Radio Free Ruin #1: We’re an American Band (2012) with Cooper McBean

Download Radio Free Ruin #1: We’re an American Band (2012) with Cooper McBean (2 hrs 23 min, 103.2 MB, mp3)

Since the rise of Napster and file-sharing, it seems like every single music fan, tech pundit, opinion columnist, and blogger has an opinion on what’s wrong with the music business, and how things should change. There’s been a lot less conversation about how the technology shifts have actually affected the many professional independent musicians who have not been the subject of “future of the music business” trend pieces.

Cooper McBean of The Devil Makes Three joins Paul at Casa de Gato for a conversation about how technology and the Internet have transformed the lives of professional independent musicians for better and worse, the shady corners of the music business the Internet hasn’t disrupted, connecting with fans online, those “future of the music industry” trend pieces, whether bands using Kickstarter are enterprising or lazy, and Cooper’s advice for aspiring musicians.

During Breaking News, Cosmologist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein joins us to discuss the latest Cylon (military drone) news, the case of Bradley Manning, microagressions and Shit White Girls Say To Black Girls, why science is the 99%, and the enigmatic case of the Lesbian Bigfoot hunter.

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Show Notes:

Breaking News

• Motherboard: The Cargo Chopper That’s Hauling Drones to War
• Danger Room: Marines Want iPads to Control Robo-Copter Brains
• Danger Room: Almost 1 In 3 U.S. Warplanes Is a Robot
• Motherboard: Are Drones Collecting Too Much Information
• New York Times: Judge recommends Manning charged with all counts
• Wikipedia: Daniel Ellsberg
• Shit White Girls Say To Black Girls: blog.franchesca.net
• Microagressions
• Scientific American: Science Is the 99%
• YouTube: Neal Degrasse Tyson on Bill Maher
• Cryptomundo: Out Bigfooter Speaks Up For Lesbian Tolerance
• San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: Lesbian Biologist on Cult Hit Finding Bigfoot Spills the Beans

Cooper McBean Interview

• Danny Barnes: How To Make A Living Playing Music
• The New York Times: Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog
• The New York Times: Frustration and Fury: Take It. It’s Free.
• Techdirt: Amanda Palmer Talks About Record Labels, Art, Commerce & Retiring To Open A Juice Bar
• Crowdfunding Nation: The Rise and Evolution of Collaborative Funding
• Wikipedia: Jeff Mangum
• Wikipedia: Brian Wilson
• Mule Train

About the Guests

Cooper McBean is a member of The Devil Makes Three, which recently released the live album Stomp and Smash: Live at the Mystic Theatre and will be touring with Flogging Molly in early February. He also fronts the country and folk band Cooper McBean and the Vested Interests. Originally from Vermont, Cooper now calls Austin his home, and can be found on Twitter @thecoug.

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a cosmologist holding a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her first postdoc was a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship in the Observational Cosmology Lab at Goddard Space Flight Center. Find her professional work online at cprescodweinstein.com and her non-professional blog at chandapw.tumblr.com.

Episode Markers

00:02:39: Breaking News with Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
00:51:19: “Bangor Mash” by The Devil Makes Three from the album Longjohns, Boots and a Belt
00:52:15: Interview with Cooper McBean
01:24:18: “Over The Gates” by Cooper McBean and the Vested Interests
01:54:02: “Black Irish” by The Devil Makes Three from the album Stomp and Smash: Live at the Mystic Theatre
02:20:19: “Gracefully Facedown” by The Devil Makes Three from the album Do Wrong Right

Credits

Radio Free Ruin art: “As Things Fell Apart (Jewelers)” by Carrie Sieh
Radio Free Ruin theme: “FT2 Theme” by Phil Manley from the album Life Coach used with the gracious permission of Thrill Jockey Records

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16. January 2012 by Paul M. Davis
Categories: democracy, music, news, podcasts, politics, Radio Free Ruin, science, tech | Tags: Afghanistan, astrophysics, bands, Bradley Manning, Brian Wilson, cosmology, crowdfunding, cryptozoology, Daniel Ellsberg, independent music, Iraq, Jeff Mangum, Kickstarter, microagressions, military drones, music business, Neal Degrasse Tyson, ows, podcast, podcasting, science, the 99%, The Devil Makes Three |