A periodically-manifesting podcast featuring interviews, music, and occasionally live performances. Our theme song is by The Apples in Stereo. [Note that podcast archives of WGSU's The Elephant 6 Show are filed under E6 Radio.]
April 2nd, 2008. The Apples in Stereo have a new album out entitled Electronic Projects for Musicians, collecting rare tracks from 1995-2006. In December 2007 lead Apple Robert Schneider was busy approving the just-finalized art and layout for the album when he took an hour-long call from Optical Atlas to explain the project, answer questions submitted by fans, and sift through memories from the period it spans. Is digital better than analog? Is stereo better than mono? Do the Japanese really get better records than the Americans? All is answered here.
Links:
The Apples in Stereo Official Site
The Apples in Stereo Facebook Group
The Apples in Stereo on iLike
The Apples in Stereo Imeem Blog
The Apples in Stereo MySpace
Yep Roc Records
March 5th, 2008. On the road to promote their new album Carpenter’s Falls, Folklore drops by the Optical Atlas H.Q. for a live set featuring ballads of Loki, Satan, and a ghost called Beaverman. Derek Almstead (Elf Power, Circulatory System) and Ian Rickert (Bugs Eat Books) back lead singer/songwriter Jimmie Hughes.
Links:
Folklore Official Site
Folklore MySpace
BumbleBEAR Records
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February 3rd, 2008. In this first installment of the Optical Atlas Show, we talk to John Ferguson about the new album by Lexington Kentucky’s Big Fresh, B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever) (2008, Garden Gate Records), as well as his work with The Apples in Stereo, Ulysses, and R. Stevie Moore. Plus the debut of our theme song by The Apples in Stereo! Special thanks to John Ferguson, Robert Schneider, Marci Mars, and Craig Morris for their assistance.
Links:
Big Fresh MySpace
Garden Gate Records
