The Guestlist With Sean Cannon

DOWNLOAD Very few people possess the combination of wit, charm, candor and intelligence that Stephen Tobolowsky has been blessed with. During our conversation, we covered everything from the duplicity of Hollywood to transcendence to Beethoven to Jerry Lee Lewis. Oh yeah, and just about everything in between.

DOWNLOAD I could barely believe that I got to chat with Dale Murphy once, so having him back on the show was enthralling. Last time, Dale focused on his affinity for Wilco, but he broadened his musical horizons this time around. Plus we discussed the ’82 Braves at length in anticipation of the ‘82 Baby [...]

DOWNLOAD I talked to Kris Kristofferson a few weeks ago, right after he woke up from a nap and right before he took the stage alongside Merle Haggard. And I mean that literally. Our conversation ended abruptly because he was due on stage in less than five minutes. Amazing! But the icing on the cake [...]

DOWNLOAD During my conversation with Will Oldham, we covered a lot of ground. That said, a lot of it revolved around Kris Kristofferson, since they were getting ready to play a show together at the time. So it was interesting to see how many different ideas and themes popped up throughout the course of a [...]

DOWNLOAD I always thought The Shins were pretty good, but they never changed my life. Eh? Eh? Eh??? But anyway, my opinion of the band was elevated when James Mercer added a cast of characters that included Jessica Dobson, Yuki Matthews and the inimitable Richard Swift. Any dude who wants to play with those folks [...]

DOWNLOAD I was in Chicago for Lollapalooza when I found out that Marc Maron was in town doing some club dates. Naturally, I figured I should go see a set, since my omnipresence at his Midwest shows is almost a running joke between the two of us at this point. Of course, a much less [...]

DOWNLOAD Things got heavy a few times during my conversation with Dan Deacon — but not the teary-eyed, Barbara Walters kind of heavy. It was more like two dudes that just finished reading “The Road” at times. Then again, we also talked about They Might Be Giants, so things couldn’t have been too heavy.

DOWNLOAD In its third year, Cropped Out has bestowed a much-needed dose of weirdness on Louisville. This time around, it features folks like Lil B, David Liebe Hart, R. Stevie Moore, Neil Hamburger and Merchandise. Like I said, Cropped Out deals in weirdness. And that’s the way I like it.

DOWNLOAD Marvin Gaye, pizza, the Cincinnati Reds, then chicks. Those are Greg Dulli’s top four things in the world, in that order. Personally, I might move Marvin Gaye to three, but it’s still pretty tough to quibble. Sitting down for a quick chat with Greg during Lollapalooza was a lot of fun, because we hit [...]

DOWNLOAD A lot of folks have preconceived notions about who Steve Albini is — many of which are unfounded — and they interview him to get some juicy quotes to serve as linkbait fodder. I didn’t want to ask about hot-button issues or poke and prod for some controversial headline material. I just wanted to [...]

DOWNLOAD So it took me a minute to wrap my head around Adam Granduciel’s songwriting process. He was talking about it in a way that I couldn’t quite understand — until, that is, I realized that he and I share a similar affliction. We both need ADD medication to function, and neither of us have [...]

DOWNLOAD Sure, Sharon Van Etten a hardworking, intelligent woman that writes entrancing songs. That’s a given. But what I didn’t know was that she has a serious affinity for comedy, both as a listener and a participant. We weren’t exactly doing longform improv during our conversation, but she still caught me off guard a few [...]

DOWNLOAD Very few musicians can move between the DIY punk scene and the “mainstream” indie rock scene seemlessly, but Kevin Devine is one of those dudes. So it was interesting to hear his take — which is still very much filtered through the DIY lens — on the difference between those two worlds and what [...]

DOWNLOAD I always knew there was something peculiar about Metric, and I finally figured it out after talking to the band at Lollapalooza — they hang out with Mitt Romney. Or at least that’s what they told me. Sure, they could’ve been joking, but the thought of Metric discussing hot-button issues while eating Chick-fil-A in [...]

DOWNLOAD I recently had a chance to follow up with Cloud Nothings frontman Dylan Baldi (just a few months after our first chat at SXSW), and he seemed a little different. Just for reference, it wasn’t because he has a beard now. He seemed a little more comfortable in his skin, which is always a [...]