Kreative Kontrol

This guy is one of the absolute worst interviewers. Fantastic lineup of guests but some of these conversations, like the one with Ira of Yo La Tengo, are so awkward you can feel the tension over the airwaves. The conversation was mostly a one-sided rant by Vish about various concerns that bothered him. The funniest part was when he brought up children’s entertainers in the context of longevity which even Vish seemed to quickly understand was irrelevant at best, insulting at worst. In general I would like to hear more of the guests speaking about their music and less of the host’s myriad and largely irrelevant stories, rants, and otherwise.

Came here for the first time to hear the latest Tortoise interview. After getting all the advertising and political opinion out of the way, we got like less than ten minutes with the artists, and basically nothing about the new album. Unfollowed.

Just listened to the Ty Segall episode and have tuned in and out of this pod over years and years because of the great guests. But dang, get out of the way of the questions! Also did he read the Drag City press release for the album? (didn’t know Ty Had a co-writer on the lyrics?) I honestly like these music podcasts called Drifters Sympathy and We Are The Fall (about the band The Fall) because they let the guests talk and get them to tell new and interesting stories. Also the Canadian perspective being constantly projected on the current American experience/political landscape (forcing context) on an artistic expression is completely natural but is honestly too easy/uninteresting (and not at all essential for most artists), which may lead to these interviews aging poorly.

Many of these interviews are interesting in spite of the interviewer. The host seems to struggle to cede the spotlight to the guests. Instead of questions unfolding organically from the interview, many of these interviews seem to follow pre-planned and often disjointed outlines that often reveal more about the host than the musician being interviewed.

If i wanted to be bombarded by monetary propositions i would listen to NPR.