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File: June 2009
VIA CHICAGO This space was originally a set of light jibes regarding the legal dispute brought against Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy by former bandmate and writing partner Jay Bennett. Bennett, who was fired in 2001 after seven years in Wilco, claimed Tweedy owed him songwriting royalties as well as compensation for his appearance in the documentary […]
File: May 2009
I’ve Got The Power Right-wing bloggers are incensed. Leftist French laborers are kidnapping company executives. Stu, we need cleanup in aisle five! Can anybody hear me?! What in any god’s name is someone doing opening a nightclub in this climate?
Hello, My Name Is Curt
Q&A With The Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood IE: Do you keep track of how many albums you’ve put out? Curt Kirkwood: I don’t know. It’s more than a dozen. Twelve, 13, maybe 14. One solo, Eyes Adrift with Krist [Novoselic] and Bud [Gaugh], then we did Volcano with Bud and Miguel [Happoldt]. It was never […]
Hello, My Name Is Ramblin’ Jack
Hello, My Name Is Jack Q&A With Ramblin’ Jack Elliott IE: How’s your family? Ramblin’ Jack Elliott: Well, I’ve got a lot of families scattered all over the world. I have a daughter who lives in Los Angeles and she’s a filmmaker.
File: April 2009
File 2009 Not Quite Better Than The Real Thing Under a shroud of secrecy not seen since the Bush Administration . . . O.K., that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but on Tuesday, March 11th, U2 — arguably the biggest band on the planet — were ushered onto the famed Metro’s stage. Unfortunately, […]
Hello, My Name Is Les
Hello, My Name Is Les Q&A With Les Claypool photo by Jake Blakesberg IE: Of Fungi And Foe is based on two projects you’ve worked on, a video game called Mushroom Men and the Pig Hunt film, right? Les Claypool: I was commissioned to do the score for both those pieces, so what Idid was, […]
File: March 2009
TO NYC AND BACK Last August, Chicago high-school student and beatmaker C-Sick wasn’t even sure he would be allowed into the Metro to compete in Red Bull’s renowned Big Tune beat battle. Despite his age, the then 17-year-old wound up taking home the Chicago title, thanks to his punchy, desktop-born hip-hop. Then, four months later […]
Hello, My Name Is William
Hello, My Name Is William Q&A with William Elliott Whitmore IE: It’s been three years since the last record. How much of that time was spent writing and recording. William Elliott Whitmore: What, Song Of The Blackbird came out in 2006, I guess it must have been? Honestly, after that record came out I wasn’t […]
File: February 2009
But Who’s Buying? We all know about the vinyl rage. Things have gotten so rough, a 62-year-old woman had her eyes clawed out at an Uptown thrift store over a bullseye-striped copy of Ozzy Osbourne’s No Rest For The Wicked the other day. Really.
The Best Of 2008
IE Rates 2008: Our Best Ofs Click below to see our choices for top albums, songs, DVDs, reissues, and shows, and don’t forget Trevor Fisher’s “Caught In A Mosh,”David Gedge’s “Gear,” and Beverly Zeldin-Palmer’s “Sweet Home” columns, as well as our “Best Of Around Hear.”
Hello, My Name Is Noel
Hello, My Name Is Noel Q&A With Noel Gallagher of Oasis IE: On the Dig Out Your Soul bonus-disc track “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down,” you sing “I’ve got a habit that the cat won’t lick.” Noel Gallagher: Heh-heh. Yeah, yeah. If you’ve got a habit and you can’t lick it, it’s pretty bad if […]
File: December 2008
The Burnt Bush Fifty more days of Bush — exhale. The world has expressed its relief that one of the most tumultuous American administrations punches out in January. We, too, will close a door, this on the most disheartening protest-music era pop music has ever seen. Ever. Where’s our “For What It’s Worth”? Our “Ohio”? […]
File: November 2008
Illinois Entertainer Endorses . . . Barack Obama seems the obvious choice, right? He’s not only a political son of our great state, but also a proud Hyde Parker. He’s not 200-years old, doesn’t have a state-trooper-firin’, book-bannin’, moose-shootin’, embarrassingly unqualified VP candidate, and he speaks so well and confidently, we want him to read […]
Hello, My Name Is David
Hello, My Name Is David Q&A With David Grisman IE: Is there still passionate debate about what does and doesn’t constitute bluegrass? David Grisman: I imagine so, in some circles at least.
Hello, My Name Is George
Hello, My Name Is George Q&A With Catfish Haven’s George Hunter IE: For the first album and EP, I gather most of those songs had been brewing. Was Devastator a more direct, sitdown writing session? George Hunter: With all the touring we had time. We started listening to all this blues-oriented stuff, getting into Band […]
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