lord_whimsy ([info]lord_whimsy) wrote,
@ 2007-05-02 16:37:00
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SOFT FOCUS


Soft Focus is a new online video series on VBS.TV (not a big fan of its parent company Vice, but that's another story). Over several episodes, Ian Svenonius interviews musicians like Will Oldham, Ian Mackaye, Chan Marshall, Henry Rollins, Genesis P. Orridge, and Andrew WK. Soft Focus is shot on location at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Both interesting and entertaining, and equal parts tongue-in-cheek and sincere. Go have a look, then report to this post.

So LJers: who would you interview on your talk show? (I'm thinking of posting video interviews myself, so I'm open to suggestions.)

~W

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[info]sobekptah
2007-05-02 10:14 pm UTC (link)

Straight off the top of my head: you, Nathaniel Branden, Virginia Postrel, Hakim Bey, Neal Stephenson and Peter Christopherson. Not necessarily in that order.

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[info]thunderbox
2007-05-02 10:16 pm UTC (link)
Tom Waits, Ornette Coleman, Ry Cooder, John Zorn, Bob Brozman, Evan Parker, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Bill Frisell, Stephen Scott, Marc Ribot, Anouar Brahem, Nels Cline

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[info]johnschreimann
2007-05-02 10:40 pm UTC (link)
This person knows me too well: this is most of ipod lineup.

I guess I don't need to have my own talk show.

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[info]silenceinspades
2007-05-02 11:47 pm UTC (link)
i just watched all of these the other night. it's really great. i have no idea how he made even henry rollins seem interesting.
i'd interview jesus christ and kris kristofferson. together.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2007-05-02 11:58 pm UTC (link)
Rollins came off rather well, yes. Probably the best interview of him I've seen. I thought Andrew WK was not only thoughtful but endearingly sincere. I'm not a fan of his music, but this ideas are engaging. Will Oldham was rather dull, but both old guard icons Ian McKaye and Genesis P'Orridge certainly lived up to the task.

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[info]sgtpepperzl
2007-05-02 11:59 pm UTC (link)
I'd like to hear the story of why you aren't a big Vice fan.

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[info]lord_whimsy
2007-05-03 01:16 am UTC (link)
Vice is of, by, and for middle-aged adolescents. I prefer Cabinet--a magazine of, by, and for middle-aged nerds.

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[info]klasensjo
2007-05-03 02:10 am UTC (link)
I'm very impressed by Ian Svenonius's ability to bring out interesting subjects in these artists. This is really quality TV and I thank you for the tip.

So, who would you interview on your talk show?
Noam Chomsky.

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[info]kaipfeiffer
2007-05-03 06:35 pm UTC (link)
four people i'd like to resurrect for my talk show:
h. c. artmann
william burroughs
rainer werner fassbinder
serge gainsbourg

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