NEM-Pretty Much Pop Crossover: The Singer Not the Song w/ Ken Stringfellow (feat. Game Theory)

Ken returns from episode #39, this time not to talk about his own music, but more generally about our relationship to music.  Do you just embrace the pure sound, or do you care about who made that sound? One way of seeing where you fall on this issue is whether you care more for singles or to whole albums or careers by artists. This is a cross-production with my Pretty Much Pop  Continue Reading …

Pretty Much Pop #23: The Singer Not the Song w/ Ken Stringfellow

What's your relationship to music? Do you just embrace the pure sound, or do you care about who made that sound? One way of seeing where you fall on this issue is whether you care more for singles or to whole albums or careers by artists. Ken Stringfellow, who co-fronts The Posies and was a member of R.E.M. and Big Star, joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to talk about what  Continue Reading …

NEM #49: Scott McCaughey Minus 5 Plus Young Fresh Fellows Equals Magic

Scott established himself fronting Seattle's Young Fresh Fellows starting in 1981, then around 1994 joined R.E.M. as a recording/touring member and started The Minus 5 with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck. We discuss The Minus 5's "In the Ground" from Dungeon Golds (2015), "All the Time" from their Old Liquidator (1995), and "Weymer Never Dies" from their Of Monkees & Men (2016). We  Continue Reading …