I first heard about author Joe Hill via Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance. He was reading “Heart Shaped Box” and said it was really creepy (in a good way!). As soon as he said the words “It’s about a rock star who buys a ghost off the internet”, I was on the Powell’s website, buying my copy. It was definitely creepy, yet full of dark humor and lots of rock-n-roll references. I loved it! So, you can imagine how excited I was to get Joe’s new book, “Horns”, about a guy who falls asleep after a drunken night….only to wake up sportin’ a new set of horns…yes, on his head! Then people start confessing their deepest, ugliest secrets to him and he decides to use this new power to find a murderer.

Joe Hill is coming to Portland this Wednesday (March 3) for a reading/book signing at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside at 7:30pm. I had the chance to talk to Joe about his new book…..rock-n-roll….which of his dad’s (Stephen King) books made the best movies….etc! Hope you enjoy the chat below and I hope you can make to Powell’s Wednesday night!

Joe Hill talks about “Horns”….his KISS obsession….his dad, Stephen King…and more!
Joe Hill edit

If you think Dashboard Confessional’s music is just for angsty teens….or when you’ve just gone through a horrible breakup and you need a soundtrack for drowning your sorrows in ice cream….think again! Chris Carraba writes some of the most beautiful, mature love songs (like “Stolen” *sigh*) that you will ever hear. The band can also rock with the best of them….something you might not know unless you look past the stereotypes and actuall go to one of their shows. Lucky for you (all of us, really), Dashboard Confessional is in Portland tomorrow night and there’s still a handful of tickets available for their show at the Wonder Ballroom. Grab them and go! You won’t regret it.

The guys stopped by last fall, right before their new CD “Alter The Ending” came out and we had a GREAT chat. Chris is actually a VERY funny guy…..he even pokes a little fun at his sensitive, emo-guy image in the interview below. I hope

Dashboard Confessional talks about their Jake’s cheescake scam…..the most random place Chris has ever written a song….which of his songs get the most reaction from people….”Stolen”….”Hands Down”….and their fave new music discoveries!

dashboard confessional interview 1

Dashboard Confessional talks about the most ridiculous songs he has ever written….a Canadian guy in a thong who inspired a song…..Chris’ ex-girlfriend’s dad, who tried to run over him….the women who propose marriage all the time….and more!

dashboard confessional interview part 2

Dashboard Confessional talks about and plays their song “Belle Of The Boulevard”
dashboard confessional belle of the boulevard live

Josh Duhamel called in to talk about “When In Rome”, which opens today! I was warned to NOT ask anything about his personal life…..but, he was so cool, we ended up talking (a lot) about Fergie. *Warning* He kind of spoils the movie’s ending in the first clip below….BUT…if you didn’t figure out that in a movie like this, Josh Duhamel WILL get the girl….you probably don’t go out to very many movies.

Hopefully, we can get him in portland and in our studio one of these days. I definitely got the vibe that with more time (and perhaps an adult beverage or two), Josh would really do some talking.

You can see Josh on Ellen today….on The Grammy Awards Sunday….and in theaters in “When In rome”….he’s everywhere.

Josh talks about his new movie, “When In Rome”
josh duhamel on When In Rome

Josh talks about the Grammys…Black Eyed Peas….Lady Gaga
josh duhamel on grammys

Josh talks about when/if we’ll get a new solo CD from Fergie
josh duhamel on a second fergie solo cd

Josh talks about his anniversary surprise for Fergie and Valentine’s Day plans

Josh talks about his anniversary with Fergie and Valentines Day plans

Josh Duhamel talks about the best movie (besides his) that he has seen lately
josh talks about the best movie he has seen lately

Josh Duhamel talks about which he had more fun making: “When In Rome” or “Transformers”
josh duhamel talks about when in rome vs transformers

After chatting for 10 minutes this afternoon with Michael Buble, I can honestly say I can’t wait to see him when he comes to Portland. I love that you can ask him anything and he will be completely honest. We talked about how he met his fiance (and how she was convinced he was gay)…..his advice for Greg Oden (after dealing with the whole nude pics on the net thing himself a couple of years back)…..why he LOVES coming to Portland….and more! I’ll be posting more clips later today….but enjoy my faves below!

Michael talks about how he met his fiance….and why she thought he was gay:
michael buble on how he met his fiance

Michael on jealous guys that want to fight him:

michael buble on guys wanting to fight him

Michael talks about Greg Oden and how to survive the embarassment of naked pics of yourself on the web:

michael buble’s advice for greg oden

Michael Talks about American Idol & X-Factor:

michael buble on American Idol and X-Factor

Michael talks about SNL…Mad Men…Lost…and Dexter:

michael buble talks Mad Men, Dexter, Lost, and Saturday Night Live

Have you seen this A&E reality show, “The Jackson’s: A Family Dynasty”. The season finale is Sunday and I have to say thsi show is nothing like I imagined it would be. They are so……normal. In fact, if you have brothers, you may even recognize your family at times in this show.

Cameras followed Michael Jackson’s brothers as they prepared for a Jackson 5 reunion….and then, Michael Jackson died, which changed the whole direction of the show. Jermaine & Marlon called in to talk about the show & their memories of their brother, Michael. They also updated us on how Michael’s kids are doing…..and confirmed that there is a LOT of unreleased Michael Jackson music, music we may be able to hear someday.

Check out the clips below:

Jermaine & Marlon talk about how Michael’s kids are doing

marlon and jermaine jackson talk about how MJs family is doing

Jermaine & Marlon Jackson talk about their fave memories of Michael
jackson memories

Jermaine & Marlon talk about why everyone thinks their family is wierd

jacksons why do people think your family is wierd

Were there any moments they wished the cameras were not around?

jacksons did you ever wish the cameras weren’t there

Jermaine talks about Michael’s unreleased music

jacksons talk about michael’s unreleased music

Adam Lambert sat down with Fuse Tv for an interview that airs Monday night. In this clip, he talks about the famous Burning Man festival in the desert….where he first realized he was put on this planet “for our entertainment” Ha! Couldn’t resist the cheesy pun there. Check out the clip below!

Pat, Scott, & Jimmy from Train stopped by last week for a chat before they did a mini-concert for Buzz winners (You can see video in the Buzz-A-Vision section). We had fun talking about….”Hey Soul Sister” and how it was inspired by Burning Man, a naked-dancing-in-the-desert extravaganza that Pat has yet to visit…..Pat’s bratty Christmas tantrum when he was a kid…..what the guys find most beautiful about women….Pat’s big tv debut on CSI:NY (and what it was like to work with Kim Mardashian……and more! It was a fun chat. I hope you like it!

Pat talks about “the OTHER Pat Monahan” and being on CSI:NY
train talks about their show and CSI NY

The guys talk about “Hey Soul Sister” & Burning Man
train talks about hey soul sista

Train talks about their new CD, “Save Me San Francisco”
train talks about the new cd

Train talks about the Holidays (including Pat’s childhood Christmas tantrum)
train talks holidays

Haha….Just kidding. Mat did say that he had no idea who Kris was when he called him up to ask Mat to write songs with him for his debut CD. The two got together in Nashville and ended up having a good time writing was Mat says is a pretty cool song. Listen to Mat talk about the experience below:

mat kearney talks about kris allen

Mat also talked about his Halloween costume this year and his new song, “All I Have”, which he played for us as well. Listen below!

Mat Kearney talks Halloween and plays his new song All I Have

Soooo… I have this friend in South Carolina and he is in TROUBLE with Twilight fans. His name is Matt and he has a band called Eleventyseven. He is not a Twilight fan (but really, how many guys are?) I was talking to him earlier today and we were talking about Halloween and he told me about this song they just did about a geek who crashes a Halloween party dressed as Edward Cullen. It’s good cheesetacular fun (kinda like the Twilight movie). Check it out and let me know what you think.

Click the “MP3″ below to hear Matt & I talk about the Twilight movie and the song that has earned Matt’s band so much hate mail, “Flashlight”

11ty7 flashlight

American Idol winner, Kris Allen is working hard to finish his debut cd (due out Nov. 17). He just got back from London and took a few minutes to call in and talk about: writing with Chris Daughtry & Mat Kearney….the funniest thing that happened on the American Idols Live tour….a really nice British guy who helped him make his geeky Beatles fan dream come true….and more.

Enjoy!
KRIS ALLEN 10-6