dude's clear love of blowfly and millie jackson are huge points in his favor
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
henry lollins is such a dick to him
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
RAHZEL interview is so abstract and funnyTAUGHT ME THEN TAUGHT ME
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKssQ4W0BI
ahahahahah weird al ahahahahaha
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Theres a DVD go buy it IMHO
― maher shalal smash paz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inXcIcblLDI
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
omg rahzel imitating him is wonderful
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 05:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I posted a couple of my favourite Nardwuar bits in this thread:
Bands/artists you now respect more only because they were so rad to Nardwuar
― everything, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 05:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Total classic. Aside from being funny, he actually does a lot of research into his subjects and constantly comes up with questions that leave them shocked at what he knows... Well, I think that David Cross says it best at 2:10 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTHFIvHW1b8
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
There's actually two DVD. The second featuring a lot more of his really early stuff. I own both but I've never gotten around to watching the second.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
totally inviting dude to summerstage
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 15:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched a couple last night also.. the lady gaga one was cool bc I learned that she loves new kids on the block & she's never heard of andrew wk.. the nirvana one was uncomfortable and as if I needed another reason to dislike courtney love, she refers to Sloan as "The sloan band" at least twice.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 March 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
to be honest i watched that last night and i thought courtney was far more normal and courteous than kurdt or noveselic, unless you are just bound and determined to hate her
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ohhhhh this lil b one is making me really like both of them a lot
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha, the end of the lil b interview.
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
he is my city's finest, his band the evaporators was one of my favorite live acts when i was a teenager, and he's done so much for vancouver's music scene. when my friend was starting to release albums narduwar was willing to spend hours on the phone with him giving advice about DIY music. he talks normal when he's not in character, it's actually a little jarring to see the switch
― B1ll C4ll4h4n (symsymsym), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
"check this out little b!!!" *hands him a bunch of records*"this is great" (lil b has the expression & intonation of someone who really doesnt want to hurt their grandmother's feelings when they get socks for christmas)
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 24 March 2011 05:55 (thirteen years ago) link
my reaction was pretty similar to forks when i discovered nardwuar a year or two ago, ie. where has this guy been all my life
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, 24 March 2011 05:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't heard this in a few years :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWI45d2DTs
― billstevejim, Thursday, 24 March 2011 06:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't realise that he'd done so much. My favourites are the earlier interviews - the one with sonic youth for instance.
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Thursday, 24 March 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a fact that he has done more for local music than practically anyone else. He's put on hundreds of gigs (mostly all-ages) interviewed or showcased pretty much every little band that makes an effort to contact him, helped god knows how many musicians in thousands of ways and done more to promote the history of Cdn punk/rock than anyone.
I quibble with the last sentence though. He is generally less shrill and less confrontational in real life but he's *never* "not in character". He is always Nardwuar.
― everything, Thursday, 24 March 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
dyin at david cross repeating the celebrity poker question
― diamonddave85, Thursday, 24 March 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
watching nardwuar hand Greg Ginn a copy of my black flag book on camera in his interview was a total unexpected "oh fuck wow wow" moment for me
― we can't rule out the supernatural no matter how much I would like to (stevie), Thursday, 24 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
as much for, like, nardwaur has read my book as, wow, greg ginn now owns a copy of my book
And he's going to call you up and say "Hey wait I would have done some interviews" and then Rollins will feel left out and do the same thing and you can have the revised edition with everyone's stories at last and retire rich and famous. (I like thinking this is how the world must work.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 March 2011 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, that's usually the point at which i wake up...
― we can't rule out the supernatural no matter how much I would like to (stevie), Thursday, 24 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
in case anyone doesn't know, Nardwuar has a show on WFMU available streaming here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/NW.
― dsb, Thursday, 24 March 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
my fav nardwuar moment is the last 2 min of the white stripes interview where he reads to jack white from groupie central dot com :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbNAMStU4o0
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
"those are some good lies"
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 March 2011 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
He is generally less shrill and less confrontational in real life but he's *never* "not in character". He is always Nardwuar.
― everything
I dunno. I've seen him be just John. Not in public places, tho.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
slipknot interview is great
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
nardwuar gets one of the silent clown dudes talking about naughty by nature and suddenly the dude just gets so embarrassed that he runs away
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 24 March 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
CLOWN NUMBER THREE! COME BACK!
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"Sean number six clown of Slipknot....."
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"you guys did an interview where you told FHM-- slipknot said to FHM magazine that, quote, they've: PLEASURED GROUPIES WITH LOBSTER CRUSTACEANS!!!!!"
*awkward silence*
"...i don't know anything about that"
"and what i was wondering is: when you pleasure the groupies, number three, do they want you to wear the mask, or not???"
"...i don't pleasure them"
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
"where's number three going??? number three! number three!"
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://nardwuar.com/gallery/albums/nardpics/slipknot.sized.jpg
I've seen him be just John. Not in public places, tho.
― relentlessly ugly frat hedonist retard anthems I have loved (staggerlee), Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:22 PM (2 hours ago)
Yup.
― B1ll C4ll4h4n (symsymsym), Thursday, 24 March 2011 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha. it might have been bcuz he gave him a record for the wrong Choppa
― so fly zone (D-40), Friday, 25 March 2011 06:40 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3IOq4uzpc
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 March 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
god the last minute or so of that video is insane, he's gotta be blazed
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
man i wish i had my headphones with me so i could listen at work. haven't seen a bunch of these.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 25 March 2011 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
It's fun to watch the reactions he elicits on them but really he's not that impressive. Most of the thing that makes up his act is throwing out random and obscure trivia at the artists and watching them struggle to remember it and perhaps appear impressed at someone investing that much time in looking up stuff about them. The reaction is natural and sometimes entertains the artists simply because they're used to people asking the same questions all the time and it feels refreshing to have someone bring out some rare records and ask you about that first band or bad haircut you had.
― Moka, Friday, 25 March 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
that Curren$y interview had me loling in my office
― rockapads, Friday, 25 March 2011 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― Moka, Friday, March 25, 2011 4:06 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
otm this is also why the jay-z one in partic didnt impress me so much, since the more obscure trivia about him is pretty well known
― so fly zone (D-40), Friday, 25 March 2011 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
also why its kind of goofy that he messed up the different Choppa's
― so fly zone (D-40), Friday, 25 March 2011 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Most of the thing that makes up his act is throwing out random and obscure trivia at the artists and watching them struggle to remember it and perhaps appear impressed at someone investing that much time in looking up stuff about them.
yes, sometimes this ^^ but stuff like a groupie's report on Jack White's style in bed, or a totally batshit, off-the-wall string of connections between Slipknot, Ross Robinson, some bass player, Vanilla Ice and Naughty by Nature, is not really designed to "impress" -- more like "provoke," see how much an artist can take before breaking down on camera (Jack White clearly can hang; Slipknot guy w/ long nose, not so much)
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Friday, 25 March 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
if that's what makes up most of your act, you're doing fine.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 25 March 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i have a lesser opinion on sonic youth after seeing their nardwuar innerview.. they keep trying to break his records!
― diamonddave85, Friday, 25 March 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
he's recently back with some very good interviews with Flo Milli, jpegmafia, J Cole.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 20 January 2022 05:35 (two years ago) link
I only just learned that the Doot Doodle Oot Doot bit is called "Shave and a Haircut."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?????
good on nardwuar. exemplary.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
Not since I was a kid. I know what I'm doing this weekend, thanks!
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link
lol I've never seen (and tbh still haven't watched) his Ted talk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkSUazeI2nM
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
(don't want to spoil for those that haven't seen it, but wfrr? is where i first learned the "shave and a haircut" bit)
his ted talk roolz.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:32 (two years ago) link
I've always known shave and a haircut, from Looney Tunes cues on down/up. The wiki informs me that, among other facts:
The tune has been used innumerable times as a coda or ending in musical pieces. It is strongly associated with the stringed instruments of bluegrass music, particularly the 5-string banjo. Earl Scruggs often ended a song with this phrase or a variation of it. On the television show The Beverly Hillbillies, musical cues signifying the coming of a commercial break (cues which were in bluegrass style) frequently ended with "Shave and a Haircut". It is the most popular bluegrass run, after the G run.
Johnny's Theme, the music that opened The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, famously ended with the "shave and a haircut" flourish every weeknight for 30 years and 4,531 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hcqb3hAmr8
Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol recording of "Magic Melody" concluded with the phrase minus the last two notes ("two bits"). Responding to complaints from disc jockeys, Capitol in 1955 released "Magic Melody Part 2"—consisting solely of the missing notes—on a 45, said to be the shortest tune on record/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2O06pa9mjU
The original version of "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra (recorded for Capitol Records in 1955) ends with the tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpeiuVL5hLs
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
lol, this is fantastic, A+++ response
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:59 (two years ago) link
actual lol
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 21:09 (two years ago) link
nardwuar's GOAT record.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Thursday, 20 January 2022 21:10 (two years ago) link
Daniel Kaluuya! was finally wondering which celeb would call nardwuar out.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 14 July 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
What are you referring to?
― JRN, Friday, 15 July 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
I had to Google it myself. I guess the actor was on Hot Ones, and compared the host to Nardwar, positively.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 July 2022 00:25 (two years ago) link
sorry, yeah the hot ones show. nardwuar on that program would be amazing.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 15 July 2022 07:47 (two years ago) link
was v anxious for a minute there that narduwar did something terrible
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 15 July 2022 12:26 (two years ago) link
Yeah tbh it was a very cryptic and misleading post...
― Evan, Friday, 15 July 2022 14:01 (two years ago) link
"Magic Melody - Part II" even has a discogs entry:https://www.discogs.com/release/22510415-Les-Paul-Mary-Ford-Magic-Melody-Part-II
The label lists the time as "one second". There's a bit of debate as to whether it's shorter than a split 7" with Napalm Death's "You Suffer" on the first side and Electro Hippies "Mega Armageddon Death Part 3" on the B-side:https://www.45cat.com/record/pro234
But that was a commercial release whereas the Les Paul single was a promo only. As one of the posters points out one second is shorter than a single rotation of a 45rpm 7", so the songs have to be padded out with silence. Unless the groove didn't cover the whole circumference of the record, which would probably be murder on styluses. Stylii?
― Ashley Pomeroy, Friday, 15 July 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link
the Lizzo interview feels like one of the rare times where it's pretty clear who supplied some of the question material.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 19 November 2022 07:17 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGIsDFTj9Y
nardwuar hijacking the best show is exactly as great as you'd expect it to be.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 2 March 2023 06:46 (one year ago) link
Behold: An hour of Nardwuar with Nickelback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X2PrFAn_uA
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 9 May 2023 01:14 (one year ago) link
release the nickelback talk box tape!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:54 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ti0DAAvVY
finally got his (outside of neil young) white whale!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 29 June 2023 05:20 (one year ago) link
lol hearing security say "yo nardwaur's good"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 June 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
Unless i missed it he still didn’t get the doot doot from uzi though
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 30 June 2023 11:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fiZB-TvPFU
― hrep (H.P), Friday, 30 June 2023 12:07 (one year ago) link