Matt Pinfield entertainment news reporter . . .

 

Matt was on the CW11 this morning doing a little entertainment reporting followed by an interview with the CW's Emily Frances.  Check out the homepage or this link: 

 

While Matt was over at the CW, We aired a recent interview with Professional Champion Surfer Kelly Slater . . .Kelly has a new book out, which is essentially a scrap book of his touring the globe to surf. 

 

We also spoke to Henry Rollins on a new documentary he is part of on Johnny Ramone.

 

Check out the podcast section to listen to Matt's Interviews with Henry & Kelly.

 

Matt arrived for the 8am hour . . .and like we do every Tuesday, Steve Smith - Music Editor at Time Out NY came by to talk some upcoming shows, new releases, etc. 

 

Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of ...

Jules from The Ting Tings checked in with us from Europe.  The Ting Tings are playing Matt Pinfield's Holiday Extravaganza #1 on December 9th. 

 

Like we do every Monday, Duke Castiglione called in to give us the rundown on NYC sports.  The Good news - both Gians & Jets are in 1st place. 

 

Jesse from Eagles of Death Metal dropped by the studio to hang out on the show for a bit.  Jesse told a great story about the EoDM touring with Guns N Roses.  Apparently Axl decided he didn't love the guys 1 day or as Jesse would put it, "Axl went Waxl and should have taken his Paxil."  In any case, Axl referred to the Eagles as "Pigeons of Shit Metal."  The band decided to make T-shirts that said this and it turns out they sold better than the regular band shirts. 

Look for Jesse's review ...

Matt actually overslept, so Leslie & I held down the fort for the first Hour and a half show.  One thing that is true, you never totally get use to working early hours and you always have to set an alarm clock.

 

8am - Ryan Schreiber, Founder of Pitchfork Media came by to talk about his website, which by the way is a great site to learn about music, check out record reviews, etc, and his new book:  The Pitchfork 500: The 500 Best Songs from Punk to Present. 

6am - Chris Squire from Yes called in to update us on the upcoming shows here in NYC.  Chris gave us the rundown on how they went about getting a new singer using Youtube.

 

8am - Butch Walker popped into the show to hang out for a bit.  Butch is a friend of the show and is always fun to have on.  He played a song live in studio and RXP DJ Steve Craig joined us to tell the story of how he helped Butch come up with one of his old band names, The Marvelous 3.  Check out the Podcast to hear in its entirety.

 

9am - Mikel from The Airbourne Toxic Event called in from Europe. Airbourne is playing the Matt Pinfield Holiday Extravaganza.

 

Local NY Band Glint came by to play a song live in studio for Local Licks.  Check out their show at Blender ...

Last Thursday Billy Corgan & Jimmy Chamberlain from the Smashing Pumpkins came by the show and wound up hanging out with us for over 2 hours . . .the entire interview is on our podcast section. 

 

During that interview Matt & Billy discussed a murder that happened at the Jersey shore a few years back.  At the time, the murderer said he listened to the Smashing Pumpkins and the media in a way placed some blame on the band.  Billy talks about this during the interview and tells of how he wrote a song about it . . .song has never been released but their are bootlegs out there. 

In fact, you can have a listen to the song right here . . . check it out. 

 

Thanks to Sam Scarpelli . . .an RXP listener who heard the segment and emailed us an mp3 of the song.  ...

6am - Matt Fleisher Co-Founder & CEO of Hook & Ladder Brewing called in.  Hook & Ladder is a Micro-Brew company that donates portions of their proceeds to Burn foundations in markets they are in . . .they are now in 27 states across the country including here in the Tri-State area.   Now you can have a few drinks while supporting a good cause at the same time.

 

9am - Musician/Producer Mark Ronson dropped by the show with some friends, including UK band The Rumble Strips (look for them to be live on RXP in the UK soon), Nikolai from The Strokes (he has a solo record coming out and Tennessee Thomas from the band, The Like.  Tennesse told us how she recently saw a video with the Spice girls kissing his head.  If you have this video, please email me (mattianni@1019rxp.com).  Mark is the only person to ever ...