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Interview

Arts

An Interview with William Gibson

An interview with William Gibson on the “dark, dark world of marketing, advertising, and trend forecasting.”

Jesse Pearson Vice Sep 2010 Permalink

History Religion

Plaboy Interview: Malcolm X

Alex Haley interviews the Honorable Elijah Muhammad’s number two - Malcolm X - in a Harlem restaurant.

Alex Haley, Malcolm X Playboy May 1963 35min Permalink

Sports

Koufax on Koufax

An interview with Sandy Koufax on “the management of excellence.”

Jack Olsen, Sandy Koufax Sports Illustrated Dec 1965 30min Permalink

Arts Music

Van Morrison's Moments of Disbelief

An interview with Greil Marcus on the songs of Van Morrison and why people are afraid of imagined things.

Colin Marshall, Greil Marcus 3quarksdaily Aug 2010 25min Permalink

Arts

“I said, ‘Fuck you, O. J.’”

An interview with Lawrence Schiller, himself one of the great interviewers of his time, whose research fueled Norman Mailer’s Executioner’s Song.

Lawrence Schiller, Suzanne Snider The Believer May 2010 25min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Bill Murray Is Ready to See You Now

Bill Murray grants a rare interview and appears to admit, among other things, that he occasionally approaches strangers from behind on the streets of NYC, puts his hands over their eyes, and says “guess who.”

Bill Murray, Dan Fierman GQ Jul 2010 15min Permalink

Arts Crime History

The Story Behind a Nonfiction Novel

In January 1966–the same month In Cold Blood was first published–Truman Capote sat down with George Plimpton to discuss the new art form he liked to call “creative journalism.”

George Plimpton, Truman Capote New York Times Jan 1966 35min Permalink

Interview: Mike Tyson

The champ is now a vegan, claims to be broke, and says he feels freer than ever before. “I have this uncanny ability to look at myself in the mirror and say, ‘This is a pig. You are a fucking piece of shit.’”

Ivan Solotaroff, Mike Tyson Details Jul 2010 Permalink

Arts History

David Mitchell Bends Fiction

A interview with David Mitchell, author of the recent The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet and Cloud Atlas, on stretching a fictional universe across multiple novels and centuries of real history.

Wyatt Mason New York Times Jul 2010 Permalink

Arts Music

Face to Face: Alex Ross

An interview with New Yorker critic Alex Ross about his book The Rest is Noise and why there’s really no such thing as “classical music.”

Alex Abramovich Stop Smiling Mar 2009 10min Permalink

Arts

A Kind of Vast Fiction

An email dialogue between David Gates and Jonathan Lethem on writing fiction in the age of online experiences.

David Gates, Jonathan Lethem PEN America Jun 2010 15min Permalink

Business Tech

Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing

“The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t.” –Steve Jobs, 1996

Gary Wolf Wired Apr 1996 25min Permalink

Sex

”The Heart Wants What It Wants”

A 1992 Q&A with Woody Allen, conducted in the midst of the media swarm around his newly public relationship with Soon-Yi.

Walter Isaacson, Woody Allen Time Aug 1992 Permalink

AV Club Interview: Norm McDonald

“I think talk shows have kind of lost that. It’s mostly about super famous people telling long, dull stories about their swimming pools or something.”

Andy Seifert, Norm McDonald AV Club Apr 2010 Permalink

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