Narratives and Power with Jamie Stewart (of Xiu Xiu)

[@rekocastren923]

Saw Xiu Xiu in Finland touring Fabulous Muscles. After I saw him sitting alone at the venue bar. He looked grumpy. Drunk me went to shook his hand and thank him for the amazing gig and their music. He looked surprised, gave me a firm handshake, a warm smile and a thank you back.

[@danolivier4899]

Man, Jamie is so cool. Always a great surprise when someone who makes crazy art is also smart and genuine.

[@charlielookerNYC]

That's a central theme of this whole channel :)

[@regulardog]

this was fun, thanks for tolerating my ass in the chat lol

[@charlielookerNYC]

you were great! glad to have your thoughts

[@Анастасия-т9н4ы]

I like that I can see how Jamie thinks, like he tries to find correct words

[@christopherbykowski9916]

Yeah Jamie is awesome! One of my favorite bands.

[@atuanoiniin]

Great interview. I see you like Marimekko. Greetings from Finland! :)

[@TheInundation]

31:00 he speaks of what he feels lyrically

[@thefunnytvmanofthenight1537]

So you’re just gonna casually gloss over the fact that apparently Jamie Stewart played with Prurient and Michael Gira? Just not gonna get into that at all? This is mind blowing to me

[@iridium9113]

​oh thank you!

[@drenmastr]

What is the name of the third author that are mentioned at about 50 min? Yukio Mishima, Dennis Cooper and..? J....?

[@user-jm4fd4cp2u]

Jean Genet

[@drenmastr]

@@user-jm4fd4cp2u DZIĘKUJĘ SŁOŃCE!!!! MWAH!

[@marcoc2449]

Ehi man, that was a great talk! As dumb as I am I can't understand who is that "edgy" singer you're talking about around minute 10, english is not my first language and I can't even get the title of the songs Jamie named. Can help? Thank you!

[@charlielookerNYC]

We were just talking about Morrissey. His recent anti-immigration comments, etc..

[@marcoc2449]

@@charlielookerNYC thanks!

[@dreamingeel8391]

nice one :)

[@ourbrotherthenative]

OMG MAKING MY DAY

[@charlielookerNYC]

He's the god

[@Bartholomew_Musgrave]

I enjoyed the conversation, but must say that it’s excruciating to hear Stewart squirm over Morrissey’s work when he has been quite happy to cite Peter Sotos as an influence. There is some very confused morality at play there. Much of Stewart’s attitude to the power dynamics of sex would be clarified by asking him about his relationship to Sotos.

[@hayleyserena5726]

The transphobia at the beginning nearly made me turn it off...

[@postearth9145]

Yeah. In the context of the bands charlie has been in (all of which I love) it felt xtra wack. Also they went on to be like "oh yeah i liked everyone on that tour... except for the ladies"

[@underscore2554]

What?

[@ididntsaythat]

Are you talking about how he addresses us (the viewers) as "you guys"?

[@ididntsaythat]

@@postearth9145 is Charlie "non-binary" or are you assigning that pronoun to him? His voice kinda comes off as gay to me, so when he said "except for the ladies" it made me think it was a joke referencing his preference for other dudes *shrug*

[@Gobbledi_Gook]

@@ididntsaythatin this interview he talks at length about his Finnish wife and also at one point explicitly says he’s never been queer or homosexual

[@Lee-uz1tz]

This was a great familiar vibe between you guys that opened up the thing in an efficient way. Thanks for doing this. (:

[@charlielookerNYC]

Thanks for listening Lee :)