Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
October 3, 2011
- in Entertainment Interviews , J. Cole by Mike
A Conversation with J. Cole – HuffPost 10.3.11
Mike Ragogna: How are you doing, Cole? J. Cole: I’m excellent. How are you doing, brother? MR: Excellent. You have a new album, Cole World: The Sideline Story. Let’s get into that title. JC: The title is a Tupac title, actually. The Cole World, I guess is basically saying, “Don’t expect to get treated friendly because anything […]
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October 3, 2011
- in Entertainment Interviews , Sheila E. by Mike
A Conversation with Sheila E – HuffPost 10.3.11
Mike Ragogna: Hey, how are you? Sheila E: I’m fantastic, thank you. MR: Sheila, you are always fantastic. SE: (laughs) Life is good, what can I say? MR: Life is good and you have a new album Now & Forever that you made with your family. Can you tell me how you guys decided to come together […]
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September 30, 2011
- in Entertainment Interviews , Katy B by Mike
A Conversation with Katy B – HuffPost 9.30.11
Mike Ragogna: Katy, how are you? Katy B: Doing very well, Mike. Thanks so much for having me. MR: My pleasure. On A Mission is your first album as “Katy B,” right? KB: Yeah, it is. MR: Can you share with us how you came to get your record deal? KB: Well, I did a lot of […]
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September 30, 2011
- in Dax Ginn , Entertainment Interviews , Sefton Hill by Mike
Chatting with Batman: Arkham City’s Sefton Hill & Dax Ginn – HuffPost 9.30.11
Mike Ragogna: Sefton Hill, game director of Batman: Arkham City and Dax Ginn, in charge of marketing, welcome. Guys, you not only made the original game Batman: Arkham Asylum clever, but there were so many unique aspects to it that I’m imagining you took that level of intricacy into Batman: Arkham City. Sefton Hill: Yeah definitely, we’re really fortunate that […]
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September 28, 2011
A Conversation with Ivy’s Dominique Durand – HuffPost 9.28.11
Mike Ragogna: Today we are very privileged to be speaking with the wonderful Dominique Durand about Ivy’s new album All Hours. Dominique, how are you? Dominique Durand: Hello, Mike. I’m well, how are you? MR: Doing very well, thanks. Dominique, what got you guys back together after, what was it, six years? DD: No, no. It […]
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September 28, 2011
A Conversation with Jack’s Mannequin’s Andrew McMahon – HuffPost 9.28.11
Mike Ragogna: Why, it’s Jack’s Mannequin pianist and vocalist Andrew McMahon. Hello, Andrew. Andrew McMahon: How are you doing man? MR: I’m pretty well, how are you, sir? AM: I’m doing well, thanks. MR: Let’s just dive into People And Things, so to speak. It’s like a concept album about relationships. Were there things happening in […]
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September 28, 2011
A Conversation with Scars On 45’s Danny Bemrose – 9.28.11
Mike Ragogna: Danny, how are you? Danny Bemrose: Doing well. How are you, buddy? MR: Doing very well, thanks. Where are you on the globe right now? DB: Well, we just recently left Chicago for Milwaukee, and we were there for a bit. I actually spent my birthday traveling to Milwaukee. MR: Happy Belated Birthday, […]
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September 26, 2011
A Conversation with The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs – HuffPost 9.26.11
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Susanna. Susanna Hoffs: Hi. MR: You have a new Bangles album, Sweetheart Of The Sun. SH: It’s been seven years in the making, but yes — a new Bangles album, finally. MR: Okay, tell us all about those seven years. SH: (laughs) Well, it wasn’t our intent to wait that long, but many […]
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