Interviews - A-Sides

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Talking “fun.” and “We Are Young” in NYC

contact@visualnatives.com March 11, 2015

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“Do you wanna have fun? How’s about (fun) a few laughs? I can show you a… good time… Do you wanna have fun… fun… fun?” I realize quoting “Big Spender” lyrics from Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’ Sweet Charity musical won’t earn me any sweet indie cred, but I went there anyway. Why? Because it […]

Tweet Me: Debbie Gibson

Jon Chattman May 16, 2015

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Great interview Jon! Can’t wait to share it with #Debheads ! https://t.co/Flp7dWDvhK — Debbie Gibson (@DebbieGibson) May 16, 2015

SCHOOL’S IN SESSION FOR DINOSAUR PILE-UP’S MATT BIGLAND; SAY “COWABUNGA” TO SOL CAT

Jon Chattman October 30, 2013

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It was all quite fitting really. Matt Bigland of Dinosaur Pile-Up and I were discussing our respective school experiences within a Music Conservatory of Westchester classroom studio, when one minute into our interview, a teacher booted us out of her room. While we moved to a different room within the White Plains, NY music school, […]

“NO CURE” FOR CEREBRAL BALLZY; TAKE A “WALK” WITH ARC & STONES

Jon Chattman June 12, 2014

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Ric Flair used to say he’s “often imitated never duplicated.” That bold statement, which perhaps only “The Nature Boy” could back up, rings so true in any arts medium. For example, for every Lost, there was a bunch of Fast Forwards. Similarly, for every Paranormal Activity, there’s been a boatload of other crappy horror movies […]

Stepping Out with Louis York and Jon Bellion

Jon Chattman July 8, 2015

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To take a page from The Beasties Boys, the next two acts featured on A-Sides have mad hits like they were Rod Carew. Sadaharu Oh even. Louis York are the multi-platinum team of songwriters/producers Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony, who have scored off-the-charts hits for everyone from Miley Cyrus to Bruno Mars. Similarly Jon Bellion, […]

Kevin Bacon Talks “Tremors” & Embracing His Sizzlin’ Last Name at Alamo Drafthouse

Jon Chattman September 16, 2015

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Video killed the radio star, but it certainly didn’t kill Kevin Bacon’s 1990 cult classic Tremors. The “horror-emdy” about huge carnivorous worms living underground in a desert may have failed to resonate in the theaters when it was released (it was met with about as much fanfare as Tyne Daly belly flopping in the ocean […]

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Another Person Making Oscar Predictions!

Jon Chattman January 12, 2016

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I used to be obsessed with movies – I arguably still am though it’s impossible to get to the multiplexes when you have two small kids. That said, each year when the Oscar nominations are announced, I’m automatically transported back to a time when I lived my life vicariously through the movies. I remember in […]

Candlebox’s Kevin Martin Discusses the Band’s Sense of Urgency

Jon Chattman May 3, 2016

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“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.” – Andy Bernard, The Office That quote gets me every time. It rings true in so many ways. Personally, I feel it whenever I think back to 1990s alt-rock. The music served as the soundtrack […]

‘Kerplunk’d’ Green Day Play Career-Spanning Show at Webster Hall

Jon Chattman October 11, 2016

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A letter to a friend after seeing a show… Dear Steve, You’ve been gone now for twelve-and-a-half-years. Time has heeled some, but the mourning has never faded. When you lose someone so close, you’re never the same. Sure, life goes on but when a person dies, they take a huge piece of the person you […]

Donald Trump – Just a “Cheek Squeak in the Wind”

Jon Chattman March 21, 2017

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In light of yesterdays testimony by my fellow Yonkers native James Comey, I feel compelled to say goodbye to Donald Trump. Sure, he’s still the president and very well may be for the next four years (doubtful) but I feel compelled to sing him a swan song – figuratively anyway. Oh, and I’ll add this, […]