Nobody's Ever Asked Me That: Stephin Merritt
About this episode
Nick Dawson interviews Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt about songwriting, creativity, and various personal anecdotes.
On the latest episode Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That, Nick Dawson talks with Magnetic Fields frontman, Stephin Merrit, who was recently (and rightly!) named by the New York Times as one of the 30 greatest living songwriters. In a sprightly, wide-ranging conversation, the two discuss such divergent topics as Brian Wilson’s warning about caffeine and creativity, falling asleep at the movies, the hilarious reason why Ang Lee has beef with his Westchester neighbors, Stephin’s hatred of biopics, his genius plan for a series of soporific audiobooks, dreaming Divine’s death years before it actually happened, and much more. Nobody’s Ever Asked Me That now has a Substack, so head there to check out all of our past episodes, plus subscribe to get access to exclusive audio and video content!
People in this episode
Host: Nick Dawson
Guest: Stephin Merritt
Topics covered
- songwriting
- creativity
- biopics
- audiobooks
- film
- music
Keywords
- Stephin Merritt
- Magnetic Fields
- songwriters
- creativity
- biopics
- audiobooks
- Brian Wilson
- Ang Lee
- Divine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times
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