Julie Borovik – I’m gonna come right out and say it. Interviewing Jay Farrar, (you know, “the other guy” in Uncle Tupelo), was my dream come true. I own everything he’s ever done and have sang my heart out in the shower with him for nearly ten years.
Nobody likes me because my cock is so big. No. Seriously. What do I do? And my girlfriend tells me size doesn’t matter. How do I change her mind? –…
Graham Isaac – “So have you heard the new Stephen Malkmus?” “Er, nah. I love Pavement, but didn’t like his last one. I mean, ‘Jenny and the Ess Dog’ was okay, but I just couldn’t get into most of it.”
Todd Bunker – It’s film festival season again. Wedged in between the annual awards ceremonies and the summer blockbuster deluge, the 29th Seattle International Film Festival is packing 220-plus films into three weeks of movie overload.
Joe Vallejos – I’m not sure exactly how or when Sweden became the home of so many great bands, but lately it seems like an inordinate amount hail from the country that once issued a Roxette postage stamp, and many of them are surprisingly good (The Hives, Sahara Hotnights, The Hellacopters, and The International Noise Conspiracy being the most notable examples.)
