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Ep. #1131: The Tubs

Owen Williams from the Tubs returns to discuss Hard Life, university vs. college and miles vs. kilometres, ideal recording situations, why this new album contains three narrators who all might be him, intriguing instrumental ideas, great songwriting in Ramones and the Magnetic Fields, heaven and hell, suicide, and survivor’s guilt, raising a family, writing even newer songs, touring a lot, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1072: Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco returns to discuss her new book, The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music & Freedom, her involvement in establishing the Buffalo, New York arts hub known as Babeville, which is where I last saw Shellac play a show, why Buffalo was fertile ground for an aspiring musician, what prompted her to write this book with Lauren Coyle Rosen, the evolution of her position on God as an entity or name for our collective consciousness, striving for communication and connectedness, pondering fearlessness and perceptions of confidence, living in an age of disembodied music, distinguishing between escapism and transcendence, self-reflection borne of parenting, loving The Telepathy Tapes podcast, working on a soundtrack for a documentary, theatrical projects and her recent stint acting on Broadway, upcoming book events and tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1029: Julianna Riolino

Julianna Riolino returns to discuss her excellent new album, Echo in the Dust, hanging out in her childhood bedroom and reflecting upon life with our respective parents, being a particularly sensitive person and artist, existentialism, pondering the universe, and billionaires who wish to escape Earth, reflecting upon her time in and outside of Daniel Romano’s Outfit, theatricality on the new record that may stem from her youth as a drama kid, growth and heights, music production approaches, the Beatles and the Who, writing new songs, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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