Now this is quite the honor: Mike Watt, one of the most respected musicians ever to lurk in the underground, has anted up – all jazz-style – for the second installment in the Bad Penny’s brand-new series, Revising History. Continue reading
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Revising History: Mike Watt On John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, More
Posted in Features, Revising History with tags Albert Ayler, Anna Waronker, Banyan, Bob Lee, Carla Bozulich, Cibo Matto, Ciccone Youth, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, Dave Grohl, Dos, Dougie Bowne, Eddie Vedder, Evan Dando, Firehose, Floored by Four, Foo Fighters, Hellride, Hellride East, Hovercraft, Iggy Pop, J Mascis, J Mascis and the Fog, John Coltrane, Krist Novoselic, Les McCann, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, Minutemen, Missingmen, Nels Cline, Nirvana, Petra Haden, Porno for Pyros, Rachel Haden, Roland Kirk, Sun Ra, the Stooges, the Unknown Instructors, Thelonious Monk, Wilco, Yuka Honda on 10/08/2010 by kurtorzeckB-52s’ Fred Schneider: ‘It’s Better To Make Up Stuff For Interviews Than Tell The Truth’
Posted in Interviews with tags B-52s, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Foo Fighters, Fred Schneider, Lady Gaga, Ladytron, Peaches, The Superions on 06/09/2010 by kurtorzeck
So the B-52s, Lady Gaga and an alien named Mel Moron walk into a cosmic cantina …
Welcome to Fred Schneider’s universe. In an interview conducted with the Bad Penny, he also spoke – at times humorously, at times seriously – about bloody Christmas songs, shoplifting a ham, avoiding cancer and, maybe equally important, avoiding the tour bus. Continue reading
Cave In: ‘The Longer We’re Around, The More People Don’t Like Us’
Posted in Interviews with tags Apples in Stereo, Cave In, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Giant's Chair, Piebald, Sparta, Stephen Brodsky, the Icarus Line, the Ramones, the Vines on 01/07/2010 by kurtorzeck
With Cave In’s new EP, Planets of Old, seeing a proper release – with a bonus DVD – on January 26, here’s a vintage interview with the guys when they had Antenna on the brain. Continue reading
Memento: I Get Buttons
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags British Sea Power, Built to Spill, Coco Rosie, Dub Trio, Foo Fighters, Jawbreaker, Kaiju Big Battel, OK Go, Pinback, Placebo, Sophe Lux, the Vines, the Who, Unearth, Wilco on 01/01/2010 by kurtorzeck
An assortment of buttons I’ve received from publicists – or found or bought – over the years.
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