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Article: The white stripes: after 10 years how does one of the world's hottest bands maintain their hipster cool while still riding mainstream success? As writer Matt Diehl discovered, by blurring lines and ferociously guarding their mystery.(The White Stripes' Jack White and Meg White)(Interview)
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- August 1, 2007
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MATT DIEHL: Hi Jack. Hi Meg.
JACK WHITE and MEG WHITE: [in unison] Hello.
MD: One of my favorite things about the new record, Icky Thump--beyond the music, of course--is that you thank drummers Gene Krupa, Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Rich, John Bonham, and Louie Bellson in the liner notes. The whole idea of swing is kind of lost in popular music today. Obviously that's important to the White Stripes.
JW: There are not enough drummers capturing people's imaginations these days. Any way that we can capture people's imagination for playing an instrument is doing something right. You look at the Billboard Top 100 or whatever, and you're hard-pressed to ...