A conversation with Radiohead's Phil Selway from 2000

A conversation with Radiohead's Phil Selway from 2000 Welcome to stübermania, where I dig into my box of dust-covered interview cassettes from the 1990s and 2000s (and crusty mp3 files from the 2010s) to present bygone conversations with your favourite alterna/indie semi-stars and the occasional classic-rock icon. This is a newsletter in three parts: The Openers (links to recent writings, playlist updates, and/or other musical musings), The Headliner (your featured interview of the week), and Encores (random yet related links).This is a free newsletter, but if you really like what you see, please consider a donation via paid subscription, or visit my PWYC tip jar!Subscribe nowTHE OPENERSThis week on Commotion, I produced this segment on how the tentacles of the gambling industry have extended beyond sports into entertainment, from Roblox games to—as we saw this past Sunday—Golden Globes telecasts. Tech-culture journalists Alyssa Mercante (of Digiday) and Matthew Frank

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