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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WITH KRISTY THIRSK
by Tara

Are there any evolutionary patterns in your songwriting?

It's different every time. Sometimes it starts with a guitar riff...sometimes piano, sometimes vocal idea...even banging a beat on a potted plant.

You are one of the best songwriters of all-time. Your lyrics fascinate me & my sister Erin Kelly. I've noticed re-curing words & themes in your lyrics. An example of this being the word "indifference" which appears in the Rose Chronicles "Undertow", Delerium's "Heaven's Earth" & "Indifference" off of "Souvenirs". Is this intentional...

Questions & Answers with Rose Chronicles Guitarist Richard Maranda Part 2
by mosriteluv

Blood Red" from the "Happily Ever After" CD has a Twin Peakish feel with its twangy guitar. Was it intentional to envoke that feel, a kind of '50s, '60ish quality?

I can't say that it was intentional to envoke a retro quality but have been influenced by some bands from the 80s and 90s who were influenced by the 60's -- and I do like David Lynch's stuff. He seems to have almost invented a new emotion or perhaps a new blend of emotions...

Have you ever seen the John Cusack 2003 film "Identity" & if so...