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Ep. #812: Michael Azerrad on ‘The Amplified Come As You Are – The Story of Nirvana’

Post author By vish
Post date October 24, 2023

Michael Azerrad discusses his wonderful new book, The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, interviewing Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic for the original Come As You Are book and his subsequent friendship with the band, the truth and rock mythology, self-consciousness and indifference about perception, Kurt’s clinical conditions, how he seemed so relatable, shame, collage, and other recurring motifs in Nirvana’s work, jamming with Nirvana, citing certain podcasts, possible prequels, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #804: Tommy Stinson

Post author By vish
Post date September 25, 2023

Tommy Stinson discusses the wonderful new box set, Tim: Let it Bleed Edition by his old band, the Replacements, touring Canada in October with Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire and the stories behind the songs on their new album, Wronger, John Doe and Bob Dylan, the state of American life and writing new songs about it, loving Canada, other future plans, and much more.

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Tags alexchilton, alternativespaces, america, androgynous, bashandpop, bigstar, bobdylan, bobdylancenter, bobmehr, bobstinson, Canada, chiproberts, chrismars, christinesmith, cowboysinthecampire, dallasgood, dogma, donaldtrump, donttellasoul, emilyroberts, equality, Hudson, humanity, jasonjones edstasium, johndoe, letitbe, letitbleed, life, maryland, Minneapolis, minnesota, mixing, newyork, nowhereismyhome, oklahoma, onemanmutiny, outcasts, outtakes, pandemic, paulwesterberg, peterjesperson, politics, racism, Ramones, relevance, remixing, rhinorecords, sirerecords, slimdunlap, socialissues, thereplacements, thesadies, tim, timletibleed, tommyramone, tommystinson, tour, tulsa, ukulele, uncertainty, venues, warnermusic, woodyguthriecenter, wronger, x

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Ep. #738: Superchunk

Post author By vish
Post date December 6, 2022

Mac McCaughan discusses Superchunk and their wonderful 2022 album Wild Loneliness, writing and recording songs during a pandemic, acoustic guitars and lovely singing, here’s where Owen Pallett’s strings come in, how we listen and contemplating humanity, working with Amy Poehler and Amber Tamblyn, Halloween, how he writes songs, future plans for Superchunk and Merge Records, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.

Tags acousticguitar, aliashawkat, ambertamblyn, amypoehler, amyrigby, andystack, archersofloaf, azteccamera, brucespringsteen, Canada, chapelhill, climatechange, danbejar, dawnrichard, demos, Destroyer, distortion, electricalaudio, existentialism, foolish, fuckedup, georgewbush, girltocity, gobetweens, gratitude, halloween, hcmcentire, hereswherethestringscomein, homestudio, humanity, ignorance, jimwilbur, jonwurster, Lambchop, lauraballance, lookingforleonard, macmcaughan, malaise, mellotron, mergerecords, mikemills, mountaingoats, moxie, netflix, northcarolina, oneday, onthemouth, owenpallett, paintitblack, pandemic, Pavement, polvo, portastatic, records, rem, ronaldreagen, saxophone, sharonvanetten, singing, sneakrs, songwriting, strings, Superchunk, teenagefanclub, thebeths, thesoundofyourself, vocal, whatatimetobealive, wildloneliness, wyeoak