The Mae Shi: Interview More Testing of Hypotheses  The Mae Shi
were born in Los Angeles in late 2002. Just before Christmas. It
evolved from guitar, bass, drums and Buchla modules to guitar,
bass, drums, tamborines, noisemakers, computer programs,
omnichord, glockenspiel and voice. They put their best foot
forward. Outside, they're positive; they think we can do
anything, life is their drawing board. Inside, they have doubts
and fears like everyone else. The album has songs about the Old
Testament, military dolphins, vampires, werewolves and
Hieronymus Bosch. The album Heartbeeps has songs about the
beautiful and messed-up way the world seems to work. Retro is
boring -- the thing about retro is that it never comes back. No
one's begging for a Stray Cats reunion. No one's wondering what
Bowser's doing now. The only option is to forge ahead, to try
new things, to test out bad ideas, to all try to sing and work
together and hope the road we're on leads somewhere. It's about
the journey and the destination.  This