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Great Interview of the Week: Mixing music and motherhood

April 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Australia, Interview, Music

Eva Popov is a Melbourne musician who recently released her debut long player “Me, the Sea & Stars”. I had originally lined her up as part of my interview series of Australian musicians over on A Free Man. When I started to do some research for my interview, however, I realized that there was a […]

 
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Great Interview of the Week: Beware of charismatic populists leading private armies

March 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Baseball, Expat Life, Interview, Politics

Today at A Free Man: Who is Eugene Francis Jnr?
Most of my interviewing lately has been of bands and posted over at A Free Man. But I haven’t abandoned the format on this site and I’ve got a cracker for you today!
I am a huge fan of podcasts. I listen to all my favorite American […]

 
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Aussie Rules: We Grow Up

March 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Australia, Interview, MP3s, Music

I know, I know. I said music writing would be moving over to A Free Man. But I enjoyed Adelaide indie-popsters We Grow Up’s music so much that I wanted to make sure they got as much exposure as possible. Since this site still gets more traffic than the new one I thought a little […]

 
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Great Interview of the Week: Escaping their Rootin’ Tootin’ Past

March 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Britain, Interview, Music

“Tequila and red wine,
Beer and vodka that tasted like gin
But slipped down like tears
I was not on my knees by accident…”
-The Broken Family Band - “Cocktail Lounge”
When I first heard The Broken Family Band a couple of years ago they were a refreshing change from the standard Radio 1 Kaiser Monkey fare. They brought […]

 
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Great Interview Week: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

February 29th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Chris, Interview, MP3s

“I appreciate your courtesy, your well earned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demons in the design
A good idea at the time…”
-OK Go - “A Good Idea At The Time”
Well, Great Interview Week began with self-indulgent navel gazing and thus it shall end. Hopefully the bits in between have made the […]

 
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Great Interview Week: Scientific Serendipity in Sydney

February 28th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Australia, Interview, Science

Great Interview Week continues in a scientific vein today. In last week’s Nature, a paper coming out of Dee Carter’s lab at the University of Sydney described the discovery of a previously unknown marine species. That, in itself, is noteworthy. However, the organism they found - an unremarkable unicellular brown alga - turns out […]

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Great Interview Week: A Shooter Girl Goes to Paris

February 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Expat Life, Interview

I was thrilled when I drew Jennifer from No Place Like It for my second go at the Great Interview Experiment. Like your underwhelming correspondent, Jennifer is an expat (a Canadian in Paris) dragged overseas in a net of romantic entanglement with a furriner. Like myself, she seems happy to stay in her adopted home. […]

 
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Great Interview Week: Iron Maiden Ruined Everything

February 26th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Interview, Music

“When I was just a skinny lad on holiday by the sea,
I met a girl in a Rancid shirt, and a tape she gave to me
With the Black Flag First Four Years and the Minor Threat Discography,
And punk rock saved my life.”
-Frank Turner - “Back In The Day”
London based singer-songwriter Frank Turner’s came to some […]

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Great Interview Week: Pour Some Sugar On Me

February 25th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Chris, Expat Life, Interview, Missouri

I enjoyed my interview with Courtney a couple of weeks ago so much that I asked Neil at Citizen of the Month for another go at his Great Interview Experiment. Thus, late last week, I spent a fair bit of time in the role of either interviewer or interviewee. With all the questions buzzing about […]

 
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