In Blank on Blank‘s latest animated video, PBS Digital Videos artists animate a 1988 interview Joe Smith did with David Bowie. In the interview, Bowie discusses his Ziggy Stardust persona (“half out of sci-fi rock and half out of the Japanese theater”) and recounts working with other artists like Lou Reed. Check it out.
Johnny Cash fans should check out our recent post on another Blank on Blank video animating a Johnny Cash interview. For more about the Bowie interview, head over to Rolling Stone. Leave your two cents in the comments.
PBS Digital Studios recently put together an animated version of a 1996 Johnny Cash interview for the Blank on Blank series. In the interview, Barney Hoskyns asks Cash questions like whether or not he could have been a preacher (“No.”). Cash also discusses his jaw pain and how he has to avoid painkillers, revealing all of it is something he just has to deal with: “I’m not brave at all.”
Of course, he also talks about his music, explaining how some of his greatest songs are extensions of himself. He notes how he and an audience interact: “That’s what performance is about, is sharing and communicating.” Check out the interesting 6-minute video.
The full audio of the interview is available for subscribers at RocksBackPages.com. Otherwise, if the video leaves you wanting more Cash, check out this recent post about his “new” album.
What is your favorite part of the interview? Leave your two cents in the comments.
In 1969, Jim Morrison of The Doors discussed how he gained weight when he started college in this interview with Howard Smith of the Village Voice. Check out where Morrison explains why “fat is beautiful.”
The PBS web series Blank on Blank made the above section of the Smith interview available recently. Patrick Smith did the cool animation.
Did you have a similar experience in college? Leave your two cents in the comments.
