Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
September 17, 2010
- in Chuck Brown , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with The Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown – HuffPost 9.17.10
Mike Ragogna: Hello, Chuck Brown, you’re doing well? CB: Yes sir, I’m doing great, I’m happy to be seventy-four. I just had my seventy-fourth birthday, and I’m happy, happy, happy. Everything makes me happy. MR: Congratulations on your recent birthday. CB: Thank you, sir. I’m just happy to be living, and still be able to […]
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September 17, 2010
A Conversation with Corey Taylor of Stone Sour and Slipknot – HuffPost 9.17.10
Mike Ragogna: How are you, Corey? Corey Taylor: I am freezing. MR: Freezing? Why’s that? CT: Well, it’s not cold outside, but it is on this bus. I don’t know why they have to keep it at refrigerator levels, but what do I know… MR: Perhaps it’s for preservation? CT: It is. I feel cryogenically […]
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September 15, 2010
A Conversation with Gene Simmons – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: Hey Gene, how are you? Gene Simmons: I’m deliriously happy. MR: Why didn’t you let your daughter keep her pony? GS: There are Beverly Hills ordinances that I wasn’t aware of. You aren’t allowed to keep farm animals that poop bigger than a certain size. Do you believe that? MR: (laughs) No, I […]
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September 15, 2010
A Conversation with Brian Culbertson – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: So you named your album XII. Brian Culbertson: I’m bringing back the Roman numeral. MR: And you’re doing it in a fine way. XII features artists such as Chuck Brown, Kenny Lattimore, Brian McKnight, Avant, Faith Evans, Earl Klugh, and Ray Parker Jr. Why? BC: Why? You know, I always love collaborations. To me, making music […]
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September 15, 2010
A Conversation with The Weepies’ Steve Tannen and Deb Talan – HuffPost 9.15.10
Mike Ragogna: Steve and Deb, I’m a little shy introducing two people in the same group who are married because the last name thing gets tricky. Steve Tannen: Definitely. No, Deb Talan was Deb Talan when I met her, and she will ever be Deb Talen. You know, if you’re marrying Joni Mitchell or Bruce […]
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September 13, 2010
- in David Gray , Entertainment Interviews by Mike
A Conversation with David Gray – HuffPost 9.13.10
Mike Ragogna: You have a new album called Foundling, and when I spoke to you just this last Fall, you had released your previous project, Draw The Line. These albums are coming fast and furious, so I guess you’re going through a major creative period. David Gray: I’ve changed my pace. Enough of the jokes about my […]
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September 13, 2010
A Conversation with Goo Goo Doll’s John Rzeznik – HuffPost 9.13.10
Mike Ragogna: Is it true that you almost finished your new album Something For The Rest Of Us in ’09, but then decided to work on it a little more? John Rzeznik: Yeah, we got the final thing and we listened to the mixes, but we kind of got the feeling that it wasn’t right yet. So, […]
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September 13, 2010
A Conversation with Josiah Leming – HuffPost 9.13.10
Mike Ragogna: You have a new debut album, Come On Kid. But first, apparently, because of the circumstances by which you left American Idol, they invented this wild card thing, right? Josiah Leming: Yeah, I think so. It’s just kind of like a fail safe, you know? MR: I can’t imagine being on American Idol, and having all […]
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