Daniel Gill

144. MICHELLE PHILLIPS OF THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: THE INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME (PART 4)

(To win a personalized 8×10 Michelle Phillips autograph, keep reading.) Simply put, this is the best interview I’ve done to date.  It helps that band biographer Richard Campbell (@richcbart) and I were faced with a woman who was ready to come clean, to be so vulnerable, so funny….and SO RAW.   During Part 4 of…

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143. MICHELLE PHILLIPS OF THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: THE INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME (PART 3)

(To win a personalized 8×10 Michelle Phillips autograph, keep reading.) During Part 3 of this without-precedent 16-hour interview, the legendary singer and actress from The Mamas & The Papas tells it exactly like it is, in between rating everything the band’s ever released.   In Part 3, Michelle reveals… A fascinating account of her participation…

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142. MICHELLE PHILLIPS OF THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: THE INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME (PART 2)

(To win a personalized 8×10 Michelle Phillips autograph, keep reading.) During Part 2 of this without-precedent 16-hour interview, the legendary singer and actress from The Mamas & The Papas tells it exactly like it is, in between rating everything the band’s ever released.   In Part 2, we cover:  An in-depth analysis of their first…

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141. MICHELLE PHILLIPS OF THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS: THE INTERVIEW OF A LIFETIME (PART 1)

(To win a personalized 8×10 Michelle Phillips autograph, keep reading.) Simply put, this is the best interview I’ve done to date.  It helps that band biographer Richard Campbell and I were faced with a woman who was ready to come clean, to be so vulnerable, so funny….and SO RAW.  During Part 1 of this without-precedent…

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140. AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL MANZANERA ABOUT ROXY MUSIC’S FIRST 5 YEARS!

There’s no disputing that Phil Manzanera is an art-rock genius. Dovetailing with the imminent release of his incredible memoir, “Revolucion To Roxy,” we cast a glance back at the Roxy Music guitarist and songwriter’s early days in the band. In this episode, Phil & I discuss: The real story behind how Phil acquired that bug-eyed…

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139. KULA SHAKER & THE ALBUMS THAT SHAPED THEM (WITH CRISPIAN MILLS & PAUL WINTER-HART)

Britpop seekers Kula Shaker are so much more than the sum of their influences…but what a wondrous pot of soil from which they took sprout. Singer-songwriter-guitarist Crispian Mills & drummer Paul Winter-Hart excitedly lay out the 15 super-cool albums that made them who they are today. In this episode, we discuss: The ace up Crispian’s…

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138. THE RISE & FALL OF JIM GORDON SUPER-EPISODE…FEATURING A NEW FORWARD WITH GORDON BIOGRAPHER JOEL SELVIN

TO ENTER OUR CONTEST & WIN 1 OF 5 COPIES OF JOEL’S INCREDIBLE JIM GORDON BIOGRAPHY, JUST RE-POST THE PROMO AD ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TAG BOTH DISCOGRAFFITI & JOEL SELVIN WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF ITS MARCH 8th PREMIERE! The most popular interview in Discograffiti history is back, and now it’s better than ever…just in…

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137. BADASSES OR BRASSHOLES: BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS BATTLE ROYALE WITH FERNANDO PERDOMO!

👇🏼GENRE-BRIDGING BADASSES OR BRASSHOLE COUNTERCULTURAL BACKWASH? VOTE BELOW!👇🏼 TO ENTER OUR CONTEST & WIN 1 OF 5 FERNANDO PERDOMO CDs, RE-POST OUR PROMO AD AND TAG BOTH DISCOGRAFFITI & FERNANDO PERDOMO WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THIS EPISODE'S MARCH 6th PREMIERE! In this episode, Fernando & I reveal: The very surprising and well-known female vocalist who…

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136. MARK ROBINSON 4: MY DINNER WITH MARK (1995-2024)

Welcome to the final installment of Discograffiti’s 16-hour-long, definitive Mark Robinson interview. In this episode, Mark spills the beans on: The unending flood of new bands, projects, name changes, and bemusing detours that’ve characterized his work since Air Miami’s dissolution; The ballsy recording rules he utilizes to create material under the monikers Fang Wizard, Party…

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135. MARK ROBINSON 3: GOODBYE UNREST, HELLO AIR MIAMI! (1992-1995)

Welcome to Part 3 of the 16-HOUR-LONG, most definitive (every single release covered), and objectively the greatest interview ever conducted with Unrest/Grenadine/Air Miami/Flin Flon man and Teenbeat label head Mark Robinson.   Amongst so much else, here’s what goes down In this very special episode of Discograffiti: A forensic, track-by-track rundown of Unrest’s classic final…

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