# Michael Silverstein

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The Reds, Pinks & Purples' Glenn Donaldson

This week we're talking Glenn Donaldson who is the man behind San Francisco's funny, charmingly gloomy The Red, Pinks & Purples. His latest album Acknowledge Kindness is his first for Fire Records and his most accomplished Reds Pinks and Purples record yet.   Glenn and I discuss the making of th‮…

Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur & Benge talk Doublespeak, synthpop, Erasure & more

This week we're talking to Doublespeak, a synthpop supergroup featuring Vince Clarke of Erasure, Yazoo and Depeche Mode, Neil Arthur of Blancmange, and producer and synthesizer expert Benge. They've just released their self-titled debut album which features electropop covers of songs by The Carpen‮…

The Darkness' Justin Hawkins on guitar solos, still hitting the high notes, 'Dreams on Toast,' more

This week we've got an interview with The Darkness' Justin Hawkins that is just now making its podcast debut, but was actually recorded in early 2025 as The Darkness were getting ready to release their eighth album, Dreams on Toast. We discussed guitar solos, how he can still hit all those notes t‮…

Destroyer's Dan Bejar

This week we've got an interview with Destroyer's Dan Bejar that is making its podcast debut but was recorded in 2025 right before the release of album Dan's Boogie. It also happened just after we'd seen a unique trio lineup of Destroyer open for Father John Misty at New York's Beacon Theatre.   ‮…

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom tell us why their album won't be on streaming ++ yodeling, police sirens & more

This week we're talking to Panda Bear and Sonic Boom whose second collaborative album, A Question of When, is out this week via Domino. We discussed how this album differed from their first, 2022's RESET, and some of the interesting sounds on this one, including steel drum, yodeling, loops of Mary‮…

Swervedriver talk 'Raise at 35' tour, shoegaze revival & more

This week we're talking to Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge of shoegaze OGs Swervedriver. They start their BrooklynVegan-presented tour celebrating the 35th anniversary of their debut album Raise on August 18th in Cambridge, Massachusetts.    Adam and Jimmy talk about how the band came up throu‮…

Tricky talks going "indie" on new LP, The Specials, 'The Fifth Element,' more

This week we're talking to the one and only Tricky. Having come up in the '80s as part of Bristol, England's Wild Bunch Soundsystem, Tricky was a member of Massive Attack before going solo in 1995 with his iconic debut Maxinequaye. Thirty-one years later he's just released Different When It's Sile‮…

L'RAIN talks new album 'Fata Morgana' and more

This week we're talking Taja Cheek, who you may know as L'Rain. We discuss the fourth L'Rain album, Fata Morgana, which she says is the final part in a quadrilogy that began with her self-titled 2017 debut. We also discussed her already busy summer of shows, including sharing the stage with Tortoi‮…

Language, Thought, and Politics

John Searle (the University of California, Berkeley) and Michael Silverstein (the University of Chicago) discuss George Orwell on the relation between language, thought, and politics with host Gretchen Helfrich in an episode of Odyssey from Chicago Public Radio back in 2003. #philosophy #orwell #l‮…

Yard Act talk You're Gonna Need a Little Music, upcoming tour, more

This week we're talking to James Smith of UK band Yard Act who just released their third album, You're Gonna Need A Little Music. We talk about how it differs from their first two and it's creation which began in Leeds and ended in Los Angeles. Other topics of conversation: Leeds' indie and alte‮…