Here’s my vintage, previously unpublished conversation with the Queen of Rockabilly (Bob Dylan’s words, not mine), Wanda Jackson. In it, she gives a track-by-track analysis of 2003’s Heart Trouble – which still stands as her most recent album. Continue reading
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Wanda Jackson Transcript, 6.26.03: On ‘Soul Mate’ Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley And More
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Carl Perkins, Chuck Willis, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rosie Flores, the Cramps, the Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson on 01/21/2010 by Kurt OrzeckIggy Pop Transcript, 7.18.03: ‘I Was Shooting Dope At The RIAA Awards When It Wasn’t Chic’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags David Bowie, Death in Vegas, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Jack White, Peaches, Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, the Stooges, the Trolls, White Stripes on 01/19/2010 by Kurt OrzeckGet Iggy Pop talking and the time just flies. A living legend in his own right, he’s also as well-versed as anybody on classic and contemporary music. And with a frankness and candor you’re not apt to find from just about anyone else, he’s one of the record industry’s most critical – even prophetic – commentators. Continue reading
Quasi’s Sam Coomes Transcript, 10.4.01: ‘I’d Still Play Music Even [If] Nobody Cared’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Janet Weiss, Quasi, Sam Coomes, Sleater-Kinney on 01/11/2010 by Kurt OrzeckAs I noted after chatting with Quasi’s Sam Coomes on October 4, 2001, “It’s impossible to do an interview these days and not have at least of it consist of war talk.” Continue reading
Nick Cave Transcript, 1.28.03
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Bad Seeds, Mick Harvey, Neil Young, Nick Cave, the Birthday Party on 01/06/2010 by Kurt OrzeckI’ve caught up with Nick Cave a few times over the years, but he was at his wittiest during this conversation from seven years ago, prior to the release of his Nocturama album with the Bad Seeds. Continue reading
David Bowie Transcript, 7.9.03: ‘I Am The Man Who Found Velvet Underground!’
Posted in Interview Transcripts, Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Dandy Warhols, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Richman, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Phil Spector, Radiohead, Robert Fripp, Ronnie Spector, Spooky Ghost, the Beatles, the Incredible String Band, the Modern Lovers, the Raveonettes, the Velvet Underground, White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on 01/05/2010 by Kurt OrzeckDavid Bowie gets the White Stripes, the Raveonettes and the Dandy Warhols – but not Yeah Yeah Yeahs. And were it not for him, he says, Lou Reed and John Cale’s immortal band might never have made it. Continue reading
Rick Moody Vs. The Bad Penny
Posted in Features, Interview Transcripts, Interviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Rick Moody, Wingdale Community Singers on 12/31/2009 by Kurt Orzeck
Living up to his name, Rick Moody had a gripe or three about the piece on his Wingdale Community Singers that I posted a couple of days ago. Continue reading
The Bad Penny (beta) 