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<\/p>\ninterview by pr!<\/b><\/p>\n
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Atom and His Package is Adam Goren and… actually it\u2019s just him and music gear. And while there are a million clones of electronica artists like Moby, there are few similar to the music of Atom and his Package. The sound? Lotsa punk, some pop and all done in a \u2018here it is\u2019 fashion. Adam is funny, smart (should be; he actually has college degree(s), a word that is hardly used by most of us and never pluralized) and most importantly, honest, so his music is usually received quite well. Not to say there are not naysayers; they exist, pointing in his direction, hating on his style, making fun of his lyrics. To those, I bear good news. Atom and his Package are really never going to play a show again. This saddens me. I challenge Adam to a mind meld. Hmm, should I be referring to him as Atom? Nevermind that. Ohmmmmmmm…<\/strong><\/p>\n Punk-to-families:<\/strong> The FCC:<\/strong> Government censorship:<\/strong> Dead Kennedys touring without Jello Biafra:<\/strong> Kitchen Fresh Chicken:<\/strong> A fantasy date with Ms. Condaleeza Rice:<\/strong> Mars:<\/strong> The Skull And Bones white conspiracy\/oppression of minorities in hockey:<\/strong> Growing up with inverted knees:<\/strong> Iraq:<\/strong> Why end Atom, why now? I know you\u2019ve answered this before, both in interviews and in your e-mail newsletter… but I don\u2019t think everyone knows yet. Will Atom and His Package tour again?<\/strong> Record again?<\/strong> Are you still writing?<\/strong>
\nI didn\u2019t think that these were mutually exclusive concentrations.<\/p>\n
\nNot all governmental regulation is bad… one of Reagan\u2019s (harmful) successes was to convince everyone that regulation (\u2018big government\u2019) is bad, so lots of governmental things that are meant to regulate businesses and keep them in check and make sure they serve the good of human folks have been rendered impotent.<\/p>\n
\n[John] Ashcroft [a] million times more scary than Howard Stern.<\/p>\n
\nSounds boring.<\/p>\n
\nChicken fresh kitchen.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019d chat, and I\u2019d get discouraged about the world most likely. We\u2019d end up probably getting rad hockey tickets because she \u2019s Condaleeza Rice though. That\u2019d be good.<\/p>\n
\nI don\u2019t need to see it up close.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve not heard of this. I do however have mixed feelings about the Flyers\u2019 goaltender Robert Esche. I love the Flyers, and he\u2019s playing well, but for fuck\u2019s sake, he has a drawing of Kid Rock on his helmet. This is really really unforgivable.<\/p>\n
\nLike your feet kick outwards? Probably a big help at walking backwards.<\/p>\n
\nA big mess. Hopefully, something at some point, good will come out of this. Though it will be expensive and bloody and would have been a lot easier had Bush not been our president and a dope.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I stopped playing shows as Atom and His Package for a combination of reasons, but mostly because I had toured intensely for 7 years, and was ready to be home. Of course, entering babytown, and needing health insurance also factored in.<\/p>\n
\nNo.<\/p>\n
\nI think so. I still love writing and recording songs on my own. I\u2019ve had a lot less time to do this of late, but I believe I\u2019ll always write and record music.<\/p>\n
\nYeppers.
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\nDoes that mean side projects? Anything we should know about?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m playing in a band called Armalite. It\u2019s really fun. I\u2019m not sure if anyone should know about it.<\/p>\n