{"id":1307,"date":"2009-09-26T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T17:42:49","slug":"michael-butler-vs-nardwuar-rock-and-roll-geek-show-372","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/michael-butler-vs-nardwuar-rock-and-roll-geek-show-372\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Butler vs. Nardwuar &#8211; Rock and Roll Geek Show 372"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this show I interview Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Nardwuar hosts a radio show on CITR radio in Vancouver, Canada and is a great interviewer and rock historian.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nardwuar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Narwuar Website <\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002LHCKX0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=therockandr0c-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002LHCKX0\">Purchase The Evaporators\/Andrew W.K. split on Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ; margin: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=therockandr0c-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002LHCKX0\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/strong>n<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nardwuar?_fb_noscript=1\" target=\"_blank\">Nardwuar Facebook<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nardwuar\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Nardwuar on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rnrgeek\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Butler on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.match.com\/geek\" target=\"_blank\">Save 25%<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/?page_id=1285\" target=\"_blank\">Match.com <\/a>by going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.match.com\/geek\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.match.com\/geek<\/a> Find the love of your life at Match.com. Or just get laid. Either way, it is money well spent my friends <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Save money on Athletic shoes at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/?page_id=1214\" target=\"_blank\">Eastbay.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/offers.mevio.com\/offer\/381\" target=\"_blank\">20% off any order of $75 or more<br \/>Use the Code &#8211; AFBUTLER<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/offers.mevio.com\/offer\/380\" target=\"_blank\">15% off any order<br \/>Use The Code &#8211; AFBUTL15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About Nardwuar The Human Serviette:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nardwuar the Human Serviette<\/strong> (born <strong>John Ruskin<\/strong>, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vancouver,_British_Columbia\" title=\"Vancouver, British Columbia\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Vancouver, British Columbia<\/a>, Canada.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-ward-0\"><span>[<\/span>1<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> He is the lead singer and keyboardist for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Evaporators\" title=\"The Evaporators\">The Evaporators<\/a> and plays in Thee Goblins. He is an indie-rock expert. <sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-1\"><span>[<\/span>2<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>He legally changed his name in 1986, and argues that &#8220;no one refers to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iggy_Pop\" title=\"Iggy Pop\">Iggy Pop<\/a> as &#8216;James Osterberg'&#8221;. When asked to explain his name, Nardwuar once quipped &#8220;<em>Nardwuar<\/em> equals dumb silly name, like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sting_%28musician%29\" title=\"Sting (musician)\">Sting<\/a>; <em>Human<\/em> means human, as in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Human_Fly\" title=\"Human Fly\">Human Fly<\/a>; and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serviette\" title=\"Serviette\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Serviette<\/a><\/em> is something you can&#8217;t get in the U.S. because down there they&#8217;re called <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napkin\" title=\"Napkin\">napkins<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nardwuar&#8217;s interviews are frequently shown on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MuchMusic\" title=\"MuchMusic\">MuchMusic<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Going_Coastal\" title=\"Going Coastal\">Going Coastal<\/a>, or printed in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chart_%28magazine%29\" title=\"Chart (magazine)\">Chart<\/a><\/em>. Nardwuar&#8217;s favourite targets appear to be musical celebrities, but he&#8217;ll interview almost anyone famous.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>His interview style can be quite grating and confusing to those whonhave had no prior experience with him. A typical interview will beginnwith &#8220;Who are you?&#8221;, followed by &#8220;From?&#8221; if the subject doesn&#8217;tnvolunteer his affiliations. The interview will always end with &#8220;Keep onnrockin&#8217; in the free world&#8221;, and the &#8220;doot doola doot doo&#8230;&#8221; of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shave_and_a_Haircut\" title=\"Shave and a Haircut\">Shave and a Haircut<\/a>&#8220;,nto which the interviewee must respond with the final &#8220;doot doo!&#8221; beforenNardwuar will let them go. A somewhat common reply by edgy rock starsnsuch as Courtney Love has been &#8220;Fuck you!&#8221;<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>Due to his upfront and esoteric style he has been attacked verbally, physically threatened, and intimidated by people such as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sebastian_Bach\" title=\"Sebastian Bach\">Sebastian Bach<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skid_Row_%28heavy_metal_band%29\" title=\"Skid Row (heavy metal band)\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Skid Row<\/a> (who stole Nardwuar&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tuque\" title=\"Tuque\">tuque<\/a>); the band <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quiet_Riot\" title=\"Quiet Riot\">Quiet Riot<\/a> (who chased Nardwuar and crew down the street); and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dave_Rowntree\" title=\"Dave Rowntree\">Dave Rowntree<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blur_%28band%29\" title=\"Blur (band)\">Blur<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alice_Cooper\" title=\"Alice Cooper\">Alice Cooper<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harlan_Ellison\" title=\"Harlan Ellison\">Harlan Ellison<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beck\" title=\"Beck\">Beck<\/a> and others have hung up on him.<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-dafoe-5\"><span>[<\/span>6<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snoop_Dogg\" title=\"Snoop Dogg\">Snoop Dogg<\/a> has repeatedly stolen various items from Nardwuar, including a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redd_Foxx\" title=\"Redd Foxx\">Redd Foxx<\/a> doll and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Pryor\" title=\"Richard Pryor\">Richard Pryor<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blowfly_%28artist%29\" title=\"Blowfly (artist)\">Blowfly<\/a> records<sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-wesley_j_ramos-6\"><span>[<\/span>7<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> , although Snoop claims to be &#8216;taking&#8217; the objects in question rather than stealing them. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Fehn\" title=\"Chris Fehn\">Chris Fehn<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slipknot_%28band%29\" title=\"Slipknot (band)\">Slipknot<\/a> wouldn&#8217;t talk during an interview and left during the interview after having enough of Nardwuar.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>Nardwuar&#8217;s unorthodox approach often ends up in bizarre scenarios. He once received <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemmy\" title=\"Lemmy\">Lemmy<\/a>&#8216;snanswering machine message when Lemmy was not made aware of theninterview time by his publicist. Guerrilla journalism or not,nNardwuar&#8217;s style is very much based on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taking_the_piss\" title=\"Taking the piss\">taking the piss<\/a> out of his subject. Some of his subjects recognise it and successfully manage to reverse the scenario on him, especially <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iggy_Pop\" title=\"Iggy Pop\">Iggy Pop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cross\" title=\"David Cross\">David Cross<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic\" title=\"&quot;Weird Al&quot; Yankovic\">&#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic<\/a>. Some misinterpret his hijinks as intentionally disrespectful, particularly <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Rollins\" title=\"Henry Rollins\">Henry Rollins<\/a> and pornographer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Goldstein\" title=\"Al Goldstein\">Al Goldstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>More often the experience confuses the celebrities. Members of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GWAR\" title=\"GWAR\" class=\"mw-redirect\">GWAR<\/a> tried not to laugh while in character. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jello_Biafra\" title=\"Jello Biafra\">Jello Biafra<\/a>nwas impressed with his guerrilla interview style, but became noticeablynangered in a 2000 interview when Nardwuar began to cajole Biafra aboutnBiafra&#8217;s lawsuit against former <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_Kennedys\" title=\"Dead Kennedys\">Dead Kennedys<\/a> band mates <sup class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette#cite_note-7\"><span>[<\/span>8<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>. Others who have appreciated Nardwuar&#8217;s interview include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana_%28band%29\" title=\"Nirvana (band)\">Nirvana<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kelly_Rowland\" title=\"Kelly Rowland\">Kelly Rowland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marilyn_Manson_%28person%29\" title=\"Marilyn Manson (person)\" class=\"mw-redirect\">Marilyn Manson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franz_Ferdinand_%28band%29\" title=\"Franz Ferdinand (band)\">Franz Ferdinand<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Jeremy\" title=\"Ron Jeremy\">Ron Jeremy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/N.E.R.D.\" title=\"N.E.R.D.\" class=\"mw-redirect\">N.E.R.D.<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Moore\" title=\"Michael Moore\">Michael Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>n<\/p>\n<p>Nardwuar does extensive research on the interviewee to confuse,nscare or impress them; often bringing up minutia about band members&#8217;npasts that they have a hard time recalling, until he coaches themnalong. Frequently, he will also attempt to make connections, no matternhow obscure, between the person or subject at question and Canada. Antribute to his research skills, while interviewing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josh_Homme\" title=\"Josh Homme\">Josh Homme<\/a>, he produced a grade school class photo of Homme mid-interview, who remained blas\u00e9 yet clearly impressed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/ef69c879-daa8-460c-9a22-b465d390c0ff\/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=ef69c879-daa8-460c-9a22-b465d390c0ff\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"\/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9510\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1307-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/m.podshow.com\/media\/81\/episodes\/183290\/rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/m.podshow.com\/media\/81\/episodes\/183290\/rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3\">http:\/\/m.podshow.com\/media\/81\/episodes\/183290\/rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/m.podshow.com\/media\/81\/episodes\/183290\/rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/?powerpress_pinw=1307-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/m.podshow.com\/media\/81\/episodes\/183290\/rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"rockandrollgeek-183290-09-26-2009.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rock-and-roll-geek-show\/id77509356?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanheartbreak.com%2Frnrgeekwp%2F%3Fp%3D1307\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanheartbreak.com\/rnrgeekwp\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this show I interview Nardwuar the Human Serviette. 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