Susan Bratton turns the tables; interviews ME for DishyMix
I’ve been a fan of Susan Bratton’s interactive advertising industry talk show for a while now, and so I was thrilled when she asked me to be a guest on the show… even though it’s a little odd to be the one interviewed rather than the interviewer.
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3 Responses to “Susan Bratton turns the tables; interviews ME for DishyMix”
1 Tom Hespos 24 January 2008 @ 7:00 am
Okay, so this interview has been around since September and I just got around to listening to it. My bad. Sue me.
I really liked the discussion of anatomization (sp?) of content. And it was funny because I had just been discussing the same concept with a fellow musician friend of mine, and we were lamenting the loss of the concept album experience.
Somehow, I can’t picture kids today inviting their friends over to come hang out in the basement and listen to The Wall or Operation: Mindcrime or anything like that. Those days of simply listening to an ALBUM from beginning to end are over. Part if it is anatomization, but it’s also that there are so few artists capable of putting together something as complex as a concept album anymore. When was the last time you bought an entire album on iTunes that was made after 2000 and was listenable all the way through? It’s a pretty disturbing trend, IMHO, that albums I’ve bought on iTunes lately contain songs that are stylistically at odds with one another because they’re struggling to stand alone and garner $0.99 individually instead of $11.99 as a group. The closest thing I’ve seen to a concept album in the past several years has been Mae’s “The Everglow,” although I’ve been told that Coheed & Cambria are reviving the concept album (might be too heavy for you, though). It will be interesting to see how it pans out in the age of iTunes.
Anyway, just to shift gears on you, I was curious about the comic books. I think you answered Susan’s question about selling the Shakespeare books, but I don’t think you addressed the comic books. Eighty thousand? Did I hear that correctly?
My Giant Size X-Men #1 hangs on the wall of my office. It’s my comic book geek badge.
2 Brad Berens 24 January 2008 @ 11:24 am
Hi Tom,
Yes, I have a ludicrous number of comic books and to my patient wife’s horror more keep coming.
What sort of music is Mae’s “The Everglow” ?
BB
3 Tom Hespos 24 January 2008 @ 11:45 am
Mae is something of an emo/power pop band, but the one thing I like about them is they incorporate some really cool piano riffs in additional to the big, loud guitars. I’d recommend buying a copy if you’re into such things.
I’m citing your 80K comic books the next time my wife tries to get rid of my guitars or the ATV in the garage.