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705. – American Football

By How Long Gone

12:00 AM EDT on October 16, 2024

Note: this podcast contains explicit content.

Episode Info

  • Episode705
American Football is a legendary midwestern emo band. They're releasing a covers version of their record LP1 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. We spoke with Mike Kinsella about Will Ferrell at Equinox, a podcaster's negroni, a recap of the crazy emo fest they just played in Las Vegas, Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams, Urbana, Illinois might be the only place in America where you can get any work done, the process of buying the house from their much-memed album cover, Cap'n Jazz, wearing shorts on stage, the number of times he goes to the grocery store per week, when a fan wants to make your music about them, his philosophy on hoops, tennis, and loving sports in general, what he'd like to do for the third act of his life, zen and the art of chopping vegetables, and his thoughts on Malort, and Fernet, respectively. twitter.com/donetodeathtwitter.com/themjeanshowlonggone.cominstagram.com/americfootballtwitter.com/mybandowenLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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