THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 5 – CRAIG WEDREN

“And so, the end is near …” (sigh)

Today is the last day of Gothamist Interviews by yours truly. Now just in case there has been any confusion this week, I was not being interviewed by Gothamist. Rather, I wrote up a bunch of interviews I conducted (mostly via email) with all these people. (And I didn’t do it alone — my friend Lily worked on all the questions and wrote or edited all the published pieces with me.)

Anyway, I hope you’ve been reading, and I hope you’ve enjoyed them. We had a lot of fun doing them. Will we/I do any more? Who knows? What I can tell you is that we saved the best for last. And by the way, if you have the chance and feel the urge, I’d love to hear what you thought of the interviews. Feel free to email, IM or comment here. What did you like? What didn’t you like? Did you have a favorite interview? Question? Whatever?

If you don’t know who Craig Wedren is, you should, and not just because I happened to mention him on this blog yesterday. A fabulous musician who used to front the fantastic band Shutter to Think, Craig’s new band BABY just released his first album, and he continues his progress to becoming the indie rock and film version of Danny Elfman, i.e., a musician who does it all — a rock singer/songwriter who also becomes a prolific film composer. I actually met Craig for the first time almost 8 years ago when I first moved to New York. I came here knowing virtually nobody. Some friends of a friend of mine from LA basically took me in socially, and they were friends with Craig. While Craig definitely has a rock star persona and demeanor, he doesn’t have a rock star attitude, and I think this is evident in his interview. I’m not going to pretend that I’m closer to him than a distant and mild acquaintence, but he has always been very nice and friendly to me.

So head over to Gothamist and give Craig’s interview a read. And make sure to go all the way to the end. His response to our “8 Million Stories” question is absolutely priceless.