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The other bands that I was in — I think that either I or other people in the bands had some kind of, uh, expectation that it would take up the majority of our time. Right? Certainly when I was in Big Black, I only had a job because it was necessary, and if I didn’t need to have a job, I wouldn’t have, and I would have just done Big Black while it was active. But now, I kinda feel like having a job is great, and being in a band as a side project is great and not any kind of a compromise at all. And that’s one of the reasons why this band (the band I’m in now), Shellac, has been so durable. We just had our 20th anniversary, and I don’t think we could have survived that long—
Music means different things to everybody, right? Like some guys who are in bands, they think that it’s not — they’re not legitimate if it’s not their job, it’s not their profession, right? I don’t think that’s true because I have been moved by so much music that was made by people for whom it wasn’t their profession that I don’t make that parallel. I don’t see it as a lack of commitment to not try to make a living off of it. I see it — I see it like totally converse to that. I think of music as something that I’m willing to work 40 hours a week or more to support, like a wife and family, right? Music to me is that important. It’s so important that I don’t expect it to make a living for me. I expect that I will have to work a normal, regular job like a regular person in order to have the luxury of being able to play music.
That, to me, just seems like a totally sensible position, right? And also, once I had internalized that and made that my mentality, uh, I think that the reason that I love my band so much — and I do love playing with Bob and Todd, you know, to the core of my being, right? — the reason that I do is that I never have cause to resent it. There’s never a single time where I feel like, “Aw, crap, we have to go on tour?” You know, like, “Aw, geez, we have to knock out another album.” Those kind of thoughts never enter my mind. It never seems like an obligation, it never seems like it’s any pressure whatsoever. It’s just a pure, pure joy, you know?
From this awesome Low Times interview with Steve Albini: http://www.lowtimespodcast.com/lt_episodes/26/.
When Albini said this, it sucked all the air out of the room for me. Just awesome.
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TYF! BONUS #1: Novelization LIVE with TV's Frank Conniff, Todd Hanson, Joe Garden, Maggie Serota, Heidi, Marlow, and Liam, and Hand Job Academy
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Live Bonus #1:Novelization: The Reading Show Based on the Major Motion Picture
Recorded live in Brooklyn at Union Hall, this is a reading show featuring some of our favorite funny writers reading from novelizations of popular films.
Read the article about it in The Wall Street JournalHosted by: Heidi Vanderlee, Marlow Riley, and Liam McEneaney
with:
“TV’s Frank” Conniff
reading from KrullJoe Garden
reading from Ghost DadTodd Hanson
reading from Saturday Night FeverMaggie Serota
reading from Rocky IVand musical guest
Hand Job Academy
with a rap based on Twin PeaksNEXT LIVE NOVELIZATION SHOW:
Wednesday, March 6th
at Union Hall
with Mike Doughty, Bethany Hall, The Debutante Hour, more!
Hosted by Heidi Vanderlee, Marlow Riley, and Liam McEneaney
8:00pm/$7.00
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MORE INFO HERE ON FACEBOOKOn this podcast, you’ll hear me do the best or worst Stallone impression you’ve ever heard in your life.
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This is what I looked like in 1993. 8th grade. Almost 14.
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Yo, dial it down a little, Grub Hub. Sheesh!
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M is for MERCURIAL!!
Where this M train spews north or south on Metropolitan Avenue of Middle Village, Queens into Manhattan there is a volatile change of schedules and consistency with time. The M train bears no shortage of volatility for being on time, minimal delays and consistency for a sustainable schedule to transport Strap Hangers to one’s destination. Raging mercurial!!
A Yelp.com review of New York City’s M train written by what appears to be an adult. -
I wrote this piece for Buzzfeed Music on some of my favorite songs used on horror movies, mainly 80s horror movies. Please share if you like it.
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This American Wife Episode 62 - Sara Benincasa, Maggie Serota, Faith Salie
This week on the podcast, good advice from comedian Sara Benincasa (Agorafabulous) on sex and other human activities, Maggie Serota (Low Times podcast) on breakup songs, and Faith Salie (PRI’s Fair Game with Faith Salie, WNYC’s Relationshow) on getting yourself out there. Stay with us.
Produced and edited by Eric Martin.
Hosted by Paul Jay, co-produced by Jen Goldberg.
Created by Ned Hepburn and Eric Martin.
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, stream the show on Stitcher.
Download episode here.
Subscribe on itunes here.
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I wrote this piece for Buzzfeed on my complicated feelings for Henry Rollins.
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Plays: 189Oh hey, I was a guest on this delightful podcast…
This American Wife Episode 59 - Dan Harmon and Erin McGathy, H.R. Giger and Shunt McGuppin from Superego, Robert Greene, Julieanne Smolinski, Sara Benincasa, Anna David, Maggie Serota, Faith Salie, Stacey Grenrock Woods, Sandra Daugherty, Dave Ross, Eric Klinenberg, Michael Cobb, Kate Bolick, and Adam Cohen
“Good Advices” Public radio advice from Faith Salie. Sex tips from Stacey Grenrock Woods and Sex Nerd Sandra/Dave Ross. Sad songs from Maggie Serota and Shunt McGuppin. Dating advice from Sara Benincasa and Anna David. Seduction tips from Robert Greene and Adam Cohen. Going solo with Eric Klinenberg, Julieanne Smolinski, and Michael Cobb. Feeling terrible with H.R. Giger, Erin McGathy, and Dan Harmon. Stay with us.
Produced and edited by Eric Martin.
Hosted by Paul Jay, co-produced by Jen Goldberg.
Created by Ned Hepburn and Eric Martin.
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, stream the show on Stitcher.
Download episode here.
Subscribe on itunes here.
I think this might be the biggest podcast of all time.
Look at all of the amazing, brilliant, hysterical geniuses on this show. If you’ve ever been in a relationship, or if you’ve ever been single, you should give this a listen.
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Republican Rappers
I wrote this piece for VICE on Republican rapper and GOP campaign songs.
This is the online home of Maggie Serota for generalized self-absorption, talking about herself, her friends and crying out for help. Compelling. Come say "hi!"
