Best known for his work in bands like the Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up, Ian Svenonius has taken his academic-minded persona to television with a show called Soft Focus. On it, Svenonius interviews fellow musicians like Will Oldham and Ian MacKaye. Topics range from vaguely serious discussions of music and culture to talks of dolphin ejaculate and FBI files. It's priceless.
Part 1 of his talk with Will Oldham is here:
ALSO: Stay tuned for a piece on Ian Svenonius' upcoming DJ gig with Cal
Noted crackpot/cassandra Ian Svenonius did an interview with me last year that got buried alive in the music section, as do all things in the music section, but since being buried alive is much on my mind today I thought I would go back and dig it up. Spiv quotes a lot of classics--anyone familiar with his discography or his famous Sassiest Boy In America win back in like '90 won't be surprised--and it's hard to just pick one teaser, but let's go with...
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VBS.TV's Ian Svenonius interviews My Bloody Valentine mastermind Kevin Shields, the primary creative force behind Loveless and Isn't Anything, two of the greatest rock albums of all time. It's not the most scintillating interview ever, but if you're a My Bloody Valentine fanatic, you'll want to watch. (You're not a My Bloody Valentine fanatic? Click on the “Soon” video below and get back to me.)
Among other things, Shields discusses the forthcoming MBV album, which is “pretty much three-q
