Mon Jan 23 '06 9:51 am
LONG WINTERS: What's This Song About?
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TheLong Winters
JOHN RODERICK EXPLAINS HIMSELF
Instead of attempting to integrate factual history and compelling spin into the usual banal bio, Barsuk sat an unsuspecting intern down with John Roderick to ask him some questions. Here’s how it went.
So, who, or what, is / are the Long Winters?
Well, I'm a klutzy ding-dong who managed to stumble into a record contract with a label run by a bunch of naive hippies. I threw together a band out of the guys in my neighborhood, borrowed a van, and started living the dream. That was four years ago. Most of the original band members have quit because they didn't understand my "vision", but there's a sucker born every minute so the band soldiers on.
I thought you were the Steely Dan of Alaska…
In the sense that the State Band of Alaska is .38 Special, you could make a case that I am Alaska's Donald Fagen. We're both very handsome, we both use...
