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Ep. #851: Mark Mothersbaugh

Post author By vish
Post date April 2, 2024

Mark Mothersbaugh from DEVO discusses his new hardcover art book, APOTROPAIC BEATNIK GRAFFITI, how limited eyesight helped make him a visionary, a 2020 hospital admission for COVID-19 that changed his life forever, mail art and thousands of art cards, how visual art led to the pursuit of music and DEVO’s formation, very old and very recent personal interactions with three Beatles, loving the Rolling Stones and avoiding LSD, the essay Ian Svenonius wrote for this book, the current state of devolution, what’s next for him and DEVO, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #736: Douglas Andrew McCombs
Ep. #673: Sonic Youth
Ep. #659: Robin Hatch
Ep. #550: Ian Svenonius & Rich Morel of Too Much
Ep. #107: Friendly Rich
Ep. #19: Ian F. Svenonius

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Ep. #828: ‘Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine’ with Mark Davidson & Parker Fishel

Post author By vish
Post date December 12, 2023

Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel discuss their work on the essential new book, Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine, its fascinating essays and notable contributors and their access to almost any of Dylan’s manuscripts and lyric notebooks at the Bob Dylan Center that they asked for, clamouring for mythical material by Dylan, Charlie Parker, and Fugazi, why it feels like Dylan is telling us he’s retiring, the latest on the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #826: Steve Albini and Fred Armisen
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Ep. #761: Jokermen
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Ep. #648: Lee Ranaldo
Ep. #634: Richard Thompson
Ep. #522: Destroyer
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Ep. #223: Ian MacKaye & Steve Albini (Part I)
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Ep. #806: The Breeders

Post author By vish
Post date October 3, 2023

Kelley Deal and Josephine Wiggs from the Breeders discuss Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition) and the making of this landmark album in 1993, Local Rabbits and Protomartyr, photo curation, archiving, and social media pros and cons, how they first came to know each other and collaborate, how the success of Last Splash impacted the band, Kelley on playing a sewing machine and making a quilt, J Mascis singing lead, things that are also in Canada, touring, writing new music, other future plans, and much more.

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