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3×3: My Politic on Time Traveling, Tree Climbing, and the Stanley Brothers

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Artist: Kaston Guffey (of My Politic)
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Latest Album: 12 Kinds of Lost
Personal Nicknames:
Nick Pankey: Snickolias Mozart
Jen Starsinic: Jen Stars in it!
Wilson Conroy: Willie Peyton
Will Cafaro: Will Cafero (We spelled his name wrong on the back of a record once …)
Kaston Guffey: I don’t think I have one …

If you could safely have any animal in the world as a pet, which would you choose?

Miniature giraffe. Like, a dog-sized giraffe.

Do your socks always match?

Not a chance, I’m colorblind.

If you could have a superpower, what would you choose?

Time travel, if that counts.

#fishin

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Which describes you as a kid — tree climber, video gamer, or book reader?

Tree climber

Who was the best teacher you ever had — and why?

Jaime Carter. He wasn’t a “school” teacher, but he did teach us how to make records on our own. We made three with him in high school. Also Mr. Davidson and Mr. Roberts, Nick and my choir teachers. Their passion for music was amazing.

What’s your favorite city?

We’ve had an incredible four years here in Nashville, so I guess Nashville, for now.

Tonights stage at Urban roots farm. Springfield MO. 😀

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Boots or sneakers?

Sneakers

Which brothers do you prefer — Avett, Wood, Stanley, Comatose, or Louvin?

The Stanley Brothers

Head or heart?

Depends on my mood. A healthy dose of both.

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3×3: Bombadil on Sloths, Sneakers, and Sisters

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Artist: Stacy Harden, James Phillips, and Daniel Michalak (of Bombadil)
Hometown: Durham, NC
Latest Album: Fences
Personal Nicknames: Racer Whiteside, Strong Foot, Z Pocket

 

Saturday rehearsal. We’re excited to have Bryan Rahija along for a chunk of our release tour.

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If you could safely have any animal in the world as a pet, which would you choose?

SH: Two-Toed Sloth.

JP: A pug named Frederick.

DM: Squirrel.

Do your socks always match?

SH: 99 percent of the time.

JP: Always!

DM: Yes, but they have holes.

If you could have a superpower, what would you choose?

SH: Adamantium claws.

JP: Definitely flight, although I’d want invincibility with that ability, as well. A close second would be the ability to freeze time.

DM: Time travel.

 

contemplating innovation in PDX.

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What’s your go-to road food?

SH: JJBLT.

JP: Burrito!

DM: WaWa hoagies/gas station hot water.

Who was the best teacher you ever had — and why?

SH: In high school, my senior year history teacher, Andrew Smithson, would sometimes go off on a tangent and give us lessons on basic life skills. Once, we were supposed to be learning about George Washington’s farewell address, but instead we learned how to balance a checkbook.

JP: Jenny Conlee was an amazing piano teacher. She was so thorough, encouraging, and organized. I’m still working on exercises she gave me five years ago and trying to keep my pesky left pinky in line.

DM: Plants … they teach patience, and that death is okay and inevitable without water.

What’s your favorite city?

SH: Any city with its own style of BBQ.

JP: Metropolis.

DM: I love all cities.

 

-5 Celsius tonight in NC…making tents for my sweet peas!

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Boots or sneakers?

SH: Usually sneakers.

JP: Sneakers.

DM: Sneaks!

Which brothers do you prefer — Avett, Wood, Stanley, Comatose, or Louvin?

SH: Louvin

JP: I’ve never had a brother, so I pick my sister Anne.

DM: My brother, John.

Up or down?

SH: Up!

JP: Up!

DM: UP!

3×3: Jo Harman on Bassoon, Batman, and the Brothers Comatose

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Artist: Jo Harman
Hometown: London, UK
Latest Album: People We Become
Personal Nicknames: The Harmanator, JRH

If you were in a high school marching band, which instrument would you want to play?

Bassoon

Do your socks always match?

Never

If you could have a superpower, what would you choose?

Batman, if only for the rubber

What’s your go-to road food?

Anything without meat

Who was the best teacher you ever had — and why?

I had a few, not least those who believed in me and empowered me to chase my dreams.

What’s your favorite TV show?

Friends

 

Tonight! With my extended band @thejazzcafecamden #camden #london #livemusic #jazzcafe #jazzcafecamden

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Boots or sneakers?

I’m a big lover and user of both, but sneakers, if I had to choose.

Which brothers do you prefer — Avett, Wood, Stanley, Comatose, or Louvin?

Comatose

Canada or Mexico?

I love everybody. Particularly anyone Trump dislikes.

3×3: Michael Daves on Gandalf, Rogen, and Chris Thile’s Food Obsessions

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Artist: Michael Daves
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY (but from the ATL)
Latest Album: Orchids and Violence
Personal Nicknames: None self-applied, but I've gotten Doc, Bluegrass Gandalf, the bother father. And it's not a nickname, but enough people call me Dave by accident that I usually respond to it.

 

Storming Shelter Island with Bryan Sutton

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Which decade do you think of as the "golden age" of music?
2020-29.

If you could have a superpower, what would you choose?
Teleportation

If you were in a high school marching band, which instrument would you want to play?
The tuba. Mostly because of that scene in Freaks and Geeks where Seth Rogen's character likens playing one to blowing into a toilet.

 

It's an orange Christmas. #hisandhers #rawk @trcrandall Watch out, 2016

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What's your go-to road food?
Usually, something I can't get at home in New York City. When out West, In-N-Out Burger; In the Southeast, Waffle House. But, when I'm traveling with Chris Thile, it's whatever the most esoteric, ridiculous, and mind-blowing foodie establishment in a town may be. Or several towns over. We've been known to drive an hour out of our way for better coffee. Yeah, we're that guy.

Who was the best teacher you ever had — and why?
Yusef Lateef. He was very concerned with his students learning to sound like themselves, play from their own experiences and emotions, and find new sounds. Plus, he was so warm and sincere toward everybody that he's the only person I can imagine ever having gotten away with referring to my wife as "Mrs. Brother Daves" without getting punched.

What's your favorite fruit?
Currently, shishito peppers.

Boots or sneakers?
Have you ever seen me? Sneakers, always.

Noodles or rice?
Rice noodles!

Pacific or Atlantic?
East coast, through and through

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