“I Traveled The World On A Song”: An Interview With ESG
After 40 years of performing, ESG is only now starting to wind down. I spoke with founding member Renee Scroggins about their latest, and possibly some of their last, shows in NYC and LA.
A Conversation with Mallrat for Pretty Much Amazing
Check out my interview with Brisbane’s Mallrat for Pretty Much Amazing. At 19, they’ve got a record deal, Mark Ronson’s attention, and a certificate stating she discovered a new species of spider. Seriously!
A Conversation With Sammus For Pretty Much Amazing
The incisive and talented rapper and Cornell PhD candidate on her craft, internet celebrity, academia, and—our favorite subject—Beyoncé.
A Conversation with Ralph for Bass is my Boyfriend
Check out my interview with the artist behind my favorite song of 2016, Ralph, for Bass is my Boyfriend.
Interview with Jim Tremayne of DJ Times
Give a Beat is an LA-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of America’s mass incarceration problem via the electronic music community. I freelance for them, interviewing artists and activists they work with, producing audio pieces for Give a Beat’s blog space. As snail mail grows more antiquated with each iPhone update, receiving a physical letter …
Dancefloor Thunderstorm: the beginnings of rave culture
(An interview I did for LA-based non-profit, Give a Beat) Dancefloor Thunderstorm: Land of the Free, Home of the Rave captures the soul and self-sufficiency at the dawn of the rave. Through colorful, candid photography, music and celebrity photojournalist Michael Tullberg illustrates the story of the SoCal rave scene, the story history never recorded. A …