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Ep. #1002: Peter Ames Carlin on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’

Peter Ames Carlin returns to discuss his new book Tonight in Jungleland – The Making of Born to Run, the fireside chat he had at Bruce Springsteen’s home, how Springsteen was pegged to be dropped by Columbia Records if this record failed, the desperation of the artists creating this music and how that was reflected in the protagonists and narratives in these songs, the Boss’s impulsive and indecisive nature, the forthcoming biopic, Springsteen – Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, book tours and moderating a panel with Bruce, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #938: Daryl Johns

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Daryl Johns is here to discuss his new self-titled album, how an elevated bed is a marker of adulthood, missing Jersey, why Sting cannot possibly be the same guy who was in the Police, how musical technique ebbs and flows in popular music, how he’s been bringing his studio sound to the stage, genre signifiers like “diner rock” and “bubble gum country,” loving sitcom theme music and 1980s sounds, playing shows in New York City, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #910: The Hard Quartet

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Stephen Malkmus and Matt Sweeney discuss their band the Hard Quartet and its new, self-titled debut LP, living in places like Chicago and New York City, the memorial weekend event for Steve Albini that Matt and I attended in Illinois this past July and playing complicated games of dice, the friendship that Stephen and Matt shared with the late David Berman and fresh perspectives on the time Berman, Stephen, and Bob Nastanovich infamously heckled Nirvana, how the Hard Quartet all became friends and eventually started this band where all the guitarists take turns playing bass, the stories behind some of the songs and sounds by the Hard Quartet, the Edmonton Oilers and Neil Young’s iconic father, the late hockey writer, Scott Young, Matt’s amazing video series Guitar Moves, what’s next for the Hard Quartet, other future plans, and much more.  

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