Here's another 23 minutes of catch-up talk with my three ep 63 guests: Bradley works new members into the band, Jeff records a video for his new song "I Want More Life," Steve has been doing backing instruments for his saxophone teacher (with a full song from that new project at the end of this recording), plus hear about guests I've been chasing around but haven't gotten on Continue Reading …
NEM #55 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Don Preston
After listening to Nakedly Examined Music ep. 55, feast on this conversation about the philosophy of Frank and whether music progresses and where it might be progressing to now, among other topics. Includes about 15 minutes of talking plus songs: "Peaches En Regalia Live" by the Grandmothers from Eating the Astoria (2000), "Inner Blues (Not a Blues)" by the Don Preston Trio Continue Reading …
NEM #48 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Thalia Zedek
After listening to Nakedly Examined Music ep. 48, enjoy this trip down memory lane with Thalia, who talks about the break-up of her band Come, and you get to hear "New Coat" from Gently Down The Stream (1998); then we'll go back to her first bands and you'll hear "Smile on Your Face," a 1982 single by Dangerous Birds; she then talks about how for a couple of albums she was Continue Reading …
NEM #30 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Wertico and Cain
After the interview, Mark continued to talk with Paul and David for another 20 minutes, touching on Paul's other projects including his work with Pat Metheny, David's work in creating films, and Mark pitches the idea for them to do their own podcast. We listen to "Last Train Home" from the Pat Metheny Group album Still Life (Talking) (1987) featuring Paul, "The Max Factor" Continue Reading …
NEM#21 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Trey Gunn
After the interview, Mark and Trey continued to talk for another 30 minutes, covering his time with Fripp's Guitar Craft camp, his ear training regimen, his artistic coaching practice, and more. Plus, you get to hear the opening track (a Bob Dylan cover, "Not Dark Yet") and one of his "Flood" improvisations that were released on his The Waters, They Are Rising album (2015), as Continue Reading …
NEM#17 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Carrie Akre
Another 15 minutes of conversation between Mark and the Hammerbox singer, immediately following our Nakedly Examined Music episode, bookended by "Waiting" from the Rockfords' EP Waiting... (2003) and "Trafalgar Sqare" from Carrie's last solo album to date, Last the Evening (2007). Go check out Nakedly Examined Music episodes and subscribe to the feed. Continue Reading …
NEM#13 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Beth Kille
Following on our Nakedly Examined Music episode, Mark and Beth trade some basic musical career information, Beth talks about rude dudes and being a woman on stage, and she shares her passion for inspiring others to make music. And more songs, from two of the collaborations she described on the episode. First, "Gin & Chocolate" from Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets (2014) and at Continue Reading …
NEM#12 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with John Philip Shenale
Following up to the Nakedly Examined Music interview, Mark talks more with Phil about the state of the music industry, playing live, how many pieces to use in a string arrangement, and more. Featuring bonus songs: The #1 1989 single "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles from their album Everything, which Phil did the keyboards and string arrangement for; then "Shattering Sea" from Continue Reading …
NEM#10 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Nick Eede
More conversation from my interview with Nick van Eede for Nakedly Examined Music ep. 10, about learning about music from your older siblings, completionism, and changes in the way we listen. Featuring the track "Hard on You" from Cutting Crew's Grinning Souls album (2005), and wrapping up with "The Broadcast" from Broadcast (1986). Continue Reading …
NEM#9 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Roderick Romero
Here's more footage from the Nakedly Examined Music ep. 9 interview with Sky Cries Mary's Roderick Romero, where he talks about his divorce from his co-lead-singer, writing a song for a movie about Jim Morrison that never got made, the 2015 SCM reunion show, his first album recorded with Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of The Posies, being in the Seattle music scene as it was Continue Reading …
NEM#7 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Gary Lucas
Gary had a couple of lengthy digressions that didn't make the cut into the episode proper, like where he talked more about his collaboration with Bruno Galindo, The Infra-Realist Session (2009); this recording includes the song "Cada Resto del Naufragio." On top of this, I ended up speaking to him two weeks after the original recording to ask a few more questions, and while Continue Reading …
NEM#6 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Steve Petrinko
Steve and I kept talking for quite a while after our conversation, and though I edited out a lot of the specific comments about each other's work between former bandmates and reminiscences about mutual friends, there was still about half an hour left, and I've interpersed this with parts of "Couch Potato" from his hastily recorded first solo album Behold the Pineapple! (1997) Continue Reading …
NEM#5 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Jeff Heiskell
In the pre-roll and post-roll conversation for Nakedly Examined Music ep. 5, we talk about his marketing (or not) himself as a gay artist and listen to "I Want the World to Change" from his 2008 album Clip-on Nose Ring. Also: being recognized, not sitting in front of a computer, band business chores, staying in the same town where you went to college and have many fans, who Continue Reading …
NEM#4 Bonus: More Conversation and Tunes with Gareth Mitchell
When recording Nakedly Examined Music ep. 4, Gareth and Mark kept talking after the recording was done for another half hour. Choice bits from that discussion plus our pre-show banter are presented here for your amusement, and you'll also hear here 30 seconds of "Filament," a song available in full from Gareth's website from his album Apparatus (1999), and the full remix track, Continue Reading …