Episode 016 : The Paste Magazine Interview Hour Pilot
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Bill Janovitz has been busy making music since 1988, when his first band, Buffalo Tom, released its eponymous debut. In the next ten years, Buffalo Tom released five more albums and become a favorite on college and modern rock radio, but Janovitz did not stop creating when the band decided to take a break.
Pete Miser began making music with the Five Fingers of Funk in the mid-90s in Portland, Oregon, moving to New York in 1999 to work on solo projects as well as touring around the world with Dido as her live band's DJ.
Natalie Flanagan didn't start making music until she was 27, but since then, she has grown in her reputation and experience that's led her to make a great her first full-length CD with "Let."
Bill Janovitz Interview
Bill Janovitz has been busy making music since 1988, when his first band, Buffalo Tom, released its eponymous debut. In the next ten years, Buffalo Tom released five more albums and become a favorite on college and modern rock radio, but Janovitz did not stop creating when the band decided to take a break.
Instead, he recorded two solo CDs, formed several side projects, wrote music for several theatre performances and TV sitcom themes, and formed a new band called Crown Victoria, who recently released their debut, "Fireworks on the TV," on Q Division Records.
Janovitz is also currently finishing up his contribution to the Continuum Books 33 1/3 series with Exile on Main Street, based on the Rolling Stones' classic, double album and how his understanding of "Exile" changed over time. The book will be released this spring.
To Watch For...
* Redbird (Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault, and Peter Mulvey)
* Zap Mama
* Steve Mayone
* Rachael Cantu
* Mr. Airplane Man
* Skating Club
Recommendation: Jonathan Poneman
Sub Pop records started back in 1986 in Seattle, Washington and in subsequent years they've released a slew of groundbreaking albums, as we used to call them back then, by Mudhoney, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Sebadoh, Beat Happening, and dozens of others.
In recent years, the label has become as much of a "brand" as any label, indie or major, could hope for, releasing CDs, as we now call them, by The Shins, Hot Hot Heat, Rosie Thomas, Iron & Wine, Low, The Rapture, and The Postal Service.
Jonathan Poneman, who co-founded and now runs the label, recently sat down and gave Paste his recommendation.
Pete Miser Interview
Pete Miser began making music with the Five Fingers of Funk in the mid-90s in Portland, Oregon, moving to New York in 1999 to work on solo projects as well as touring around the world with Dido as her live band's DJ.
After releasing "Radio Free Brooklyn" in 2002, Miser released "Camouflage is Relative" in late 2004 on Coup de Grace Records. A mix of self-effacing humor, socio-political barbs, and self-sampled beats made to sound like they are coming from older recordings, Miser brings a fresh voice to hip-hop and has even been cited by Public Enemy's Chuck D as an important voice for hip-hop.
The Paste Reckoning: Best Music Writing 2004 and "End of the Century: Story of the Ramones"
Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing is now on its fifth edition, bringing the year's best essays and articles from magazines and newspapers such as Mojo, the Village Voice, The New Yorker, Oxford American, GQ, Vibe, and many other sources.
"End of the Century: The Story of The Ramones" DVD will be released March 15 by Magnolia Pictures and Rhino Home Video. The documentary, which had its theatrical release in 2004, gets behind-the-scenes on the band that many consider the true founders of punk rock and who were, without a doubt, one of the few true innovators in the history of rock and roll.
Natalie Flanagan Interview
Natalie Flanagan didn't start making music until she was 27, but since then, she has grown in her reputation and experience that's led her to make a great her first full-length CD with "Let."
Flanagan digs deep to core emotions as a source of her lyrics, touching on topics that are uncontrived and truthful. She's been compared to a bevy of rock's most influential writers, including Neil Young, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed, but as Paste recently discussed with her, her aspirations for making music are a far more modest.
Thank you!
A very special thank you to all the folks who helped make this pilot possible, including Nick Purdy, Natalie Flanagan, Pete Miser, Bill Janovitz, Jonathan Poneman, Marion Seymour, Hamilton Boyce, Jon Lupfer, Ed Valauskas, Howard Wulkan, Adam Lewis, John McGah, Ariel Hyatt, Frank Woodworth, Kate Kazeniac, Lissa Warren, Bob Dubrow, Maya Gottfried, Yale Evelev, Carla Sacks, Flora Reed, Rachael Cantu, Steve Mayone--and the ladies of Mr. Airplane Man.
"The Paste Magazine Interview Hour" pilot - Episode 016 : April 2005
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Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria on Q Division Records available direct from Q Division.
To Watch For: Redbird, Zap Mama, Steve Mayone, Rachael Cantu, Mr. Airplane Man, and Skating Club.
Recommendation: Jonathan Poneman from Sub Pop Records on Chad VanGaalen.
Pete Miser on Coup de Grace Records.
The Paste Reckoning: Da Capo Press'Best Music Writing 2004 and End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones.
Natalie Flanagan on One Way Productions available direct from One Way Productions.
A site Well-Rounded Radio recommends: Paste Magazine, of course!
