Mike Mettler

30 Minutes with David Gilmour

After a triumphant reunion at Live 8 with estranged bandmate Roger Waters and the classic Pink Floyd lineup — "I think it all went off really well; no complaints" — the ever-modest guitarist David Gilmour resumes his solo career with the rocking and refle?

By Mike Mettler
Posted March 7, 2006

On an Island has a nice cinematic sound to it, and it gets better on repeat listens. Well, good. I'm glad you agree with me [laughs], because I think that, too. I don't know how modest one has to be these days, but I'm really, really pleased with it. There wasn't really a master plan.

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Street Talk: Little Steven Van Zandt

With /The Sopranos/ returning to HBO for an explosive sixth season, what better time than now to feature this Street Talk with Little Steven Van Zandt, which first appeared on RoadGearmag.com? /Salut/!

By Mike Mettler
Posted April 10, 2004

The longtime E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos heavy (hello, Silvio) meets ME in Las Vegas to discuss his Sirius satellite radio gig and why CDs are "the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the public.

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Bada Boom!

Catching up with /The Sopranos/ on DVD got me perfectly primed to watch the series' triumphant Sixth Season return to HBO.

By Mike Mettler
Posted March 13, 2006

I have a ritual when it comes to watching The Sopranos. Before the debut of each season, I rewatch every prior season on DVD so that I'm immersed in all the nuances that remind me why it's one of the best TV shows ever.

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My Favorite Podcast

By Mike Mettler
Posted May 5, 2006

On The Ricky Gervais Show (audible.com and itunes.com), Gervais (right, center) and Stephen Merchant (in glasses) - cocreators of the brilliant BBC series The Office and Extras - are joined by offbeat comedian Karl Pilkington for one of the most irreverent half hours you'll ever spend.

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30 Minutes with Elliot Easton of the New Cars

By Mike Mettler
Posted May 7, 2006

How's this for a mashup: Former Utopians Todd Rundgren (second from right in photo) and Kasim Sulton (right), together with ex-Tubes drummer Prairie Prince (left), join guitarist Elliot Easton (second from left) and keyboardist Greg Hawkes to form the New Cars.

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MUSIC REVIEW: Secret Machines

By Mike Mettler
Posted May 10, 2006

Ten Silver Drops Reprise Music •••• Sound •••½ After spending 18 months touring behind their fiery '04 debut,

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MUSIC REVIEW: Gomez

By Mike Mettler
Posted June 10, 2006

How We Operate ATO Music •••• Sound •••• This freewheeling British fivesome loves to follow its own ramshackle muse.

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First Take: Seth Green & Matthew Senreich

The multitasking co-creators of Cartoon Network's clucky cult hit, /Robot Chicken/, squawk about the value of commentaries, "soggy" Easter eggs, and their favorite action figures.

By Mike Mettler
Posted June 10, 2006

On Robot Chicken, action figures are stop-motion animated in humorous, wacky, and sometimes violent sketches - and I can't stop watching. Why does the show work? MATT: Our big thing is that we play off of nostalgia.

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30 Minutes With T Bone Burnett

You want a Renaissance man? Look no further than T Bone Burnett, the producer behind the soundtracks to /O Brother, Where Art Thou?/ and /Walk the Line/, who's just released two tasty new albums.

By Mike Mettler
Posted June 9, 2006

You want a Renaissance man? Look no further than T Bone Burnett, the producer behind the soundtracks to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Walk the Line. Now, after a 14-year break, Burnett re-dons his singer/songwriter and recording-artist hat to drop a gritty new album, The True False Identity (DMZ/Columbia, also available on DualDisc).

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Alan Parsons Does 5.1 Live on XM

The renowned producer cuts an Artist Confidential episode in surround, and */S&V/* was your eye in the sky — or, rather, your ears in the studio — as it happened.

By Mike Mettler
Posted June 6, 2006

Live music in surround: You just can't beat it. When S&V was asked if we'd like to head down to our nation's capital and see Alan Parsons do an installment of Artist Confidential in 5.1 for XM Satellite Radio back on March 4, we jumped at the chance.

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