S1/EP10: Richard Vagnino - Protean

A deep dive behind the music and philosophy of the NYC art rock band BODEGA. BODEGA BEN breaks down each track from their new album 'Our Brand Could be Yr Life', exploring the theme of the record: the current state of underground rock music. Together with guests and friends including Bodega Bay members and current collaborators, they dissect the story behind the music.For the tenth episode, Ben interviews one-time Bodega Bay drummer and scholar Richard Vagnino about the band he started that shared members w/ Bodega Bay, Perfect Teeth. The pair also discuss the girl troubles that inspired their songs ‘Memphis’ and ‘Protean’ plus Jeff Tweedy’s theory of genre misuse in the studio, the psychology of karaoke, and the construction of self as a curated adaptive process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.