*iv • • • K ING OF EGG warres r songs. I just took it easy. I got sober and cleaned up. I was pretty high for a number of years. My favorite drug was whatever you had and my favorite number was more. Purchase One Entree and Receive 50% Off Second Entree of Equal or Lesser Value. OFF LIVE FROM THE • One coupon per table • No Weekends or Holidays I. a Downtown Novi West Bloomfield 43155 Main Street 6680 Orchard Lake Rd. (248) 347-6690 (248) 626-3750 Hours: Mon Sat 7am 3pm • Sun 8 am 3pm - - - • r CI CI r61 7 I One Lunch or One Dinner Entry IMM O % =I OFF - Catering 81_ Carry-Out CA °4.0 Daily Specials – 6o Gourmet Italian Dishes to choose from When You Buy A Lunch Or Dinner Of Equal Or Greater Value • 1 coupon per table 'Valid Mon.-Thurs. • With Coupon • - Expires 6/30/02j Hours: Mon-Thurs 11:30-10; Fri 81. Proof The Very Best of The Knack CD? DF: I loved that movie, and I always wanted to do that song. Rhino gave us an excuse to do it. exp. 7-7-02 - Gourmet Breakfast Specializing in Eggwhite Omelette - Fresh Squeezed Juices - Lunch Menu "New Location" - No Smoking JN: Outside rock 'n' roll, you're the credited lyricist on the songs "Soul Food To Go" and "The Zoo Blues," which appeared on the Manhattan Transfer's 1987 Brasil album. What led to your involvement with that project? DF: I was a very good friend of [Transfer founder] Tim Hauser's then-wife, and she told me about this album they were doing, putting English lyrics to Portugese songs. I don't speak any Portugese, which is a very poetic language, so I tried to imagine English lyrics to the sounds of the Portugese words. It was a bizarre but interesting experiment. JN: The Knack's image and musical style draws an inter- esting parallel to the fictional rock group called The Wonders in the 1996 Tom Hanks-directed film That Thing You Do. Is that why you chose to record the title song two years later on Rhino's • Dine-in only "The Knack: Live From the Rock '12 Roll Fun House" is the group's newest album and DVD, a unique concert format in which The Knack performs all of the band's greatest hits as well as song. from the group's new album,. "Normal As the Next Guy" McCarthy era, it was a safe haven where they could not get harassed. JN: You've previously noted in inter- views that your parents, June and Bernie Fieger, attended the Unitarian Church. DF: My parents went to the Unitarian Church because it was a place where radical "lefties" could con- gregate. A lot of people who went to the Unitarian Church were Jewish, and the only reason [my parents] went there was because, back in the JN: Does your brother Geoffrey con- sider himself Jewish or Unitarian? DF: Geoff denies that he's Jewish (laughs). That's fine with me. I get a kick out of Geoffrey. He's a funny guy. JN: What was the extent of your Jewish education? DF: At 7, my parents said to me that I could go to Hebrew school or I could play baseball. I chose baseball, and in some ways I regret that decisicfn. I didn't have a bar mitzvah. But I'm going to raise my kids Jewish. And if anybody asks me what I am — I am Jewish. ❑ The Knack, with special guests The Smithereens and Missing Persons, perform 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at DTE Energy Music Theatre. $26.50 pavilion/$16.50 lawn. (248) 645-6666. 4:30-11; Sunday 4:30-9 62_63 Orchard Lake Rd in Susartree Plaza W. Bloomfield 2 4 8 . 8 55.3993 SUSHI SAMURAI Japanese. Restaurant S Sushi Samurai Lunch Specials, Dinner, Party Trays and Carry-Out Available Sushi, Chicken & Beef Teriyaki, Noodles In the Essco Square on Orchard Lake and Pontiac Trail (248) 737-4408 JN: Growing up in Oak Park, how would you describe your Jewish upbringing? DF: My mother is a convert [to Judaism]; her background was German and Norwegian. My dad was Russian and English and was an atheist, a Jewish Humanist. He didn't believe in religion, but his culture and his heritage were important to him. They went to [Congregation] Shaarey Zedek — when they went to services. Sat 4ta 1 0% OFF ENTIRE BILL Expires 6/30/02 Open Mon.-Sat. 11:30-2:00, 5:00-10:00 Sun. 4:30-9:00 11667.400, Alk Ask About or. Graduation Catering WOW!! . ,1 ook COUPON OFF ----- TOTAL BILL Dine in Only expires 5-31-02 Place" 39650 14 Mile • Walled Lake Mon.-Sat. 11-9 p.m. -Sunday 11-8 p.m. "THE ORIGINAL SOUVLAKI" The Beir . —0* Townt 248-926-1486 SZECHUAN Chinese Carry-Out Restaurant Mon-Thurs, I I :00 am - 9:30 pm Fri, I I :00 am - 10:00 pm Sat & Sun, 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm • Our speciality • General Tso's Chicken 3951 Telegraph (NE corner of Long Lake Rd.) • Bloomfield Twp. Don't have a menu? We'll fax one right over! 6/7 2002 77