Mid-album press
Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing a handful of interviews with music publications. While I’m reluctant to take too much time out from the actual recording, and I don’t want to give too much of the game away, I guess it’s important to keep the buzz alive. Plus, I’m still far enough away from actually releasing new music, that there’s little risk I’ll be pulling the trigger too early!
Here’s a quite complimentary interview with a web site called The Quietus.
Then there’s a review of ‘The Singular Thomas Dolby’ in an American publication.
I just did another with Record Collector—2 hours long!—that should show up in a couple of months.
And finally, amusingly, I did one today with BBC 6. They emailed me a few weeks ago and asked me to ‘host’ a party with three imaginary guests; and to play three favourite songs. Off the top of my head, I replied that the guests were Jules Verne, Nicola Tesla and Leon Theremin. And I picked songs from Goldfrapp, Jim White and Madeleine Peyroux.
Then I conveniently forgot all about my choices altogther. Until today, when the BBC’s Liz Kershaw got me on the phone and, tape rolling, asked me one by one why I’d made those choices. She, of course, had plenty of Wikipedia pages printed out right in front of her, thanks to her producer; I. like a mug, was struggling to name more than one Jules Verne novel, and I couldn’t remember whether Tesla championed AC current and Edison DC, or the other way around!
What a pseud, eh?
Liz Kershaw’s show will be available to hear again until 13th June at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/liz_kershaw
Cool photo of Tesla in Wardenclyffe, his lab on Long Island. There’s currently a movement to save it from being demolished and turn it into a museum.
Tesla? Did David Bowie play a Mr Tesla in a movie called ‘The Prestege’ a few years back?
He invented the wireless lightbulbs among other things?
Funny how a recent blog featured Mr Bowie, and now Tesla!
TeslA did AC, eDison did DC. And Tesla was right…
petarded by your own hoist!
Fantastic Quietus interview, Thomas! Man, that Scrabble addiction has
But, let it be known:
I am a woman for whom the ‘K’ section
sure paid off…you have unleashed your magnificent vocabulary on
the world, and the world has replied, ‘Huh?!”
you are not about to dumb your vocab or your music down to suit
the tastes of the masses!
of my music collection includes Kraftwerk, the Kingston Trio and Kenna,
and I’d say that we the people can expand our musical knowledge by
letting your diverse musical influences influence *us*. I never get
bored with your music, Thomas, because ‘it’s all in there’. Everything
I crave is all in one place. And one of my all-time favorite songs,
‘Swamp Thing” by the Grid, is in fact “a…mash of bluegrass and
techno”!!!
Kind of a dirty trick that Liz Kershaw played on you, though, wasn’t it?!
~Kara
You’re not a computer, you don’t need your memory tested.
The picture suits the words “it’s important to keep the buzz alive”
Hey, Thomas, anytime you want some science tutoring, I’m available. I’ll even throw in a little wine appreciation instruction!
What Not H.G. Wells?! I’m surprised he seemed like natural choice for you. Not to mention the lively conversation he and Mr. Verne would have had since the two did not think much of each other.