Category: News
Ryan Davis is here to discuss the new Roadhouse Band double-album, New Threats From the Soul, Indiana/Kentucky cultural and college sport rivalries, his parents’ musical interests and what led him, as a boy, to write songs for Michael Jackson and mail them to him to sing, pondering songs as puzzle pieces on his albums, Will Oldham and musical multiverses, his penchant to reference pop culture in his writing and choices he makes, the humour vs. novelty conundrum, storytelling and personal revelation, dynamic musical arrangements, interning at Drag City and befriending the late David Berman, unexpected adulation, touring, other future plans, and much more.
EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already, please subscribe now on Patreon so you never miss full episodes. Thanks!
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We did something like this successfully last year, and we’re doing it again: it’s the 2025 Kreative Kontrol Patreon subscriber drive! From November 21 to 28, we’re aiming to reach 700 paid Patreon subscribers and we can do this! Also, a new gift will be announced daily and awarded via random draws among eligible paid subs!
I will publicly announce each drive day’s prize pack in the morning on my Patreon and on socials, and people will have until midnight MT that day to subscribe and be eligible to be entered into these random draws.
All new annual subscribers will receive as many entries into the daily draw as their subscriber tier amount (i.e. if you sign up for an annual sub at $6/month, you’ll receive six entries for that day’s draw) and all existing paid subscribers and new monthly paid subscribers will receive two entries per draw.
If you’re already a paid subscriber and you refer-a-friend to subscribe during the drive, please ask them to message me and mention you, and I’ll double your entries for that day’s draw!
Thanks for your support! Let’s get to 700 Patreon subscribers! Hear me say some of these words on this episode.
