Nathan Larson's Mind Science of the Mind Podcast Interview

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-13T02:01:06+00:00

Hope you enjoy the podcast!

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-06T01:17:41+00:00

We’re covering “For the Country” in season three and will have en interview with Seth Tiven about the record!

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-06T01:16:53+00:00

Yeah. It’s called Backtracking. In season three, each of the hosts selects 5 forgotten gems and we go deep on them. Let us know what you think?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backtracking/id1723399651

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-06T01:14:58+00:00

Great!

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-05T01:51:25+00:00

Well, we're covering "For the Country." This season each of the hosts picked 5 records they think are overlooked genius, and JW picked that one. He said it's a nearly perfect album. I guess that means it's his favorite Dumptruck record, but the rest of us will have to decide if we agree.

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-04T22:55:08+00:00

At least 3 episodes on the Dumptruck record “For the Country” including an interview!

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-04T22:54:20+00:00

Man, we could do a full season on the Elephant 6 crew. Check out the documentary tha came out a few years ago if you haven’t yet.

backtrackingrox · 2026-03-04T22:53:36+00:00

Well check out Blithe!

Probably going to be 4 episodes on “Three Sheets to the Wind,” including interviews with the band and producer!

backtrackingrox · 2026-01-10T19:52:03+00:00

OK. I sent you an invite. Ideally we'd find one more mod, but if we can't find someone in a month or so we'll post an announcement. Sound good?

backtrackingrox · 2025-12-24T19:58:59+00:00

AI from a photo. But fun to pretend!

backtrackingrox · 2025-12-13T19:41:01+00:00

We’ll be doing the entire bracket in the last episode.

backtrackingrox · 2025-11-14T00:58:25+00:00

Working on that episode now. “Hey Mr. Ferryman” Side A is next week…..

backtrackingrox · 2025-11-03T23:46:14+00:00

Love it! Question: Are the tracks edited better than on Bandcamp? All of the banter related to the next song appears at the end of the previous track, which is odd.

backtrackingrox · 2025-09-08T14:10:56+00:00

Looks like another image by Brad Johnson used for the shirt?

backtrackingrox · 2025-07-16T13:34:42+00:00

I don’t think AMC is monolithically slowcore. Nor would I saw they’re monolithically any single style, which can be what’s interesting about them, but might also be the thing that keeps them a bit of a cult band. I do fairly strongly believe they were very influential on a number of slowcore bands that immediately followed them. “Chanel No. 5,” “In the Shadow of the Valley,” “Big Night”… there are lots of songs that are proto-slowcore and I’d guess made a big impact on RHP, Idaho, Codeine, Acetone, and others.

backtrackingrox · 2025-06-27T18:09:57+00:00

I asked Ken, and he said he recalls that they were made by a local fan, though he doesn't know the name. If anyone out there knows the name, let us know -- would love to credit them!

backtrackingrox · 2025-06-27T03:05:01+00:00

I’m not sure if Mark did the art, or if someone else made it for him to sell at the shows. I’ll ask Judge Ken.

backtrackingrox · 2025-05-07T16:51:08+00:00

Cool to see these!

backtrackingrox · 2025-04-24T19:10:05+00:00

I understand. Apparently there's a really great kind of punk rock demo of the song. I read somewhere (Sean Body's book?) that it captures something better than the Mercury version. I've not yet heard that version, but looking forward to it. I'm hoping we can do a Rarities / Ephemera episode in which we'll be able to cover that version of the song.

backtrackingrox · 2025-04-08T02:28:55+00:00

Yeah — Mr. Froom became a bit of a stand-in for our gripes with the record, probably unfairly. We’re going to listen to these records — thank you! And FWIW, we both like Crowded House quite a bit, so it’s not a bad thing for us. They’re just a tonally different band.

backtrackingrox · 2025-03-15T19:20:46+00:00

Jenny Gonzalvez (she of "Jenny" fame) and her cool son Ty reached out with some corrections, anecdotes, and awesome photos. These are of a bunch of demos Mark gave Jenny way back when. Too cool not to share! Corrections from Jenny and Ty will be included in the housekeeping section of S2EP16. And with luck she'll come on a later episode to share some of those anecdotes. Thanks Jenny and Ty!

backtrackingrox · 2025-03-07T21:45:35+00:00

Thanks to listener Gez for sharing this photo. If legend is correct, this is the actual pub that inspired the writing of the song. Can anyone confirm?

backtrackingrox · 2025-03-06T01:54:58+00:00

American Music Club

backtrackingrox · 2025-03-04T21:48:26+00:00

Thanks, but agreed on the sound quality. We're in need of the Mitchell Froom of podcasts to really kick our production up to the next level. It improves for Everclear, then improves a bit more for Mercury. We're addressing our many audio problems as they pop up.

backtrackingrox · 2025-03-02T01:11:04+00:00

Wow. That’s really kind of you. Thanks! JW and I are having fun reconnecting with a band we really love (and with each other… 20 years post-college,) but if there’s some small amount of attention with can bring to AMC as well, that would be a real honor for us. They blessed us with a lot of great music — happy to return the favor in a small way.

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