The Joe Jackson Interviews

Scott Walker discusses the Songs of Jacques Brel

During the 1970s, I discovered those 1960s Walker recordings of Brel's songs. In the 1990s we got to talk about them 

Clashing with Van Morrison. A Monty Python sketch, of sorts

Summer re-run of the fun, and fractious encounters I had with my fellow Irishman, the moody Van Morrison

A Golden Half of Conversation with Larry Gogan 2002. JJ Archive

Broadcasters are rarely remembered after they die. Larry Gogan should not be forgotten. He brought great joy in generations of Irish radio listeners. 

k..d. Lang talks about Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and Leonard Cohen

k.d. one of the great singers, talks about here heroes Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison and Leonard Cohen. Four amazing talents 

Elvis: Remember Him This Way: Bono on Elvis

I am the Elvis fan who, on the day he died felt disillusioned but the lies being told about Elvis and the lies he told about himself. 

 

I went in search of the truth about the King and interviewed many who knew him

Elvis: Remember Him This Way 2. Nick Cave on Elvis

I am the Elvis fan who, on the day he died felt disillusioned but the lies being told about Elvis and the lies he told about himself. 

 

I went in search of the truth about the King and interviewed many who knew him

Elvis: Remember Him This way. The Memphis Sessions 1969

I am the Elvis fan who, on the day he died felt disillusioned but the lies being told about Elvis and the lies he told about himself. 

 

I went in search of the truth about the King and interviewed many who knew him

Eamon Dunphy U2 biographer. "What if History shows that the U2 story was a lie?"

U2 tried to "mincemeat" Dunphy in terms of aspects of his book he once told me.

If they did, why, one wonders?

 

Tori Amos on gun control, John Lennon and Eminem

A clip from one of the four interviews I did with Tori that make up my Ebook, Tori Amos Soul Searching and Uncensored. 

What she says about gun control still applies

One More time for the sensual Doris Day. An Appreciation. Summer repost

I made a radio documentary about Doris Day and it changed a former girlfriend's opinion of the woman in an hour.

 

I do think it is time for a rethink abiut the music, movies, persona and person that was DD