Comments on: MUSIC IS NEVER WRONG: A visit with Josh Homme & John Paul Jones of Them Crooked Vultures (Oct 2009)

By: Annen Berg

Annen Berg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:15:16 +0000

Great to hear that John Paul Jones is still keepin’ it real with off the wall colabs. I saw him around 1995 in the Portland Art Museum with Diamanda Galas. Peace out JPJ!!!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:46:33 +0000

Great interview, and great to hear the about the DJs who have played a huge influence on these musicians. A quibble, though – I think modern pop radio has an insanely diverse spread of musical genres right now, in a way that wasn’t always present, even during the glory days. Yes, Zepp can lead into Otis Redding – Rock to R&B? But today, that’s a given. I just looked at the Billboard Top 10, and in order, here’s the rough musical genres represented: R&B, Postal Service-style electro pop, Jay-Z, more disposable R&B, some Miley Cyrus pop, Lady Gaga’s disco stuff, and at number 10 comes Taylor Swift doing country.

Now, are these all somewhat bland versions of these genres? Sure. But, that’s the way most radio works – it’s not like the rock radio in the 60s played the most challenging underground stuff. Or that country music radio was excited about playing anything that the Grand Old Opry hadn’t already given a stamp of approval to. So while I agree that there were some amazing DJs back in the day, I don’t think that radio used to be more diverse on the whole.

Final point – you want great DJs playing any kind of music? That’s one thing the internet makes accessible. Got a favorite DJ anywhere in the world? Go hear ‘em at your convenience. And enjoy!

By: Lukas

Lukas — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:08:43 +0000

that is a very informing interview wich makes me want to have this fucking album.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:40:15 +0000

This was a great look at some of the thoughts behind a few of my favorite musicians. I was at the shows in Detroit on 10/8 and at the E Factory in Philly on 10/12 when this interview took place. In the 4 days between shows, their pure enjoyment of playing these new songs shone through and I thought the Philadelphia show was more creative than Detroit as a function of becoming tighter on-stage. That said, they both rocked my face off and I couldn’t hear for the next 2 days. Awesome interview.

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By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:08 +0000

Josh sold pot? Hilarious! I thought he was born with a gold record in his mouth!

Great interview. Great band. Followed them from Austin to Toronto and it got better every time.