RE/Search Conversations
25 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsRE/Search Conversations features interviews with artists, musicians, writers and countercultural figures. Hosted by V. Vale of RE/Search Publications.
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Episodes
25: William Bennett Part 1
October 21, 2020 20:44 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBV. Vale Marian Wallace William Bennett Edited by Floyd Tangeman
24: The Urge - San Francisco Original Girl Punks
December 26, 2019 21:27 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBHost: V. Vale Engineered and edited by Marian Wallace See and hear "Bit By Bit" from 2012 Fab Mab Reunion Show on youtube https://youtu.be/sI6Za9MBYyU
23: John Shirley
April 25, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBJohn Shirley is a cyberpunk pioneer (along with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling). He tells of his life and how he started writing: basically, start writing your dreams! Dreams can go anywhere! Dreams became short stories, and some were expanded into full-length novels. Duck-and-cover, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the idea of nuclear war inspired literally hundreds of dreams where he was incinerated by a nuclear explosion. He tells how he became a published author and...
22: Carolee Schneemann
February 14, 2018 16:00 - 34 minutes - 16 MBCarolee Schneemann is a way-ahead-of-her-time artist featured in the RE/Search book “ANGRY WOMEN." She has a huge art show now (Feb through March 11, 2018) at MOMA PS1, New York. Fifty years of original art-making in many genres!
21: Wolf Eyes
December 11, 2017 07:11 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBWolf Eyes was in town and visited the RE/Search office to talk to us about their eclectic and long-standing musical collaboration. Alt-Jazz, improvisation, and the necessity for spontaneity are some of their modus operandi.
19: Sumeet Banerji and Jerry Connolly
September 14, 2017 15:00 - 2 hours - 85.7 MBVale interviews Sumeet Banerji and Jerry Connolly. The three talk about Sumeet’s novel “Ice Party,” physical versus digital design processes, live music’s power, evocative odors, the insidiousness of marketing, curated everything, anathema words, and emoji conversations.
20: Peter Sempel
September 08, 2017 04:35 - 59 minutes - 40.3 MBAll the way from Hamburg, the experimental documentary filmmaker Peter Sempel stops in for this episode to discuss his process of filmmaking, the longevity of punk, how Jonas Mekas helped kickstart Sempel’s career, his newest project, and favorite animals. Originally recorded as a TV episode of The Counterculture Hour.
18: Marc Fischer & Timothy Furstnau (Museum of Capitalism)
August 10, 2017 16:16 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBZine-maker Marc Fischer , maker of Temporary Services zines, and Museum of Capitalism's Timothy Furstnau stopped by the RE/Search office to share ideas. They discuss their recent publications, the art book fair circuit, printing technique pros and cons, and TSA confiscations. The Museum of Capitalism is having their book-release party this Friday in Oakland (August 11, 2017). The exhibition will be coming down and Timothy and cohorts are currently looking for new places to exhibit ...
17: Robert Conway
August 01, 2017 05:15 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBRobert Conway, who manages the trust of Bruce Conner, talks with RE/Search. The conversation includes Conway's interviews of friends and associates of Conner’s, the defining criteria of an artist and how we all might define ourselves as such, Conner’s inkblot series, and biography as art form.
16: Tyler Hubby
May 06, 2017 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBTyler Hubby's film "Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present" is now out and making the rounds. Tony Conrad was an experimental filmmaker and musician and an early "Performance Artist" before the term existed! Tyler visited the RE/Search office and filled us him filmmaking, Tony Conrad's work, and more. Produced by Marian Wallace. Edited by Miranda Aaland.
15: Mike Watt
February 27, 2017 22:20 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBBassist Mike Watt (the Minutemen, Iggy Pop Stooges Band, and more) visits RE/Search headquarters. The conversation involves Watt's musical childhood and his career as a musician, including anecdotes about gigs, stolen basses, and punk philosophies. Text from this interview is available in printed form at www.researchpubs.com.
14: Dirk Dirksen - Part 2 of 2
February 03, 2017 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBMabuhay impresario Dirk Dirksen goes deeper into the types of performance art, including comedic acts, that were "allowed" to play at the Mabuhay. Part 2 of 2. (Interview from 2004, two years before Dirk died, Nov 20, 2006.)
13: Dirk Dirksen - Part 1 of 2
January 27, 2017 21:38 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBDirk Dirksen was the entrepreneur and impresario of Mabuhay Gardens Punk Club in San Francisco. Here he talks about booking the club, the range of performances, and counterculture movements, punk and otherwise. Part 1 of 2.
12: Diane DiPrima
January 19, 2017 01:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBWe visit Diane DiPrima and she fills us in on her life as a working writer. Topics we covered are the struggles of women writers, counterculture movements, including the Bohemian movement, and balancing motherhood and art.
11: David J Part 2
January 11, 2017 20:32 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBDavid J talks about Bauhaus and counterculture movements, including the goth scene and punk styles, in America and in the UK. He discusses his experiences touring in America and playing gigs in Europe as well as his favorite writers J. G. Ballard and William S. Burroughs.
10: David J Part 1
January 11, 2017 20:13 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBDavid J of Bauhaus fame visits California on his Living Room Shows Tour and comes by RE/Search office for a visit. Bauhaus is most well known for it's original goth hit, "Bela Lugosi Is Dead". Who Killed Mister Moonlight is his 2014 biography.
9: Christopher Coppola
August 01, 2016 23:04 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBDirector Christopher Coppola visits the RE/Search office to discuss filmmaking with V. Vale and Marian Wallace. Follow Christopher Coppola by visiting his blog: http://www.christophercoppola.com/
8: Thorsten Schutte
July 10, 2016 21:59 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThorsten Schutte, director of Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, joins V. Vale and Marian Wallace in the RE/Search office. Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words directed by Thorsten Schutte (2016) Review by Marian Wallace There is never a dull moment watching Frank Zappa, from age approximately 14 to just before his all-too-early death at 52. “Eat That Question” shows that Frank Zappa was not only a self-taught musical prodigy—while also fun, topical, and...
7: Daniel Miller, part 2
June 10, 2016 00:10 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBDaniel Miller's first claim to fame was his home-made (done in his bedroom) underground hit single, "Hot Leatherette," an electronic pre-digital composition inspired by J.G. Ballard's "Crash." He was in San Francisco for a DJ gig, also doing some synthesizer research, and stopped by for a visit, so we seized the time and recorded him. Here is Part 2 of the conversation taped at RE/Search headquarters.
6: Daniel Miller, Part 1
March 30, 2016 01:39 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBDaniel Miller's first claim to fame was his home-made (done in his bedroom) underground hit single, "Hot Leatherette," an electronic pre-digital composition inspired by J.G. Ballard's "Crash." He was in San Francisco for a DJ gig, also doing some synthesizer research, and stopped by for a visit, so we seized the time and recorded him. Here is Part One of the conversation taped at RE/Search headquarters.
5: Jarett Kobek
March 02, 2016 20:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBJarett Kobek, author of "I Hate the Internet" visited our RE/Search office in February 2016. He was in town on a book tour, stopping off at City Lights in San Francisco. Here he shares his thoughts on writing, social media, living in Los Angeles and many other things. Listen in on the conversation with Jarett Kobek, V. Vale and Marian Wallace, with a cameo purr from Abby the cat.
4: Lyle Tuttle
January 05, 2016 02:22 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBLyle Tuttle talks about his life as a tattoo artist, from the early 60s to the curation of the Tattoo Museum in San Francisco. Interviewed by V. Vale of RE/Search publications. Produced by Marian Wallace.
3: Rudy Rucker
December 29, 2013 22:08 - 58 minutes - 54 MBCyber-punk writer Rudy Rucker visits and discusses (amongst other things) his writing career, his painting, and the state of technology with host, V. Vale for the Counter Culture Hour (produced by Marian Wallace). Rudy Rucker has written over 30 books, two of which received Philip K. Dick Awards. His novels include Cyberpunk and transreal fiction as well as nonfiction books on infinity and the fourth dimension. A video version is also available here: http://vimeo.com/82404988
2: Penny Rimbaud, part 2
September 12, 2013 19:18 - 59 minutes - 41 MBPenny Rimbaud Part Two. Crass founder, drummer, lyricist, artist, and philosopher-poet behind the Anarcho-Punk 70s U.K. band. Penny Rimbaud discusses creativity, identity, futurity, and the problem with words (our primary tool for description and analysis) existing on a parallel dimension to "real life." Part 2 of 2.
1: Penny Rimbaud, part 1
September 12, 2013 18:45 - 59 minutes - 41 MBPenny Rimbaud Part One. Founder, drummer, lyricist, artist, and philosopher-poet behind the Anarcho-Punk 70s U.K. band CRASS, Penny Rimbaud discusses creativity, identity, futurity, and the problem with words (our primary tool for description and analysis) existing on a parallel dimension to "real life." Part 1 of 2.