quick! I'm gunna interview Grant Hart on Wednesday night and I need questions!

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Right then. So i'm gunna be interviewing Grant Hart at around 7pm EST on 16 July 2003. This kinda fell together at the last minute. Any suggestions for what I should ask him?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

"So Grant, did the drums on all those Hüsker Dü records sound like shit on purpose? If so, how come?"

Or...

"So Grant, it's been four years since you released the excellent Good News For Modern Man. What's with the wait already?!"

― Andrew Frye (paul cox), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he likes eggplant

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry, thats what was suggested to me when i asked a similar question yesterday.
i have no real suggestions :-(

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:28 (twenty-two years ago)

eggplant's 'anorak twat' is great.

― keith (keithmcl), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"anorak twat".

okay, that's one. any others?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:38 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he still finds bob mould hot now he's bald

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask 'im if the methadone worked.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 02:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him about that Donna Rice chick. What's she doing now, anyway?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him what drum accessories he recommends

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him what he thinks of file sharing

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he's heard any of the bands he's influenced

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he wants to make techno with colin

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him what he's wearing RIGHT NOW

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him where he stands re: amateurist vs. alex in nyc

― rumple, Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he's ver shit his pants

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

ever

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

jim, thats just silly.

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

you're right, of course he's shat his pants.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)

"why can't you get your shit together and record more often when you actually play live quite a fair bit?"
"any chance of a huskers reunion tour?" (hehehehe)
"any chance of you buying a sampler like bob mould did and releasing similarly mediocre 'chillbeats' records?"

― angelo (angelo), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he likes the posies?

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him why the Posies didn't release an ep with two more songs called "Greg Norton" and "Bob Mould."

― Andrew Frye (paul cox), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

dudes bitter, I'll tell you that much

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if he drinks bitter

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:46 (twenty-two years ago)

and eats lemons

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Well then, who do you fancy?"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him about Alec Empire, refering to him as "The Ol' Empire" all the time.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

OK, that's the third interview thread I've read today. Are these threads actually to get ideas for things to ask musicians, or are they just to boast about who you're all interviewing? ;-)

― kate (kate), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 08:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him where he was/what he was doing the day Kobain offed himself...

― J. Sot (J. Sot), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 08:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Did him and Bob ever double-team Greg Norton

― dave q, Wednesday, 16 July 2003 09:25 (twenty-two years ago)

wow--lotta gay jokes here.

anyhoo, kate, yeah it's a mix of both, really. i do about one interview a year, and this is the one that i set up for this one. I'm kinda nervous.

still, some of the questions are pretty funny -- i'll be sure to ask him about him never, ever buying a sampler & a copy of ProTools...

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

he's a nice guy but a bit bitter - ha, the first time I met him it was a really funny sitcommy moment, the second time not so funny

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Q: Who was fatter, Grant or Taft?

Q: Why did you break up the Yanomamos?

Q: NOva Mob? Was that You!?!

― john allen (john allen), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:34 (twenty-two years ago)

"So, do you consider yrself the best Replacements drummer?"

"Spot told me that "Zen Arcade" was originally called "Super Fun Freak Out Session 2112...."

"Some band members have token descriptions...like "the cute one.." "the shy one..." were you ever called the "fat, barefoot one?"

"why dont you do a cover of the entire WORKBOOK lp?"

"So how long did you date Winona Ryder?"

― gage o (gage o), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

wow 5 slaps tops my three. here's 4. Q: are you the reason guys in minneapolis stay single?

― john allen (john allen), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:41 (twenty-two years ago)

When i first met the guy, he was doing shadow puppets on the wall of the Cooler, at the CMJ fest in 2000.

http://osric.com/~jeremy/pics/grant_hart/grant_hart1.jpg

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him what he thinks of file sharing

He hates it.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Just who exactly wrote "Somewhere"?

Ask him to release something cool. I'd even take something along the lines of 2541 right about now.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him if he was in Husker Du

― Farmer Al (King Kobra), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Husker what?

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

ask him if pink turns to blue is about his knob

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 16 July 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

gaz wins!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 17 July 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask him about living with the infinitely more famous & fabulous Mark Trehus.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 17 July 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

and call them *HUSK-er* DU...a lot.

― Kate Silver (Kate Silver), Thursday, 17 July 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

too late.

talked to the dude for 90 minutes. Apparently, he still talks to Dave Grohl a good deal, and Grohl disputed Mould's claim that Mould was in line to produce _Nevermind_.

Also, that the Pixies were really cool folks, "...except that one of them has a problem with her arm*--OH DID I SAY 'HER'? I'M SORRY *cough*cough*."

went much better than i thought it would, altho i didn't get to do the fanboy grilling of how he produced the albums, and why Spot was a fuckup, and other sorts of fun gossipy shit.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Thursday, 17 July 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

did you fuck bob in the van, fattey?

― gershy, Thursday, 18 October 2007 05:05 (eighteen years ago)

Wasn't Hart supposed to have a new disc out this year? ("Grant has been recording in Montreal. Look for a new release in 2007..."). Anyone know if it's been released?

His website looks like it hasn't changed much since I last saw it early in the year, so presumably the information is stale. I know Hart's supposed to be messed-up, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's no album forthcoming, but I much prefer his solo stuff to Bob Mould's. Hart's last disc -- Good News for Modern Man -- was half great.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 18 October 2007 05:41 (eighteen years ago)

"did you fuck bob in the van, fattey?"

Behold the wit.

― Bill Magill, Thursday, 18 October 2007 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

my friend is an engineer at a studio in mpls where grant has been doing some recording over the past couple of years...but i guess he's been recording at other places too...who knows if it will ever come out. he says it's great stuff actually.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 18 October 2007 19:41 (eighteen years ago)

It's a shame Hart is such a mess. His solo albums have been great.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 18 October 2007 19:49 (eighteen years ago)

What kind stuff is it?

xpost

― Bill Magill, Thursday, 18 October 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)

says it's great pop songs, similar to good news for modern man

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 18 October 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Hey, M@tt: It looks like that Grant Hart disc is finally scheduled for release over the next few months. The disc has to be the result of the studio sessions you mentioned, I assume.

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 29 May 2009 12:32 (seventeen years ago)

(Not just to M@tt, BTW; I'd be thrilled to see more Grant Hart fans 'round here).

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 29 May 2009 12:33 (seventeen years ago)

I love Grant, just haven't heard anything new from him in a long while.

― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 29 May 2009 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

I loved Intolerance. Very underrated record. Nova Mob had some good songs too. I used to go see him live all the time in the early 90s at Maxwells.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2009 14:49 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, Intolerance is great. You should also check out Good News for Modern Man, which has some of Hart's best solo songs.

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 29 May 2009 15:02 (seventeen years ago)

I wish Husker Du would get back together.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 29 May 2009 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

His 'best of' is going to be awesome. IDK about the new stuff; I think I like "Sailor Jack" (but I like all songs with 'Jack' in the title, it seems) but "School Buses" *_-

(my best attempt at a 'wince' emoticon)

― staggerlee, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 01:46 (seventeen years ago)

Wow, that emoticon looked a lot better in the text entry box. Now I have to invent an emoticon to wince at my own failed wince emoticon.

― staggerlee, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 01:47 (seventeen years ago)

>_<

― Cunga, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 01:56 (seventeen years ago)

Pre-zactly.

― staggerlee, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 02:34 (seventeen years ago)

three months pass...

The new Grant Hart album is released October 6.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 3 September 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

from what i've heard recorded and live it's gonna be great

― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 3 September 2009 22:53 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

The new disc is out. Anyone heard it?

It's a minor work, but I'm enjoying what I've heard so far (on Lala -- $7.50, BTW).

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 7 October 2009 21:11 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

Anyone seen him recently? He's playing tonight in Chicago.

― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 12 January 2013 17:00 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

trailer for new movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHCcY-Jwxg&sns=fb

― in a chef-driven ambulance (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 17:03 (thirteen years ago)

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