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You knew spotlight-hogging Interpol bassist Carlos D had compositional ambition. But, like many sidemen with lofty aspirations, Carlos longs for stardom of his own. Mr. Dengler will reportedly step out in front of the camera for his feature film acting debut; a wacky move, indeed, but we'll take our Carlos D as publicly wacky as he can muster, thank you very much.

Time Out Chicago recently visited the Chicago suburbs set of My Friends Told Me About You, Carlos' forthcoming film project-- directed by Golgotha auteur and, as such, previous D-llaborator Daniel Ryan-- and gathered this odd assortment of details:

The six-day shoot was for the insipidly-titled thriller My Friends Told Me About You (a working title I hope), which Dengler is producing, starring in and, most likely, scoring... a source on the film's crew says Dengler is playing a "bad drug dealer." Not "bad" as in badass, though. "Bad" as in bumbling. (At one point, Dengler's character gets duped by the oldest trick in the pot-pusher handbook: subbing oregano for the ganj.)

... the story involves men in butcher costumes, lots of blood, a spooky hotel (the Mayflower Motel in Clarendon Hills), a greasy-spoon diner (Uncle Bill's in Roselle) and a creepy little boy in a little suit in the mold of The Omen's Damien (oh god, another terrible tyke?). Dengler and crew will be shooting more of the film here in August, perhaps when Interpol heads to town to play Lollapalooza on Saturday 4.

Probably not, with an Interpol gig the day before and the day after. But no matter; Carlos D is starring in a feature film, and he's playing a drug dealer!

Nobody from Interpol's camp could confirm whether or not all this is actually true, but we sure hope it is. One often wonders how such an absurd character wound up in such an austere band; then one takes a look directly at the moustache and any such lines of questioning are soon forgotten. That moustache... must grow a similar moustache...

Thanks to Stereogum for the tip. Interpol are, as hinted at, on tour, with a bunch of dates with Liars.

The Carlos D Experience, featuring Interpol:

07-25 Columbus, OH - The LC Amphitheatre *
07-27 Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room *
07-28 Detroit, MI - State Theater *
07-30 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave *
07-31 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room *
08-01 St. Louis, MO - Pageant *
08-03 Covington, KY - Madison Theatre *
08-04 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-11 Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-12 Osaka, Japan - Summersonic Festival
08-16 Salzburg, Austria - Frequency Festival
08-17 Stausee Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield Festival
08-18 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowland Festival
08-20 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy ^
08-21 Newcastle, England - Newcastle Academy ^
08-22 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange ^
08-24 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-25 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
09-08 Toronto, Ontario - V Festival
09-09 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
09-10 Albany, NY - Palace Theatre #
09-12 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena #
09-14 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden #
09-15 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre #
09-16 Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo #
09-18 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live #
09-19 Miami, FL - BankUnited Center #
09-21 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle #
09-22 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
09-23 New Orleans, LA - Sugar Mill #
09-25 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre #
09-26 Austin, TX - Stubb's Bar-B-Q #
09-27 Dallas, TX - Palladium #
10-10 Kansas City, KS - Uptown #
10-11 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom #
10-12 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre #
10-14 Denver, CO - Fillmore #
10-15 Salt Lake City, UT - McKay Center #
10-16 Boise, ID - Big Easy #
10-18 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater #
10-19 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum #
10-20 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium #
10-23 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum #
10-27 Mexico City, Mexico - Manifest Festival
11-07 Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum
11-08 Madrid, Spain - La Riviera
11-09 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
11-11 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
11-12 Florence, Italy - Sachhall
11-13 Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
11-15 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11-16 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle
11-17 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
11-19 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
11-20 Tilburg, Netherlands - O13
11-23 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
11-24 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
11-25 Hamburg, Germany - Docks
11-28 Blackpool, England - Empress Ballroom
11-29 London, England - Alexandra Palace
11-30 London, England - Alexandra Palace

* with Calla
^ with the Maccabees
# with Liars