Guest DJ Project
Guest DJ Project
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KCRW's Guest DJ Project invites an array of cultural icons to share and discuss songs that have inspired and moved them with KCRW DJ's. Actors, authors, chefs, athletes, directors, tech entrepreneurs and more share their musical passions, giving deep insight into both their lives and their creative process. Check back each week for new sessions with notable guests in this ongoing exclusive feature.
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Michael Brand
Getty Museum Director Michael Brand admits that he sometimes has a stronger reaction to music than art. He dedicates a song to his family, highlights a couple standout artists from his native Australia, and shares musings on the balance of art and commerce that exists in both fields, using an unlikely duet as an example...
Ashley Force Hood
Funny-car drag racer Ashley Force Hood is the daughter of 14-time national champion John Force and the first female winner in her division. Her music choices rang from soundtrack scores and hard rock to country and adult contemporary. She chooses a track that exemplifies her high speed sport and surprises us with the song she listens to before she races...
Tim Robbins
Actor Tim Robbins has music in his blood. His father was part of a popular folk group and his song picks show how much music has defined his life. The Academy Award winner picks a song by a jazz legend that he can never hear enough of, a track about the realities of love and closes with a song about "infinite possibility."
Norman Lear
TV legend Normal Lear's heartfelt Guest DJ set covers love, war, family and friendship -- as well as the power of music and "how much it can work for good." Lear revolutionized television with comedy hits like All in the Family and The Jeffersons. Music is now his main focus as one of the owners of the Concord Music Group...
Fritz Haeg
Architect Fritz Haeg has applied his art in diverse and groundbreaking ways, including radical gardening. His choices include a baroque tribute to trees, a song about the sinister side of lawns, and track that suggests "a new way of thinking about the world." Fritz travels to universities and conferences around the world to discuss his work, including his edible estates and Sundown Salon.
Bobcat Goldthwait
Bobcat Goldthwait wanted to clear up one thing before introducing some of his favorite songs – contrary to what you might have heard, he is not dead...
Jimmy Gownley
Jimmy Gownley is the creator of the award-winning children's comic Amelia Rules!, which centers on the adventures of a whip-smart 4th grader. The author pinpoints two female artists that inspired his characters, praises the playfulness of a former Beatle, and challenges anyone who questions the greatness of R.E.M. to a fistfight...
Scarlett Johansson
Actress Scarlett Johansson reminisces about her musical passions starting with her toddler years, from a blue-eyed crooner that launched her ambitions as a singer to the California band she identified with as a secretive teenager, and a cinematic artist specializing in strange stories. Scarlett recently released an album with singer Pete Yorn on Rhino Records called The Break Up. She will also be appearing in Iron Man 2 which opens next year.
Jorja Fox
Actress Jorja Fox is perhaps best known for her work in the hit CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, as well as roles on ER and The West Wing, but her love of music is clearly a major part of her life. She chooses a wide range of tracks for her Guest DJ set – from big band and samba to folk and post-punk....
Scott Sternberg
Designer Scott Sternberg was a Hollywood agent before founding his fashion label Band of Outsiders in January 2004, so it's not surprising he has both a flair for the dramatic and a healthy sense of humor, whether it's a soundtrack score or a quirky love song off a seminal concept album. Band of Outsiders just debuted their Spring/Summer 2010 collection at New York Fashion Week.
Alex Skarsgard
Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard plays the powerful vampire Eric on HBO's series True Blood. His Guest DJ set was emotional and revealing as he chose to dedicate each of his five songs to people that play an important part in his life -- including his father, actor Stellan Skarsgard, a lost love and an old friend. True Blood's Season 2 finale airs September 13.
Davis Guggenheim
For his Guest DJ set, Academy-Award winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim chose artists who capture the experience of being a creative person and "what it means to put yourself out there in the world." He also selects an "under-appreciated" songwriter and favorites from Jack White and Jimmy Page, two of the stars of his new documentary, It Might Get Loud.
Charlyne Yi
Comedian and filmmaker Charlyne Yi's work is defined by her charming awkwardness and quirky behavior. Her song choices are as revealing as her comedy, from a movie score that inspires her to scream from the mountaintops to a sitcom soundtrack that never fails to make her smile...
David Sedaris
Author and This American Life contributor David Sedaris has a deep emotional connection with the music he listens to, often imagining himself in the role of the singer...
David Karp
From classical compositions of “Olympian serenity” to Italian baroque music and an intense rock track from the late ‘60s, “Fruit Detective” David Karp chooses songs that have inspired his work as a freelance writer and photographer specializing in fruit.
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