Interview

Thanksgiving may be over, but this week's playlist reminds you to count your blessings.  BLOG POSTED: 12/07/09

After the scandal that abruptly ended his once-promising political career, former New York State governor Eliot Spitzer plots his second act.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/03/09

The Deerhunter frontman on his solo project, Atlas Sound.  BLOG POSTED: 10/21/09

Kurt Vile–not a stage name!–Philly's self-ordained "Constant Hitmaker" emerges from the City of Brotherly Love with his first proper album.  BLOG POSTED: 10/19/09

Dead Leaves is actually the title of a great old album by Versus, which I've been listening to a lot lately. In addition, I've been sweeping up lots of dead leaves in my garden and watching a lot of dead leaves fall to the ground all over New York City.  BLOG POSTED: 10/15/09

Bronson director Nicolas Winding Refn on the violence in his films, BlackBerry culture, and not getting to know the UK's most notorious jailbird.  BLOG POSTED: 10/06/09

Joy Division and New Order's Bernard Sumner on his new band (and its synth-less sound), why he hates touring, and a fateful encounter he had with a giant shark last month off the west coast of Scotland.  BLOG POSTED: 09/29/09

Hope Sandoval, the inimitable voice of Mazzy Star, on her new album, her influences, and Morrissey.  BLOG POSTED: 09/28/09