In our morning reading: an interview with Amy Fusselman, advice from Dent May, and much more.
Neighbors With Eudora Welty and Signed Tennis Shirts: Band Booking With Dent May
Dent May put out one of the few truly great ukulele-driven records with 2009’s The Good Feeling Music Of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, and then he packed the instrument away forever. His latest album, Do Things, is an exercise in the art of soulful pop music (think Philly soul and Orange Juice), and is maybe the only true party album to come out this year. I talked to Dent about the recording process, moving back to Mississippi from New York, […]
Everything Good About Life is Contained in This Dent May Video
Next week we’ve got a Band Booking with our new pal Dent May. In the meantime, here’s the new video for his song “Best Friend” that has t-shirts with cat faces on them, flowers, good glasses, and more.
Weekend Bites: Tournament of Books Winner, Wallace Shawn, House of Anansi, and More
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt is your 2012 Tournament of Books winner. Time to cut the nets down. That time Wallace Shawn talked to The Believer. House of Anansi’s year of publishing. Jason gushes over the new Dent May song at 17 Dots. This week we talked to Lee Ranaldo. We tried to keep the “What’s up with Sonic Youth” questions to a minimum. We also went to go see Mike Daisey. It was sorta awkward. We really urged you […]