Ruckus June 23, 2023

Merle Hagrid only one side of Apedaile’s music

RACHEL HERGETT

For the Chronicle

“I’m all over the place,” musician Jori Apedaile said more than once during an interview with the Chronicle last week.

ough back in Bozeman for a visit, “all over the place” may be true physically. Apedaile grew up in Billings, studied music tech at Montana State University in Bozeman, graduating in 2014, and has since lived in Helena, Missoula, Minneapolis, Bozeman and now in the Columbia Gorge an hour east of Portland, Oregon.

Apedaile also said he was “all over the place” in terms of career. His

day job usually consists of computer-based work. Most recently, Apedaile has been running operations for a tness equipment company, but he will switch over to a new job as a project manager for a litigation assistance company where he will help attorneys with document discovery. It’s not ideal.

Apedaile would rather use his degree, leaning into performance and his post-production skills mastering recordings for vinyl. He has put these skills to work on dungeon synth albums from Dungeons Deep Records out of Dayton, Ohio, and local groups such as Tiny Iota and Anaconda Vise.

In one instance, Apedaile was

talking about being all over the place in his music. He will perform at the Filling Station in Bozeman on Monday, June 26, with two vastly di erent projects — Eneferens and Merle Hagrid and the Butterbeer Boys.

“My in uences are changing all the time,” Apedaile said. “It’s not necessarily rooted in one thing — hence why I’m playing as a Harry Potter joke act and a black metal act on the same bill.”

Merle Hagrid grew out of its name — an outlaw country rooted novelty act connecting the iconic singer Merle Haggard with Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter universe.

“I’m a huge fan of puns and play

on words and stu like that,” Apedaile said. “I always have been. I just had this stupid idea, like Merle Haggard, but Hagrid. But the more I thought about it, I was like ‘what if this was real?’”

Apedaile searched the internet for a similar act and found nothing. He created a Facebook page and a persona, taking pictures in the woods of Minnesota to legitimize the act.

RACHEL HERGETT FOR THE CHRONICLE Merle Hagrid (Jori Apedaile) and Albus Drumbledore (Tevin Apedaile) on June 19.

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Merle Hagrid’s target audience is people like Apedaile — those who grew up reading the Harry Potter books, but are now in their 30s and can handle some more suggestive material.

“The songs are crude, but not in a way that’s vulgar,” Apedaile said. “I wanted to make people laugh and catch weird references from these books they read when they were younger. It’s kind of like nostalgia, but an adult-themed experience.”

He tested the act out with his wizard cape and first song, “Dirty Little Horcrux,” during a Bozeman visit in 2018. It was a hit with audiences.

The project has since grown to include Apedaile’s brother, Tevin, a Belgrade-based drummer who will perform as “Albus Drumbledre” and Paul Bennett (who has yet to land on a character for this show) on bass.

“I was a true believer from the very beginning,” Tevin said on Monday. “At its source it’s just preaching love and goodness into the world. And country music. Everybody could use some more of that.”

Sets usually start with “They Call Him Harry for a Reason,” which features a “spooky Harry Potter intro.” Readings from the books are common, and reverence is given to the text. Apedaile, however, has started to separate the world of Harry Potter from its author, citing J.K. Rowling’s “transphobic tendencies.”

“It’s really unfortunate,” he said. “It hasn’t quite happened yet, but I wanted to write a song about how the characters’ views don’t reflect those of the author, just to have a fun time and use these characters and likenesses to still be inclusive.”

Other songs include “It Ain’t Easy Being the Big Guy” and “Forbidden Forest,” where Hagrid is putting himself out on a dating app. Songs are not riffs on Haggard songs, but draw stylistic inspiration from them. An album

is not out of the question in the future.

First, however, Apedaile wants to record albums as Eneferens and another yet-to-be-named project.

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eneferens and Merle Hagrid and the Butterbeer Boys will be at the Filling Station on Monday, June 26, at 8 p.m. with support from Jed Lodgson and comedians Matain and Charlie of doom. Tickets are $10 plus fees at www.fillertickets.com or

Eneferens is billed as atmospheric and melodic death metal. A more raw, low-fi metal project is known as Hyalithe. Solo acoustic sets aren’t out of the question in the repertoire. And then there’s Merle Hagrid.

doesn’t try to pigeonhole the ideas that come to him.

“The music speaks for itself,” he said. “I don’t have full conscious control over it. It kind of comes out and I deal with it from there.”

Lately, Apedaile has been struggling to put out Eneferens’ record. While metal and punk were his first musical loves, his listening interests have leaned more toward melodic pop and indie music of late.

“That’s a whole category that’s kind of hidden for now and a lot of things have been going into that folder,” he said.

“I’ve always struggled with musical identity in general,” Apedaile said. “I feel like there’s so much I want to do that I can’t fit in the confines of only one project.”

“There’s so many different forms of expression,” Apedaile said.

To write, Apedaile will mic up his guitar and open a recording session on his computer. He

In part, the shift is prompted by vocals. Apedaile wants to sing more and scream less. And he wants it to be fun.

“If my being silly makes them want to listen to me less, I think that’s totally fine,” Apedaile said. “I’m a whole complex human being.”

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TOP: Jori apedaile, left, performs as Merle Hagrid with Paul Bennett at the Filling Station in Bozeman on Sept. 28. ABOVE: Hagrid poses atop a motorcycle on June 19.

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Age is just a number for Goldschmidt

Only a few names resonate with consistency and grit, but at the age of 35, Paul Goldschmidt has some doubters questioning whether his best days are behind him. Currently, the St. Louis Cardinals hold a 25-35 won-lost record with a 14-18 record on the road. Despite the less-thanideal start to the season, the Cardinals are third in total home runs with 80 on the year — 10 of those coming from Goldschmidt.

Goldschmidt was traded to the Cardinals back in 2019 after a successful stint with the Arizona Diamondbacks, helping kickstart his career. Since his arrival in St. Louis, he’s been a vital part of the team by adding more all-star and Silver Slugger awards to his resume. At this point in his career, Goldschmidt is well known for his power at the plate and defensive awareness, establishing himself as one of the most consistent offensive and defensive threats in Major League Baseball.

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While the team struggles to establish a winning record, it doesn’t seem to have bothered the first baseman. Goldschmidt currently ranks 18th in batting average. His on-base percentage ranks ninth and he’s 19th in the league in slugging (.615 in his last 10 games).

Putting the team on his back for much of the year, Goldschmidt has single-handedly made strong plays throughout the season, scoring in 28 games this year (48.3%), including multiple runs in nine games. Goldschmidt has had at least one RBI in 27.6% of his games this season (16 of 58), and accounts for three or more of his team’s runs in one game.

Currently sitting at the bottom of the NL Central (fifth), Goldschmidt and the Cardinals will look to get back to their winning ways as they take on the Chicago Cubs. Catch all the action Sunday, June 25, live on ESPN.

Full name: Paul Edward Goldschmidt

Birth date: Sept. 10,

1987

Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware

Height/weight: 6-2/220

Teams: Arizona

Diamondbacks

(2011-2018), St. Louis Cardinals

(2019-present)

Honors and

achievements: NL

MVP (2022), seven-time

All-Star (2013-2018, 2022), four-time Gold Glove Award (2013, 2015, 2017, 2021) and five-time Slugger Award (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022)

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