Conversations
Because “Interviews” sounds so damn formal, doesn’t it?
Kris Marinello of South Metro Music
There’s the stereotype of the grumpy record store guy, right? When we opened up, I was specifically trying to be like, hey, I don’t want to be the grumpy record store guy. I say hi to everybody when they come in, give a smile, try to chit chat or whatever. Don’t be the grumpy person.Jen Ramos Eisen
I was walking past someone, and I overheard them talking about Bruce Springsteen, and I mentioned, oh, I got to see Bruce Springsteen at Asbury Park this past year. And they’re like, no way you got to go to that show - which apparently is now like a legendary Springsteen show - and I felt like I gained so much sports writing credit.
Talking to Anthony Kim
It’s really emotionally affecting for me in particular. It makes me think a lot about mortality. It makes me think a lot about the way that our memories work. It’s because the way it was recorded, where, basically he was destroying the tapes as he was looping them. It sort of makes me think about the way that our memories sort of crack and fade over time…
Bryan of Totally Real Records
Bryan joins us to talk a little about his record label, a little about working in a record store and a lot about a 1962 record he became fascinated with
“I don’t even remember if it was on a greatest hits collection, or if it was a seven inch, or what, but this one song, when I put the record on, was playing, and I was like, I love this, this is the most perfect sounding song I’ve ever heard.”
Katie McTigue of Pacing
Today we are talking to Katie McTigue of Pacing about putting out her Real Poetry album on vinyl
Superdestroyer
You know, a lot of those are really beat up that I find though, I actually don’t buy them very often because they’re in bad condition. I bought a copy of Black Flag Damaged. Yeah, it sounds like shit. I would expect nothing less from a bunch of punks who probably played that vinyl to death.
Marc Masters
I ordered one from them once and I opened it up in the post office, and all this dirt just came flooding out because it was packaged in a plastic sleeve with just dirt and hair, and it smelled really bad. Every record of theirs was this kind of weird, handmade thing, and I have them all.
Arthur of phoneswithchords on Tom Petty's "Wildflowers"
My kids are in high school now, and being able to play specifically that song, “Wildflowers,” I played it for them and they really liked it. And then one of my one of my daughters drew some wildflowers. She framed it, and it says, you belong among the wildflowers. And she made these little drawings of flowers, sketched them and gave it to me, and so I’ve got it up on the wall. So, yeah, there’s a lot of connections.
A Walk With Foxing's Eric Hudson
I think it’s okay to hate something but I think what’s important is to remain curious about things that you don’t like and things that you hate, mainly because I think that you’re missing out on an opportunity to understand or learn something about yourself, or learn something about something you don’t understand. That could be really important, and I think it also helps you learn more about the things you do understand. I wish more people would do that.
Mike Huguenor
“For a while, for many years of my life, I only knew There’s Nothing Wrong with Love. Because I was like, well, this record is amazing. I’m satisfied, and I’m going to listen to this for a long time, basically. And I did, and then it was only after a few years or so, I was like, okay, let’s, let’s add another into this. Because now I want more, and there’s more I can listen to, kind of and so it’s like allowing yourself a chance to continue to find stuff by someone you really love.”
Chris Walla
“It’s like, I don’t want to listen to Death Cab For Cutie. Please stop recommending it to me. I don’t want to listen to the Postal Service. Please stop recommending it to me. And you know, I love all of that music. I loved working on those records and I love those guys, you know, they’re great. But when it was that raw and that new, it was just like, can’t do it.”
Pup's Steve Sladkowski
Steve talks to us about his record collection and about going record shopping while on tour