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Author T. Cooper is my guest on the podcast today. We talk about his latest book, Changers, and its accompanying website. T. is really fun to talk to and I'm thrilled to share this interview with you. Enjoy! Some links: T.'s website wearechangers.org We Are Changers on Facebook @RealTCooper @wechangers Featured music: Swayed - Kiasmos Love is Gone - Oxford & Co. Learn more about me here.

My pal Steven Strafford is my guest today, we talk about his show Methtacular! Which is currently running at Chicago's Theater Wit to spectacular reviews.  Click here for tickets, dates and further details about the show. On Twitter: @stevenstrafford @methtacular Music: Invocation - Michael Harren Waiting For Gilligan - Vance Gilbert I mentioned my Inner Tribe in the intro and gave the wrong web address, you can check it out here.

Songwriter and poet Jeremy Bass is my guest on this episode of the ol' podcast. As I post this I realize it's a touch out of date, but the timing is perfect to tell you about Jeremy's new Kickstarter project to raise money for a pair of EPs he will be working on soon. Links to everything can be found below. Thanks for listening! Jeremy's Website Jeremy's Kickstarter The Secret City In the realm of my solo work, you can read more on my website and keep and eye out for my new single "Invocation" out August 26th and the new album will be out on October 14th with a release show and party at Dixon Place here in NYC.  Mark your calendars! I'd love to see you there!

Japan Soul's Jason Paul joined me for this talk about the making and inspiration for their new album Plastic Utopia. You can see them live this Friday, June 20th at The Bitter End. 10PM. Be there! Some Japan Soul links for ya: japansoul.me Bandcamp Twitter Facebook Soundcloud We also talked about Kent Odessa and Chromeo. I'd love your support with my kickstarter for the album and book based on my solo show, Tentative Armor.  All the details are here!

I needed a briefing on what has been going on with Russia and their rapidly declining human rights policies, and I know no one better to talk to about these things than by dear friend and NYC bad-ass, Ken Kidd. This is an unedited discussion recorded on my iPhone in Ken's office. No frills, but plenty of important information that needs to be heard. Listen. Share. Act. Links: Queer Nation NY Queer Nation on Facebook Ken's Facebook Page

Electronic musician and software designer Adam Rokhsar is my guest today. So happy to talk about his new release as RUWA. A really great conversation with a fantastic artist. Links: Make Yourself Transparent RUWA on Bandcamp RokVid is Adam's recent collab with Ableton Songs: When You Cry - RUWA Perfect Building - RUWA PS I'm Fine - RUWA February - Lusine Listen till the end for a CD give away courtesy of Ghostly International

My good friend and collaborator, Leah Coloff is my guest today. Leah is a cellist, singer and composer based here in Brooklyn, NY. It was great to talk to her about her forthcoming album, gralbums, loss, and creation. Check it out and check HER out at leahcoloff.com.

  Every now and then someone shows up in my life in a wild moment of synchronicity who I know I'm really supposed to plug into. Victoria is one such person. She's been a teacher and mentor to me for some time now, so I'm really excited to have her as a guest on today's podcast. We talk a bunch about her new solo show, No Need For Seduction, which opens THIS FRIDAY at Dixon Place. There's some interesting talk about Archetypes in performance and I included a couple of tracks from Ólafur Arnalds brilliant new album and a piece of my own in this show as well. As always, thanks for listening to the show and I welcome your feedback!

  Sabrina Lastman and Sasha Bogdanowitsch join me in this episode to discuss their project, the Vital Vox Festival, a vocal music festival taking place on March 25th and 26th here in Brooklyn at Roulette. I'm really excited about this show, and even more so about the actual festival. Thanks for listening! The Songs: Kaleidophonia Sasha - Sasha Bogdanowitsch Donde esta el duende - Sabrina Lastman Take a peak at I Care If You Listen, a great new music blog I discovered while researching the festival!

  Composer/performer, Eve Beglarian joins me today in an interview we recorded in her apartment in NYC. Eve is a massive inspiration to me and I so happy to have her as a guest again on the podcast. Lots of fun info about her self-propelled journey along the Mississippi River and the work that resulted. The Songs: In And Out Of the Game - Eve Beglarian I Am Really A Very Simple Person - Brim You can still get copies of her latest EPs here and here. Support the arts, yo!

Uniform Motion's Andy Richards joins me from Tolouse, France on this episode of MikeyPod to talk about his work and we had a really great conversation about the methods his band has used to promote and raise money for their various projects. Fellow musicians, I highly recommend you read their writings about DIY music production. the songs: Crowns and Wishes - Uniform Motion Dear Someone - Walker Lukens Arrow - The Irrepressibles The Neon Nest - Uniform Motion Roll Over - Uniform Motion Feel Me - Blancmange Minors At Nite (Still Sick) - Adult. We're All Water - tUnE-yArDs Cirrus - Bonobo Get The Message - Lusine Hands Remember - Seabear The Sundown Song - Clogs

Katie Mullins joins me on this episode to talk about her new album and the process behind her work. Be sure to check her out at Union Hall on February 1st! Preorder her new album on Bandcamp and show your support for a bad-ass independent artist! The songs: Pink Orange Red - Cocteau Twins Before We Begin - Broadcast Cool Light - Bear In Heaven A Walk (Kolombo Remix) - Tycho Unwise - Lapland Sequences - Backlights The Main Event - Katie Mullins Spring - Katie Mullins Tiffany Lou - Daughn Gibson Build - The Housemartins The Ship Song - Camille O'Sullivan I mention a free 2012 sampler from Ghostly International in the show, you can get it here. There's also a free download of Lapland's "Unwise" at americansongwriter.com. Click here for it. My dear friend Chris Mahula hipped me to a few of the songs on this podcast, check out what else he loved from 2012 here.

Corey Dargel is my guest on the show today. He'll be performing his newest song cycle "Hold Yourself Together" tomorrow night, January 7 at (le) poisson rouge. The songs: Dream Within A Dream - Propaganda Tomorrow - Niki & The Dove Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U) - Grimes Don't Follow - B. Fleischmann There's Nothing There - Corey Dargel No Feelings Grown-Up Enough - Corey Dargel For - Nils Frahm Amid the Minotaurs - Roomful of Teeth Testy Pony - Eve Beglarian diminutive - Tin Hat Silver Threads - Jacob Cooper with Melissa Hughes, Soprano

Walker Lukens is my fantastic guest today. Lots and lots of music make for a extra long show. Support these artists please. The Songs: Her Fantasy - Matthew Dear The Fun Powder Plot - Wild Beasts The Cave (Hobotech Remix) - Mumford and Sons Ships On Fire - Magic Panda To Mars - The Maidu Applesauce - Animal Collective Dimensional Flow - Senator Jaiz Our Hearts, Our Hands - Otem Rellik Lover - Walker Lukens Anna (Go To Him) - Walker Lukens I Think I Need A New Heart - Magnetic Fields Archaeology - Sweet Billy Pilgrim I Was Young When I Left Home - Antony + Bryce Dessner 3055 - Ólafur Arnalds *Update* I misspoke. The name of Magic Panda's album is Temple of A Thousand Lights and, though it's not released yet, you can listen to the whole thing on soundcloud.

Sweet Billy Pilgrim's Tim Elsenburg joins me today to discuss his new album, his creative process and dishwashers as musical instruments. The Songs: Eyes - Jherek Bischoff Lazuli - Beach House Doom - New Beard Joyful Reunion - Sweet Billy Pilgrim Forget to Breathe - Sweet Billy Pilgrim Running Up That Hill - Theo Bleckman Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile A Certain Slant of Light - David Sylvian Love is Stronger Than Death - The The