Jim James: 12/8/15
This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Jim James, the lead singer and songwriter for the band My Morning Jacket. Brian and Jim talk about the band’s latest album, The Waterfall, and the message within many of their songs. Plus, Jim meditates on criticism and its role in the artistic process, how his songs are created over several years in a garden of ideas, and what it feels like, minutes before he steps on the stage, to bring a group of people together around one common cause --- love.Topics mentioned:The Waterfall album“Compound Fracture” by My Morning JacketZ album“Wordless Chorus” by My Morning JacketRPM – A non profit organizationBruce Springsteen’s Harry Chapin TributeE Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction by David Foster Wallace“I’m Amazed” by My Morning JacketThe New Basement Tapes (w/ Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Rhiannon Giddens, and Taylor Goldsmith)“Blues Run the Game” by Jackson FrankOne Big Circle: How My Morning Jacket Rebounded With Its Best Album in a Decade by Steven HydenOut of Time album“Me and Honey” by REM"Country Feedback” by REMFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerThe Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron“Believe (Nobody Knows)” by My Morning JacketLed Zeppelin III“Tangerine” by Led ZeppelinPeople mentioned:Jim JamesIndigo GirlsBob DylanCurtis MayfieldNeil YoungEckhart TolleLou ReedMichael Stipe and Peter BuckREMMonsters of FolkNick DrakeWashington PhillipsPaul SimonVan HalenMotley CrueNirvanaPearl JamThe ReplacementsKen WilburJack KornfieldThis episode of The Moment is brought to you by Braintree. Looking to set up paymentsfor your business? Braintree gives your app or website a payment solution thataccepts just about every payment method with one simple integration. Plus,we’ll give you your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free. To learn more,visit BraintreePayments.com/Moment.And by The Message, an original science fiction podcast fromPanoply and GE Podcast Theater. All of Season 1 is available now, so listen andfind out why a 70-year-old alien recording seems to be killing people. Searchfor The Message on iTunes. Email: themomentbk@gmail.comTwitter: @BrianKoppelmaniTunes: itunes.com/themoment
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