Hosted by Joshua James Amberson, Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, and Jeff Alessandrelli in Portland, Oregon, The Steer features leading musicians talking about their favorite writers and books and leading writers talking about their favorite musicians and albums. Conversations often go elsewhere and following each talk is a playlist of songs or sounds discussed during the interview. New episodes drop every two weeks.
Jeff talks to Mathias Svalina, poet and proprietor of the Dream Delivery Service, about deodorant, Michael Crichton, Mary Roach, Virginia, bicycling, solitude, being a college radio disc jockey, traveling vs. staying in one space mentally and physically, and music. A lot about music. At the end Mathias also reads some of his “choice” dreams—stick around for it.
Music from the Mathias Svalina episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include UUVVWWZ, Boyracer, FKA Twigs, and Shudder To Think, among others.
Jeff talks to ambidextrous author and artist Felicity Fenton about 21st century social media stratification and the potential for freedom, why Yoko Ono deserves all the praise she gets and then some, and how traveling can paradoxically make an artist feel a greater sense of home. Listen until the end when Felicity also reads from her amazing essay User Not Found!
Music from the Felicity Fenton episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include Yoko Ono, Sonic Youth, Liquid Liquid and Love, among others.
Music from the Patty Yumi Cottrell episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include Fiona Apple, Casino Versus Japan, Aphex Twin and Bill Callahan, among others.
Jeff talks to acclaimed novelist and 2018 Whiting Award winner Patty Yumi Cottrell about fantasy league basketball, growing up in the suburbs, and giving Fiona Apple some possibly unwanted marijuana after a soul-stirring concert. Stay tuned until the end when Patty also reads an excerpt of an essay about cats!
Jeff and Sunny talk with PDX writer, editor and Propeller Books publisher Dan DeWeese about Sade, George Michael, what the term oppositional defiance means both generally and in terms of his own life, and why he can’t listen to Travis Scott too loudly when his son is in a one mile vicinity of him.
Music from the Dan DeWeese episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include Pink Floyd, Travis Scott, Sade and Willie Nelson, among others.
Music from the Maxine Hong Kingston episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. All of the songs are from Joe Kingston’s album “Songs for Trixie.”
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