C/D: Nardwuar

The Lydia Lunch/Exene Cervenka interview is classic.

"You don't like the past, do you Lydia?"

"Listen Nardo..."

i think if someone wrote a blog rant saying he wouldn't be able to put on shows again, despite turning a profit and getting a thank-you note, because the band had been mean to him about the acoustics, we'd be pissing on that person from a great height. and this is someone making that argument 20 years later.

I think you're overlooking something very basic here, which is the Narduar character is supposed to be kind of obsessive and annoying. It's comedy.

It's often more than comedy, his method can yield great interviews. Ian's not the guy to try it with though.

dud

i'd say it's a pretty good method on ian -- can you think of any other method that would elicit an endorsement for bananas?

overlooking the comedy would be saying "why is this asshole talking about k-stew and junkyard?"

and yeah, ian's mostly game for this stuff in his usual stiff way. if it wasn't for the "remember when you were mean to me in 1991?" bit i'm sure nard wouldn't have gotten the "i wish we drank tea together and spoke like adults" critique.

nardwuar drinking tea with snoop is a good premise.
sorry snoop LION.

anyone watched the riff raff one yet?

i don't think it's any mystery why naruwar's interviews with ppl who are a part of the 80s punk scene that he was a part of have a different vibe, more adversarial vibe, than the ones he does w/rappers or newer artists...newer ppl see him as this loveable wacky guy and for the 80s ppl more accustomed to that kinda punk humor bit he plays as being sort of faux naive and dickish under the veil of being an innocent

Said it before but..."Nardwuar" is not a persona. He's a real person who behaves and talks like that all the time.

― everything, Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:47 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

how could you possibly know this unless you were around him all the time...

i mean it's like dr. sphincter type shit right?

i love nard don't get me wrong...i just think he's way better and comes off more genuine w.artists who are outside of his realm

and as much as i love his stuff he IS being faux naive and dickish sometimes!

when nardwuar was doing a radio interview with harlan ellison and he dropped some news that a colleague had died and ellison was dubious at first before having to hang up for a bit to process this, nardwuar wasn't doing a sing-songy voice, but it was still nardwuar foisting a nonstop stream of trivia at a guy. so i imagine nardwuar is never really not "on" but he dials it back maybe 20%?

Many people have wished that Nardwuar avoided being dickish and faux naive off air but that is often not the case.

He is, after all, a punk at heart.

Sean P as SEANWUAR vs. Pharoahe Monch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al_acQUUrIQ&feature=relmfu

damn, trinidad james is a nice dude!

http://youtu.be/cjoPAJxlkas

Totally comes off like a humble and just happy to be there type of guy.

i like that he gives love to sparrow

the historic first meeting of trinidad james and macklemore

lol that was kinda lame and pointless but whatever

damn, he snuck this one in when i wasn't paying attention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xVPWhZkUE

wow

I bet he'll have a bunch of new ones from SXSW.

i keep trying to get him to come to summerstage but he don't do much nyc, sadface
he sends very friendly response emails tho

lol pharrell is so bad at this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrrGEgvasbo

what a herb

Do you guys think Nardwuar doesn't translate well to other parts of the world?

I showed someone in Los Angeles his videos and he said, "Why does he talk that way?" And had a really confused look. His shtick totally went over his head.

I knew a guy whose friend's room mate was Nardwuar. Apparently, he never got out of character. I believe that, but I've also heard people say that he does go out of character some times. The thing about this last part is that I think people mean he is just less in character, but he seems to have fully embraced it 100% of the time. If you listen to or watch him in the 80s or early 90s, you can see his persona transforming into what would now be his staple character. Just my thoughts.

And Nardwuar has some really classic moments. His knowledge on the Canadian/Vancouver punk/metal scene is incredible.

How long did it take your persona to transform into your staple character

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=609HPdYyi7Q
these guys totally have the right spirit
i had that disney album
great ending too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8X7Re7PbPY

FOURTY SIX MINUTES?!

A good twenty minutes probably consist of ?uestlove laughing/crying/being dumbfounded.

big smile plastered on my face for basically this whole thing

This is their second goround ain't it?

wow, he really fucks quest up at 32 minutes in

Man I wanna get famous enough that Nardwuar brings me stuff.

Well that bar isn't too high. He did recently interview Anthony Fantano.

he kinda just needs to dig you or for you to be really famous

He still interviews relatively unknown local bands regularly on his radio show.

Well that bar isn't too high. He did recently interview Anthony Fantano.

― MarkoP, Friday, May 3, 2013 10:19 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nooooooooooooooooooo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOJsIkZKu60
RA seems coked up... or is he just like this all the time?

Biggie broke RA's toilet? i have never heard this story.

that was really fun.

That was a good one.

lol

RA seems genuinely interested in knowing about Nardwuar. I've not seen any other interviewee show so much interest.

R.A. is one of those dudes who I can just hear tell old rap stories forever even if i rarely fuck with dude's records, anyone here remember when he had a column in Vibe back in the early '00s?

a lucky chestnuttttt for jellllo biafra!

la c'etait une partie surpriiise
juste en pleine crisee
j'etais sans chemiise
ma place est repriiise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMf7YuEWvaI

fresh crop of sxsw nards; great interview with Gunplay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHz91aXMrL8