S.W. Lauden

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Writer/Musician

S. W. Lauden is the editor of "Forbidden Beat: Perspectives on Punk Drumming." He is the coeditor of "Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop" and the sequel, "Go Further." His Greg Salem punk rock PI series includes "Bad Citizen Corporation," "Grizzly Season," and "Hang Time."

S5E241 - Fountains Of Wayne 'Welcome Interstate Managers' with S.W. Lauden
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Aug. 6, 2022

S5E241 - Fountains Of Wayne 'Welcome Interstate Managers' with S.W. Lauden

This week's guest, writer/drummer S.W. Lauden , first wrote about NY band Fountains Of Wayne in the book 'Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop' . During that time, he listened to their third - and breakout - album 'Welcome Interstate Managers' for months on repeat, and eventually formulated a theory that it's actually a sly, sophisticated Gen-X concept album. To be clear, this is solely HIS theory. Nonetheless, it lent itself to a really fun conversation, and the pure-pop mastery...
Guest: S.W. Lauden