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06.30.2009 David Cross visits Jimmy Kimmel
David Cross stops by Jimmy Kimmel Live to chat about work and and the dangers of the celebrity lifestyle.
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06.25.2009 Holy F**K interview with Joe Walker
Senior citizen Joe Walker of “Breakfast at Sulmay’s” fame interviews Holy F**K and shares how the band creates their uniquely technical sound.
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06.18.2009 Eugene Mirman Interviews Kristen Schaal
Eugene Mirman and fellow Flight of the Conchords cast member Kristen Schaal ask each other random questions for the Bostonist.
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06.18.2009 Today's Fresh Links: David Cross, Jason Mraz, Janelle Monae and more artists.
NPR interviews Janelle Monae about her futuristic Metropolis, David Cross explains he drinks for a reason, Jason Mraz wants a new world, and more Bumbershoot artists in today’s Fresh Links.
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06.12.2009 Bumbershoot Interviews Head Like a Kite!
Trent and Dave of Head Like a Kite chat with Bumbershoot intern Ty Blue on the streets of Seattle.
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05.13.2009 Today's Fresh Links: The All-American Rejects, Vieux Farka Touré and Todd Snider
The All-American Rejects are trying to be social, Vieux Farka Touré has made a name for himself and Todd Snider pours his life into his music in today’s Fresh Links.
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05.12.2009 Today's Fresh Links: MSTRKRFT, Dead Confederate, Extra Golden, and The Cave Singers
Dead Confederate want you to be a part of their sound, Extra Golden get political with their music and MSTRKRFT love making people move their feet in the streets in today’s Fresh Links.
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05.07.2009 Today's Fresh Links: Franz Ferdinand, Matt & Kim, The Honey Brothers, and more!
In today’s links Franz Ferdinand give informative responses to awkward questions, Matt & Kim impress with their live show, the Honey Brothers have talent in addition to their celebrity band member and more in today’s Fresh Links.
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04.30.2009 Today's Fresh Links: Franz Ferdinand, Janelle Monae, Eugene Mirman, and More!
Franz Ferdinand is pumping out dance hits while sticking to their sound, Janelle Monae is going sci-fi, Eugene Mirman vlogs his type of comedy, plus more in today’s Fresh Links.
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04.29.2009 De La Soul Interview (Video)
Hip Hop Official catches up with De La Soul on the heels of their new NIKE collabo.
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04.22.2009 Today's Fresh Links: Raphael Saadiq, The Ting Tings and Swollen Members
Raphael Saadiq wants to break on the UK scene, The Ting Tings head to Berlin for their next album and Swollen Members are making stops before the US!
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10.10.2008 Greg Behrendt & Tig Notaro on The Sound of Young America
Jesse Thorn of PRI’s The Sound of Young America chatted with comedian / author / talk show host Greg Behrendt and comedian / actress Tig Notaro, live at Bumbershoot. Read about it on The Sound of Young America blog or listen to the podcast.
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10.09.2008 Joshua Morrison interviewed at Bumbershoot
Singer-songwriter and US Soldier Joshua Morrison was scheduled to perform at Bumbershoot, but a sudden redeployment meant he had to cancel his show on the Wells Fargo Stage. Fortunately, Joshua was able to make his special appearance for KEXP in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge (scheduled one day before his public performance). Current TV captured an interview with the soft spoken soldier, posted on their site this week.
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10.02.2008 Tapes 'N Tapes video interview
OurStage recently posted a sweet interview with Tapes ‘N Tapes, recorded when the band performed at Bumbershoot. Check it out here!
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09.17.2008 KEXP covers Bumbershoot
Check out all KEXP’s live music reviews, video interviews, photos, and comedy coverage on KEXP’s blog.
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09.16.2008 Forro In The Dark interview at Bumbershoot
KEXP’s Jon Kertzer interviews Forro in the Dark after their performance at the Bumbershoot Music Lounge.
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09.16.2008 Two Gallants Interview at Bumbershoot
Jonathan Zwickel interviews Two Gallants for KEXP after their performance in the Bumbershoot Music Lounge.
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09.09.2008 Beck Interview At Bumbershoot
KEXP’s Jim Beckmann interviewed our buddy at the Festival.
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09.08.2008 The Seattle Times Profiles Bumbershoot
And catches up with One Reel’s founder, Norm Langill!
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08.28.2008 The Olympian Interviews Evan The Intern
Those fine, fine folks over at The Olympian have been reading my blog and decided to interview me! So now I’m writing about them writing about my writing. That’s so meta.
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08.22.2008 SFist Interviews Two Gallants
Check out this fancy, San Francisco-themed interview with indie rockers Two Gallants.
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08.05.2008 Sound of Young America's Jesse Thorn talks to ZWire
Radio host Jesse Thorn chats with ZWire about getting out of his comfort zone behind a radio microphone and preparing for this year’s Bumbershoot.
Thorn: It’s nearly impossible to do solo comedy on the radio, but it’s much scarier to do it by yourself in front of a crowd.
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08.01.2008 Brother Ali interview and MP3s
Head to Brooklyn Vegan to read his extensive interview with Brother Ali.
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07.31.2008 A Short Interview With Flobots
Express Night Out caught up with Flobots for enough time to conduct a little interview recently.
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07.29.2008 Interview with Hayley Williams of Paramore
Musicradar.com caught up with our young friend Hayley Williams of Paramore for an interview recently.
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07.25.2008 InternView: Programming Department
Just in case you have no idea how the artists are picked for Bumbershoot, or how they end up getting to the Festival, and finding lodging, I’ve done a little investigation for you. It led me into a den of mystery, where the illustrious Programming Department is hard at work.
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07.24.2008 An interview with The Old 97's in Nashville
Check out this in-depth interview with Murray Hammond of Old 97’s.
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07.14.2008 Joshua Ferris profiles The Hold Steady
Bumbershoot literary star Joshua Ferris (appearing with Chip Kidd as part of The Office in the Leo K.) profiles The Hold Steady for the New York Times Magazine, calling them New York’s most insightful party band, but not before saying this:
Initially, I disliked them immensely.
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07.14.2008 Langhorn Slim loves those love songs
The Citizen-Times talks to Langhorne Slim about his songwriting and more.
Have you always written so many love songs?
I started playing guitar when I was 13, and I started writing soon after that. It has always seemed to be the driving theme in my songwriting.
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07.14.2008 Throw Me The Statue Do a Session and Interview With Daytrotter
Daytrotter got local boys Throw Me The Statue in the studio for a jam session and an interview, which means good reading and free mp3’s for all of us.
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07.12.2008 Q&A with DCFC: Death Cab For Cutie Interview
Death Cab For Cutie members Ben Gibbeard and Nick Harmer recently had a chat with the SF Weekly that you should definitely check out.
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07.07.2008 Beck in the NY Times
The New York Times profiles Beck and his new album, Modern Guilt.
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06.27.2008 PWRFL Power sits down with the Seattle Times
Recently the Seattle Times caught up with local singer-songwriter PWRFL Power to talk about his newfound fame, television appearance, and plans to leave Seattle.
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06.26.2008 InternView: Sponsorship Department
After the Marketing Department’s InternView, every department wanted a piece of the action. So, in my tradition of not walking very far, I chose sponsorship for the next InternView, since they’re located 8 feet away from my desk.
Amidst my hard-hitting questions I also discovered that the sponsorship department includes: a woman who used to work as a dancer in a Barney Rubble suit, a harpist, a former Cub Scout (who quit after the first year when his pine box racecar was destroyed), an obsessive-compulsive hair-cutter and someone who apparently knows Keith Richards, his mom and his step-dad. Now try and guess who’s who from the rundown:
Gaylynn Kiser: Sponsorship Director
Gretchen DeGroot: Sponsorship Manager
Mike Guay: Marketing and Sponsorship Coordinator
Elin Waldman: Sponsorship Intern
Lauren Simpson: Sponsorship Intern
What does the sponsorship department do?
Elin: I was curious of that as well!
Gaylynn: We get corporate sponsorships for the Festival, which helps keep our ticket prices low and provides cool experiences for fans.
Gretchen: And we help to get the word out about what’s new and upcoming in “product-land.”
Elin: Yes, that IS what we do. I’m also the official cream cheese procurer of Bumbershoot.
If you could work for any other department, which one would it be, and why?
Gretchen: Production because they get stuff done! They’re very action-oriented people.
Mike: Accounting. (Laughter) That was my joke answer from the Marketing InternView.
Gaylynn: I’m citing a conflict of interest because I’m the department head.
Which department could you beat at whiffle ball, and why?
All: Accounting. (Laughter)
Gretchen: We’re fortunate to have Mike on our side; he’s a more sports-oriented fellow.
Mike: I hear Robert (from Information Services) has a nasty knuckle ball with a whiffle ball.
Gaylynn: So, we’ll have to go back to Accounting.
What part of the Festival are you most excited for?
Gretchen: Visual arts, fine arts, the spectacle. There’s a lot of stuff that’s happening throughout the grounds: installations, participatory activities, plus it’s a spectacle with fun guerrilla arts projects that the Programming Department works on. (Note: Programming Department InternView coming soon!)
Gaylynn: It’s just so diverse. I’m excited about the entire event.
Elin: The chaos… I’m excited to experience it all!
Mike: I’m always excited about the music at Bumbershoot, but this year I’m really excited about what’s going on around the International Fountain lawn especially, and the art in the Northwest Court Rooms.
Gretchen: Agreed. I think those will be the “spots to be at” at Bumbershoot.
Lauren: It’s my fifth day here. So far I’m just looking forward to making sure that the sponsors are satisfied, and that people notice all the little things we do to make it such a unique event.
What festival food are you going to gorge on this year?
Gretchen: (immediately) Shishkaberries.
Elin: Corn dogs – but like, real corn dogs, like the crispy good ones, not the microwave ones.
Lauren: Elephant ears.
(Mike then polls the sponsorship on the recent, heated elephant ears VS fry bread debate, and “elephant ears’ is once again championed as the preferred nomenclature. Sorry, Lisa.)
If your department was a professional sports team, what song would play while you walked onto the field?
Mike: Pink Floyd, “Money” (Laughter)
Gaylynn: Good call.
If your department were to start a band, what would you call it, and what would you play?
After the usual amount of deliberation, Lauren is crowned lead singer and the Slingshot Animals are born. Bumbershoot’s famous band bio generator has provided their elaborate history:
Rising from the pits of Austin, Slingshot Animals ruptured onto the metal scene in 2005 with their debut album, Use Your Initiative. The band’s latest album, Signed, Sealed and Delivered, fuses Elle Simpson’s ominous snarls with booming drum solos to forge a solid record chock-full of sludgy anthems. With standout tracks like “Satan’s Footprint,” look for Slingshot Animals to be a major force in the metal landscape for years to come.
Find out how your band bio would read.
Next up: InternView puts Bumbershoot’s hysterical Programming Department under the microscope. Learn more about the group of people who procure the fine-tuned Bumbershoot lineup each year.
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06.26.2008 Monotonix is Blowing Up!
SPIN profiles the energetic Israeli trio Monotonix, calling the trio “the most exciting live band in rock’n’roll.”
“I’m trying to get people laughing and dancing and wild,” says Ami Shalev. “That’s the purpose, to get people free. The rules at a rock concert say, ‘The band is here. You need to claps your hands.’ We want people to have a good time without any rules.”
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06.24.2008 An Intimate Talk with Saul Williams
PopMatters.com sat down with Saul Williams after a recent concert for an in-depth interview about technology, writing, race and reality.
I’ve traveled through the album several times and it has many different levels and perspectives: sometimes [it’s in] first person and others times you play a character. You can listen to it as a story, a teaching [experience] or a chance to let loose on the dance floor.
And I created it that way. On one level I just wanted to make a really cool dance album. You don’t have to understand the words, in several places it’s where I placed the words and how they sound rhythmically, how they fit the groove and tempo and the overall feel of the song. As a listener who’s looking for a good beat, it’s about finding those pockets. And if you’re looking for the political stuff then there are those pockets as well.
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06.20.2008 Paramore featured in AltPress
Paramore recently took time from their busy schedule to talk to Alternative Press about their shows, roots, and goals as a band.
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06.20.2008 Man Man on Pitchfork's guest list
Man Man share their current faves on Pitchfork, including:
Best Purchase of the Past Year
Pow Pow: Probably Nintendo DSs. For “Mario Kart”. Five of them, so we all race each other.
Honus Honus: It gets really competitive, and I admit that Cougar—
Cougar: ...kicks ass.
Honus Honus: He’s throwing his fist up in the air, but it’s not an actual DS match unless Cougar’s involved. It’s fun to beat him.
Cougar: Yeah, because it happens so rarely. I’m unbeatable.
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06.19.2008 Flobots Profiled in Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone deems Flobots worthy of “Breaking Artist” status, featuring vital stats and a video interview of the newly announced Bumbershoot performers.
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06.19.2008 Ingrid Michaelson, unlikely star
The Baltimore Sun profiles Ingrid Michaelson and her unusual path to stardom.
“I never went into this to be the poster child for unsigned artists,” says Michaelson. “The fact that we didn’t have a label meant I had an opportunity to chart my career.”
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06.19.2008 The Offspring Discuss their New Album, Power Ballads
This week the Herald Sun caught up with The Offspring to talk about their new album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and its surprising power ballads.
‘‘It is a little different. We’ve messed around with those types of (slower) songs over the years but they’ve never made it on to a record. It doesn’t seem like a big surprise to me because I’ve heard all those songs, but Offspring fans might go ‘What?’ But not everything has to be hardcore.’‘
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06.19.2008 20 questions with Old 97's
Rhett Miller of the Old 97’s answers 20 questions for PopMatters, including:
7. You want to be remembered for…?
I’d love to have a catalogue of albums full of songs people love. And someday I aspire to write novels. The real thing I’d like to be remembered for, though, is being a good father and husband. Without that, the other accomplishments are meaningless.
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06.18.2008 20 questions with Nada Surf
Ira Elliott of Nada Surf answers 20 questions for Popmatters, including:
3. The greatest album, ever?
Abbey Road dude. C’mon.
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06.11.2008 Author William Gibson talks to IO9
William Gibson opens up to io9 about Godzilla and politics in between dissections of his techno-inspired novel Spook Country.
In Spook Country, old ideologies hang around and shape the initial phases of a longterm change that it will never be able to keep up with. The digital realm is inherently porous. These days we’re all coming to the attention of the authorities as a matter of course. But the really new thing is that the authorities are coming to our attention. It’s more difficult for authorities to keep their secrets.
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06.08.2008 Ravens & Chimes Family Tree
The Montreal Gazette talks to Asher Lack about his famed artist father, and delves into the musical influences of his band Ravens & Chimes.
My goal has been to meld Leonard Cohen and David Bowie, but I still have a long way to go. I’m looking to create something sexy with smarts, something lyrical yet something with lots of instrumentation.
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06.04.2008 Pitchfork.tv interviews The Black Keys
Jessica Suarez of Pitchfork.tv talks a very comfortable, very giddy Dan & Patrick of The Black Keys about “basically everything except their new album.”
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05.30.2008 Dan Deacon spills the beans
Dan Deacon shares details on his upcoming album Bromst with Pitchfork, and lets fans know they can expect a new direction for the music:
It’s a much darker album in tone, and elements of the story have been really weighing down on me. Not to say it isn’t a positive record, but it’s just more balanced in emotional range than Spiderman of the Rings.
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05.29.2008 Under the covers with Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd discusses his new novel, The Learners, and his life as a famous book jacket designer with the Wild River Review. They’ve also got a nice gallery samples of his cover art through the years.
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05.29.2008 Jambands.com sits down with The Black Keys
Jambands.com sits down with Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney to talk about the band’s new album Attack & Release and life on the festival circuit.
Looking back, what is your favorite festival memory?
All the festivals last year seemed to be our favorites. I think we finally figured it out after a couple of years of playing festivals. We learned how to play outdoors, in the sunlight, 50 people away from the nearest person and not let that get in the way of trying to relate to the audience. We used to pretend like we are in 300 person room, but that doesn’t quite work. I am not really sure what it is, but you have to compensate a little bit.
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05.07.2008 In the Studio with Lee "Scratch" Perry
Pitchfork.tv goes in the studio with the legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry and album producer Andrew WK.
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05.07.2008 Ingrid Michaelson primer, tour dates
Paste has tour dates for Ingrid Michaelson, dropping some biographical knowledge along the way. For a more in-depth look at the self-described “librarian chic” singer-songerwriter, check out Paste’s 4 to Watch feature from last fall.
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05.02.2008 Mike Doughty's Morning Becomes Eclectic
Nic Harcourt interviews and Mike Doughty plays on this April 30 edition of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic.
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05.02.2008 Kid Sister visits with URB
URB catches up with rising star Kid Sister at Coachella.
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05.02.2008 Man Man speaks to URB
URB snags a video interview with Man Man from last weekend’s Coachella.
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05.02.2008 Bay Bridged: John Vanderslice
The Bay Bridged Podcast celebrates its 100th episode by featuring San Francisco’s own John Vanderslice.
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05.02.2008 Mike Doughty on creativity, music and technology
From Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society comes this archived April 2005 interview with Mike Doughty. Listen now (via mog.com)
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05.01.2008 Rolling Stone Q&A with Scott Weiland
Rolling Stone has a lengthy Q&A with STP frontman Scott Weiland.
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05.01.2008 Dan Deacon goes poolside at Coachella
SPIN goes poolside for a video interview with Dan Deacon at last weekend’s Coachella.
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04.22.2008 STP's Dean DeLeo talks to MTV.com
MTV.com reveals the real reason Stone Temple Pilots reunited: to have the chance to open for Led Zeppelin.
“Believe me, that was one of the reasons,” laughed DeLeo. “We thought, ‘We should get together now, in case Zeppelin does tour.’ I’m serious, man. That would be one hell of a bill: STP and Led Zeppelin. I mean, we could play a doghouse, out in the middle of the ocean, and if I got to play with Zeppelin, that would be a highlight of my life.”
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04.22.2008 Tiny Mix Tapes chats with Blitzen Trapper
Tiny Mix Tapes interviews Portland’s Blitzen Trapper, who cite literary works as some of their chief influences:
“I don’t buy records, but I listen to music because it’s everywhere. It’s all around us. That’s why I don’t really buy it. Because you can go wherever and someone’s always got music. There’s almost too much music. I think get most of my ideas from books. I feel like Wild Mountain Nation is a combination of Jorge Luis Borges, Zane Grey, Italo Calvino with maybe a little bit of Frank Herbert thrown in.”
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04.22.2008 Hilarious Dan Deacon interview
Public Access interviews Dan Deacon. (via the Midnight Sun)
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04.21.2008 Bedouin Soundclash meets Silly Gillman
Paradise TV’s Silly Gillman meets up in Boston with Bedouin Soundclash for a video interview.
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04.16.2008 STP talks to CNN
Watch CNN video coverage of the newly reunited Stone Temple Pilots.
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04.11.2008 John Vanderslice on song writing
John Vanderslice talks song writing with Penn State’s Daily Collegian.
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04.10.2008 John Vanderslice talks hip-hop
John Vanderslice talks to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about his fascination with ’60s music and modern hip-hop.
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07.12.2007 St. Vincent: the PopWatch interview
EW.com’s PopWatch interviews Annie Clark of St. Vincent.
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06.20.2007 Janeane Garofalo mouths off
The Windy City Times interviews Janeane Garofalo.
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04.27.2007 Gogol Bordello's Open House
Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello talks to CMJ about their upcoming album Super-Taranta.
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04.27.2007 Life is good for The Shins
James Mercer of The Shins talks to New Jersey’s Paramus Post (via largeheartedboy).
