• Colin Abrahall of GBH talks to Outsight from a parking lot during a US tour in this 10 July 2005 interview. A quarter century of punk rock has made Colin a gentleman with sensitive views, oddly enough.
           
• The Act  - Mike Shine of The Act is out to deliver self-fulfilling individualism to the world through theatre and rock-n-roll at New York City all-ages shows. Hear him explain this path to global domination.
      
• The Adolescents - We celebrated the 25 years since release of "The Blue Album" by The Adolescents in a big way with plenty of related tunes and very good interview with bassist Steve Soto. Here is the interview, full of me being corrected, Steve telling great stories and the lowdown on 22 Jacks.
      
• Aerosith -  In this 5 February 2006 interview with Billy Davis we are introduced to the pioneering Aerosith: The Star Wars Parody Band. This pioneering rock group and sequence-happy composers are charting a new course with Star Wars costumes and appearances at fan conventions.  In this chat we discuss the group's plans for legitimacy and fame.
      
• Alice Donut - Drummer Stephen Moses fills in on what has been happening with Alice Donut since disbanding after its 1000^th gig in 1995. Also, the Alice Donut future is expounded upon with its ambitious return to recording. Touring will not be as accentuated as it was, but Three Sisters (Howler) is meant to be the first chapter in a three CD series that should offer some coherent vision of the new Alice Donut.
      
• Kevin Alvir - Lil' Hospital - Talking in this 16 July 2006 interview about the album Heavy Metal (Totay Gaylord Records), Kevin Alvir traces the story of The Lil' Hospital from a bedroom recording project to that night's Washington DC gig with Dressy Bessy.
      
• Joey Andrews of De Novo Dahl discusses the 2-CD release "Cats & Kittens" and the odd little pop gems contained therein. This representative of this Nashville band that is not a country act graced Outsight Radio Hours in August, 2005.
      
• Ant-Bee - On 7 May 2006 Outsight Radio Hours interviewed Billy James of Ant-Bee. In 1988, Ant-Bee signed to the notorious Los Angeles record company Voxx/Bomp Records. The first Ant-Bee album was Pure Electric Honey, and received rave reviews worldwide. The album also featured guest performances by Bob Harris (Frank Zappa) and Rick Snyder (Captain Beefheart). During the early '90s James/Ant-Bee began a long (and current) relationship with the original ex-Mothers Of Invention (Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Motorhead and Roy Estrada).  ... (read more here >>>) ... In this interview we cover Lunar Muzik, working with Mothers and how Ant-Bee extended the list of Smile demos.
      
• Glen Armstrong is a songwriter/guitarist and theremin player for Sounds of The Czars. In this talk, Tom and Glen examine the music of the group. This includes the narrative focus of many of the songs and the imagery that draws upon or suggests film all from the hip, lounge-era aesthetic.
      
• Al Aronowitz, a.k.a "The Blacklisted Journalist" discusses publication of "Bobby Darin Was A Friend Of Mine, Volume Three Of The Best Of The Blacklisted Journalist", now available from Amazon, the author's Website, and more. The book is a collection of Al's published and unpublished articles on Darin and those around him released to preempt whatever image Kevin Spacey with give to Darin in his biopic "Beyond the Sea".
      
• Kush Arora - Kush Arora takes time in this February 19, 2006 interview to peel away the layers of his circumspect dub album "Underwater Jihad" and the commentary therein.
      
• Artichoke's Timothy Sellers discusses in this Spring 2005 interview the new opus "26 Scientists, Volume One Anning-Malthus". Scientisits popular (Einstein) and obscure (Mary Anning) are feted on this energetic folk pop celebration of scientist biographies. In an Outsight first, Sellers performs on acoustic guitar a song scheduled for Volume Two.
      
• Greg Ashley has been a sunny if psychedelic singer on his solo Medicine Fuck Dream (Birdman) and leads a bold new quarter The Gris Gris. This is a rock 'n' roll album looking back to the golden era of garage. The Gris Gris debut is a self-titled full-length that came out on Birdman Records August 9th, 2004. Ashley was the live interview guest on Outsight Radio Hours (www.outsight.mu) Sunday, August 29, 2004.
      
• Ass Baboons of Venus, Bob Limp - Crazed and childish, Ass Baboons of Venus walk a tightrope act of being insane without being inane. Led by Naoko Nozawa, a Japanese comedienne, the group has been touring around the states as well as making TV appearances in Japan for about ten years. In Japan, Naoko is known for being member of the Yamamoto Kougyo comedy troupe as well as being a member of the Monkeys, a ridiculous singing group where all the members dressed up as monkeys. She sings  (... read more)
   
• Ass Ponys, Chuck Cleaver, This is Chuck Cleaver's second interview. He graced us with his presence on 26 February 2006 and Chuck comes out of his shell a bit to give us the skinny on that whole "Ass Ponys" name as well as the Ass Ponys reissues and his new band Wussy. I'd climb over fifty AAA songwriter successes to hear one Chuck Cleaver song, so check out this interview.
      
• Ass Ponys, Chuck Cleaver, Ass Ponys front man, reminesces on a short career on the A&M roster, touring with Throwing Muses and then hiding the unique weirdness in their music with exquisite Americana on Lohio (Checkered Past).
      
• Asylum Street Spankers - Wammo, the audacious and comedic member of Asylum Street Spankers, covers the new Asylum Street Spankers CD (Mercurial) and DVD (Sideshow Fez) in this interview that includes the tale of a relocated church begs the question, "Does Beyonce have soul?"
      
• Michael Azerrad - The King Of France came together in New York City in early 2002 after singer-guitarist Steve "Salad" Salett (Deformo) Michael Azzerad at a secret Pixies reunion show in Sedona, Arizona, on New Year's Eve, 2001. On the same flight back to New York they had a conversation about the connection between rhythm and melody. Upon this connection they built the idea for their band and later added a keyboard player they found doing Harry Nilsson songs on harmonium at a subway station. Measured beats and subtle melody recalling Velvet Underground and The Only Ones marks the pre-debut album of material released by Salett as The King Of France, Salad Days. In this interview, Michael discusses the buzz the band is building as well as its formation.
   
• Anna Söder of Aluminum Babe talks about the Swedish punk scene and being in a cross-Atlantic band. This is Anna's first interview ever!

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