Journalists & J Interviews

[out there]

That´s why I am studying to be a music journalist! I swear to you guys that I´ll do my best to get an interview with J someday and to make it much more interesting than the usual ones are!

[krishandel]

Really it can be kind of difficult to get some new information out there from a guy that has been around as long as J. I think there is also the element that he may not really be willing to say a lot on certain things so journalist rely on stuff that is easily answerable over and over again. Sometimes there needs to be some sort of connection between 2 people for it to be a really good interview, who knows though. I mean even though I’m working on being a journalist, if I ever had to interview J. I don’t think I could just because I mean, c’mon now!

[rambleon]

Quote:

I don’t think I could just because I mean, c’mon now!

ummm … what ?

[ammaringnyc]

My friend maybe interviewing J in July so I am going to give her a bunch of questions.

[FlyingCloud]

cool plan!! things have changed a lot, since the topic has been started. we should collect a totally new pile of questions now. I’ll think of some

[rosa]

I think you all have made good guesses, but I think Robert hit it on the head when he suggested that the "journalists" are just not comfortable interesting someone who is sort of quiet or shy. when you’re around someone who is quiet, I think the tendency is to just talk more to fill up the uncomfortably empty space. which results in the "interview" turning out more like an op/ed music journalism piece.

the most prepared, tenacious interviewer can still be thrown off by a shy subject. I think music journalism has sort of hit an unprecedented lack of suckage lately because it’s all just a bunch of grandstanding by the "can’t do; teach" crowd– a crowd that almost certainly does not have the patience, attention span, or compassion required for interviewing any talented person of interest.

my solution: knock off the cynical post-ironic questions, knock off the yes-or-no questions, and ask the man something that demands an answer. gear (purple Marshalls ) and spirituality are two great starting points. even the shyest of guitar nerds will happily talk about those two things.

and oh yeah, shut up and listen for the answers.

[Anthony]

i’d like to know why they can’t fund us.
Can you ask him that ?

[ammaringnyc]

Do you mean for the website?

[Anthony]

yeah, for the websites…

the purple amp question was answered in 2002.
His response, "I just like purple".

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