New Franz Nicolay Interview

[denno]

Spectrum Culture is running the first part of a two-part series of interviews with the band's members. Great stuff.

spectrumculture.com/2009/04/interview-franz-nicolay-of-the-hold-steady.html

[lilhan]

an interesting read there.
i enjoyed it!

[hoodrat]

excellent. it's nice to read something that cuts a little deeper.

now why couldn't a little chat like that make it into the documentary? but i digress.

[Admin]

I dug this. It was different. I like that a lot.

[heidivandernice, nice]

"My whole life is an anthropological experiment. I've never felt like part of any particular scene. When I got into the New York punk rock scene, I wasn't a teenager, so I was kind of an anthropologist to the New York punk scene. I didn't have any roots in the indie rock scene, but I joined the Hold Steady and that's been a whole expedition too. The stuff I feel connection to is completely archaic and obsolete."

this is a really revealing interview. i love it!

[heidivandernice, nice]

also, the way he talks about the american dream and reinventing yourself reminds me of that episode of this american life called "twentieth century man" - in a positive way, though.

[Matt Jones]

That was an awesome interview. I really can't wait to see the rest.

[sactochris]

Fucking brilliant. Now im even more excited about seeing Franz on Monday in Sacramento.

[C Monster]

Very cool. Dug the stuff about the different business models for music--trubador vs patronage and the end of the recording artist.

[mhetrick14]

i feel if anyone was to leave this band, it'd be him.

[elliptical]

That may be true, but my impression from the interview was that he sees THS as one of his outlets, not a liability. Anyway, it made me excited for next weekend!

[roboreckles]

Sadly that free article spanked the $20 Posi Rage DVD.