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Subminute Radio They’re Hot, They’re Sexy, But They Still Got No License to Drive . . . By Mary Cohan, Noah
Cohan, Their Mom, and Their Uncle Dave [Editor’s Note: Anyone doubting the crowd-attracting power of radio or the personal power of Marco Collins, Program Director of Seattle radio station, KNDD, 107.7 FM, would have been quickly disabused of those notions on a recent Wednesday night at Moe’s, when Seattle’s largest live music room was packed and journalistic luminati like Tom Phelan of the Seattle Times, Gene Stout of the Post-Intelligencer, and Stranger Publisher Tim Keck, wandered the halls. These respected personages and many others were in attendance to see and hear Subminute Radio, a young band from Gig Harbor, Washington who are rumoured to be a favorite of Collins and a possible "next big thing." Rightly or wrongly, Collins is perceived as the forward-looking genius of alt-rock radio. He was the adept programmer who took risks airing two then-unknown acts, Beck and The Presidents of the United States of America, and was able to watch his personal influence grow as both bands went on to enjoy alternative superstar status. When Collins creates a buzz, crowds of people, among them the dutiful envoys of the alternative and rock press, show up to listen. And Subminute obliged by kicking out a fine, workmanlike, set. While they were clearly nervous and did not often acknowledge the crowd, such jitters can be forgiven in so young a band. The members of Subminute Radio, you see, are all 15 years old. When their CD is released on Y Records on February 4, they will be, by perhaps as much as a decade, the youngest band in that locally revered label’s stable. Subminute will celebrate the release of their CD with two all ages shows here in Seattle; the first will take place at 5 p.m. on the date of release at the Tower Records on University Way, where the band will play live in the store, and the second will take place Friday, February 7 at RKCNDY, at 8 p.m., when a formal release party for the CD will be held and the lads will perform with Love Battery and Muzzle. KNDD will be sponsoring both events. The in-store performance at Tower Records will be free of charge while the CD release will have a modest price, perhaps as little as $1.07. Pandomag.com spoke with Dillon Larkin by phone one Saturday as he was getting over a tough cold that may have been strep throat. As Subminute Radio is Y Records youngest band, I thought it best if Pandomag.com’s youngest reporter were the one to interview them. Thus, what follows is a transcript of my eight year old niece, Mary Cohan, interviewing Dillon Larkin. I dialed the phone and began and ended the talkfest. Mary was assisted in preparing questions by her 13 year old brother, Noah. Just sit back, and enjoy. - Dave Liljengren] Interview Transcript January 18, 1997
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