Ep119: Joe Cardamone (the Icarus Line)/Michael Grodner (The Icarus Line Must Die)Ep119: Joe Cardamone (the Icarus Line)/Michael Grodner (The Icarus Line Must Die)
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Double the guests, double the fun! As Conan and Josh have on Joe Cardamone of the Icarus Line and Michael Grodner, filmmaker beyond the upcoming (sorta) biopic: The Icarus Line Must Die.
17:05 Michael Grodner
57:10 Joe Cardamone
Michael Grodner:
-The Jim Jarmusch Black and White Aesthteic.
-It’s not a documentary
-darkness following the band.
-relating to creative pursuits
-art vs. commerce, subtly
-Jerry Stahl’s book-on-vinyl
-Keith Morris
–Dirty Laundry (TV!)
-the Hell of fundraising vs. actually making a movie.
https://www.facebook.com/theicaruslinemustdie/
Joe Cardamone
-Starting the film having no idea what was going on
-Dialogue that sounds like one person (aka: Sorkin-speak)
-Gimme Danger the movie: a missed opportunity
-Some Kind of Monster: Best thing ever
-Music’s marketability and it’s inextricable ties to youth culture
-not taking advantage of making a “comeback”
-Eastbound & Down
-Scott Weiland’s death and the last Icarus Line’s last show
-Getting real life in the movie
-Metallica in a Bob Log style
-How to get to the solo record
-“Do whatever you want. No one’s going to hear it, who gives a fuck?”
-Sounding good next to Gucci Mane