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Kreative Kontrol

Vish Khanna / Entertainment One (eOne)

Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:50

Ep. #801: Islands

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/09/14

Nick Thorburn discusses his band Islands and their new, sunny/dark album, And That's Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, making a musical trilogy, creative people striking and speaking out about cultural exploitation, pivoting in the modern age, John Lennon and Robert Smith, how to remain optimistic, always living near large bodies of water, making beats for people like Fat Tony, touring again, other future plans, and much more.Supported by you onPatreon,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee,

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1:46:30

Ep. #800: Buck 65

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/09/12

In his first interview in nearly a decade, Buck 65 explains his self-imposed exile from hip-hop and why he’s back, incredible recent albums like 2022’s King of Drums and 2023’s Super Dope and making beats in secret, giving up space for other artists, attracting the attention of a New York Yankees scout as a kid and making a triumphant return to baseball as a middle-aged man, working with Controller 7 and asking Vincent Gallo for permission to create Billy, rapping his ass off, releasing more

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1:13:40

Ep. #799: Allison Russell

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/09/07

Allison Russell discusses her celebratory, thoughtful new album The Returner, the heady success of her 2021 debut, Outside Child, an update about her forthcoming memoir and its structure, Back to the Future and other trilogies, the power of the Rainbow Coalition, the right-ward shift of politics and fighting fascism with facts, loving The Sound of Music, inspiring work by Roberta Flack, Mavis Staples, Minnie Riperton, and Prince, her friendship with Brandi Carlile and their recent collabs with Joni

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1:48:59

Richard Laviolette Remembered

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/09/06

The great Richard Laviolette died on September 5, 2023. I remember and celebrate Richard as a friend, a colleague in my community, and as a collaborator. Featuring radio interviews my wife and I conducted with Richard in 2006 and 2011, and a song I recorded with Richard and friends in 2018. For more information, read Richard's wonderfully written death notice, a record review I wrote in 2006, a 2017 article I wrote about him in a local Guelph newspaper, and listen to his lone appearance on Kreative

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1:06:56

Ep. #798: Sean Michaels

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/09/05

Sean Michaels discusses his compelling, contemporary novel, Do you remember being born?, the time we shared a helicopter ride in the Yukon, the late poet Marianne Moore’s life and how it inspired this book, his exploration and use of ChatGPT and A.I. to tell this story, what Nick Cave and Marc Maron might have wrong about such technology, collaboration, his book tour, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s Donuts,

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1:10:38

Ep. #797: Tough Age

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/08/29

Jarrett Evan Samson talks about his band Tough Age and their new album, Waiting Here, leaving Ontario for western Canada, how the climate is changing, GBV, R.E.M., and Flying Nun, loving comics and the cinema vs. superhero movies debate, a brief history of Tough Age and its different configurations, continuity and a Jesse Locke update, working with new labels, future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s

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1:09:04

Ep. #796: Ratboys

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/08/22

Julia Steiner discusses her band Ratboys and their eclectic, emotionally charged new album, The Window, living in places like Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, her mother’s influential Beatles and Sheryl Crow CDs, a Bob Dylan detour, loving Wilco, Chad VanGaalen, and Sufjan Stevens, exploring grief and grieving on The Window, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s

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Ep. #795: Hannah Georgas

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/08/15

Hannah Georgas discusses her deeply personal and revealing new album, I’d Be Lying if I Said I Didn’t Care, leaving Toronto behind, tennis and acupuncture, asserting herself and really, really communicating, producing this album herself, the Canadian music industry and authenticity, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s Donuts.SupportY.E.S.S.andBlack Women United YEG

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1:17:50

Ep. #794: Fenne Lily

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/08/08

Fenne Lily discusses her wonderful new album Big Picture, running and sleeping, writing as a coping mechanism, why self-reflection alone won’t cut it, how literature and comedy influence her songwriting, letting listeners in, subtle bits of homage, profound bumper stickers, temporal temperature, future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s Donuts.SupportY.E.S.S.andBlack Women United YEG. Followvish

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1:22:36

Ep. #793: Ray Padgett

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/08/01

Ray Padgett discusses his remarkable new book, Pledging My Time – Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members, his music journalism origin story, loving “Weird Al” Yankovic and MAD Magazine, first getting into Dylan and then the obsession with all things Dylan, why seeing one show is never enough and his excellent live Dylan newsletter, whether Dylan might be retiring, talking to people who rarely or have never discussed working with Dylan, learning more about the man through others, future plans, and

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1:15:17

Ep. #792: Nico Paulo

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/27

Nico Paulo discusses her new, critically acclaimed self-titled album, living her life in Portugal, Toronto, and St. John’s, window shutter signals, learning other people’s music, how love can mean so many things even in the same languages, the water, new songs, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s Donuts.SupportY.E.S.S.andBlack Women United YEG. Followvish online.Support

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1:17:25

Ep. #791: Nina Nastasia

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/25

[TW: suicide, psychological abuse] Nina Nastasia discusses her latest wondrous solo album, Riderless Horse, living in Calgary, Alberta for a while, the longest walk in the world for a dog, the difficult life she lived with her late partner Kennan Gudjonsson, and the songs she wrote about it, inviting Electrical Audio’s Steve Albini and Greg Norman to upstate New York to make Riderless Horse, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza

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1:05:19

Ep. #790: Leith Ross

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/20

Leith Ross discusses their new album, To Learn, leaving Ontario for the prairies, music in their parents’ home, believing in boredom, what social media is good for, irl community connections, dehumanization, fantastical nostalgia, touring and playing the Hillside Festival, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s Donuts.SupportY.E.S.S.andBlack Women United YEG. Followvish online.Support this show

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Ep. #789: please don't destroy

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/18

In a conversation recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike motion,Martin Herlihy, John Higgins, and Ben Marshall from please don’t destroy discuss their 2023 North American tour and Just for Laughs stops in Montreal, Canada and important Canadians like Norm Macdonald and Jamal Murray, their work as writers and short filmmakers on Saturday Night Live, comedic film editing and doing a live show, the forthcoming pdd movie, which features Conan O’Brien, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you

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1:13:32

Ep. #788: Joni Void

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/11

Jean Néant discusses their new Joni Void album, Every Day Is the Song, moving to Montreal from France to study film, remix experiences with Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead, primitive and modern recording technology and how their sound affects sounds, authenticity and mediated culture, distortion, Tom Waits, and the Beatles, bots on twitter, new Joni Void music, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Blackbyrd Myoozik,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean Coffee, andGrandad’s

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1:43:40

Ep. #787: One Hundred Dollars

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/05

Simone Schmidt and Ian Russell discuss their band One Hundred Dollars and the recent Blue Fog Recordings reissue of their classic debut album, Forest of Tears, listening speeds, our long relationship, recording with Rick White, the 2007ish Toronto music scene, vinyl records and music consumption, the mysterious band LSDoubleDCup, representation and the evolution of awareness, Ian’s solo record In Light, new Fiver music and shows, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,plus

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1:55:54

Rick Froberg Remembered

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/07/03

Following the devastating news of his shocking death on June 30, 2023, I remember Rick Froberg, who is someone I’ve admired most of my life and became friends with over the past 20 years. Featuring my recollections about his artwork, songwriting, and bands like Pitchfork, Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and Obits, and archival interviews I conducted with Rick about such things in 2005, 2009, and twice in 2011. Rick was truly unique, warm, and supportive, and I love him. Thank you, Rick. Photo by:

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1:20:31

Ep. #786: Black Duck

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/06/29

Douglas McCombs and Charles Rumback discuss their band Black Duck and new self-titled debut album, jazz, punk, and freedom, the Slint/Tortoise connection, why producers like J Dilla are really influential for drummers, improvisation and composition, Bill MacKay’s guitar playing, working with John Hughes III, Cheap Trick and Superchunk, Seven Bridges, Black Duck shows, a Tortoise album update, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Pizza Trokadero,the Bookshelf,Planet Bean

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1:15:49

Ep. #785: Hari Kondabolu

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/06/27

Hari Kondabolu discusses his brilliant new comedy special Vacation Baby, being a dad, Indian parents, Indian food, and yogurt, delving into cultural and familial backgrounds without mocking them, making art that changes things, perspectives on the impact of his film, The Problem with Apu, becoming friends with Hank Azaria and thinking about The Simpsons, the sharpness of his stand-up, (Extended) Vacation Baby, touring again, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Pizza

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1:12:35

Ep. #784: Priyanka

Kreative Kontrol ·

2023/06/22

Priyanka discusses her journey from being television personality Mark “Suki” Suknanan to winning the first season of Canada’s Drag Race in 2020, professional fans, male hygiene tips, immigration and her Indo-Guyanese background, racism, homophobia, transphobia, drag hatred, and gay liberation, keys to successful relationships, making new music and being Canada’s Queen of All Media, touring and the Hillside Festival, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you onPatreon,Pizza Trokadero,the

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