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The Magic Wanda Jackson

Posted in Interviews with tags Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Jack White, the Cramps, Wanda Jackson, White Stripes on 01/30/2010 by korzeck

Here’s a from-the-vault interview you probably didn’t expect to see on this blog: one with rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson. Online for the first time, the 2003 conversation revolved around Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello – and the Cramps too. 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 korzeck

Get 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 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 korzeck

David 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 →