With Dan on sabbatical, Merlin is joined by John Roderick of The Long Winters to talk about life as a bull in a china closet, craving real-world constraints, making better records, and being banned for life from Interpol’s corn chip bowl.

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Van Halen - Hot For Teacher - YouTube
Def Leppard- Bringing on the Heartbreak - YouTube
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Highway to Hell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
University of Washington - washington.edu
The Long Winters
john roderick (johnroderick) on Twitter
John Roderick (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
012: Interview: John Roderick | The Merlin Show
016: Interview: John Roderick, Part 2 | The Merlin Show
017: Interview: John Roderick, Part 3 | The Merlin Show
018: Interview: John Roderick, Part 4 | The Merlin Show
Video: John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss | 43 Folders
Flickr: Merlin's extensive "John Roderick" gallery
"Blue Diamonds" - the Long Winters - YouTube
The Long Winters: "The Commander Thinks Aloud" - YouTube
The Long Winters - Through With Love Preview - YouTube
Harvey Danger - Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo - YouTube
reading room | the long winters library & archive
Impasto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Frankenthaler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Hugo reads "Degrees of Grey in Philipsburg"
Wesley Stace | John Wesley Harding
MISSPEAK: "For Those About to Rock We Salute You" (not "Highway to Hell")
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[SPONSOR] Email Marketing and Email List Manager | MailChimp
[PDF] The Believer: John Roderick Interview (June/July 2005)
Venom (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashcan Rantings: Interview with John Roderick of The Long Winters
Harm's Way by Jeff DeRoche - Seattle News - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964) High Definition [HD] - YouTube
John Roderick: A Night on the Town - a set on Flickr
Alex Van Halen: Artists: Modern Drummer Magazine
Comparative History of Ideas Program
Cheer-Accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Vanderslice
AC/DC - “Back In Black” (1980) 
kung fu grippe - "Before my heart overflowed."
Air-Raid #60: Hobos of the Future with John Roderick – The Air-Raid Podcast
Hanford Site
Mr. Show: Gay Son/Grass Valley Greg - YouTube
Western State Hurricanes "Car Parts" - YouTube
Tampabay: 'They said they were glad it wasn't me'
kung fu grippe - Jim? What a horrible, foul-mouthed little man. ...

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