It's always fun to see people that grew up watching Nardwuar getting interviewed by him now. There's always such an appreciative vibe to those interviews.
I met Jack antonoff briefly when steel train toured with Ben folds. He was very kind to my teenage self. I did not know who he was back then (this was 2008?) and I ended up getting into Fun. The following year and was like "that dude looks wildly familiar". This guy has his hands in a lot.
yeah and his beginnings is crazy to me. i remember him being in the pop punk/emo scene but after watching this, it didn't really hit me until now. i'm glad nardwuar was able to pick his brain a bit bc i feel like there's so much more
Jack slayed this interview. I was waiting for him to mention like Midtown or The Movielife or even Glassjaw. This guy fucks. My fav Nard interview of all time
The mind boggleth: I interviewed Fun back in 2012 when they were touring and had a gig in Helsinki Finland. Jack didn't talk much, but whenever the topic came close to marginal music or things not related to Fun his eyes seemed to light up. Those topics: smoking pot and Paul's Boutique. What an amazingly nice dude he was. I couldn't have guessed it at the time that I was having a casual chat with somebody that would produce such small names as Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey (and about a hundred other superstars) within the next ten years (and counting). And btw, the new album by The Bleachers is frigging great!
6:32 Nice that he keeps giving shout outs to Lifetime to this day. He uses a sample of Turnpike Gates on the Chinatown video, and shouted ''Where are the Saturday's best dancers?'' on the Bleachers set at Coachella.
There was a viral post on twitter the other day that had a chart on how likely any detective was likely to solve the Kira case from Death Note, and Nardwuar was up there at #2 behind Columbo
Didn’t know anything about Jack though now I know, he’s someone who gets it. If you’re from Jersey or Long Island, you’re a lucky person. The post hardcore late 90s early 2000s scene is an integral part of music history. So many bands. I hope people who watched this video knew what he was talking about. Best music era ever. Period.
