Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
April 28, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Serena Ryder by Mike
A Conversation with Serena Ryder – HuffPost 4.28.10
Mike Ragogna: How are you feeling today? Serena Ryder: First day of my tour…pretty excited! MR: I just got off the phone with your pal Ryan Star who says hi. SR: Oh, sweet. MR: Say, aren’t you a double Juno award winner? SR: Yeah. MR: How did it feel getting that last one? SR: It […]
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April 28, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Ryan Star by Mike
A Conversation with Ryan Star – HuffPost 4.28.10
Ryan Star: You grew up in Manhattan or outside of New York? Mike Ragogna: Manhattan. I’m an East Side kid from Second Avenue and Twenty-Fourth Street, kind of near Peter Cooper and Stuyvesant Town. RS: I live on Houston. I’m sure it was way different when you were growing up than it is right now. […]
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April 26, 2010
- in Entertainment Interviews , Jonny Lang by Mike
A Conversation with Jonny Lang – HuffPost 4.26.10
Mike Ragogna: Your new album, Live At The Ryman, comes from a pretty fiery concert. Is it from the tour for your last album? Jonny Lang: Right. MR: So that was a couple of years ago. What’s been transpiring since The Ryman? JL: I’ve been working on a studio record and just touring. Just on the […]
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April 26, 2010
A Conversation with DJ Steve Porter – HuffPost 4.26.10
Mike Ragogna: What was it like performing with Perry Farrell at Coachella? DJ Steve Porter: Performing with Perry was amazing! I had to pinch myself because I have so much respect for him and was into Jane’s Addiction when I was ten years old. We had a blast, I mixed between tracks he was performing […]
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April 22, 2010
- in Benjamin Taylor by Mike
A Master of Kung Folk, A Conversation With Benjamin Taylor – HuffPost 4.22.10
Mike Ragogna: Hey Ben. Calling you from an Iowa rehearsal hall for the musical Hair. Ever think about getting into musical theater? Benjamin Taylor: It’s a completely different world. I was just talking to Yusaf Islam who was formerly known as Cat Stevens, he was trying to make his early songs into a musical. And we […]
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April 16, 2010
A Conversation with Glen Phillips of Everyone’s Favorite Group, Toad The Wet Sprocket – HuffPost 4.16.10
Mike Ragogna: So? A new Toad tour? Glen Phillips: I think I said, “given long enough all bands become Spinal Tap.” We did just like every other band. We played a few and it was interesting; I feel like, last year, we finally ditched our history and we were finally able to just enjoy what […]
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April 14, 2010
A Conversation with Spencer Proffer – HuffPost 4.14.10
Mike Ragogna: What is your overall vision of your professional purpose right now? Spencer Proffer: Goosebumps is always at the core of whatever I do. Being excited and motivated to break ground, trying new things in my world that build on what has influenced and moved me, keeps me totally pumped. I’ve always told my […]
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April 9, 2010
A Conversation with Jonathan Tyler – HuffPost 4.9.10
Mike Ragogna: Jonathan, what’s the age range of your band? Jonathan Tyler: We’re 24, 25, 26, and 27. MR: Yet your music evokes The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, and you’re going on tour with ZZ Top and AC/DC. What inspired you to make music that wasn’t as alternative as your contemporaries? JT: I think […]
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