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Hutch Harris was born in New York City, raised in Silicon Valley and has resided in Portland, Oregon for the past twenty years.  Harris founded and was the lead singer/songwriter of the Thermals. He is currently working on his first solo LP. Follow Harris on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/instantanxiety" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://twitter.com/thethermals&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1539364798634000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoiS1M3sGWO60C3dnqFFla-DuGbw">here</a>.
(Photo Credit: Westin Glass)

Hutch Harris

Music

Bye, Bye Bernie: Opportunism, Loss and Socialist Distortion

AJ Haynes is the lead singer of the Seratones. Their latest album, Power, is out now.
(Photo credit: Chad Kamenshine)

AJ Haynes

Here’s What It’s Like to Perform for Chimps

What’s the Difference Between Standup and a Concert?

Val Loper plays bass for Bear Hands. He has a solo project called Rubbing Alcohol that will be releasing a new EP titled Stressful Jazz as soon as his friends finish mixing it. He lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend Abby. He can be found at <a href="https://twitter.com/RubbingValcohol" target="_blank">@rubbingvalcohol</a> on social media.

Val Loper

Sometimes Being a Successful Band Means Not Breaking Up

Elizabeth Le Fey, Globelamp, wrote The Orange Glow &#8220;as a reflection of the last year and a half and how I got out of it alive.” After a painful breakup and the death of her best friend, Maia Hisomoto, Globelamp followed the seductive but ultimately “fucked up” lure of the “orange glow” into a fairytale forest full of poisoned flora, predatory fauna and unspeakable, hair-raising mysteries. With a voice that can be either ethereal or savage, shimmery as California sunshine through the leaves of redwoods, or dark as a Washington rainstorm, but always haunting, Globelamp sings of loss, longing, survival and the enchantments of nature.
(Photo credit: Elva Lexa, Bio: Francesca Lia Block)

Elizabeth Le Fey

How Francesca Lia Block Made Me the Musician I Am

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Kenny Mellman plays keyboards and sings in the Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna’s newest band. They release their second record, Hit Reset, on July 8, 2016, and head out for tour on July 14, 2016. For seventeen years, he was the &#8220;Herb&#8221; half of Kiki and Herb. One of his favorite moments was being animated with Stephin Merritt to sing a song on Bob’s Burgers. He lives in Brooklyn.
(Photo credit: Tammy Shell)
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Kenny Mellman

Why Kenny Mellman Needed to Revive Kiki and Herb

Bass machine with Camera Obscura, DJ, gentleman, Whovian, thrift store manager, geek for music, geek for sci-fi, geek for sitcoms, Petrocelli of the home studio, expert in the art of procrastination, waistcoat-sporting aficionado of the pocket watch, longstanding supporter of the Harry Wraggs and King of Partick. You can follow Camera Obscura on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/camera_obscura_" target="_blank">here</a> and Patrick on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kingofpartick" target="_blank">here</a>.

Gavin Dunbar

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Being a Scottish Musician Post-Brexit

John P. Strohm is an entertainment lawyer and former professional musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. During his musician years he played guitar and wrote songs for Blake Babies and played various instruments in the Lemonheads, while he dabbled in various aspects of the music business. These days he has a much better understanding of the music business, although he still occasionally dabbles in music.

John Strohm

Music is My Hobby Now — and I’m Proud

Rjyan Kidwell, aka Cex, is often called the Jackie Robinson of Playing a Laptop on Stage at a Concert.&nbsp;His most recent album Shamaneater is available <a href="http://automationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shamaneater" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/cexmang" target="_blank">here</a>.
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Rjyan Kidwell

The Red Hot Chili Peppers Should Bring Back the Socks

Blissfulness is at the core of Wiseacre, the strikingly purifying sophomore record from Eric Slick. Wiseacre is a location, literally. It’s the place he married the light in his life, Natalie Prass, and titling the record after it is an attempt at bottling the euphoria of his wedding day. The record isn’t just about the joy that comes from a loving existence blossoming out of a new relationship, it’s also about the hard work that it takes to get to that place. The majority of his time has been behind a drum set, spending the last decade rounding out the industrious outfit Dr. Dog, and as of late, touring as a newlywed alongside his wife.
(Photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

Eric Slick

What Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Lithuania) Learned About Writing Lyrics from Steely Dan

Joe Dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. He got his start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and later directed the hit movie Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, for producer Steven Spielberg. His feature films include The Howling, Innerspace, Matinee, Small Soldiers, The ‘burbs, The Hole and the zom-com Burying the Ex. His TV directing work includes the HBO film The Second Civil War, the Masters of Horrors titles, episodes of Eerie, Indiana (which he helped create), CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0 and Salem.

Joe Dante

For Ben York Jones, it’s all about character. As a screenwriter, his feature writing credits include the 2011 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy, Breathe In and the forthcoming WWII drama Ashes in the Snow. As an actor he can be seen in the Emmy- and Cannes Lion-winning web series The Beauty Inside, the 2010 Sundance Competition film Douchebag, and the short film Safety. He currently lives in Los Angeles where he is picking cat hair off one of his many plain black T-shirts. (Photo by Tiffany Roohani)

Ben York Jones

Golden Globe winner Victor Levin has written for numerous TV shows, including Mad Men, The Larry Sanders Show, Dream On, and Mad About You, where he penned some of the show&#8217;s most memorable episodes and ran the show in its final two seasons. His screenwriting work includes Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Then She Found Me (co-written with Helen Hunt and Alice Arlen) and the U.S. remake of My Sassy Girl. His feature directorial, 5 to 7, a romance with comedy for grown-ups, opens on April 3 in New York and Los Angeles and then expands to other cities and countries.

Victor Levin

Film

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Anton Yelchin

Colin Meloy is the singer and songwriter for the band the Decemberists. He is the author of The Wildwood Chronicles, a series of illustrated novels for children. He lives in Portland, Oregon. He, despite what you may think, continues to slavishly adore Morrissey.
<a href="http://www.colinmeloy.com/" target="_blank">www.colinmeloy.com</a>
(photo credit: Autumn De Wilde)

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