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Hey! For the people who don't know you... What's your shoe-size? Just
kidding, apart from Suckdog, you also published Rollerderby. When did you
release the first issue?
"I have duck feet. I'm not afraid to admit it. I have a beautiful body with these flat,
splayed feet holding it up. All the better to walk it with, I say. 1989, that's when RD began."
You were the editor. But there were some people who helped you out. How
much input did the others have?
"I didn't squash them, nor did I let them roam free."
How was it like making the first issue? Did you plan it or was it more an impulsive act?
"I was writing for other magazines, and I did not care for being edited to fit a tone nor
having to have sellable ideas. Even rebellious magazines seem to be run by the advertisers. But
what about the people that can't get it together enough to help out a big company with their music,
can't sell
enough units or show up when they're supposed to? They're interesting too. I
like insane people."
Now with internet, iMACS and Photoshop, making a zine seems much easier
than back then. Was it a cut 'n' paste job, those first issues?
"Even the final issues were cut'n'paste. I'm a yankee. I like simplicity."
The style of questioning in Rollerderby seems very casual. How did you
prepare your interviews? Did you just go up to the person and ask if you
could interview'em?
"I just asked what I really wanted to know. I have no shame."
Rollerderby, in contrast to for example Kindamuzik, seems less about music and more
about the writer. Was it about expressing yourself? Sharing yourself with others?
"I think music is best listened to, not discussed. Whereas someone's personal life,
that's maybe even BETTER discussed than lived. Yeah, I talk about myself a lot. But it gets
people off guard, thinking, "Wow, she's even more messed up than me, and she doesn't even seem
to mind," and then they give me the dirt. I try to get my interviewees drunk too. He he."
At times it seems more like a diary. Were there limits to what you put in Rollerderby?
"Nope. All that's human is fit to print."
One issue was devoted to Generation L which was a reaction against Gen X. At the same
time it seemed to be a joke and a critique. Was it a reaction against the media-hype?
"No one wanted to lead my generation. I thought I'd volunteer."
Were there times you regret sharing so much of yourself on paper?
"Nope."
How much was Rollerderby a reflection of your life? White trash... Kitsch... Kinky... These
are all words which described you and Rollerderby.
"No kitsch. All my tastes are sincere. I actually LIKE Van Halen. I don't like clowns,
so I do not feature clowns. I know someone whose whole house is decorated with porcelain clowns.
Can you believe it? If I woke up in the night and all these clown faces looked back at me, I think
I'd accidentally kill myself with a heart attack."
Looking back now, how do you feel about Rollerderby?
"I think it was very friendly and made people feel OK about being such
perverts and death freaks or whatever they were. It taught people about
psoriasis and Fabio and those who live in basements."
Why did you finally stop Rollerderby?
"The bottom fell out of the fanzine distribution world. No one was paying anymore. I
lost $10,000. You had to either go legit or go back to running off free copies at your mom's
workplace. I decided to let other people do the business end, because I was never any good at that
anyway. Which means I work for other people now, mainly Nerve."
You also wrote "Dancing Queen". Can you tell us more about that book?
"Henry Holt/Owl published it. I guess it's about being twelve and horny in Dover, New Hampshire
with no money in your pocket."
You didn't have any formal training when it comes to writing. How did you learn writing? Was it
trial and error?
"I started writing when I was six and my father left me and my mom for
another family and the exciting life of drug-running. I described my life
and friends in letters, trying to make it attractive enough for him to want
to come back. I guess that's still what I do."
Actually the only reason I did this interview cause I wanted to know more about Robert
Nedelkoff. Everyone has his obsession, mine happens to be Robert. You've been called a visionary,
what does the future
hold for me? Can you see Robert in it? hah! Just kidding.
"Robert is a good thing to have an obsession about. He's never forgotten one fact in his life.
He actually works in the Nixon library now, which I think is so perfect for him."
http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/lisa-carver/lisa-carver/391/
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