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La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti. A Brotherhood Built on Coffee (2020)
I.R.S. Records: Miles Copeland
Merge Records: Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan
- ▶ 23:32 Guy Raz And in Seattle, from what I understand, you guys actually went to the Sub Pop offices to meet with Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, who've been on the show before. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:26 Mac McCaughan For instance, like, we had just gone to see the Sub Pop offices, and just being able to make something of our own that was both like what Sub Pop would do, but not 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 31:01 Mac McCaughan In other words, like, when I thought of record labels, I thought of For AD, or Sub Pop, or Discord, or Teen Beat Records.
How I Built Resilience: Ethan Diamond of Bandcamp
- ▶ 8:57 Ethan Diamond Uh, so, um, Sub Pop, Merge, ATO, uh, Ninja Tune, Relapse, uh, just, uh,
La Colombe Coffee Roasters: Todd Carmichael and J.P. Iberti
Sub Pop Records: Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman
- ▶ 0:58 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how two rock and roll fans harnessed the raw energy of grunge in Seattle, and then sent it out to the world through the iconic record label, Sub Pop. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:15 Guy Raz Because he was the guy who was writing Sub Pop, and so he was an interesting person to bring on the show. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:06 Bruce Pavitt I did feel that Seattle had a unique vibe, and that the labels focus should be on Seattle, and I think John and I were on the same page there. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:44 Guy Raz To build Sub Pop, how, how did that happen?
- ▶ 28:09 Jonathan Poneman You wanted to be involved with sub-pop because of the artists that we were involved with, and of course we were the music industry. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:40 Guy Raz So it's the spring of 1988, and Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman have officially launched their record label, Sub Pop, in Seattle. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 41:55 Jonathan Poneman He's very quiet, very much flattered us, or flattered the label for its release of Screaming Life, which was a record that he really loved. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:10 Guy Raz I want to work with Sub Pop.
- ▶ 49:56 Bruce Pavitt He started playing that, and then he wrote a review in the London Observer, where he basically compared Sub Pop 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 55:32 Bruce Pavitt And both of these artists were just, they were outsider artists, and my point was, we're sub-pop. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:40 Guy Raz So it's the end of 1990, and for Sub Pop, history is basically repeating itself. 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:04:57 Bruce Pavitt Well, I think one of the things that made Sub Pop unique was that we were shameless in seeking any kind of media, and we had this kind of gentleman's agreement that we would never turn down any interview of any kind by any publication. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:08:43 Jonathan Poneman It was not done with SubPop, so the money went directly to Bruce and myself.
- ▶ 1:09:09 Guy Raz They want, they want you guys to bring in more, more talent under the sub-pop label. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:12:36 Jonathan Poneman You know, SubHop, during that time when we had the break, I was already burned out, but I felt we had done this deal with Warner, and I felt personally that I had made a commitment to 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:16:56 Guy Raz Bruce, you were, you were kind of on the sidelines, and you were out of the picture, and were you completely disengaged, or were you kind of following the tumult at Sub Pop from a distance? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:18:56 Guy Raz Those two bands, if I'm not mistaken, that kind of started to turn things around for Sub Pop. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:20:30 Bruce Pavitt Well, it, it kind of unfolded over a, over a period of time, but I think what really shifted things for me were attending these phenomenal anniversary parties, which I don't know if you've heard about these, but every five years, Sub Pop… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:23:57 Guy Raz Bruce, when you think about Sub Pop today, it's a Seattle brand. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:26:16 Guy Raz That's Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt, co-founders of the Sub Pop Records. 4 times in the scene