The Hot Half Life of Amber Valentine is... Well, I think it's going to be going in a different direction. Perhaps back to where it started. The Hot Half Life is just about to celebrate it's one year anniversary and as my friend Amber G. said while standing outside her work yesterday, smoking a cigarette "Did you ever think, when you started that, this would happen?"
Nope.
Not for a minute.
On a whim, I asked Kevin Devine if I could interview him. After that, interviewing became my specialty. Despite the fact that a mere two interviews have made their debuts on The Hot Half Life, I've got nearly one dozen confirmed for the next three weeks. But I don't believe a single one will appear here because, boys and girls, you are reading the blog of Radio Free Chicago's new contributor and interviewer!
You can read my first, introductory, post on Radio Free Chicago now - A quick hello and the top five acts I'm looking forward to at Pitchfork this year.
As for the Hot Half Life? Well, it's not dead. Everything that goes on in my brain that can't be housed at RFC will still have a home here - For instance, on Tuesday, I trekked from Chicago to Indianapolis to bond with recent Hot Half favorites Bad Veins at Radio Radio. It was a lovely experience and I certainly have a significant amount to say on seeing Bad Veins live - But as the show took place in Indianapolis (and I am the crazy type of girl who likes to drive 4 hours to drink bottles of locally brewed beer at venues I've never been to before with bands that'll be coming to my hometown in two weeks time), whatever I have to say can't be said on Radio Free Chicago. That's what the Hot Half Life is for!
And, honestly, I have novels to still say on the catalogs of Okkervil River, Kevin Devine and Elliott Smith.
At the very least, the Hot Half Life will always be good for a little Will Sheff worship.
But the interviews, the reviews... Keep an eye out daily on RFC for that!
Nope.
Not for a minute.
On a whim, I asked Kevin Devine if I could interview him. After that, interviewing became my specialty. Despite the fact that a mere two interviews have made their debuts on The Hot Half Life, I've got nearly one dozen confirmed for the next three weeks. But I don't believe a single one will appear here because, boys and girls, you are reading the blog of Radio Free Chicago's new contributor and interviewer!
You can read my first, introductory, post on Radio Free Chicago now - A quick hello and the top five acts I'm looking forward to at Pitchfork this year.
As for the Hot Half Life? Well, it's not dead. Everything that goes on in my brain that can't be housed at RFC will still have a home here - For instance, on Tuesday, I trekked from Chicago to Indianapolis to bond with recent Hot Half favorites Bad Veins at Radio Radio. It was a lovely experience and I certainly have a significant amount to say on seeing Bad Veins live - But as the show took place in Indianapolis (and I am the crazy type of girl who likes to drive 4 hours to drink bottles of locally brewed beer at venues I've never been to before with bands that'll be coming to my hometown in two weeks time), whatever I have to say can't be said on Radio Free Chicago. That's what the Hot Half Life is for!
And, honestly, I have novels to still say on the catalogs of Okkervil River, Kevin Devine and Elliott Smith.
At the very least, the Hot Half Life will always be good for a little Will Sheff worship.
But the interviews, the reviews... Keep an eye out daily on RFC for that!
