ANNE MARIE TO STEPHEN:

AM: What is your favorite song?

SB: Haha you almost had me with Sex Appeal, because it was French and had a very 80s vibe, but ended up giving the nod to your first song, Getting Over Our Love by Ric Robertson because I’ve spent a decent amount of time on the road in the past month and most of that driving is through the plains of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and that song feels like the soundtrack I needed.

AM: Have you heard any of these tracks before?

SB: Only one…and it was a rare duplicate!

AM: Now that your dreams of seeing Daft Punk live are dashed (for now), what’s another band that you could see yourself dropping some dough on to see perform live? Me? Well, on my short list currently are The Strokes and Ariana Grande.

SB: The two at the top of my list are Foxy Shazam and Parcels. Two completely different groups. Foxy would just be insane and a throwback to the old hairband rock days of loud noises and bright lights. Parcels would be a live look into a Masterclass of production. If they ever make it to Austin City Limits, watch out bank account! Empire of the Sun if they ever tour again just for the spectacle.

STEPHEN TO ANNE MARIE:

SB: What is your favorite song?

AM: Somebody Like You, Bree Runway.

SB: Have you heard any of these tracks before?

AM: Luc de la Croixx! But while we’re on the topic (we’re not), I think there need to be more songs in the world about Chardonnay.

SB: You took a college class on Jazz history. From what I remember you saying, it was filled with interesting stories. What’s one of the crazier ones that stuck out?

AM: The thing I remember most about that class was the professor, Dr. Ray Briggs. What a legend! That dude could be teaching 5-year-olds zoned out teenagers or 80-year-olds and hold court regardless. He combined social history with music history in a way that was enthralling. A true mentor of mine, even though he probably doesn’t know it.

Fact-wise, I remember that, with most of his stories about musicians over longer periods of time, they always seemed to fall on hard times because of somebody screwing them over in business. This same thing happens in the present with creatives as well, we’ve really never shaken it off generationally. So sad that, even in 2022, we don’t as parents arm our young artists enough when they are youngsters, and as young adults we don’t teach them enough in academia, and even in the workplace we don’t take care of them well enough. I hope to be a part of transforming this as I continue to grow in my own creative career.