I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee

Sam Quartin is the guitarist and vocalist for THE BOBBY LEES. They're one of my favourite bands, rooted in punk, the blues, the garage and a big old dose of weird. Live, they are a tight, ball of wild, nihilistic claustrophobia that comes and finds you and detonates in your face. They're free of inhibitions and straitjackets and this just feeds into the crowd. It's proper rock n roll, respectful of the past but very much for today.

They've just announced their new album, Bellevue, to be released on Ipecac Recordings on 7th October 2022. Stick that in your diaries, it's going to be a belter.

I'm so grateful to Sam for coming on and so openly sharing her thoughts about her personal journey and the role her mindset has played in her life. We're getting into some of this deep stuff:

Clearing out the inner self to get comfortable in our own skin
Trusting the journey that we go on
Dealing with anxiety and overcoming fears
Making a difference to fans
Instinctive creativity
Staying with your conviction
The healing peace of nature 
Removing inhibitions




I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

The Butthole Surfers didn't play the UK that often back in the day. And when they did, I missed them: damn that shit English Pennine weather! One of life's regrettable moments.

So, 35 years later, the Butthole healing process continues and I finally get to talk to the legendary Pinkus from his home near Asheville, NC.

And what a great chat we had and I'm pleased to report that I'm healed.

We're talking about Meth Mountain and it's younger brother Hillbilly Hill, 1970's cartoons, communal living, keeping the weirdness to yourself, postbag-sized cellphones, what it was like to start from scratch post-Buttholes, identity, psychedelics, the hungry ghost, empathy, freeing ourselves from negative surroundings and people and backing away from unhealthy competition. And probably more.

These days, you’re much more likely to find him with his banjo playing an incredibly powerful and unique blend of solo spacegrass. It's about as DIY and brilliant as you can get. 



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Steve Hillage is one of music’s greats - a great musician, a great innovator, a great free thinker and great experimenter whose achievements and career is just one whole wall of inspiration for doing the things that excite you and on your own terms.

It's a terrific conversation, talking about how family circumstances dictated that he spend a lot of his early childhood in his own company, the inspiration that he got from Jimi Hendrix and Syd Barrett, how Kraftwerk changed his focus towards dance music and the eventual emergence of System 7, bridging age gaps and how he's been able to operate without unwanted interference.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

As I'm writing these show notes, I'm listening to The Minutemen's History Lesson Part 2 which opens with this wonderful line:

"Our band could be your life".

For me, this succinctly captures what Mike Watt is about and what music is about…...

One day, way back when, a 13 year-old D. Boon jumped out of a tree and landed in front of Mike Watt. Looking him in the eye, he said "You're not Eskimo".  "No, I'm not Eskimo", was Watt's perplexed response.

This chance encounter would lead to the formation of one of the most innovative, independent thinking bands of all time and a deep friendship and bond in life and death, one that has guided and shaped one of the most treasured contributors to culture and the arts and the guardian of the attitude that is punk rock. 

An hour in Mike's company is an education and an honour.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

The powerful precision, swing, rhythmic and melodic inventiveness of Sam Fogarino, drummer with the mighty Interpol, sets him apart from most drummers. 

I feel truly privileged to have been able to talk to Sam ahead of Interpol's show at Primavera Barcelona and ahead of the release of Interpol's 7th studio album since the seminal Turn On The Bright Lights, called The Other Side of Make-Believe. If the singles released so far are anything to go by, we're gonna see a further evolution of their ability to create gigantic soundscapes that are somehow familiar, yet unfamiliar.

In this convo, we get into some of the stuff Sam doesn't often get to talk about - his formative childhood influences, finding his people, the incredible support of his mum, avoiding the rate race, humility, the importance of emotional intelligence, taking risks and self belief. 

Dig in!



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Sub Pop Records is still the most totemic symbol of alternative music, 35 years after it was first formed by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle. 

It’s roster over the years is like being a kid in a sweet shop – Mudhoney, Dwarves, Hole, J Mascis, Sleater-Kinney, The Mary Chain, Moor Mother, The Vaselines…..oh, and a band that never quite made it…..I think they were called Nirvana. I don't suppose anyone's heard of them……

Megan Jasper started as an intern back in September 1989 and has been the CEO since 2016. It's a real honour and privilege to get such great insights from Megan and to hear her own take on  some of the themes I've been hearing from the artists.

We're talking about growing up a punk misfit, her love of music, jumping in the deep end and dealing with the joy, excitement and stress of the early, chaotic days of Sub Pop, the importance of values in your work, the emotional intelligence needed in her job and life generally and how to maintain resilience and mental health.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Everybody should listen to Ron Gallo, not just because his music is so bloody exciting, eclectic and innovative, but also because his emotional intelligence is through the roof. As Ron has said himself, searching to find out who you truly are can mean some beautiful moments, but also some terribly dark moments. I love the fact that he sees the difficult stuff as opportunities and that feelings and thoughts are temporary - it's true, right?

Listen and watch to this as Ron talks about his rebellious streak, emotional intelligence, how old ways of learning and talking don't work for us anymore, adaptability, his existential crises and why he's ready to release his Transformer after three Metal Machines 😂

Thanks Ron, awesome stuff.


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Punk’s blast might have faded but its impact didn't. By 1978, a new guard was taking over, one that was meshing together exciting sounds and influences and creating exhilarating music for the open minded, for the outsiders and for the curious. The Bush Tetras have taken their own place in history and it's kinda fitting that they formed and created their art in NYC. They sounded and looked fantastic then and they sound and look fantastic now. They fused soul, dub, funk and dance with stabbing, biting, sliding guitars, pulsating drum and bass grooves and the wonderfully poetic, unflappable vocals of the fantastic Cynthia Sley. 

 The Bush Tetras are timeless.

Cynthia talks about strong, lasting friendships, strong communities, being and outsider,  urban environments that nurture the idea of "all creativity is important", learnings from being a teacher and  - here's the all important one - not giving a fuck about what people think.

It's a brilliant convo with a legend who has pushed so many creative boundaries and opened doors for so many others.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Hurricane G is the amazing singer of a band that is in this exciting renegade maelstrom that is happening in Austin, Texas. Böndbreakr are crossing over musical influences and styles bringing together punk rock, metal, thrash, hardcore with a dash of psychedelia and a lot of commentary that addresses the pain and grief that that society inflicts on marginalised communities, in particular on the lives of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.

This is another of those open, from-the-heart and free flowing conversations that looks at Gerilyn's lived experiences of anxieties, overcoming self doubt, showing up with her whole being and asking questions around our individual willingness to not only educate ourselves but to change our behaviours. 

Thank you , G.



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste

Two of my favourite things about this podcast: 

1.     I get to meet some amazing artists, sometimes by design, sometimes by chance and really understand what makes them who they are

2.     I get to see how these artists have evolved over the years.

Kid Moxie has been releasing music since around 2008 and her musical evolution is fascinating.  From the sweeter pop of her debut Selector, thru to 2014’s 1888 and 2016’s Perfect Shadow – both really exciting pieces of work with these huge soundscapes – through to a soundtrack for “Not To Be Unpleasant But We Need To Have A Serious Talk”, Kid Moxie now has a new album out in June 2022 and it’s called "Better Than Electric". She’s released three absolute bangers (so far) of shimmering cinematic pop that’s laced with dense layers of dark, underground opulence that reminds me of the decadence of the 80’s that’s set in the futuristic 2020’s (if that makes sense to anyone – not even me!).

Anyway, this is a good old natter about how her mindset helps her navigate through life, taking risks, feelings and emotions and a bit about the music as well!



I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is a music podcast that does music interviews differently. 

I'm Giles Sibbald and I'm talking to extraordinary musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in their lives to amplify their own creativity, pursue new challenges, overcome fears and bounce back from mistakes.


- brought to you by Hey Sunday, the mothership of the experimental mindset™.
- podcast logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste.

https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com


I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently.

Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives.

- brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™
- cover art by Giles Sibbald 
- doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste