Tao Lin is apparently now a 'great American Novelist' because he was on the cover of some magazine where it called him a 'great Am Novelist.' Does n e 1 know what The Stranger is? It looks like an spinoff of Time Magazine or something. Seems like a big deal. He was interviewed or something and probably said a bunch of zany stuff that made people 'intrigued' / question his stylistic brand.

Anyways, Tao Lin also did some interview with LA Weekly, and the interviewer asked him about the status of "Jesus Christ." (The Indie Band) [link], which was a sound project that Tao collaborated on with Carles, the blogger from HIPSTER RUNOFF dot com.

Can you talk a little about forming Jesus Christ (the indie band).
What inspired the single, "Is This What You Really Want?"? How did you
and Carles record it?

Carles started a band at some point, and he asked me to join at some
point. We discussed band names a little. I don't remember what other
names were considered. I think something like "Damn" or something. I
recorded vocals and emailed them to him. I think "relationship
problems" inspired "Is This What You Really Want?" Carles recorded it
on...maybe Garageband. I'm not sure what he used. I recorded vocals on
Garageband on my MacBook.

Will there be more leaked music of Jesus Christ (the indie rock band)?

I'm 40-95% certain "yes." I know Carles has at least 3 other songs in various stages of completion. One song is about my penis and jock itch. I think one song features some kind of South Asian instrument, I forget the instrument's name. One song has the large, weird-sounding Australian instrument. Carles seems like a patient man. He will not release songs until "completely satisfied," I think. He probably sometimes lets a song "simmer, to some degree," by not thinking about it for an amount of time, before working on it again.

How and when will the album be available?

Perhaps early 2013. I think Carles is "very busy" with other things after being named a "best blog" by Time Magazine and winning Gawker's "Hipster of the Decade" thing.

Do yall miss this hit indie sound project JESUS CHRIST THE INDIE BAND?
When will JC the Indie Band release 'a complete EP'?
Is Tao Lin a 'gimmick of a human'?
Is Tao Lin a novelist, or does he just poop on paper, then smear it around with his fingers?
Have u read "Richard Yates" / "Shoplifting from American Apparel"? Were they 'good books', 'decent', or just 'something u read while you took a long poop"?

See excerpt of Richard Yates:
http://altreport.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/09/exclusive-excerpt-premiere-tao-lins-new-hit-book-richard-yates.html