“I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching and all of the improvisers that I still love, it gets almost impossibly daunting. I try to do as much as I can.” TryingStillsI CanWeekBandAddCompositionCatchingDebut Author:David First
“I am always behind the shopper at the grocery store who has stitched her coupons in the lining of her coat and wants to talk about a 'strong' chicken she bought two weeks ago. The register tape also runs out just before her sub-total. In the public restroom, I always stand behind the teen-ager who is changing into her band uniform for a parade and doesn't emerge until she has combed the tassels on her boots, shaved her legs, and recovered her contact lens from the commode.” WantTwoRunningStrongWaitingBehindsWeekBandLegsStoresContactChickensBootsTapeUniformsCoatsLensesImpatienceTwo WeeksGroceriesRegisterParadesGrocery StoresShoppersRestroomContact LensesTassels Book:I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression Source: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
“I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.” ThinkingYearsFirstsKindLongTwoSometimesYoungGrowsGrowing UpPathWeekMetsBandHusbandLong TimeGladMy HusbandTwo WeeksVery CoolTime To Grow Up Author:Natascha McElhone
“I came to New York for the first time with Peter Buck at age 19. We spent a week living out of a van on the street in front of a club in the West 60s called Hurrah. It's where Pylon played. I saw Klaus Nomi play there. And Michael Gira's band before he did Swans-they all wore cowboy boots and were so cool and had great hair. I was so jealous.” FirstsPlayAgeSawsWeekStreetsFrontsNew YorkHairBandFirst TimeWestClubsJealousBootsPeterCowboyVansBucksSwansCowboy BootGreat Hair Author:Michael Stipe
“I just implore local music fans to get out on a regular basis to support the local bands that you like. If you find what the corporate record industry shovels out as distasteful, prove that there's a demand for something different and better. I don't expect everyone else to do the two or three nights a week that I did at my peak, but two or three shows a month isn't much of a burden for true music fans!” IfsTwoDifferentShowsNightThreeSupportRecordsWeekFansMonthsIndustryBandDemandProveBasesBurdenLocalsCorporateShovelsDistastefulMusic Fans Author:Larry Howes
“There's too much of everything - too many bands, too many albums, too much information all the time. You're seeing fewer album releases treated as big events, because of the influx. It's almost a "here this week, forgotten next week" thing.” BigsNextToo MuchSeeingWeekEventsInformationBandForgottenAlbumsTreatedReleaseFewerNext WeekToo Much InformationBig Events Author:Matt Smith
“I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called 'Mash-Up', about a high school marching band.” SchoolWeekBandHigh SchoolGreenLitBurlesqueMarching BandMash Up Author:Steve Antin
“And then we came here for three weeks of band rehearsal with [music consultant/member of the band "Sloan"] Chris Murphy. And I grew up in Toronto during Sloan's heyday, so like I was like "Oh my god!" And so that was pretty cool.” ThreeWeekGrewBandMembersGrew UpRehearsalTorontoMurphyConsultantsHeyday Author:Alison Pill
“I mean I feel like we've shot all these different movies. Like the first 2 weeks of shooting was all Steve Stills apartment and band rehearsal, you know? And so it was like this tiny little group of people and small set comparatively and it just looked like a Toronto apartment. And then we sort of kept ramping up further and further until now we're here in this giant like craziest set I've ever seen with LCD crazy lights that go....you know?” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLittlesStillsDifferentLightGroupsWeekCrazyBandShotsTinyShootingGiantsApartmentRehearsalTorontoCraziest Author:Alison Pill
“I think the most note-worthy part is that Stella [Mozgawa] had joined the band two weeks before we started recording, so that really influenced the way that the album was recorded. It was really important for Stella and Jen[ny Lee Lindberg] to lay down the drums and bass first for most songs, because they were determining how they needed to lock in together, and Stella was still kind of learning and figuring out her parts.” ThinkingWayFirstsKindStillsTwoImportantTogetherSongWeekNeededBandLaysNotesAlbumsWorthyLocksBassTwo WeeksStellaDrum And Bass Author:Theresa Wayman
“The nice thing about working for a label like Domino is that there's no pressure: They've got a roster of 40 active bands, and they can bang out an album or single in a week, so it's not the end of the world to not have a Max Tundra album in 2005.” WorldEndsNiceWeekBandPressureAlbumsActiveLabelsEnd Of The WorldBangsMaxNice ThingsNo PressureRosters Author:Max Tundra
“The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet some amazing people that week.” PeopleFirstsWeekBandJazzCruiseAmazing People Author:Jon Gordon