Tom Blancarte is a gifted bass player and improviser with whom I have been collaborating for the past decade. On February 23rd he will release his first solo album on Dan Peck's Tubapede Records. Entitled "The Shortening of the Way", it's 35 minutes of psychotic and virtuosic solo playing. For this one Tom and I talk improvising, solo playing, beer, day jobs and death. Check it.