February 2012
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“Strong opinions make the world of art go round. Ideally, the haters should hate...”
– M. Ward November 2009
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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“When I was 15, my parents let me climb in a van with a bunch of 20-year-old...”
– Conor Oberst, talking about his time with Commander Venus January 2005
Feb 26th
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Feb 25th
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February, 2012
Interviewer: You and Conor Oberst go back a long way — you guys grew up together in Nebraska and went to high school together. Is he a good wingman?
Tim Kasher: Well, I think he would be. It's a little rough to say yes or no. He'd be a great wingman in the sense that anywhere you go, there would always be plenty of scraps [laughs]. He’s a very attractive young man, and very successful, so chances are, all eyes are going to turn to him, and you’ll be immediately dismissed.
Feb 24th
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January 2012
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Jan 26th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 10th
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Now every day there’s a short intermission While I sleep they start dimming the lights But I’ve seen everything I ever want to see Screaming fire in the theater, people taking their seats Watch it all go down like a stone in the stream You fall for your reflection, you will drown in a dream - First Aid Kit ft. Conor Oberst and The Felice Brothers
Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 2nd
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November, 2005
RufusLeaking: You've been tagged as rock's boy genius by all of the music press
ConorOberst: Mhm
RufusLeaking: So my question is what's 647 divided by 29?
ConorOberst: [laughs ]Oh, umm, I don't know. I like pancakes
RufusLeaking: Mm, some genius
ConorOberst: [laughs]
Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Listen- Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man, Bright Eyes...
Dec 11th
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A song to pass the time (live)
2001 Well, I say come with that bag And confine me to bed Take away all my pain with that good medicine I will be easy I want to be easy for you I can be cruel But let me be gentle with you 2002 Well I say come spend the night You can jump on my bed Unwrap me now like your birthday present I will, I will be easy I want to be easy for you And I can be cruel But let me be gentle with you Unknown...
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Why does my mind blow to bits Everytime they play that song? It’s just the way that he sings Not the words that he says or the band I’m in love with this soul It’s a meaning that I understand - The Way That He Sings, My Morning Jacket
Dec 3rd
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Julian Casablancas talking about Bright Eyes (May...
Interviewer: Is there a song out there that sometimes you think, "Well shit...why didn't I write that?" What is it, and why is it so fabulous?
Julian Casablancas: I guess you feel that pretty often…? As in, you hear moonlight sonata and think, 'would have been cool if I casually wrote that yesterday morning.' Tho I realistically felt it maybe for the first time just the other day. We were having this awesome bizarro-rad, late-nite jam-a-thon at Mike Mogis’s house/studio when we toured in Omaha. Conor Oberst was singing over some keyboard-part jam (sounded nothing like any Bright Eyes thing I’d ever heard) and that’s totally what I was thinking. Sounded like something I wish I'd written. Which was pleasantly weird.
Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
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“If you’re lucky enough to get where we’ve all gotten, which is a...”
– Jim James, talking about Monsters of Folk September 2009
Nov 21st
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Nov 13th
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“It’s because of digital technology, to put it briefly, because of...”
– M. Ward, commenting on how Bob Dylan recently told Rolling Stone that modern records sound “atrocious. They have sound all over them. There’s no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like… static.” August 2006
Nov 13th
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Nov 12th
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June, 2001
Interviewer: What is your greatest fear?
JimJames: Watching "American Beauty" by myself. When the ending comes on after he is shot, it's so beautiful it hurts. It feels good to have someone there. I've never had to watch it alone – that scares me.
Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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“There’s lots of harmony and lots of songs where we trade verses....”
– Jim James, talking about Monsters of Folk July 2009
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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“I didn’t learn scales or Metallica riffs and I didn’t learn a lot of...”
– Conor Oberst, on how he started out musically 2009
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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December, 2010
Interviewer: On Billboard's list of the biggest selling artists of 2010, there's a glaring absence of rock musicians.
ConorOberst: We're on a pop wave again. But any genre of music can be done really well, or it can be done not so well. I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, "I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record." That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor. The celebrity element is not interesting… at all.
Interviewer: You're referring to American Idol…
ConorOberst: Yeah. I just don't get it. It's not really interesting. And it's even less interesting when they continue to record bad music and sell it. But anyone who is serious about making their music and working at it, I think that's fantastic whether I relate to the genre or not.
Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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“All of the vampires and werewolves we met on the set of The Vampire Diaries were...”
– Jim James assures fans that My Morning Jacket were treated well and that no musicians were harmed in the making of the “Homecoming” episode of The Vampire Diaries. (via fuckyeahmymorningjacket)
Nov 9th
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“I think it all comes down to responsibility and conscience. If you’re leading a...”
– Jim James on filesharing, Boing Boing October 2011 (via fuckyeahmymorningjacket)
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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“It was different than our own separate projects where you might have a fierce...”
– Conor Oberst, talking about Monsters of Folk September 2009
Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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“The inspiration for me always comes from all over the place, but mainly it comes...”
– M. Ward September 2011
Nov 2nd
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October 2011
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Oct 28th
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“It felt like a higher level of camaraderie versus other records I’ve been...”
– Mike Mogis, talking about Monsters of Folk September 2009
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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“There’s so much trouble in this world and we’re not going to solve...”
– Conor Oberst September 2011
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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“I am still working on a new record, and I will, fingers crossed, have a new...”
– M. Ward September 2011
Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 20th
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Oct 17th
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Oct 16th
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“You’re right, playing music isn’t that incredibly interesting to...”
– Conor Oberst, when told he needs to date a Kardashian to snare more tabloid attention September 2011
Oct 16th
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Oct 16th
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Oct 7th
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