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Im always fucking amazed.
This is what they do.
I am always just amazed at how they can lock into it.
Im always blown away.
He didnt want it to be on the record because its a special live performance song.
I dont think I bought them.
For some reason there was a Bobby Sherman record.
I inherited this box of cassette tapes and a years-old detachable-speaker cassette player from my parents.
I rememberCosmos Factory Up Around the Bend, that fuckin guitar riff.
For some reason, I was obsessed with the song Roll Over Beethoven.
Janis JoplinsPearl, the BeatlesLet It Be, Chuck Berrys London sessions.
Those records were the backdrop of me growing up.
Record Store Dayhas become something of an event for people, with lines sometimes running outside the stores themselves.
One of the benefits of the show is that I get sent a lot of stuff, too.
I dont like waiting on line, so I dont really go on the day.
Whats the most recent record you paid money for?Yesterday I bought a copy of Neil YoungsRe-act-or.
I just got this one calledMusic Box Harmoniawhich has that guy from that German krautrock thing.
I got this recordPurple Image, and a copy of Fred FrithsSpeechlessbecause I had it in high school.
That was the last couple of weeks.
Hes known to be a tough interview at times.Did I have a hard time talking to J?
Not for very long.
Hes come back on the show to play music when hes around.
We ended up talking about how he grew up his dads a dentist.
I didnt have any problems with him, but I dont approach musicians as a music journalist.
Its a different punch in of conversation I get out of people that are difficult.
Neil Youngs another one.
Have there been any performances on the show that have surprised or disappointed you?Im always fucking amazed.
This is what they do.
I am always just amazed at how they can lock into it.
Im always blown away.
Stops and starts happen sometimes, but then you get it right.
The whole experience, for me, is great.
Im an audience of one to some of the greatest singer-songwriters we have going.
You hadRyan Adamson your show in 2017.
Were you aware of any of theallegationsthat have recently been brought against him?
But there was no indication to me through our conversation.
The episode with Mandy Moore was recorded before theNew YorkTimesstory about Ryan Adamswas published.
[Laughs] I just did what I do a regularWTFinterview, and I thought it was great.
She was like, Well, theres gonna be this New YorkTimespiece.
I dont know when its coming out, but I talked to them for it, so its fine.
Then we were like, All right, bye!
It dealt with that in a natural way and it also dealt with who she is as an artist.
Things do become tainted, though, and I dont think theres any way they cant.
