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May 28, 2014
Billy Joel’s Russian Tour Revisited: Interviewing Filmmaker Jim Brown, Plus Mastodon’s Brann Dailor
A Conversation with Filmmaker Jim Brown Mike Ragogna: Hey Jim, you put together the footage for the DVD/Blu-ray portion of the A Matter Of Trust release, a remastered, expanded monster celebration of Billy Joel’s ’87 Russian tour. In retrospect, what do you think about A Matter Of Trust’s importance at the time and the significance […]
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May 27, 2014
Miles Davis Way: Chats with Erin Davis & Vince Wilburn, The Babys’ Tony Brock and Ryan Aderréy, Plus Gladshot and Adam Zwig
A Conversation with Erin Davis and Vince Wilburn Mike Ragogna: Let’s start with the street. It’s about time that Miles Davis got a street named after him, but why now? What brought it on? Vince Wilburn: What brought it on? There was a lady named Shirley Zafirau, she is a neighbor on West 77th street […]
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May 23, 2014
From True Blood and Fargo to Everything Else
A conversation with Sean Callery, Nate Barr, FM Le Sieur, James Levine, Daniel Licht, Trevor Morris & Jeff Russo Mike Ragogna: You are basically responsible for how the viewer absorbs the emotional and sometimes subtler elements of a script and performances. Does that responsibility ever weigh particularly heavy on your shoulders? Can it also be […]
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May 22, 2014
Chats With Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, The Ready Set’s Jordan Witzigreuter, Alex Orbison and More
A Conversation with Victor Krummenacher Mike Ragogna: El Camino Real, is the companion album and follow-up to La Costa Perdida, but what exactly was the link to that project? Was it recordings that occurred around the same time? Victor Krummenacher: We had a bunch of recordings left over. When we made La Costa there were […]
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May 22, 2014
Chats With Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, The Ready Set’s Jordan Witzigreuter, Alex Orbison and More
A Conversation with Victor Krummenacher Mike Ragogna: El Camino Real, is the companion album and follow-up to La Costa Perdida, but what exactly was the link to that project? Was it recordings that occurred around the same time? Victor Krummenacher: We had a bunch of recordings left over. When we made La Costa there were […]
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May 21, 2014
Conversations with KISS’ Paul Stanley, Joseph Arthur and Katy Tiz, Plus Hans Chew’s Strange Love Exclusive
A Conversation with Paul Stanley Mike Ragogna: Paul, how are you doing? Paul Stanley: Good, give me one minute to sneeze. [sneezes] You got the brunt of that one. Wipe yourself off and then we’ll get to work. MR: [laughs] Dude, your book released at number two best selling on The New York TImes list. […]
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May 20, 2014
Conversations with Phillip Phillips, Matisyahu (with "Hard Way" Exclusive), Elizaveta and Filmmaker Kristian Day
A Conversation with Phillip Phillips Mike Ragogna: Phillip, the songs on Behind The Light–not exactly a light album–seem deeper or a little more introspective than those of your previous album, The World From The Side Of The Moon. What was the creative process like for this new one? Phillip Phillips: The title itself, as you […]
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May 20, 2014
Conversations With Phillip Phillips, Matisyahu (With ‘Hard Way’ Exclusive), Elizaveta and Filmmaker Kristian Day
A Conversation with Phillip Phillips Mike Ragogna: Phillip, the songs on Behind The Light–not exactly a light album–seem deeper or a little more introspective than those of your previous album, The World From The Side Of The Moon. What was the creative process like for this new one? Phillip Phillips: The title itself, as you […]
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