Leave Qs and Music for Bijan Stephen on CrossFade!

Shazirah

How much did the music your household grew up listening to inform your music preferences today? What your parents put on, listened to -- your cousins/siblings, as well. I've found that how much it influences my preferences is dynamic to where I am in life at that time. For example, I definitely found myself coming back to it more after grad school. And college was definitely the widest gap for me. Thanks and have a good recording!

Tanner Hoisington

Could 2022 be an all-time great year for music? It seems like the pandemic either convinced bands they need to get back together and put out music, or gave artists time to start sketching a bunch of ideas that are all being realized now. For god's sake you have some putting out multiple albums this year like Jack White.

Adam Castellanos

He’s a song pick for y’all this week northshore by tegan and Sarah https://youtu.be/YE-4ekeMv0Q

It’s hot outside, your A/C is busted, and you have a bunch of work to do and no motivation to do it. What music do you reach for to get you out of the slump?

whitemex

Wazzup Faded Crossers! After listening to last episode, i could not stop thinking about snare drums. What are your favorite snare sounds? Tight?loose? Which band has your fav? Mine has always been 311, i don't care much for the band but the damn snare in Beautiful Disaster is something else My song pick for the week is Joy Division adjacent. A cover of New Order's True Faith. https://open.spotify.com/track/6BUJtgTJT9YTDkiB81maFQ?si=AxQAfGwYRqa85QyZ5G4MUA&utm_source=copy-link

Zeth Hillman-Johnson

Bijan! That's awesome. I'm a huge fan (and patron) of the Fun City podcast, which he's on. If you were in charge of the playlist of a banal commercial space, like a grocery store or a Starbucks, what kind of music would you put in it? Radio-friendly hits? Or would you want to expand people's music horizons while they buy, idk, apple juice or whatever. https://open.spotify.com/track/3898C4AbdbptwYet6547e5?si=qGL81oehR7i7iFBuG_KawA&utm_source=copy-link

Jason Wojnar

When have you ever felt the most out of place or stuck out the most at a concert? I went to a Kool Keith concert in Irving Plaza in NYC which was populated by a lot of middle-aged hip hop aficionados (I was 23 at the time). The same year I saw a band from Belarus whose name translates to "Silver Wedding" (I won't make you try to say it this time but google silver wedding cabaret band) and I am confident I was literally the only person there not from Eastern Europe. I also didn't speak any other languages at the time so I couldn't communicate with anybody else. People literally came out to me and started speaking Russian. My girlfriend at the time would have to translate. Still, one of the best concerts I have ever been to. In honor of the former, my song for the playlist this week is 3000 by Dr. Octagon (real hip-hop name, Kool Keith). absolutely infectious bass line https://open.spotify.com/track/5Z13kJAqqkzj6F4MkjsOsL?si=d0bc118a9ea64a17

Mike Lynch

https://open.spotify.com/track/0cm6cAtRu0C0sEZzDjZFsx?si=vKYKecIdSm-r9e52_HAo-A&utm_source=copy-link