Sjawel. Die ultrahightechnoseamwaterdustproofaswornbynycmessengers tassen zijn binnen. Ok. Tis gewoon zo'n katoenen vodje. Maar je wilt er wel gezien mee worden. (Welke kleur zou je krijgen Maartje?)

Want de ontwerper is gaaf. En Claire van People Are Germs is ook gaaf (die weten wie ze op hun feestjes moeten vragen) en kan wel wat support gebruiken.

Duz. Je koopt die krengen via hun Myspaceje. Is maar zes pond ofzo.

Juliette en Claire zijn misschien wel de twee stoerste wijven van het moment. Ze zijn de brains achter de feesten van People Are Germs. Waar dj's en acts komen die zo hot zijn dat Brandwondencentrum Beverwijk standaard met wagens klaarstaat. MonoBrow zegt ook: kijk dat artwork van die posters. Da's toch echt té veel?! (Meer over die ontwerper op MonoBrow hiero.) Uiteraard fixten we 'n MiniMail interview met Claire voor je.

How easy is it to throw parties with the best dj's and acts out there?
'It isn't easy. It's tough. Almost impossible. But we manage it.'

Still remember your first one? How bad was it?
'Hmmm. First one. Christmas time. Santa was there. His trousers came off. It wasn't bad. Our parties are strictly amazing.'

Is there a connection between vodka in large quantities and good parties?
'There is a connection between whisky and AMAZING parties.'

What do you do when you're not organising nights?
'Try and make our millions. Oh and a lot of personal grooming.'

Who does all that amazing artwork?
'This loser we know called Jiro Bevis. Juliette's half brother. We love to hate him and vice versa.'

Do you fall in love at every People Are Germs party?
'Yes. Every time. Every single time.'

Will there be an Amsterdam night in the near future?
'Well if someone wants to invite us over and treat us like princeseses then the answer is YES.'

Jiro Bevis zit in de UK. En da's maar goed ook. Want als hij bij ons z'n ding deed zouden alle flyerontwerpers en illustratoren zonder werk komen te zitten. Kijk dan wat een kenkerknappe dingen hij maakt. (Klik vooral verder op dat linkerlijstje.) Als je in de jaren tachtig wel eens op een deck stond snap je waarom MonoBrow zo warm wordt van die stijl. Kom maar op met dat MiniMail interview, jatoch.

Are you drunk when you draw?
'No, i cant work when I'm drunk, I've tried drawing while I'm pissed and when I'm high, but my attention span seems to disappear and i cant be bothered to draw.'

Do you listen to music to get into a particular mood when working?
'Yeah, music is really important when im drawing, I used to just listen to anything that i liked, but I realized listening to some Krautrock like Neu!, Amon Duul II and Cluster is really good, the songs are usually 20 minutes long and you get into a kind of trance and end up doing a lot of work, listening to comedy is good as well, especially Bill Hicks and Lenny Bruce. I cant listen to anything like Bruce Springsteen, it distracts me too much.'

Who's your biggest fan?
'I don't think I've got any big fans, or at least I don't know of any and I don't think I've done enough work to deserve any just yet either, 1 guy did come up to me in a record shop and ask if I was Jiro, which was a bit strange.'

What kind of object would you love to illustrate?
'I wanna draw some Native American stuff, I'm into that at the moment, like The End of The Trail, wigwams, all the mythological stuff. And also more cosmic, space stuff, like all the Hawkwind album covers by Barney Bubbles, they're amazing.'

What's best about drawing girls?
'I'm rubbish at drawing girls, they always end up looking all fucked up, I used to draw flyers for People Are Germs, and they asked me to draw them, but they ended up looking like witches, I dont think they liked it. I wish I could draw beautiful naked women, hopefully I'll be able to one day.'

What do you hope when people see your work?
'Dunno, I guess I hope they like it, and if they're an illustrator, it influences them somehow, or makes them wanna draw something. Alot of the posters for the People Are Germs nights i did ended up getting ripped off the walls, which I guess is some kind of compliment.'

What things are you working on right now?
'The main thing I'm doing right now is a comic, it's a bit scary because I've never done one before, I keep putting it off, and I also did some stuff for the next Black Lips 7"'

What is depicted on your sickest drawing?
'I dunno what my favourite drawing is, i guess, one of my most recent stuff, like the Black Lips cover of 'Not A Problem', that was my interpretation of the song, or part of it at least, I always wanted to draw a Smith & Wesson gun, and that was a good excuse. And it's got hands on it, I always end up drawing hands, I guess its because there the nearest thing to me to draw.'