You Did Agree to Be Here, Right?
Having published a fair amount of interviews — 60 of which are compiled in these three 20 Interviews issues — we understand the complexities of navigating a recorded conversation, particularly when the subjects are musicians forced to discuss the abstract nature of their art: So our condolences go out to the host of the Canadian talk show Q, who became the latest victim to receive intentionally antagonistic replies to the softest of softball questions (“When did the band form?”) when speaking live on air to Billy Bob Thornton, who was promoting his “cosmic cowboy music”; this clip immediately joins the ranks of recent cringe-worthy Q&As with rapper Joaquin Phoenix (view here) and the laconic Icelanders Sigur Ros (view here). Oh dear…