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John Roderick & Friends: "Like Sammy, Frank, and Dean at the Sands in '63, Except With More Classy Dames, Hotter Tunes, and Better Suits"

If you ever wanted to know if your favorite tweeters are as witty, funny, and self-deprecating in person as they are inside 140 characters, October 29 is your night to find out. SW columnist John Roderick has corralled some of his music- and comedy-inclined friends--industry-slaying songwriter Jonathan Coulton, Comedy Central contributor John Hodgman, plus Merlin Mann and Scott Simpson--for a night of cultural debauchery. "It's going to be like Sammy, Frank, and Dean at the Sands in '63," Roderick says, "except with more classy dames, more roulette, more Lincoln Continentals, hotter tunes, funnier jokes, and better suits." If you can't make the show, follow @johnroderick, sure to include myriad updates.  » read more

Rock Report: The Long Winters

In this episode of The Rock Report, Christine S. Blystone interviews front man John Roderick of the Long Winters. Listen is as he talks about touring, his most inspiring life moments, robots with super powers, red clam chowder, and much more. Plus hear a handful of songs off the Long Winters’ latest album, Putting the Days to Bed.

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Death to the encore

You know the drill: Artist plays music. Artist is showered with applause. Artist leaves the stage. Applause continues. And after a few minutes the artist returns for the encore. But do some bands just not deserve an encore? Weekend America's John Moe talks with John Roderick from the band The Long Winters, Sebastian Bach from the band Skid Row, and Jim Anderson the sound engineer at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe to find out what the encore is all about.

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Back To Work: Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.
Episode #31: You Can Polish AC/DC All Day Long
With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by John Roderick of The Long Winters to talk about life as a bull in a china closet, craving real-world constraints, making better records, and being banned for life from Interpol’s corn chip bowl.

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Groupies maken bij The Long Winters geen schijn van kans

John Roderick interviewen heeft wel wat weg van college lopen. De frontman van de Americana rockband The Long Winters uit Seattle heeft veel weg van een professor door zijn originele en gedetailleerde antwoorden. Het liefst stopt hij er nog een stukje hedendaagse geschiedenis in - naast muziek zijn andere grote passie.

Deze kleurrijke muzikant presteerde het bijvoorbeeld in 1999 om helemaal van Amsterdam naar Istanbul te lopen. Het waarom van de bijna een half jaar durende voettocht is hem zelf nog steeds niet duidelijk, al is hij wel een heel eind opgeschoten met een boek over zijn reis. Het fascinerende is volgens hem dat je al lopende de geschiedenis van Europa aan je voorbij ziet trekken: "Je ziet het grote verhaal van Europa in honderdduizend stappen."  » read more

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Putting Days To Bed, But Not Before An Interrogation Or Two
Are you a member of a band with aspirations of climbing into the hearts and minds of thousands of people, making them flutter when they hear your songs, forcing them to unconsciously want to give you their money for your sweat, your songs and your used apple cores or dirty socks?  » read more

"This week, the Fretboard Journal's editors talk to critically acclaimed Seattle musician John Roderick of the Long Winters. Roderick tells us about his forthcoming album on Barsuk Records (including the somewhat unorthodox way he's writing the songs), the guitars and gear he's been using and his love for Twitter."
length: appr. 50 minutes