Chewing Bubblegum and Kicking Ass: An Interview With The Bicycles

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Dana Snell: I don’t know; they went too far. They had an actual cabin where Old Man Bolton had tied up his family and hacked them to pieces in front of each other and then hung himself. . . and they had a fucking noose in a tree.

Popshifter: Oh my god!

Drew Smith: That’s pretty intense!

Dana Snell: And they made us camp. . . sorry, it’s all just flooding out of me! (laughs) And we all had to camp down the hill from Old Man Bolton’s cabin, so we could like, see the noose swinging in the breeze?

Andrew Scott: Yeah?

Dana Snell: And they were like, “If it rains, we’re gonna have to stay in Old Man Bolton’s cabin.” So we were all up all night, like praying that it wouldn’t rain.

Popshifter: Oh, that’s really disturbing.

Dana Snell: Yeah, it was really disturbing.

Andrew Scott: That’s a pretty horrible thing to do to mentally challenged kids.

Drew cracks up.

Dana Snell: Oh, that was the camp I actually went to as a camper.

Andrew Scott: Oh, right.

Popshifter: I went to a camp when I was in junior high and on the way to the camp there was a sign that said, “Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers” because apparently on the way there was a prison for the criminally insane or something.

Dana Snell: (laughs) It was on the way; it was just down the bend.

Drew Smith: Maybe the prisoners feel like they’re at camp.

Andrew Scott: Yeah, totally. They camp out at Old Man Bolton’s.

Popshifter: Are there any summer blockbusters you like, or movies about summer camp?

Dana Snell: Wet Hot American Summer.

Andrew Scott: Wet Hot American Summer.

Drew Smith: Daddy Daycare.

Drew and Matt laugh.

Dana Snell: Meatballs.

Drew Smith: Summer Girls, Summer Not. (laughs)

Andrew Scott: Sleepaway Camp, one through four.

Popshifter: I’ve only seen the first one, but it’s really good.

Andrew Scott: It is really good.

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