John Roderick (musician)
| John M. Roderick | |
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 John Roderick |
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 13, 1968 Seattle, U.S. |
| Occupations | Musician Songwriter Writer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Barsuk Records |
| Associated acts | The Long Winters Western State Hurricanes Bun Family Players Harvey Danger |
| Website | Official website MySpace Page The Long Winters Library and Archive |
John Roderick is an American musician and writer. Born in Seattle, Washington, he grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. He is currently the lead singer and guitarist in the band The Long Winters and was formerly a touring member of the band Harvey Danger. He is also a frequent guest musician on recordings by other bands, appearing on the Death Cab for Cutie album Transatlanticism, the Nada Surf album The Weight Is a Gift, The Decemberists album Picaresque, and the David Bazan album Curse Your Branches, as well as recordings by BOAT, Visqueen, Say Hi, Denver Dalley, and Ken Stringfellow. He most recently collaborated with Jonathan Coulton for Coulton's album, "Artificial Heart," released in September, 2011.[1]
In June 2006, Roderick covered the Bonnaroo festival as a correspondent for CMJ magazine, and then reprised his role for MSNBC the following year. He has also written about music and film for The Stranger and in early 2008 began writing a weekly column for the Seattle Weekly.[2]
Roderick is a frequent collaborator with 826 Seattle, hosting the event People Talking and Singing[3] with Dave Eggers in 2007, and teaching a course in writing called How to Write Like I Do.[4] in 2009. Roderick also took part in the Revenge of the Bookeaters tour appearing at the Beacon Theater for 826NYC[5] and at Park West for 826 Chicago.[6]
Roderick has also appeared with John Hodgman as a "feral mountain-man" alongside longtime Hodgman accomplice Jonathan Coulton at shows in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles, and made guest appearances on live recordings of the You Look Nice Today podcast with Merlin Mann, Adam Lisagor and Scott Simpson in Seattle and Portland. Roderick is a frequent guest on Oregon Public Radio's Live Wire! and on KEXP. He narrated the Venue Songs for They Might Be Giants at the Moore Theater and has performed readings of his own prose at John Wesley Harding's Cabinet of Wonders in Seattle and NYC. Roderick is the co-host of Roderick on the Line, a podcast with Merlin Mann.
Roderick is the son of late Washington state legislator David Roderick.[7]
Roderick was voted #3 on Seattle's "Sexiest Man" list of 2006.[citation needed]
His first book of extremely short prose, Electric Aphorisms was published in November, 2009.
Roderick is currently working on the project Mt. Desolation with Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin.[8] He is also touring with John Hodgman on Hodgman's book tour, filling in for Hodgman's normal musical act, Jonathan Coulton.
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- Interview with John on Mammothpress.com
- 4-part Interview on The Merlin Show by Merlin Mann
- Feature in The Stranger by Jeff Deroche
- Interview in The Believer by Litsa Dremousis, June/July 2005
- Interview in playinginfog by Kate Izquierdo, October 2005
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