Rodney Anonymous: “They’re Not Jokes To Me”

This is my interview with Rodney Anonymous, conducted by phone on 18 April 2018.

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Topics Include:

Running in panic mode, 7th Victim, Heærts Combine Comp, writing songs, shopping for records as a kid, Rodney Anonymous Tells You How To Live radio show, Youth Code, Rasputina, “Joe’s world makes more sense,” radio stories, the identity of The Milkmen and protecting the legacy, picking opening bands and meeting audiences, Rodney’s goth roots, other Milkmen tidbits, Rodney’s version of ‘Church’, clones of original ideas, gear talk, Dead Milkmen as a lesson of what not to do, a documentary about the Milkmen featuring people who hate The Milkmen, the record all the Milkmen owned, The King in Yellow, Soul Rotation, Stoney’s Extra Stout (Pig), getting back into writing Milkmen songs, reunion bands, who Pretty Music for Pretty People was originally about, “Don’t Go Outside And Never Talk To Anybody,” Welcome To The End of The World, Edgar Allen Twain & Chad Dalí, writing for Deadspin, Darkness on The Edge of Town, “Fly By Night.”