Strike Gently | Interview Pt II

Story by Jacob Fricke 

| Published Feb 15, 2011

In April 2010, The Dailyer Nebraskan interviewed Strike Gently, and everything changed.

Mysterious, private, and probably legally insane, the courier of strikegently.com ensured that we never once doubted his/her/its convictions.

The website posts content for all to download. Movies, music, TV shows, porn, and seemingly everything else are only a few clicks away. Copyright laws are acknowledged, briefly mentioned, and then forgotten.

Last April’s interview revealed nothing of consequence. Answers were evasive and seemingly off-topic. The only thing that could truly be revealed was an apparently deep sense of self-loathing. Instead of answering questions, SG questioned the very idea of answering.

Then, in mid January, everything changed again. The website was seized by the United States Department of Homeland Security for copyright violation. Just as all was seemingly lost, the site was back up again mere days later. A confused Dailyer staff reached out to SG in an attempt to discover what was going on. These are our findings.


Dailyer Nebraskan: What exactly happened with the website?

Strike Gently: The lil' guy had a case of "the Mondays." Probably just one cup of decaf mixed in a pitcher of regular. McDonald's now has two hash browns for a dollar. You should be interviewing Ronald.


DerN: Are you being held legally responsible for anything?

SG: When I was little, I told my dad I wanted to make a lot of money when I grew up. He recommended I become a doctor or a lawyer. My senior yearbook quote was "it's been a long strange trip," which blacklisted me from every med and law school in America.


DerN: How did you get the website back?

SG: Please. Then pretty please. And then all it needed was sugar on top.


DerN: Are you currently facing any legal problems?

SG: The only people facing legal problems are the kids pushing "free strike gently" t-shirts. I need my royalty check now. I’ve got two kids who want to go ivy league schools in the fall.



DerN: Do you plan on changing the content on the website?

SG: I'm gonna water everything down. People don't like pulp anymore. I'm like a porn star that tells their grandmother they are a model. All those tumblr kids pretending to be me need to stop lying to their families.



DerN: What do you think of the community reaction?

SG: I just can't believe how many hot chicks there are on the internet! I'm gonna have to start carrying a second wallet just to hold all my v-cards. Before I die, I want to experience a sensation called "love." It's got a 95% approval rating on rottentomatoes.com.



DerN: Why did you change the design of the site following the seizure?

SG: I think it's an upgrade. Some people don't like it. The media player works a lot better now. [And] the new template allows all the backgrounds to breathe.



DerN: Do you think the US government had the right to seize your site?

SG: I didn't butcher the national anthem in front of 100 million people.


DerN: What do you plan on doing with the site in the future?

SG: The only thing you can plan is parenthood. I'm gonna honor life and continue to be completely random.

I hate how legal my site is now. There is no piracy anymore. Everyone lost so much money last year they aren't releasing anything in 2011. Nobody misses the scene. What sucks is [that] musicians who actually have talent might never get a chance, because all the labels got third degree burns from all their turds. They didn't get burned because of piracy, they got burned because of idiocy.

DerN: And, finally, why do you continue to do it? Have your motivations changed?

SG: Everyone needs someone in their life they love more than god.