e-mail swapping with Mel

Good Morning fellow Split fans. I recently had the chance to interview [the man, himself] *drumroll* Melroy D'Mello, the usually-stoned guitarist of Split.
*applause* Thank you, Thank you.
Oh and thanks to Mel for sparing time for the nonsense that I can pack through an email.

Yenjoy

Box asks:
Sorry for the typo, or whatever it was.
P is for Pig will be out soon [as said previously]. So how do you feel about that?

Mel: Such as like most Americans don't have maps. As in such as Iraq & South Africa. Feed the kids. Don't kill animals such as America.

Me: Where do you see Split headed in the coming couple of years - since the scene's evolving pretty fast?
Mel:We'll have an international record deal with Jive records, who'll just sign us up for only our sweet looks. They'll market us as "the angst from India". 2 years after we're signed on and opened numerous times for Avril Lavigne, they will use a 30 second edit of "Belief" to launch Halo-4. We'll play Jay Leno - a show where we'll share the stage with Naomi Campbell (just back from retirement and rehab) and Jack Black. Shekhar and Jack Black will find something in common -they're ongoing problem with bad skin. After this, everything gets
kind of hazy.

Me: Do you think the Split community on Orkut [aka Splorkut] is the greatest ever made? {hint: yes}
Mel:No. The greatest thing ever made is Old Monk Rum. But if you want me to be a conformist pig, then yes.


Me: We've heard a couple of the new songs, and are definitely good, so would you explain to us in a gentleman-like manner what the creative process is like?
Mel:Gary and I were so far the song-sparkers for the band. Aviv's come in with some great ideas - so we're all of us actively involved in song writing now. We usually write lyrics and keep the sheet handy. If there's a tune that starts to sound good, we see what lyrics we can slap into it. Patchouli!!!! Sometimes, we have lyrics and tune written in entirety by one person (mostly Gary or me). Then we go through iterations and versions and fix on something that causes Nigel least discomfort. Patchouli!!!!


Me: The band has a rhythm guitarist in Aviv. Could you picture your band making all the superfluous music without a rhythm Guitarist?

Mel:What? Superfluous music? What the fuck does that mean? And Aviv's the lead guitarist. WTF? WTF? Such as maps as if in South Afghanistan.

Me: When is the album supposed to be out, complete with artwork and thank you's et al? [hint: give us a date]
Mel: Sometime this year. Fali the flea infested bastard is sitting on it.


Me: Thank you for your golden time your majesty!
Mel: Anything for my subjects. Now about that "not being high part" ...