Triple J Radio in Australia has a radio special they put on called “The J Files” (recently relaunched on Double J) and on Feb 15, 2001, J Mascis was the focus of the 3-hour show. This was just before he was to go to Australia in support of “More Light“. The show consists of lots of fan requests, a phone interview with J scattered throughout along with interviews with James Straker, Kim Gordon, Carolyn Polley (Big Heavy Stuff), and other fans. If you’ve got 3 hours to kill and want a pretty good Dinosaur Jr / J Mascis mixtape to listen to scattered with interviews and such look no further.
Dinosaur Jr played the Taste of Randolph in Chicago this weekend and Otis Bperiod was kind enough to give us more behind the scenes shots along the way. Among those shots was a mention of J playing a NEW Dino tune! This is very promising 🙂
Dinosaur Jr. sat down with Filter Mexico for an interview and play an instrumental version of “Pond Song” & Deep Wound’s “Training Ground” live in the studio.
Topics covered
-The similarities between doing WTF and TOAP
-Being unable to make it through the Gerard Cooly’s episode because it was “too nerdy”
-Finding Punk through hearing about the Ramones at record stores
-Starting to take the “Joke Music” seriously
-Loving Mott Hoople
-Meeting the rest of Deep Wound
-J had a radio show!?!?!?!
-J mail-ordering the Finnish hardcore 7” cannon
-Void
-Being pen-pals with the Neos
-Gerard thoughts on Deep Wound making J literally LOL (link to Gerard episode)
-Being pissed off (still) about the Bands That Could Be God Comp.
–Gerard Cosloy: Manager/ back-up singer
-Seeing the two worst Mission Of Burma shows back in the day
–Lou Barlow being too scared to go to the Minor Threat show
-The Boston guys being scary and “focused”
-The first Deep Wound show with the FU’s
-Maybe putting on the first Last Rights’ show
-Killslug: Creepy dudes
-Waking up one day and Hardcore has ended
-The Vash D Bashers: Dread Din and J’s three drums and vocal project (related video of J playing with Dred Foole & the Din)
–Raw Power: Fun Live
-Crucifix
-SST
–Collaborating with Paul Schaffer
-Being on Beavis And Butthead: “A highpoint” – video: Feel The Pain – I Don’t Think So
-Taking Matt Dillon to CBGB’s and getting him covered in shit
-Playing on Jenny Jones – video: Out There – Never Bought It
-Turning down playing on Conan in the beginning
-Being on the Judgment Night Soundtrack
–1991: The Year Punk Broke: the time
-What Nirvana sounds like
-GBV: innocence in a sea of jadedness
-J’s record collection
– and more
