{"id":588,"date":"2016-06-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/?p=588"},"modified":"2016-11-09T04:35:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T09:35:53","slug":"department-of-tangents-podcast-ep7-comedian-steven-wright-and-music-from-robbie-fulks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/2016\/06\/01\/department-of-tangents-podcast-ep7-comedian-steven-wright-and-music-from-robbie-fulks\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Tangents Podcast Ep7 &#8211; Comedian Steven Wright and Music from Robbie Fulks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve interviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenwright.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Wright<\/a> for a couple of different publications over the years and always enjoyed the strange and wonderful twists in the conversation. He\u2019s one of the reasons this podcast and site exist as the Department of Tangents \u2013 some of the most fun I\u2019ve had is getting off topic with him. I sat down with him in a conference room at one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emerson.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emerson College<\/a>\u2018s offices in Boston, and we talked about comedy, music, poetry, and anything else that came to mind. Wright got a lot of the best laugh lines on <a href=\"https:\/\/louisck.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Louis CK<\/a>\u2018s independently filmed show Horace and Pete, and he\u2019s had a brilliant career in stand-up. And yet, it took a very long time for Wright to be okay standing in front of people telling jokes. That\u2019s part of where his deadpan delivery comes from. He would also like you to know that the universe is underrated.<\/p>\n<p>Stick around after the interview to hear \u201cAlabama At Night\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robbiefulks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robbie Fulks<\/a>, who will be on the podcast June 15, talking about his new album, Upland Stories, the inspiration he drew from journalist James Agee, and classic Universal horror films. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4409753\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/department-tangents-podcast\/id1093377146?mt=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"547\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/itunes\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/nickzaino.com\/departmentoftangents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/itunes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"itunes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Subscribe to the DoT Podcast on iTunes! 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