I first listened to Ritualistic School of Errors and it reminded me of some of the fringe projects I'd worked on outside of my 'regular' band, just to exorcise some demons, I wasn’t able to get of my system otherwise. When I listen or create music like that I rarely focus on the sound, and really try to tap into the energy, and the emotional element of the music. I was involved in a similar project called slit wrists, which lasted all of one night.  We were swallowed up by the energy the three of us created after swallowing a couple of barrels each. Jim squeezed dissonant chords from the Elka, and it sang sadly like a choir of seasick sirens going down with the ship.  I plucked a single note over and over, from beginning to end, on 12-string Rickenbacker.  Eric banged fiercely on an old army helmet with a drumstick.  Days later when we went back and listened to what we produced, at times it was incoherent, but you could almost always feel what we were doing, and ultimately it would take me, momentarily right back into that head/heart space.

Gregory Jacobsen of Lovely Little Girls:
Thanks! Most people don't get the music end of what I do. It's kinda "difficult" music but I find it's still really accessible.

I used to do a performance/noise group called Ritualistic School of Errors that combined the visuals and sound in a more abstract way. More Dada cabaret in a way....although Lovely Little Girls, at least in my performance, combine the visual and sound as well.

I still produce sound work under Ritualistic School of Errors but don't perform under the name anymore because it's too difficult and time consuming to produce anything of quality that would be ultimately ignored, and an aggravation to put on at the usual rock venue.  Maybe if I was actually good at writing grants and such, or if I was more part of a "performance art" crowd in Chicago, things would be different. I'm not quite sure why I stay here because most of what I do is unappreciated/ignored here anyway. Waaaaaahhhhh!


GD:
What is it about the Chicago scene that you think makes them so unappreciative of outside-the-box creativity? Have you thought about relocating?"

GJ:
I'm not sure. It's the Midwest, there's a general conservatism here. Which isn't to say that really crazy shit doesn't happen here, it's just not fostered. It's unfortunate because Chicago has a rich history of oddballs and the general landscape and history inspires me. I always think of relocating but it's pretty damn easy to live here and still feel like your living in a giant constantly shifting organism.