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, Jonathan Coulton |
| Website | Official website MySpace Page The Long Winters Library and Archive |
John Roderick is an American musician, writer, and podcaster. Born in Seattle, Washington, he grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where as a young man he worked as a sluice box mucker for a gold mining operation in the area. 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 collaborated with Jonathan Coulton for Coulton's album, Artificial Heart, released in September, 2011[1] and a duo album called One Christmas at a Time in November 2012.
Roderick co-wrote two songs with Kathleen Edwards on her 2011 album Voyageur. "Soft Place to Land", co-written by Edwards and Roderick, won the 2012 SOCAN Echo Songwriting Prize.[2]
[edit] Career
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.[3]
Roderick is a frequent collaborator with 826 Seattle, hosting the event People Talking and Singing[4] with Dave Eggers in 2007, and teaching a course in writing called How to Write Like I Do.[5] in 2009. Roderick also took part in the Revenge of the Bookeaters tour appearing at the Beacon Theater for 826NYC[6] and at Park West for 826 Chicago.[7]
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. 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, appeared with Hodgman on Minnesota Public Radio's program Wits, 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.[8]
Roderick is the son of Washington state legislator David Roderick.[9]
Roderick was voted #3 on Seattle's "Sexiest Man" list of 2006.[10]
His first book of extremely short prose, Electric Aphorisms was published in November, 2009.
In 2010, Roderick collaborated on the project Mt. Desolation with Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin.[11] He also toured with John Hodgman on Hodgman's book tour, filling in for Hodgman's normal musical act, Jonathan Coulton.
In June 2012, he toured with Coulton as the opening act for Coulton's Artificial Heart tour, and provided the lead vocals for the track "Nemeses" from that album.
In January 2013, Roderick guest starred as the "Expert Witness" in two episodes of John Hodgman's comedy/court show podcast Judge John Hodgman.[12][13]
[edit] References
- ^ First Track from Artificial Heart
- ^ Wheeler, Brad (October 19, 2012). "Kathleen Edwards, John Roderick". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ John Roderick's column at the Seattle Weekly
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- ^ http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/
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- ^ Smyers, Darryl (November 30, 2012). "The Long Winters' John Roderick Talks Christmas Music, Becoming Mayor of Seattle". The Dallas Observer. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Mt. Desolation's Official Blog
- ^ MaxFun Intern (16 January 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 93: Rhapsody in Blue". Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ^ MaxFun Intern (23 January 2013). "Judge John Hodgman Episode 94: Bleached and Mounted Bones of Contention". Maximum Fun. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: John Roderick |
- 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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