In a new Q&A for BOMB Magazine that’s been made available online for a limited time, Joanna Newsom and folk veteran Roy Harper delve deep into a range of topics, including fashion, the progression of Newsom’s 3-LP discography (“Do you miss the immediacy of your earlier work, such as The Milk-Eyed Mender?”), songwriting (of course), and the “surging pervasiveness of the Internet” on the music industry/art in general. That last topic elicits a particularly colorful exchange which leads to this imaginative quote from Newsom:
“You never know, one of these days those churchwardens of the analog apocalypse might mutate into postapocalyptic holy warriors, chucking Edison wax cylinders stuffed with improvised aural incendiaries over the parameters of the iTunes bunker.”
It’s a fascinating conversation between the former Royal Albert Hall-performing pair, so you might want to read the digital version here before analog mutant warriors get a hold of it.
(Photo via Roy Harper)