mattswriting.com » Ben Felsing http://mattswriting.com DJ Matt Werner Tue, 15 May 2012 02:45:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The DJ Matt Werner Show on Fresh Air: The Alternative features interviews with some of the most provocative musicians and writers today who challenge the status quo of the music and literary scenes. Featured guests include hip hop artist Talib Kweli, spoken word artist and musician Saul Williams, rock composer Dave Smallen, modern classical composer Fr. Bruno Clifton, beatboxer and voice artist Kid Beyond, and poets from the Def Poetry Jam including Ise Lyfe, Dahlak Brathwaite, and George Watksy. DJ Matt Werner no DJ Matt Werner mattswriting@gmail.com mattswriting@gmail.com (DJ Matt Werner) DJ Matt Werner and the respective copyright holders, 2009 A weekly musician interview program with Scotland's premier literary DJ Fresh Air, DJ Matt Werner, Fresh Air: The Alternative, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams, Hyphy, Dahlak Brathwaite, Watsky, Kid Beyond, Literary DJ, Conscious, Hip Hop, Michael Krasny mattswriting.com » Ben Felsing http://mattswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/MLK_and_Eminem_for_iTunes_thumbnail.jpg http://mattswriting.com Interview with K.Flay http://mattswriting.com/2010/03/25/interview-with-k-flay/ http://mattswriting.com/2010/03/25/interview-with-k-flay/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:06:09 +0000 Matt http://mattswriting.com/?p=228

First Rumpus Radio podcast: Interview with K.Flay

What is your pun threshold?

Are you ready for a pun battle between K.Flay and the International Pun Champion, Joe Sabia? Tune in at the 20-minute mark in the interview.

Topics also discussed by San Francisco hip hop artist K.Flay and Rumpus Radio host Matt Werner include MC Lars, K.Flay’s Mashed Potatoes Mix Tape, K.Flay’s songs, Guinevere, No Ignorance (remix of Paramore’s Ignorance), K.Flay staying straight-edge after her father’s passing, and her Do-It-Yourself ethic in music production. The podcast also features an exclusive acoustic version of Bye, Bye Illinois recorded by Rumpus Radio.

Pun battle excerpt:

What do you call it when Sara Palin gets high?

Baked Alaska.

For more on: K.Flay, visit http://kflay.com. And for more on Matt Werner’s podcasts, visit http://mattswriting.com.

This is a podcast for Rumpus Radio at http://therumpus.net. Voice overs are by Ben Felsing. Interview photo is by Joe Sciarrillo.

Podcast is 26 mins. MP3 file is approx. 60MB. Direct download link: http://mattswriting.com/K.Flay-Interview.mp3

Podcast is also available for free download on iTunes in my Mattswriting podcast channel. Search iTunes for K.Flay to find interview.

]]> http://mattswriting.com/2010/03/25/interview-with-k-flay/feed/ 0 Ben Felsing,Joe Sciarrillo,K.Flay,Matt Werner,The Rumpus.net First Rumpus Radio podcast: Interview with K.Flay What is your pun threshold? - Are you ready for a pun battle between K.Flay and the International Pun Champion, Joe Sabia? Tune in at the 20-minute mark in the interview. First Rumpus Radio podcast: Interview with K.Flay What is your pun threshold? Are you ready for a pun battle between K.Flay and the International Pun Champion, Joe Sabia? Tune in at the 20-minute mark in the interview. DJ Matt Werner no 26:00 Interview with MC Lars http://mattswriting.com/2009/05/06/interview-with-mc-lars/ http://mattswriting.com/2009/05/06/interview-with-mc-lars/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 18:10:38 +0000 Matt http://mattswriting.com/?p=141 mc-lars-at-the-cathouse-in-glasgow

DJ Matt Werner’s interview and feature with post-punk laptop rapper MC Lars was recorded live at The Cathouse in Glasgow on April 15, 2009, and first aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on May 5, 2009.

In the interview, MC Lars and DJ Matt Werner discuss the songs Guitar Hero Hero, Download This Song, Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock, Hipster Girl, Twenty-Three, Hey There Ophelia, Signing Emo (feat. the Matches), and White Kids Aren’t Hyphy (DJ Khaled Remix).

Topics also discussed include MC Lars’s latest album This Gigantic Robot Kills, Jean Baudrillard’s notion of “hyperreality,” the rich traditions of punk and hip hop in the Northern California music scene, the suicide of MC Lars’s former Stanford roommate, which inspired the song Twenty-Three, and how MC Lars navigates the racial politics of being a white MC. This show features the voice-over talents of Ben Felsing, and also a surprise, but brief, visit from Queen Elizabeth II.

For more on MC Lars, please visit http://www.mclars.com/

You can download this podcast from iTunes by clicking here, or by visiting http://mattswriting.com

(Right click and select “Save Link As” to download the large, 129 MB mp3 audio file)

Click on the player to listen to the hour-long interview and feature on MC Lars.

]]> http://mattswriting.com/2009/05/06/interview-with-mc-lars/feed/ 0 Andrew Nielsen,Ben Felsing,DJ Matt Werner,MC Lars,punk rock,This Gigantic Robot Kills DJ Matt Werner’s interview and feature with post-punk laptop rapper MC Lars was recorded live at The Cathouse in Glasgow on April 15, 2009, and first aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on May 5, 2009. - In the interview, DJ Matt Werner’s interview and feature with post-punk laptop rapper MC Lars was recorded live at The Cathouse in Glasgow on April 15, 2009, and first aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on May 5, 2009. In the interview, MC Lars and DJ Matt Werner discuss the songs Guitar Hero Hero, Download This Song, Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock, Hipster Girl, Twenty-Three, Hey There Ophelia, Signing Emo (feat. the Matches), and White Kids Aren't Hyphy (DJ Khaled Remix). Topics also discussed include MC Lars's latest album This Gigantic Robot Kills, Jean Baudrillard's notion of "hyperreality," the rich traditions of punk and hip hop in the Northern California music scene, the suicide of MC Lars's former Stanford roommate, which inspired the song Twenty-Three, and how MC Lars navigates the racial politics of being a white MC. This show features the voice-over talents of Ben Felsing, and also a surprise, but brief, visit from Queen Elizabeth II. For more on MC Lars, please visit http://www.mclars.com/ You can download this podcast from iTunes by clicking here, or by visiting http://mattswriting.com DJ Matt Werner no 56:28