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 korzeckPete Yorn On Musicforthemorningafter: ‘It’s Too Clean’
Posted in Interviews with tags Albert Hammond, Bruce Springsteen, Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick, Echo & the Bunnymen, Elvis Presley, Failure, Iggy Pop, Jeff Buckley, Jon Brion, Ken Andrews, Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scarlett Johansson, Steve Albini, Sunny Day Real Estate, the Beatles, the Smiths, the Stone Roses, the Sweet Inspirations, the Velvet Underground, Weezer on 10/07/2010 by korzeck
Night owls can expect to see Pete Yorn performing on Jimmy Fallon’s show tonight in support of the self-titled album he squeezed out last week. Seems like an opportune time to roll out this vintage, never-before-online interview I conducted with him on March 9, 2003. Continue reading
Iggy Pop: ‘I Didn’t Want To Sell Out’ The Stooges
Posted in Interviews with tags David Bowie, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Peaches, the Ramones, the Stooges, the White Stripes on 01/19/2010 by korzeck
Nostalgia may be the enemy of the future, but the coming months are bound to see a lot of hoopla surrounding Iggy Pop and his band of Stooges. And for good reason. Continue reading
Iggy 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 korzeckGet 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
David Bowie Faces Reality
Posted in Interviews with tags Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, George Harrison, Iggy Pop, Jonathan Richman, Lou Reed, Phil Spector, Ronnie Spector, the Beatles, the Modern Lovers on 01/05/2010 by korzeck
“It’s difficult to foresee anything other than a huge calamity in the industry itself,” David Bowie predicted to me in 2003. “And, as I’ve believed for a long time now, live shows will come to dominate in a new kind of way again.” 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 korzeckDavid 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
Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison: ‘I Can’t Imagine Ever Doing A Reunion Tour’
Posted in Interviews with tags Beck, Big Black, Brainiac, Cargo Cult, David Sims, David Yow, Denison Kimball Trio, Duane Denison, Firehose, Firewater, Girls Against Boys, Hank Williams III, Iggy Pop, Laughing Hyenas, Mac McNeilly, Melvins, Ministry, Nirvana, Phantom 309, Rage Against the Machine, Scratch Acid, Steve Albini, the Butthole Surfers, the Jesus Lizard, Trans Am, Verbena on 12/30/2009 by korzeck
These are three hard-working men. One is bald, diminutive (around 5 feet tall) and brandishes a wrinkled, menacing smirk. This man has been arrested on numerous occasions for public exposure and enjoys his occupation, which involves howling, salivating, urinating and wrestling with complete strangers. Continue reading
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