Articles tagged "interview"

Performing Arts Feature

Songwriting and Social Activism: An Interview With Nellie McKay

by Steve Horowitz

[2.Jun.09] :. "If you keep your opinions and knowledge to yourself, it doesn’t change anything." McKay talks to PopMatters about her current projects, social activism, and philosophy of life in general.

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Notes from the Road

Interview: Antietam (SXSW 2008)

by Robin Cook

[7.Jul.08] :. Louisville-by-way-of-NYC indie rockers Antietam flew to Austin to play four—yes, four—sets. Guitarist/singer Tara Key has branched out into solo albums, but as she explains, Antietam...

Notes from the Road

 

Notes from the Road

Interview: Smog Veil Records [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[22.Apr.08] :. Chicago’s Smog Veil prides itself on its catalog of “underground, challenging, unknown, and/or bombastic rock ’n’ roll.” (Label artists include the legendary Pere Ubu.)...

Notes from the Road

 

Notes from the Road

Interview: Kaki King [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[15.Apr.08] :. Kaki King’s SXSW showcase introduced audiences to her shimmering guitar work and self-effacing stage presence. Despite the “Queen of the Acoustic Guitar” moniker, King can move...

Notes from the Road

 

Notes from the Road

Interview: Bobby Bare, Jr. [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[9.Apr.08] :. Judging from the self-deprecating humor in Bobby Bare, Jr.‘s songs, you’d never guess he was a Grammy nominee at age five. Country fans may remember “Daddy What If”, his 1971...

Notes from the Road

 

Notes from the Road

Interview: Ian McLagan (Small Faces) [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[8.Apr.08] :. Former Small Faces keyboardist and Rolling Stones sideman Ian McLagan has called Austin home since the 1990s. And, as he says, it’s a welcome change from the weather back in England. Today,...

Notes from the Road

 

Interview: Rocking Moms [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[6.Apr.08] :. Imagine you’re a tween or a teen in suburban America.  The walls shake with the sound of band practice in the family garage.  Except that it’s your mother practicing, not...

 

Interview: Elf Power [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[28.Mar.08] :. At Austin’s legendary Waterloo Records, Elf Power treated patrons to a lively in-store performance, with songs from their newest album, In a Cave (Rykodisc). Before their set, band...

 

Interview: Mark Pickerel [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[27.Mar.08] :. What happens when a drummer whose resume includes the Screaming Trees, Neko Case, and Nirvana grabs an acoustic guitar and steps up to the mic? Answer: He makes swell solo albums of laconic country...

 

Interview: The English Beat [SXSW 2008]

by Robin Cook

[26.Mar.08] :. Ska beats and politically charged lyrics—two great things that taste great together. Just ask Dave Wakeling, touring once again with the English Beat. Of course, the group also wrote...

 

Interview

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[10.Dec.07] :. Pierre and Katya are too strange and too duplicitous for their conversation to have any deeper level than simply skewering the vapidity of most celebrity journalism.

 

First Person of Shooters: An Interview with Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel

by Ryan Smith

[15.Nov.07] :. "I don't think Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan or any of those guys took it lightly when they became who they were. It was because they were obsessed about something, probably a little crazy and I think I do the same thing."

 

Steve Buscemi combines acting, directing talents in ‘Interview’

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Sep.07] :. In “Reservoir Dogs,” he didn’t believe in leaving tips for waitresses. In “Fargo,” he was referred to as “the little guy (who) was kinda...

 

Princess Di’s personal chef shares recipes and recollections

by Diane Stoneback [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)]

[23.Aug.07] :. When Princess Diana walked through the front door at Kensington Palace, Chef Darren McGrady instantly knew she was very unhappy. She slammed the door, which was not at all like her, and stormed into...

 

Interview

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Aug.07] :. Katya and Pierre's mutual distrust is predictable, but the movie emphasizes their sometimes surprising sameness.

 

Just try to keep up with Dennis Miller’s politically tinged comedy

by Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[2.Jul.07] :. For a shorthand description of Dennis Miller as a radio host, there’s this one: the Al Franken of the right. OK by you, Dennis? “Listen, Al’s a good friend of mine,” says...