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July 10, 2011
Maggie, 26
What are you doing in New York?
I'm actually visiting a friend for a couple weeks. I normally live on tour — I'm with a theatre company.
Oh yeah? What show?
Barney the Dinosaur. I'm Barney's assistant manager. I'm not a performer.
Ah. So what are you listening to?
I'm listening to "Hey Soul Sister" by Train. Sort of a guilty pleasure.
That is a guilty pleasure. Who are your favorite artists right now?
I'm listening to a lot of The Beatles. And I'm into My Chemical Romance right now...
Listen: My Chemical Romance - "Na Na Na"
MP3
What Beatles albums are you listening to? What are the good Beatles songs for summer?
I like the more acoustic-y ones, like "Yesterday." And some of the earlier stuff for summer. If it's at night and I'm writing, I prefer the White Album.
So what artists right now do you hate?
I don't listen to the radio a whole lot. I don't like a lot of the big songs.
But you like "Hey Soul Sister."
That is one of my few guilty pleasures, like I said, but I'm not a huge fan of Ke$ha, or Taylor Swift.
I wish I could show readers the face you just made when you said "Taylor Swift." Is it just country music in general or specifically Taylor Swift?
I don't like country music, but I can't even respect Taylor Swift as a country-music artist, because her lyrics are just so mindnumbingly dumb.
I've never met someone with such a strong reaction to Taylor Swift.
Probably because I've been forced to listen to her so many times in the car.
On the road with Barney? What's the guy who plays Barney like?
We're all crazy people after living on the road together. We hit about three cities a week. We're on a break now before we hit the West Coast, so we're on the road about three days a week going in between cities.
Can you give us some good road-trip songs?
I like big songs when I'm on the road. Stuff for when you're driving real fast. Gotta listen to some Bon Jovi.
The big hair-metal songs?
Yeah, I really like "It's My Life" and "Livin' on a Prayer." The standards.
Who's a musician who you find really sexy? Whose tour van would you want to go back to?
I really like Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance right now. I wasn't a huge fan, but they put out their new album and he has that awesome red hair right now. I'm really jealous of it actually, I wish my hair was that red. The promo pictures are sexy to me.
So you like the goth look?
Sort of. It's a concept album, so they've got this sort of future-dystopia-space-cowboy look. They rock a lot of dusty leather jackets and thigh holsters for their laser guns and stuff like that.
And that's sexy?
Yeah I'm a big Firefly fan, so I like stuff like that.
Commentarium (46 Comments)
As psycho and douchey as he sounds, Jason is pretty sexy
psycho and douchey? I think you were reading in too much when reading that short interview.
Don't know about psycho or douchey, but he is quite a tool.
Jesus, why are you always so judgemental, julian? Let the poster have their comment, no need to slag all over it. Clearly, it was a subjective comment. What are you going to do, police the thoughts of everyone in the country until they adhere to your freakish bias?
yes (freakish bias? You mean how I like to see people treated fairly?)
btw, you are the one calling someone a fag below just because they said that people shouldn't be judged on their music taste, talk about judgmental
Seriously, Jason's got that faux humble, citizen of the universe holier-than-thou complex going on. There's just something about the way he said "they're called Two Door Cinema Club" - like he's the first to uncover their talent, and they're obviously so obscure that he's not sure we mere earthlings have heard of them before.
Yeah, because you totally heard him say it in that way right? He was just asked a question and answered it honestly. Gosh, you people and your presumptions about people and their music.
God forbid I ever be interviewed for a website or article about what I like to listen to. If I even mentioned that my favorite band is Animal Collective people will probably try to read into that as me being pretentious or something.
Come on Julian! Do you know Julian personally? Seems you have a problem with him
I hate myself sooooo much sometimes. U don't even know.
Ugh, don't even get me started on Animal Collective... kidding, kidding. He could have said it with his eyes wide, in child-like wonder that after going so far out in search of the extraordinary, something fantastic was close by all along. But yeah, I don't really think so. Lol, Julian, Jason, all these names with J's be trippin up "She".
Interview #2' s tastes all made sense in the context of her career and cohorts.
Oh god, Jason seems like the worst kind of awful. Don't be a stereotype!
In his defense, it was actually a pleasant experience talking to Jason. Not only did I not sense the "faux humble, citizen of the universe holier-than-though complex" you are referring to, I got the impression that he genuinely was interested in the music he was talking about. Your complaint seems to be more about you than it does him.
some of these people, amirite?
I love the Gorillaz! D-Sides is one of my favorites.
#1!
Bon Iver blows. So does Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
That new Bon Iver album is the worst pile of whiny shit I've had the misfortune of listening to in ages.
Oh god, I remember when you were blowing me, Coffee. It was great. We were listening to Bon Iver, and our bodies vibrated in tremelo synchronicity. Let's go do some evil.
Alan, I agree with you about the boy scout camp-like campus of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, but as far as Bon Iver goes, I think you need to get your ears checked.
ZeeDogg--I took your advice to heart and went to the doctor today. He checked my ears and happily informed me that I had not fell victim to what is scientifically referred to as "Bonivitus", a condition that is seen predominantly in patients with preexisting, overly sentimental music tastes.
@Alan -- I thought I was the only one.
MARRY ME.
:)
@Golden--I won't marry you, but I'll share a Klondike bar with you.
@Alan -- I'm lactose intolerant. Way to kick me when I'm down ; )
@Golden - get your filthy whore paws off my man. We're goin' out to battle evil after some Klondikes. Tick waits for no man. Or superhero.
Let's continue to judge people based on their taste in music.
OK!!!
Righto big fella! PS - you must be a fag from your comment.
Maggie seems like a hell of a lot of fun. Clearly it takes a cool girl to tour with a dinosaur.
I can't decide whether you'd *need* drugs to get through that or if that would be the last thing you'd want.
Jason sounds okay to me, I mean, people really can say stuff like that and be completely honest about it.
Jon = Sexy + good taste
Has anyone ever answered "Screaming for Vengeance"?
Much of the time, I would.
yyyyyesssss Jon! Bob and Gorillaz? WIN!
All the Jason hate made me sad. He seems like the best in the bunch - thoughtful and experimental in taste, well-spoken, and sexy.
I thought the same. I'm listening to the Abyssinia Infinite and I'm enjoying it so much.
Eh... seems like a tool.
ura tool
Forget about the other two - I want more conversations with Jon!
I always wonder what people are listening to when I pass them on the street. Jason seems like a super sweet, super nice, super genuine person, but I don't think I could take him seriously for more than a few minutes. Maybe my grouchy, nihilistic self is just jealous of people who can be so positive all the time.
Two Door Cinema Club-"What You Know" & Gorillaz-"On Melancholy Hill" are a must on any of my playlists.
Lovin' it!
Short, sweet, to the point, FREE-exactly as infromtaion should be!
I saerhced a bunch of sites and this was the best.
I had no idea how to approach this before-now I'm locked and loaedd.