I’d already had the pleasure of interviewing Christian Finnegan a few months back for an episode of Stand Up with Pete Dominick. Christian had just started a substack called New Music For Old. I really wanted Pete to promote it on his show.
Pete doesn’t feel at home talking about music. Actually, that’s a kindness on my part to say that he doesn’t enjoy it. It would be more accurate to say that watching Pete discuss music is a bit like watching a toddler frame a garden shed. Naturally, I offered my services.
Christian and I seemed to hit it off, of sorts. After our initial interview, we kept up an infrequent social media chat. As I tried to get this thing off of the ground, I realized how much of what Christian discusses in his new special Show Your Work, crosses over with some of the ideas I am thinking about over here.
Those larger themes have also crept into myriad appearances that Christian has made on Stand Up. He’s a regular guest over there most Fridays. It seemed worth reaching out to se if he might like to chat about some heavy, middle aged, creative/sensitive, white dude shit. He said simply, “Very cool”.
It’s a pretty damned great conversation, if I do say so myself. I hope you enjoy it. And no, it’s not all navel gazing.
You can learn more about Christian on his website and be sure to go right now and subscribe to his Substack newsletter New Music For Olds.
edit: No, this blog and podcast is not just a dark money creative outlet from the George Soros universe to prop up the career and podcast of Pete Dominick. We just wanna have smart, thoughtful and funny folks on. This particular Venn diagram was just the perfect place to kick this thing off.
Thanks to Pete, Christian and everyone from the Stand Up community who have been so supportive.
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