This post has been updated since first published.
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Wise man say: Show me an interview that references fast food, and I’ll show you an interview with The Black Keys.
OK, maybe that’s over-stating how often The Black Keys discuss fast food in interviews.
Nevertheless, when I read this excellent interview with Pat I started to understand the instrinsic link he has with fast food:
I ate McDonalds every single day. I ate off the dollar menu because it was all I could afford. I had two dollars a day for sandwiches, two dollars a day for beer, two dollars a day for cigarettes and two dollars for coffee – I lived off 10 dollars a day for a long time.
The time period is not mentioned in the article although I’m thinking it was months to a year or so. Long enough, irrespective. If I ate McDonalds for that long no doubt I would (unconsciously?) talk about fast food all the time too.
Having said that, Pat or Dan won’t eat anything or anywhere and certainly not at Chrissie Hynde’s VegiTerranean restaurant in Akron, OH:
We’ve been on eBay, looking at hot-dog carts,” Auerbach quipped.
They have the perfect location picked out for their cart, too: Highland Square, near staunch vegan Hynde’s apartment.
“It’s a dream of ours,” Auerbach said, laughing.
The Black Keys Fan Lounge tried to get to some semblance of understanding during this interview with Pat in 2009.
Why do you seemingly always talk about fast food in interviews?
Fast food is real edgy and seems to be real important right now as well. I think fast food is very taboo and therefore it is extreme to talk about.
I’m led to believe Dan’s favourite hot dog topping is sauerkraut and mustard. What’s yours?
Well that is Dan’s favorite hot dog topping while he is in NYC (mine too) but I think we are both partial to the Chicago style dog, although Dan has ventured timidly into the chilli cheese dog lately.
A compilation of food talk in interviews with Dan and Pat:
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- Interview with Patrick Carney from The Black Keys – Part 1
- More Interviews with The Black Keys
- The Black Keys National Public Radio Interviews
- Blakroc: Listen to Pat Carney on Triple J Radio
- Was The Black Keys’ Track Next Girl Inspired by Frankie Seay And The Soul Riders’ Soul Food?
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