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Beck & Tom Waits Talk Irrelevant Topics
Stereogum —
... projects, Beck's updated website houses "Irrelevant Topics," a section featuring "conversations between musicians, artists, writers ... without promotional pretext or editorial direction." The first's with Tom Waits. The "focus" is California. Eavesdrop. ...
Beck et Tom Waits papotent
LA BLOGOTHEQUE —
... « - I think the last song standing will probably be "Happy Birthday."
- I'm sure it will be. It's terrible, but I guess songs are just interesting things to do with the air. » Beck et Tom Waits papotent, et c'est très très très bien. ...
Beck Interviews Tom Waits!
Spin's Daily Noise —
... to have the best of everything:
"Where does this 'best' thing come from? Is that human? Is that American? Is it all over the world? Everyone wants the best eye surgeon, the best babysitter, the best vehicle, the best prosthetic arm, and the best hat. There's also the worst of all those things available and they're doing rather well. [Laughs] Denny's is doing great. It's always crowded. You have to wait for a table."
Want more? Read the interview here. Then let us know what you think in the comments section!
Beck Adds Interviews to his site; Part I: Tom Waits Irrelevantly Speaking
Mog.com —
It looks like Beck's newly-formed Record Club wasn't enough to keep him busy. His official site is now boasting an interview section called Irrelevant Topics which aims to feature "conversations between musicians, artists, writers, etc. on various subjects, without promotional pretext or editorial direction." First up, Beck gets irrelevantly conversating with Mr. Tom Waits about L.A., "Best Of" lists and much more. Check out Part I of the conversation HERE: Irrelevant Topics Below, enjoy the recently ...
Beck Hansen Interviews Tom Waits Re: Draining the Lakes of Los Angeles
Losanjealous —
... didn’t. I thought that’s why they drained it.
BH: I’d always heard that when they drained the Echo Park Lake they found an amateur submarine.
TW: Oh, my God.
BH: I don’t know if that was lore.
TW: You mean a homemade submarine?
BH: Yeah, I think it was older too, from the early days of “home submarine building.” I don’t know if that subculture still exists?
TW: That was the East Kids. (source)
» Tom Waits x Beck Hansen, Part 1 (Beck.com)
OPP - 7/9 (Wilco, Beck, more)
Ear Farm —
... are the set times for the Siren Festival Check out Beck’s interview with Tom Waits over on his website Bradford Cox announces more news about ...
Thursday News Threads
The KEXP Blog —
... I like to think I do a pretty good job with my interviews, but I’m no Beck. The seminal musician has just launched an interview series that aims to keep the words “without promotional pretext or editorial direction.” First up, Tom Waits. Now that’s the right way to kick things off. You can check out the entire interview ...
Beck News: Beck Launches Website Interview Series With Tom Waits' Help
XL Recordings —
... Now, there's an interview feature called Irrelevant Topics, which will highlight "conversations between musicians, artists, writers, etc. on various subjects, without promotional pretext or editorial direction." ...
Beck to premiere an acoustic version of Modern Guilt
Muso's Guide —
Beck
Beck has announced that he has recorded an acoustic version of last year’s Modern Guilt and will make one track per week available to stream on his official site. A four track EP of a selection of the acoustic tracks is also in the works. ...
Beck News: Echo Chamber: Tom Waits
XL Recordings —
... . Other topics include $700 oranges, square watermelons, and the origin of the yo-yo. (via beck.com) ...
Beck Interviews Will Ferrell
Pitchfork: Latest News —
Beck's domination of the internet continues with the latest installment of his website's "Irrelevant Topics" interview series. The first person Beck interviewed was Tom Waits; now he's chatting up Will Ferrell. In the introduction, Beck writes, "I met Will in 1997 when he was a new cast member on 'SNL' and I was a musical guest. Somehow during rehearsals I got asked to participate in a skit with him. Over the years I got to watch him work several more times during his tenure as a cast ...
Wednesday's Music Roundup
Spin's Daily Noise —
[Updated: 9:12 A.M.]
NEWS:
THE VERVE Break Up ... Again
Members Nick McCabe and Simon Jones form new band, the Black Ships. [Guardian]
BECK Interviews WILL FERRELL
The two old pals talk about Ferrell's audition for Cirque du Solei! [Beck]
GROHL, HOMME, JONES Supergroup THEM CROOKED VULTURES Tease New Song
Trio don masks and play clip of "Nobody Loves Me And ...
Beck Interviews Will Ferrell
Stereogum —
... The beck.com goodness continues with Part 1 of Mr. Hansen's interview with Will Ferrell, a comedian who was once on a late night comedy show. They talk Cirque du Soleil, growing up in SoCal, and remember the time Will dryhumped Beck's harmonium. Cute and worth a read. ...
Beck interviews Will Ferrell
State Magazine —
Beck interviews Will Ferrell for his own website and the topics include unitards, Cirque de Soleil, the word “kudos”, olf TV commercials and other random stuff.
Check it out here.
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Beck's Irrelevant Topics
yewknee.com —
... Beck has a relatively new portion of his website entitled Irrelevant Topics in which he plans to interview various musicians, actors and other interesting subjects with no particular end in mind. A natural conversation ...
3 Things We Learned from Beck About Will Ferrell
Spin's Daily Noise —
... to covering classic albums, Beck has been spending time lately chatting with his famous friends as part of his Irrelevant Topics interview series. A few weeks ago, he got Tom Waits on the horn. Today, Will Ferrell is on the hot seat -- and he revealed some, shall we say, unique information about himself. Below, we've excerpted three humorously revealing parts of the conversation. Take them with a grain of goofy salt.
You can read the entire Q&A; here, at Beck's website.
1. In Which Will Ferrell Admits He'd Rather ...
Beck s'ennuie, donc il mixe
LA BLOGOTHEQUE —
Beck s'ennuie. Ou il s'est mis à de nouvelles drogues. Ou les deux. En tout cas il n'arrête pas. Après les reprises de disques avec ses potes, après les interviews de ses idoles, il nous fait des mixtapes. Qui sont bonnes, en plus, même si très... frénétiques (38 morceaux en 19 minutes...).
