Set List

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  Set List Mark Arm of Mudhoney on 25 years of being the court jesters and knowing their limitations

  “We haven’t put ourselves in a box. Other people might categorize us as a certain thing. But that’s their problem, not ours.”

  April 9, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Prolific producer Prince Paul on almost being fired, De La Soul classics, and working with his son

  The hip-hop veteran talks about collaborating with everyone from RZA to MF DOOM.

  March 18, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Marshall Crenshaw on songwriting, covers, and the album cover he absolutely hates

  The singer-songwriter talks about the songs he remembers, the ones he doesn’t, and why he got sick of The Beatles.

  January 21, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List The Police’s Andy Summers on his songs, Sting, and being ripped off by Puff Daddy

  The Police’s guitarist just wrote one song per album, but he made the most of it.

  December 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Graham Parker on reuniting with The Rumour, constructing the flow of an album, and more

  “There wasn’t punk or new wave, so I fit into something that didn’t quite exist yet. I existed on the back pages of music papers.”

  November 27, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Heart’s Ann Wilson on “Crazy On You,” “Barracuda,” and a crooning Robert Plant

  “For every time that we didn’t wear lingerie, there have been 20 people who have told us, ‘Hey, you should just wear this lingerie, you’ll get a lot farther.’”

  October 12, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Set List Wanda Jackson on advice from Jack White and Elvis, and being a hard-headed woman

  After almost 60 years in the business, The Queen Of Rockabilly has still got it.

  October 9, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Greg Dulli of Afghan Whigs on combining the Jackson 5 with Twin Peaks

  “It’s hard to tour a record as it is, if you’ve got people that you don’t like… but if I have no respect for you, then we are all fucked.”

  September 21, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Set List Ian Hunter talks Mott The Hoople and staying on the periphery

  “As long as I’m doing what I like and what I respect, I’m fine. I like to be on the periphery.”

  September 20, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Set List Steve Berlin of Los Lobos on R.E.M. and sharing the planet with Paul Westerberg 

  “We were making some money, but not enough to screw with anybody’s heads. I was able to quit my job at the music store, so my life was great.”

  September 14, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Set List Tiffany on “I Think We’re Alone Now,” being the queen of the mall, and dubstep 

  “Even at 14, I was kind of jammin’ with local bands. I wasn’t allowed into bars, but I would go in and do my thing, and then I’d have to leave.” 

  August 21, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Set List Music supervisor Randall Poster on Fleetwood Mac, Wes Anderson, and Skrillex 

  “Sometimes you have to wait until the film tells you where you need to go or what it needs for musical sustenance.” 

  August 16, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Duran Duran bassist John Taylor on some of the band’s most famous songs 

  “It’s very hard to think of that song without seeing the pictures from the video” 

  July 31, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Dave Wakeling on the short, successful, fractious career of The English Beat 

  “It had all the charm of calypso, but the drama of Wuthering Heights.” 

  July 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Huey Lewis on Back To The Future, “We Are The World,” and more 

  “This isn’t John Coltrane here. This is pop music.” 

  July 13, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Set List Author, songwriter, and provocateur Kinky Friedman talks about his would-be country hits 

  “I’ve always believed an artist is someone who should be ahead of his time and behind on his rent.” 

  July 2, 2012 | 12:30pm -

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  Set List ’70s hitmaker Paul Williams on having his songs sung by The Carpenters and The Muppets 

  One of the hitmakers of the ’70s talks about having his songs sung by The Carpenters and Kermit The Frog.

  June 8, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List The Cult’s Ian Astbury talks about songs, ignoring the critics, and “sexual modality” 

  “That’s the sound of a dire wolf in the woods showing his teeth.” 

  June 7, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Loudon Wainwright III

  The actor and singer-songwriter talks about his new album about death and philosophy, his hit about the dead skunk in the middle of the road, and more. 

  April 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Todd Rundgren on his musical history, from Nazz to The New Cars

  Todd Rundgren tells us about his own songs and his work behind the board, including recording the New York Dolls.

  April 9, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List New Orleans’ funky Night Tripper, Dr. John, talks new music and old

  New Orleans’ funky Night Tripper talks new music and old. 

  April 5, 2012 | 1:30pm -

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  Set List Richard Thompson 

  The veteran singer-songwriter looks back on a 40-plus year career, which includes a cover of a Britney Spears song.

  February 8, 2012 | 12:01pm -

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  Set List Chris Squire

  The only original member to play in every permutation of Yes skips through a few of the band’s seminal tracks.  

  February 1, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Alice Cooper 

  The theatrical rocker revisits his back catalog, from early stabs at garage rock to the new Welcome 2 My Nightmare. 

  December 8, 2011 | 12:02pm -

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  Set List Gary Numan 

  The electronic music pioneer talks about the genesis of his biggest hit and how he came to write a science-fiction concept album. 

  December 2, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Set List Suzanne Vega

  The singer and songwriter talks about a long career that’s ranged from folk music to dance tracks to noise and back again.

  November 7, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  Set List Robyn Hitchcock

  The singer-songwriter talks about being un-punk in the punk era and succeeding with jangle pop just as it went out of style.

  November 2, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Kate Pierson of The B-52s

  The B-52s vocalist/multi-instrumentalist trips through the group’s many hits, from “Rock Lobster” to “Love Shack,” plus some oddities in between.

  November 1, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Cyndi Lauper

  The singer talks about some of the highlights, and oddities, of a career that stretches from Long Island cover bands to Memphis blues. 

  October 26, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Set List Tori Amos 

  Tori Amos talks about some key songs, from the early days through the new Night Of The Hunters.

  October 13, 2011 | 12:02am -