend Angie (Weinstein) that if I set my mind to it I could write a song about anything. Angie- well- she's got a twisted sense of humor and suggested porn. So- in order to defend my lady's honor- that's what I wrote. Luckily, I had access to the guys video collection to do research. Well that and I've always kind of had a thing for Velma Dinkley.
Quiet:
From Scooby-Doo? Isn't she a lesbian?
Curry:
No - obviously bisexual. In the Episode 'That's Snow Ghost' she tells Shaggy: 'I'll make a man of you yet - if you like it or not'. In another episode they're in Hawaii. Shaggy suggests they dress up in loincloths. They swing after ghosts but fall on each other. Shaggy falls on top of Velma - his crotch right on her ass. She's a little dazed but smiling. Shaggy's the one who doesn't want to do that again.
