You probably know drummer Patrick Carney as half of the Black Keys, the acclaimed Akron, Ohio, duo he formed in 2001 with guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach. But Carney has been equally prolific with his own ventures, including Audio Eagle (his record label and recording studio) and now Drummer (a band featuring four other Ohio skinsmen that just released Feel Good Together). Carney, the nephew of multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, They Might Be Giants), always seems to have a lot going on, including Blakroc (a Black Keys project with rappers such as Jim Jones, Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA and Ludacris with an album due next month) and a Black Keys New Year’s Eve show in Chicago. Carney will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week. Read our Q&A with him.
Carney: Hobart makes commercial dishwashers. The best kind are the conveyer-belt type. My friends and I all used to work at this natural-foods grocery store and restaurant in Akron called Mustard Seed. We were dishwashers. They had a really powerful Hobart machine. One time we put a whole tempeh burger on the belt and sent it through. The bun came out the other side, unscathed, but there was no tempeh remaining. That’s how precise and powerful a Hobart is. Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i2mL07Hmsg
