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October 6, 2005
Shorties
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution donated $100 to speak with Brian Wilson.
Q: What's a perfect day for you?
A: A perfect day is when I get up early and go to the piano and try to write a melody. ... And then I kiss my wife, I play with my kids. ... For me, that's a perfect day.
The New Pornographers' Carl Newman talks to Popmatters.
"I'm really tired of that supergroup label, and I wish people would stop using it," Newman said. "None of us were known at all outside of Canada -- I just don't think it's accurate. And then I have to deal with writers asking how I balance the New Pornographers with Zumpano, and I have to tell them that Zumpano has been broken up for six years. People often don't do very good research when they do these things."
Leslie Feist talks to the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.
"My ambitions aren't so muscle-y. They're not in a rush," said Feist. "I wanna make 10 more albums, or 20 more albums, and I don't care if this one necessarily makes any mark. All I want it to do is inch me forward so when I make my next one, I don't have to start from scratch again."
"My ambitions aren't so muscle-y. They're not in a rush," said Feist. "I wanna make 10 more albums, or 20 more albums, and I don't care if this one necessarily makes any mark. All I want it to do is inch me forward so when I make my next one, I don't have to start from scratch again."
The editors of the independent online literary magazine, Ducky, talk to the city's City Paper.
"There is a certain something to holding a book or a story in your hand, and you lose that in online publishing. But, for our purposes, the positives outweigh the negatives."
Natalie Merchant lists "music you should hear" for Amazon.
Litquake, a San Francisco literary festival, begins Friday and runs through the 15th. I wish I could fly out for the lit crawl on Saturday evening.
NintendojoFR lists many video game song remixes.
The Pitch interviews Sleater-Kinney's Corrin Tucker.
"Times are hard and artists can dive in and use it [art] as an outlet. It's upsetting to see this president and how incredibly callous he is."
The New Thematic! is an mp3 blog featuring off the beaten path 60's music.
"I just know that we're trying to maintain some level of not feeling ashamed of ourselves amidst all this hype. I mean, I don't want to put a song on The OC—and it's not because we have enough money, it's just principle."
Raymond Raposa of Castanets talks to Chartattack.
"It’s kind of important for me to have my friends on the record — even if they’re barely there. That’s what happened with the last one, where if I’m recording myself and a couple of good friends doing something, it’s important for me to have them around in the final thing."
The Boston Phoenix covers the revolting Suicide Girls.
My Morning jacket talks to Paste.
"We made the record we wanted to make, and we had this opportunity to work with one of our favorite directors of all time," James says. "We've just gone the fun route. I don’t know if that is going to be the coolest thing. I don’t know if that is going to be the most critically lauded thing. Or if the public is going to like it. I don’t know."
IGN reviews the latest game I crave, We Love Katamari.
NPR's All Things considered examines the unearthing of the recently released John Coltrane and Thelonius Monk live recording, Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
