The Merlin Show

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Merlin talks with San Francisco indie rocker John Vanderslice about giving up on a large volume of email, meeting the people you admire, and having no patience for people who act like rock stars. (FYI: Contains PG-13 language)

Note: This is the second segment of a 3-part interview with JV; don’t miss part one and part three

Show notes

• John’s website is JohnVanderslice.com
• John’s studio in San Francisco is Tiny Telephone
• John’s latest album, Pixel Revolt, is available on Barsuk Records.
• The Tipping Point is a book by Malcolm Gladwell that talks about “The Magic Number 150.” Dunbar’s Number “represents the maximum number of individuals with whom a set of people can maintain a social relationship…”
• Sloan is a very friendly rock band from Toronto, Canada.
• Jon Brion (whom JV mentions meeting at a TapeOp conference) is an LA-based producer who (among many other things) was in a short-lived 90s pop band with Jason Falkner called “The Grays.” Here’s the video for their single “Very Best Years.”