Rat Bastard talks boring music, liberating noise and cutting handmade records...
Miami Beach's Rat Bastard has parlayed obscurity into a sort of personal success. Born Frank Falestra in 1958, in the small town of Ellenville,...
David Bowie’s Heathen photographer reveals Bowie’s surprise of Next Day’s success...
Ahead of the unveiling of an exhibition of unseen images featuring David Bowie shot by Markus Klinko for the 2002 album Heathen, I had a chance to talk...
Jillian Mayer on inspiration behind “I Am Your Grandma” ahead of...
Tonight, "I am Your Grandma," a little viral video that's just over one minute long will have its debut on the New World Symphony’s...
Exclusive interview with Starfucker (Part 1 of 2): Philosophy and rock...
At the time of publication of this post, Starfucker have only about a week left in its nearly two-month-long US tour (purchase tickets through...
Lisa Leone, Renaissance lady of Eyes Wide Shut talks working with...
Miami has a living connection to Stanley Kubrick’s final film Eyes Wide Shut. Lisa Leone is the Vice President of Artistic Programs at The...
An interview with Harry Waters – jazz man … and son...
I have produced another artist profile piece for another “New Times” publication in South Florida. This one appears in the “Broward/Palm Beach New Times,”...
Posies’ Ken Stringfellow talks keeping busy and big — but tough...
When we caught up with singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist Ken Stringfellow he was as occupied as you might expect ... even in a foreign land like...
Filmworker’s Leon Vitali on frustrating Kubrick myths and the director’s relationship...
Leon Vitali, Stanley Kubrick’s longtime assistant, has heard all of the fans’ conspiracy theories about his boss’ films, from the notion the Apollo moon...
From the Archives: Mike Garson on working with David Bowie (Part...
As promised in my exclusive interview with keyboardist Mike Garson posted last week (Mike Garson talks about ‘David Bowie Variations’: an Indie Ethos exclusive), I...
Alejandro Jodorowsky replies to my questions via email – Spanish version
The legendary filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky finally responded to my questions via email. He prefers to communicate in Spanish, so I had to ask these questions...