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  • Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’

    Ep. #924: Lance Bangs and Bob Nastanovich on ‘Pavements’
    Nov 19 2024
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Filmmaker Lance Bangs and Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich discuss the new film Pavements, why Lance began filming early shows by the likes of Pavement, the Replacements, and Nirvana, his mentor Jem Cohen, the story behind Lance’s 2002 Pavement DVD/documentary Slow Century, what Kurt Cobain said to Bob at the Reading Festival that Nirvana invited Pavement to play, what David Berman yelled at the Lollapalooza audience that infamously flung mud and rocks at Pavement, why Bob thinks adding Rebecca Clay Cole as a member is the most interesting thing about recent Pavement tours, unusual depictions of Pavement and their crew and why releasing Alex Ross Perry’s Range Life biopic was reconsidered by all involved, how the Pavements film came to be edited and re-fashioned by Lance at the band’s request, how Pavement’s members really feel about it, what’s next for Pavement, Bob, and Lance, other future plans, and much more. Support vish on Patreon!Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #910: The Hard QuartetEp. #900: Fugazi and Jem CohenEp. #678: Mark IboldEp. #677: PavementEp. #481: David BermanEp. #392: Stephen MalkmusEp. #373: Pavement’s Bob Nastanovich and Steve WestEp. #165: Bob Nastanovich of Silver JewsEp. #74: Stephen MalkmusSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    33 mins
  • Ep. #923: Dorothea Paas

    Ep. #923: Dorothea Paas
    Nov 14 2024

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    Dorothea Paas on the sound and substance of Think of Mist, spending more time in Rochester, NY, listening to and making notes about records by Sade and Hiroshi Yoshimura, writing things down and listening to lectures, the sense of self and losing one’s ego, sublimation and sexuality, serious personas and having a sense of humour, tour dates, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.


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    Ep. #571: Jennifer Castle

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 600 Subs! Not Sandwiches, Subscribers

    600 Subs! Not Sandwiches, Subscribers
    Nov 13 2024

    I’m holding a Patreon membership drive November 14 to 21, 2024 with a goal of reaching 600 paid subscribers, with as many new subs at the $6 and higher monthly tiers as possible!


    During this seven-day membership drive, I have some particularly unique gifts that I’ll be drawing for, among all existing and new $10 and above subs at the end of this campaign. Special and one-of-a-kind pieces of art, music, and merch were contributed by Lou Barlow, Rick White, Lori Damiano, John Samson Fellows, Chad VanGaalen, and Electrical Audio!


    See this link for visuals of these things. Please subscribe to this show on Patreon, and listen to this episode for more info! Thanks for your support on this drive to 600 Kreative Kontrol Patreon subscribers!


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    8 mins
  • Ep. #922: The Saints ’73-’78

    Ep. #922: The Saints ’73-’78
    Nov 12 2024
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Ed Kuepper and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm from The Saints ’73-’78 discuss the new (I’m) Stranded box set, how they’d never ever met in person (at the time we recorded this), why Mark was asked to sing in the Saints and what the band has meant to him, how the Saints got started and their early interest in Elvis, Beatles, and the Rolling Stones, why AC/DC and their success in Australia didn’t much motivate the Saints, how Mark first heard the Saints and whether or not they’re unheralded, why Ed and Mark’s music strikes a good balance between aggression and humour, what’s special about this box set, an Ed and Jim White collaboration, what’s next for the Saints and Mudhoney, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #919: Oren AmbarchiEp. #913: QuiversEp. #910: The Hard QuartetEp. #866: Jim White and Marisa AndersonEp. #849: Jim White and Guy PicciottoEp. #764: MudhoneyEp. #642: Warren EllisEp. #323: Nick Cave and Warren EllisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    20 mins
  • Ep. #921: Tsunami

    Ep. #921: Tsunami
    Nov 7 2024

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    Kristin Thomson and Jenny Toomey from Tsunami are here to discuss their band’s new 5LP box set, Loud Is As, living in upstate New York with the AC on in October and also living in Philadelphia but being from Canada, loving hockey but not liking sports, how they first met via punk and Positive Force, the band Geek, touring with Superchunk, and starting Simple Machines Records, Dischord and the D.C. music community, nostalgia vs. longing, the contents of their Numero Group box set, touring again, other future plans, and much more.


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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Ep. #920: A Place to Bury Strangers

    Ep. #920: A Place to Bury Strangers
    Nov 5 2024
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Oliver Ackermann from A Place to Bury Strangers is back to discuss their uniquely packaged new album Synthesizer, the latest audio inventions in production at Death by Audio, why the Synthesizer album cover includes a circuit board that anyone can use to create their own synthesizer, the pros and cons of the Biden Administration’s CHIPS Act for a small batch electronics manufacturer, the new album’s abrasive sound and lyrical themes exploring interpersonal dynamics, alienation, and relentlessness, how we connect art to the artists who create it, tour dates, other future plans, and much more.Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #884: Tim KinsellaEp. #869: Steve AlbiniEp. #867: BIG|BRAVEEp. #854: METZEp. #663: A Place to Bury StrangersEp. #653: Dorothea Paas, Brian Borcherdt, Anyika Mark, Ruth Belay, Ani Castillo on Long NightShellac's "Watch Song" by The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis, Land of Talk, & Vish KhannaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    21 mins
  • Ep. #919: Oren Ambarchi

    Ep. #919: Oren Ambarchi
    Oct 31 2024

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    Oren Ambarchi discusses his trio with Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin and their latest album, Ghosted II, living in Berlin and Winnipeg, Drag City Chicago pizza advice, when he lived in New York for stints as a young man until he was broke from buying records and seeing shows by Cecil Taylor and Miles Davis, why Stephanie Stone woke John Zorn up to meet Oren and be friends with him ever since, his work with Jim O’Rourke and Alvin Lucier, forthcoming projects and shows, other future plans, and much more.


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Ep. #918: Mount Eerie

    Ep. #918: Mount Eerie
    Oct 29 2024
    EVERY OTHER KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO MONTHLY $6 USD PATREON SUPPORTERS. Enjoy this excerpt and please subscribe now via this link to hear this full episode. Thanks!Phil Elverum is here to discuss the new Mount Eerie album, Night Palace, moving back to Washington State after a period living in New York, immersion in your community with family and friends, home ownership and having a sense of place, wealth accumulation and land back, singing and talking to animals, dating songs like journal entries, elaborate album packaging, parents and Palace Brothers, meditation and loving Eric’s Trip and Rick White’s artwork, a complementary book, future plans, and much more. Support vish on Patreon! Thanks to Blackbyrd Myoozik, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S., Pride Centre of Edmonton, and Letters to Santa. Follow vish online.Related episodes/links:Ep. #889: Rick White and The SadiesEp. #775: Will Oldham & Lori DamianoEp. #673: Sonic YouthEp. #666: Elevator to HellEp. #651: Julie DoironEp. #500: Rick WhiteEp. #317: Bonnie ‘Prince’ BillyEp. #134: Bonnie ‘Prince’ BillyEric's Trip - A Love SupremeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    21 mins