Category Archives for "Entertainment Interviews"
March 18, 2014
Talking with The Wild Feathers’ Ricky Young – HuffPost 3.18.14
Mike Ragogna: So I hear you’re driving through parts unknown. Is this because The Wild Feathers are…forgive the pun…starting to take flight? Ricky Young: One might say so. We’ve been out here since mid January. It’s our first headlining tour, which has been a blast and a learning experience and all kinds of fun. We […]
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March 14, 2014
A Conversation with Michael Maguire – HuffPost 3.14.14
Mike Ragogna: You were a performer for many years but you’ve led other lives such as working on Wall Street and eventually becoming what you’ve lovingly been referred to as a “superlawyer” among your peers. How do you balance your artistic side with these other careers? MM: The reference to “superlawyer” comes from the magazine […]
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March 14, 2014
A Conversation with Capital Cities’ Sebu Simonian – HuffPost 3.14.14
“One Minute More” is a song that we had written a while back, it was going to end up on the album as well, it was one of the contenders, but we hadn’t really completed it exactly to our standards, I guess, so we put out the album. As time passed we kept revisiting the song and we felt like it was a strong song and this felt like a good opportunity to finish it up and include it on a deluxe version of the album alongside some other cool tracks and remixes as well.
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March 12, 2014
Chatting with Grouplove’s Christian Zucconi – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: Okay, you’ve got way too much going on, but let’s start with your single “Ways To Go.” It’s killing the Alternative Radio Chart and its video is coming in at like four million views. Is there a back story to the song, why it’s causing such a ruckus? Christian Zucconi: We wrote that […]
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March 12, 2014
Chatting with Jon Langford – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: Jon, you launched your single and video for “Drone Operator” and a little while back, you did the same for the single “Mars.” How do you approach your later works differently than how you created projects with The Mekons and the Waco Brothers? Jon Langford: Originally, the solo stuff came about cos it […]
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March 12, 2014
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A Conversation with Dr. John on Bobby Rush and More – HuffPost 3.12.14
Mike Ragogna: Dr. John…Mac…thank you so much for the interview. Dr. John/Mac Rebennack: No sweat. MR: Is this the first time you’ve collaborated with Bobby Rush in a major way? DJ: Actually, I think I did some sessions with Bobby a long time ago, but that’s a long time ago. But I didn’t sing on […]
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March 10, 2014
A Conversation with Korn’s Jonathan Davis – HuffPost 3.10.14
Mike Ragogna: So how are you loving the latest tour? Jonathan Davis: Oh, dude, I love it. It’s been amazing, we’re recording in Australia right now on the big festival Soundwave and we’re doing some side shows with Rob Zombie which have been fun. We’re having a blast, it’s been amazing. MR: Rob Zombie is […]
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March 10, 2014
Talking with Skaters’ Michael Ian Cummings – HuffPost 3.10.14
Mike Ragogna: So Skaters has a new album, Manhattan. Now, although you live in New York, you met your musical partner out in California, right? Michael Ian Cummings: Yeah, Josh and I met at at a party in Los Angeles. I was living out there for two years, I left the East Coast for a […]
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