Carpel Dio
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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Not Even Close
play lo-fi play hi-fi  I May be Gone
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Z to the D
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Why not tomorrow
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Belly Flop
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Cut you
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Hungry For a Holiday (Bright Eyes Cover)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Needle Front
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Nothing Into Something For Someone Who is Nothing
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Compilcated Blueprints
Carpel Dio consists of three members: Levi Talmadge, Andy Roberts and Val Joe Riedman. We do a fair share of electronic music but we do full band as well.
Why this name?
One day Levi and Andy were drawing a picture. They like to put words in their pictures. Andy started writing Carpe Diem but they changed it to Carpel Dio. It has no meaning.
Do you play live?
Not yet.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It creates more oppertunities for more artists to get their music out there.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
As long as the RIAA has nothing to do with us.
And we want nothing to do with Clear channel communications.
Your influences?
Pinback, Death Cab, Bright Eyes, each other, radiohead, the cure, album leaf, mum, mogwai and so much more
Equipment used:
Buzz, fruity,
Anything else...?
This is for Jordan Linder. I hope you see this. Let me know in the message board if you do. The Lyrics for Belly flop are actually read from a book by Elie Wiesel called "Night". It is a book based on the Nazi occupation and mistreatment of Hungarian Jews. here is a in-depth summery if you are interested.
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/night/fullsumm.html

I will try to recreate the words a sbest i can. I do not have a copy. Here goes:
Father i said if that is so, I don't want to wait here. I'm going to run to the electric wire. That would be better than slowly (not sure) beneath the flames. He did not answer he was weeping. His body was shaking convulsively. Around us everyone was weeping. Someone began to recite the kaddish, the prayer of the dead. I do not know if it ever happened before in the long history of the jews that people ever recited the prayer of the dead for themselves. "May his name be blessed and magnified," whispered my father. We continued our march. We were gradually drawing closer to the ditch, from which an infernal heat was raising. Still 20 steps to go. If i wanted to bring upon my own death this was the moment. Our line now only had 15 paces to cover. I bit my lips so that my father would not hear my teeth chattering. 10 steps still..8..7. We marched slowly on as if following heirs at our own funeral. 4 steps more..3.. there was now right in front of us a pit in its flames. I gathered all that was left of my strength so that i could break from the ranks and throw my self upon the barbed wire. From the depths of my heart i prayed for the will of my father to the whole universe and in spite of myself the words formed themselves and issued in a whisper from my lips. "May his name be blessed and magnified." My heart was bursting the moment had come, i was face to face with the angel of death.

I hope that is mostly right. Some i couldn't understand either. Thanks for listening.

Val Joe Riedman




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