The Deacons In this interview from 4 December 2005 we meet Rich Stremme of Made in Brooklyn Records and Brooklyn punk rock act The Deacons. We discuss the label, the band and the DIY ethic. Also we hear about the fantastic acoustic punk compilation "Go Contrary, Go Sing" on Made in Brooklyn Records. This brilliant comp includes such punk notables as Joey Keithley (D.O.A.), Klaus Flouride and Cheetah Chrome doing it up unplugged.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Gord Zajac of Screaming Halibut - This 27 Nov 2005 interview with Gord Zajac covers the inception in Sept. 2005 creation of the  Screaming Halibut comedy engine, it's goals and ideals. Screaming Halibut is a hilarious regular feature of the Outisght Radio Hours on Sundays between 3p and 5p Sundays (Eastern Time). The flurry of cartoonish sketch comedy in ten minutes is like Monty Python and classic Saturday Night Live, only full of more surprises and twists.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Twisterbait - Once upon a time there was a vast suburban trailer park, where daytime soaps were the only form of education. This resulted in unimaginable stupidity, but gave the population a light to follow in the futile, self-oppressed vacuum of their lives. They dressed, spoke and behaved like soap opera characters, discussing their world in episodes and storylines, and adapting their lifestyles to conform as closely as possible to the plot broadcast to them. This helped blank out the lack of genuine romance and adventure in their own world, for it was shameful and forbidden to act with any kind of spontaneous honesty in the confines of their self-imposed cage. All communication was carefully monitored to prevent unscripted self-expression, for in this and beyond lay the dark world of the unknown, which was feared more than anything else... Hear the rest of this story in this interview with Brendan Fitchew turned Twisterbait member. Connections with storm chasers and Death In Vegas' Simon Hanson produces weird electro-rock.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

The Adolescents - We celebrated the 25 years since release of "The Blue Album" by The Adolescents in a big way with plenty of related tunes and very good interview with bassist Steve Soto. Here is the interview, full of me being corrected, Steve telling great stories and the lowdown on 22 Jacks.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

William Kopecky (Parallel Mind, Far Corner) brings color and character, intellect and insight to this 2005 interview about his progressive but rocking music and the cerebral side of music.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

The Willowz - Richie James Follin is living a young man's dream of indie pop stardom with The Willowz. In this June 2005 interview, the lucky and plucky rocker discusses the band's self-titled album and getting a song in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". This is all from a video set as the group work on shooting a video for each song on the album. Click here to go to the feature >>>

Johnny Maddox (2nd Interview) - In this May 15, '05 interview the King of Ragtime Johnny Maddox describes life in retirement and recalls different points of magnificent career that included playing for Patton's troops and releasing the first-ever million-seller piano record. Click here to go to the feature >>>

In this 2nd (May 22, 2005) interview with Beth Custer, we catch up with her on two new releases on her BC Records. The first is a Clarinet Thing retrospective pulling together live material spanning 15 years on "Agony Pipes and Misery Sticks."  Beth elaborates more on her philosophical take on her main instrument, the clarinet: "There is nothing like blowing a horn. It oxygenates the body, clears the mind, and causes mood responses from meditative to giddy, ecstatic, to contemplative."   We also discuss the "funky disk of political tirades" that is the The Beth Custer Ensemble album "Respect As A Religion."  Beth describes the ensemble as "a veritable crème de la crème of Bay Area musicians including long time collaborator Jan Jackson on drums, Sila, Coup and Spearhead guitarist David James, iconic pianist Graham Connah, bassists Tennessee transplant Scott Alexander and the highly sought after Devin Hoff, Charming Hostess Marika Hughes on hot 'cello licks, and a horn section to die for in Ralph Carney, Ben Goldberg and Marty Wehner." Finally, we hear a little about an upcoming DVD project for Georgian director Kote Mikaberidze's scathing satire of Soviet bureaucracy. "My Grandmother" is a genuine piece of slapstick-expressionism from the eccentric cinema of the Twenties. Beth has created a soundtrack of a quick-paced pastiche of American folk and blues, contemporary classical, and jazz, with a nod to Georgian music, for an upcomoing DVD edition.   Click here to go to the feature >>>

Artichoke's Timothy Sellers discusses in this Spring 2005 interview the new opus "26 Scientists, Volume One Anning-Malthus". Scientisits popular (Einstein) and obscure (Mary Anning) are feted on this energetic folk pop celebration of scientist biographies. In an Outsight first, Sellers performs on acoustic guitar a song scheduled for Volume Two.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Jay Munly  - "Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots" is Munly's fifth album and released in late October and as a co-release between Smooch & Alternative Tentacles.  Munly is also the front sideman of Slim Cessna's Auto Club and has written songs for the Auto Club's past two albums. Munly steps out of the well-known Slim Cessna's Auto Club southern Gothic aura to reveal an artistry even darker, yet a mind that is intelligent, sophisticated and varied in this enlightening and engaging interview.   Click here to go to the feature >>>

Harvey Sid Fisher - In this interview we meet a gentleman of song full of insight and humor. Fresh from the golf course, the creator of "Golf Songs and Golf Jokes" as well as the cult classic "Astrology Songs" reveals his own sign, his franchise approach to having a band in every state as well as introduces a brand new song: "Oh My God...Not Yours". Click here to go to the feature >>>

Gary Reichel - For over 20 years, Cinecyde has made great garage pop from the Motor City. In this Spring 2005 interview with Gary Reichel we found out how a song about the Me 262 jet fighter made it onto the new album Like a U.F.O. and what is like being bootlegged as one of the first Detroit punk bands of all time. Click here to go to the feature >>>

Ryan Bartek - Ryan Bartek's writing is like a welding of Alan Ginsberg and Bukowski. In this April 2005 interview, we hear Ryan read from his latest work, the inflammatory The Silent Burning, as well as discuss his art and technique.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Beth Custer - In this interview, Beth Custer discusses her quartet's Dona Luz 30 Besos album and it's jazz, rock and pop sounds. As the conversation goes to the subject of Custer's long career we hear about living in the same building as The Residents.   Click here to go to the feature >>>

Gary Wilson - Gary Wilson recalls in this spring 2005 interview staying with John Cage for three days and submitting a demo to Captain Beefheart while letting us all know there is much more to this fascinating musician than how he holds on to the crushes of yesteryear. The focus of this interview was "Mary Had Brown Hair", the new CD by Gary Wilson on Stones Throw Records.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Johannes Linstead - Johannes Linstead discusses in this spring 2005 interview the album Mediterranea, which won "Best World Album". Linstead also discusses the musical background of his early life and the passport his world music performance provides to the Caribbean and beyond.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Katharine McElroy - This spring 2005 interview is with Katharine McElroy. We trace how her piano pop Snow Machine project sprung from her previous work in Three Finger Cowboy and Nineteen Forty-Five as well as automobile cassette airings of Carpenters, Anne Murray, and Elton John tunes.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

Gary Bear - Gary Bear elucidates the difference between space ducks and space bears while warning of the evil threat of unknown mathematics and hipping us to the layout of the Tucson scene in this interview of March 20, 2005.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

of Chain Reaction, a Detroit hard rock band with a classic rock style. They discuss their 2004 release Electric Playground, how it helps Eric Clapton and why it was time to revisit "Honey Child."   Click here to go to the feature >>>

This February 2005 interview covers Thomson Kneeland's primary compositional outlet Kakalla. The group's instrumental jazz features diabolical titles, faint Balkan music styles and a counterpoint of jazz and rock that can appeal to a broad audience. This discussion touches on the latest release, The Seeds of Analog Rebellion and what has led to it creatively.   Click here to go to the feature >>>

his music toward guitar-based rock, why numeric figures appear in his early drawings, why those drawing are so obsessive and how all this talk about Naomi Campbell got started. The album from Gabriel this interview focuses on his the third, self-titled release from this driven marker artist and music maker.  Click here to go to the feature >>>

In 2001 Mike Mariconda (Raunch Hands, Devil Dogs) decided after an 8-year absence from playing music that enough was enough. He joined with Sean “Sonny” Morales (Titz), Pat Pestorius (Stingers), Jeff Linton (Damn Times), and Matt Smith (White Heat) to be The Stepbrothers. The Stepbrothers full-length "Baby It's Over", recorded at Sweatbox Studios, and produced by Mike Mariconda, is another excellent rock and roll album from Licorice Tree Records. In this interview, Mike discusses the switching from being producer to being a production and that absolute lack of any connection between his previous group Raunch Hands and the '60s Epic comedy bluegrass ensemble of the same name.   Click here to go to the feature >>>