Interview: Kris Kristofferson
- story Peter Macia
- photo Matthew Williams (F64)
Kris Kristofferson’s new album Closer To The Bone is so good and refreshing that we decided to put him in the Gen F section of our latest issue. For that story, we spoke to Kristofferson over the phone while he sat at home in Maui. Yes, we were jealous. But it’s hard to hold it against him when the conversation goes from his songwriting to his Texas childhood to World War II, Oxford, Obama, Johnny Cash and ultimate fighting. The whole thing kind of made us want to retire and be his personal groundskeeper/buddy. After the jump, read the interview and see the video for the album’s eponymous single. And when you’re done, make sure to check out Kristofferson’s excellent new Daytrotter session.
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posted on Nov 5, 2009 in Homepage Top Spotlight, MUSIC INTERVIEWS tags country, Interview, Kris Kristofferson, Q+A
FADER TV: The Horrors Come Stateside, Aren’t Brooding
- story THE FADER
When we sat for wine and cheese with The Horrors earlier this week—the week of the release of their second album, Primary Colours—we weren’t sure what to expect. They’re kind of famous in Europe! They’re heartthrobs with fan websites! Were they going to be gloomy and quiet? Mean and aloof? Well, uh, no, singer Faris Badwan and guitarist Josh Hayward asked us to make funny faces and told us about their day off visiting museums in Manhattan. Fun! We were kind of disappointed. We wanted them to put a spell on us and call us heathens. But a discussion on living up to the hype and flea marketed photos works, too. Check out Primary Colours streaming in its entirety and judge their bleakness for yourself.
FADER TV: Interview With Filmmaker Josh Fox of Memorial Day
- story THE FADER
Abu Ghraib is scheduled to re-open its doors this month under the name of “Baghdad Central Prison,” and with such regime shifts comes a film that parallels our involvement during wartime with the events of a Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City, Maryland–events such as ice luging and beer bonging and date rape. This film, directed by International WOW Company’s Josh Fox and produced in part by Michael Stipe, is very serious business. Imagine Girls Gone Wild meets 24 with the camera work of Cloverfield. Memorial Day opens today at IFC.
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posted on Feb 4, 2009 in ART + CULTURE CHANNEL, ART + CULTURE INTERVIEWS SHOW tags ART-INTERVIEWS, Interview, Memorial Day
Welcome Back, Interview.
- story THE FADER
The much-anticipated Fabian Baron/Glenn O’Brien relaunch of Interview is complete, with the new, fully redesigned and reformatted September Fashion Issue. It is, unsurprisingly, really great, but somewhat surprisingly, really familiar. After a robust sixty-one pages of advertising (kudos!), we get to the “More Contents” page which leads us to a photo story of FADER contributor Anna Bauer’s celebrity polaroids (a nice nod to Interview founder Andy Warhol), a nice page on FADER 51 covergirl Keri Hilson, and, of course, a music feature on the “New Wave New York,” focusing on Lizzie Bougatsos (F44), Telepathe (F53), Ratatat (constant presence) and Battles (radical) written by FADER contributing editor T Cole Rachel. Not to mention, Kate Moss was given her first cover by FADER creative director Phil Bicker during his days at The Face. In other words… we love it! And not just the parts we recognize.
