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.
10,000 Maniacs–Because the Night
Nirvana–Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Sonata for Violin and Cello (1920-22): I. Allegro / Maurice Ravel played by Nigel Kennedy & Lynn Harrell
Black Sabbath–Black Sabbath
PJ Harvey–In the Dark Places—Live at Sydney Festival
10,000 Maniacs–Because the Night–3:39
Ane Brun–All My Tears
Thom Yorke–Analyse–Live (2006)
Patti Smith Group–Because the Night
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel talks to Sunny and Jeff about her recent essay collection Fear Icons, how as a child growing up in a conservatively religious home Ozzy Osbourne was a near stand-in for ol’ Saint Nick himself, and what a “shadow text” is vis-a-vis the framework of Fear Icons.
The music that John Beer talked about, as heard on KZUT 99.1 FM LA. Tracks include: Ellen Arkbro – Three, Ellen Arkbro – For Organ and Brass, Eve Egoyan – Simple Lines of Enquiry Movement 10 & 11, Sarah Davachi – for piano, Sarah Davachi – for voice.
Poet and pub quiz player extraordinaire John Beer, whose poetry collection “The Waste Land and Other Poems” won the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, talks about his eclectic tastes in music, a brief life in Berlin, and the importance of poetry critics. He’s a busy man but “sometimes,” he says, “I just sit and listen to music.”
Jamondria Harris’ EP “meroitic,” plus tracks from Alice Coltrane and Cocteau Twins. As heard on the radio episode of our show, broadcast on 99.1 FM Los Angeles.
Interdisciplinary artist Jamondria Harris talks about growing up in the vastness of Texas, how Alice Coltrane impacted their life, and their sound art including the work they do under the name meroitic. Jamondria also reads an excerpt from their new collection “quaerere,” out now from Magic Helicopter Press!
Acclaimed author and former frontman of the grunge/not-grunge band Dungbeetle, Sam Lipsyte talks about his early successes and failures, his surprise love for teaching, getting an award from President Ronald Reagan as a kid, and his new novel Hark, published by Simon & Schuster.
Music from the Sam Lipsyte episode, as heard on Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Also, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem talks about overcoming failure.
Tracks from musicians talked about during Wendy’s interview, as heard on dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles.
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