{"id":238,"date":"2019-01-14T02:02:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T02:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/howwelisten\/interview\/howwelisten-spiral-stairs\/"},"modified":"2021-03-24T18:10:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:10:59","slug":"spiral-stairs","status":"publish","type":"interview","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/spiral-stairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiral Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where are you based?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Currently living in Merida, Mexico. It\u2019s in the Yucatan. Moved here a few years ago from Los Angeles with my family. We had been in LA for 3 years, but felt we needed a life change. Hopefully, moving back to the states next summer. And then back to Australia at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you work? What do you do?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I still make a living through music. I\u2019ve been managing the Pavement catalog for years as well as my own music. It\u2019s a hustle. In Merida, my wife and have been also flipping old colonial houses. It\u2019s so cheap down here. But it takes forever to get something finished. Red tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Kelley Stoltz Que Aura<\/a> record. Straat LP. Jim Ford. Beefharts Sun Zoom Spark box set<\/a>. Bryan Ferry\u2019s Horoscope demos. These turned out to be on the Manouma record from 93 or so. Roxy Music live at the Wembley Pool circa 75. Great bootleg with most of the Siren Songs played live. I am also obsessed with the first two Nick Lowe records. I\u2019ve been getting into his older stuff as well. Trying to track down the G W McLennan solo records. Only heard a handful of tracks from those records, they are so good. At the moment, it\u2019s been hard since all my records are in storage back in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you find new music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Online mostly. I belong to a bunch of fan sites on Facebook that take me in weird directions. But I like old music mostly. I\u2019ve been reading a lot of music books. The John Peel one was great. Also the Jon Savage 1966 book was killer. And the Van Morrison and Roxy Music bios. And Simon Reynolds Glam book. And Dylan\u2019s Chronicles took me in so many directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What formats do you usually listen to? LP, CD, Cassette, Digital, Streaming Service and why?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If i had access to my records, I\u2019d listen to records. And my cds. Unfortunately, i only listen to stuff on my computer here. Or my phone from stuff i\u2019ve downloaded from iTunes. I surf the YouTube a lot. I don\u2019t have Spotify. I don\u2019t really agree with it. I think it\u2019s killing music. It\u2019s definitely killed making money in music. The only people making money now are techies (and the advertisers). And all they listen to is fucking doof doof<\/a>. So there you go, robots who design robots listening to robots. The future is bright. But i do understand that it\u2019s the way most people listen to music. On their location device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you do most of your music listening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At home, or when i\u2019m out exercising. If i do listen to the few vinyl records i have here, i do it on a portable record player i got in Japan in the 90\u2019s. Still sounds great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do find and listen to pre-release music?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Occasionally, i\u2019ll get sent a pre release. Last one was the Mark Eitzel record, not to be confused with Mark Kozelek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your frustrations with listening to music digitally? Any benefits?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ads. Of course it\u2019s easy. Too easy. Finding out about bands was always fun. There used to be a mystery to it. Now, you can find out everything, see what they look like, see if they\u2019ve been accused of sexual assault, see what their political leanings are. All on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you keep track of everything you are listening to?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ITunes playlists. Or surfing through the YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you tip other people off to new music? How?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My Twitter feed, or Facebook feed. I\u2019m not really one of those kind of people who instagram what record i\u2019m listening to, but i am in the early process of doing a podcast where i alphabetize my record collection. Lots of stories there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything you want to \u201cpromote\u201d?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New Spiral Stairs \u201cWe Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized\u201d out in March<\/a>. All PSOI and Spiral records have now been re-released digitally<\/a> as deluxe editions with b-sides and extra tracks included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSpiral Stairs: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spiral Stairs shares how they find and enjoy their music in a digital age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/spiral-stairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spiral Stairs: Interview - #HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spiral Stairs shares how they find and enjoy their music in a digital age.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/spiral-stairs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"#HowWeListen from Byta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T18:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spiral_stairs_hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spiral_stairs_hero.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BytaLtd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/spiral-stairs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/byta.com\/howwelisten\/interview\/spiral-stairs\/\",\"name\":\"Spiral Stairs: Interview - 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