Contributors
Ross Simonini
Ross Simonini is interviews editor for the Believer, a founder of NewVillager, and a visual artist who blogs at roosshamanana.blogspot.com
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January 2013: Interview with Mike Patton
Mike Patton interviewed by Ross Simonini - November/December 2012: Interview with Joe Bradley
The artist on trying to paint like Grandma Moses,Thomas Kinkade, or a seventeen-year-old kid drawing dicks everywhere. - October 2012: Interview with Mika Rottenberg
“I don’t like to overdictate a cinematic ‘look.’ I’d rather put the ingredients together … and then step back and let it create itself.” - September 2012: Interview with Matt Mullican
The artist talks about going under hypnosis to find room to breathe in the powerful etiquette of the art world. - July/August 2012: Interview with Brian Chippendale
“If, when walking in a dark corridor, you lose your balance and find yourself falling into a large cardboard box, do not resist.” - June 2012: Interview with The Process
A conversation with artist Eddie Martinez about his painting Ghost Fish - February 2012: Interview with The Process
A conversation with artist Brian DeGraw about his sculpture The Thinker. - FULL TEXT
November/December 2011: Micro-Interview with Terence Koh - October 2011: Interview with The Process
Ross Simonini on Christian Holstad’s “Money” - FULL TEXT
September 2011: Interview with Jason Schwartzman - FULL TEXT
July/August 2011: The Only Unpunished Rapture on Earth
The 2011 Believer Music Issue CD - FULL TEXT
July/August 2011: Interview with Trey Anastasio
“I try to remember how insignificant my experience is, and how people’s experiences with music are their own thing.” - January 2011: Interview with Bianca Casady
- November/December 2010: Interview with Keegan McHargue
- March/April 2010: Interview with Harmony Korine
“Child acrobats, people who can set themselves on fire—that’s always what kept me going. Goldfish swallowers, pygmies—to me, that’s the greatest thing in life.” - July/August 2009: The Clash of the Jamaican Deejays
As with American gangsta rap, the threats that fill the lyrics of dancehall reggae often deliver on the real-life violence they promise. - FULL TEXT
July/August 2009: Interview with Thom Yorke
“I always hated CDs.” - July/August 2008: Notes on the 2008 Believer CD
- March/April 2008: Interview with Vladimir
On using the View-Master—that old binocular and paper disk toy—to make movie experiences that are a little like synchronized swimming. - June/July 2007: Interview with David Gates
Distinguishing bluegrass from old-time, creativity from innovation, and criticism from fiction writing. - FULL TEXT
April 2007: Review of Derek White’s Poste Restante - December 2006/January 2007: Review of Jason’s The Left Bank Gang
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September 2006: Review of The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour - August 2006: Review of Three New Picto-Novelettes
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May 2006: Review of Maile Meloy’s A Family Daughter - February 2006: Interview with Gary Lutz
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