I just added a new clip to the backmasking site. It is from Revolution 9 by The Beatles.
Backmasking on the Jim Richards Show
I just finished the Jim Richards Show interview. For those of you that just listened to the show please feel free to leave a comment here about what you think.
The Interviews Keep Coming!
Not only do the interview requests keep coming, they keep getting bigger and better! Large media groups seem to be sensitive about getting “scooped” so instead of writing directly about who it is, I’ll just say the attention has been wonderful. I hope I can find an internship from all this hype. (The one I’m doing tomorrow will be on a show that averages 2 million listeners a week).
Update: The interview I’m doing tomorrow is going to take place in a recording studio, but I’m doing another one tonight over the phone on CFRB Toronto (listen now) at 6:35pm (mst), it’s Canada’s largest NewsTalk station.
National Public Radio Interview
Today I was one of the guests on Soundcheck on 93.9 WNYC (New York affiliate for the NPR). They were talking about the inventor of LSD turning 100 and how LSD has influenced music and 60s pop culture. The other guests included Dr. Marlene Dobkin de Rios co-author of “LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process”, and David Frick, senior editor at Rolling Stone Magazine.
I finished off the show talking a little bit about backmasking. I had a good time, but never really got to talk about the things I had planned. He wanted to know what I thought about the connection with LSD and backmasking—which might be a great question but it was too bad for me because I have no idea. Overall though it was a great experience. I’ve always wanted to be on the NPR; now I have been.
Radio Interviews
This morning I was on the Jonathon Brand show in Chicago and as well the The Bob Rivers Show, Seattle’s top-rated morning radio show. This afternoon I’ll be on the New York affiliate of NPR (National Public Radio). I was going to be on the local rock station but I guess I missed them because I had to go to work. Anyway I’ve got a couple more interviews lined up for this week and another one next weekend.
I’ve been keeping a running list of all the media.
CTV News
I just watched the CTV newscast I was interviewed for this morning. I’ve been getting a lot of friends contacting me to congratulate me on all the publicity, so thanks everyone.
Here’s a link to the backmasking. I know that’s what you’re here for.
Tonight on TV — Me!
This evening on the news I will be on Global (local to Lethbridge) at 6:00pm and as well on the CTV news. I think that it will air at 5:00 and if it goes to Calgary again at 6:00. If it goes nationally it will be on all evening rotating with all today’s top stories. CRAZY!
The radio interviews in the states are coming in fast too. I have been asked for an interview with an NPR affiliate, and as well a pretty big radio station in Seattle wants to interview me as well. I’ll be doing a morning show interview tomorrow for a station in Chicago and to top things off Fraser and Rosie’s Big Breakfast show (a local rock station in Lethbridge).
Here is a clip of the backmasking article from the Lethbridge Herald. The story also made the cover of the Calgary Herald.
My 15 Minutes of Fame
I woke up pretty early this morning when a radio station from Illinois called me at 6:25am to ask if I’d do an interview on the air this morning. All the attention has been great!
Other than the Illinois radio interview, today I’m going to be on Global, City TV, and CTV Lethbridge. Yesterday I was interviewed live on an ABC News radio affiliate in Seattle, and pre-recorded for The Michael Smerconish Program on 1210AM WPHT in Philadelphia…a 50,000 Watt CBS Affiliate (I’m told 50,000 Watts is huge). I was also interviewed live on the CBC’s Wild Rose Country with Donna McElligott.
The newspapers that interviewed me include the Lethbridge Herald, the Calgary Herald, and the Ottawa Citizen. I understand the Medicine Hat News, The Arizona Republic, and the Globe & Mail might also be running stories related to my site.
Who knows I may even get more calls today.
See my backmasking page.
Many Interviews
I’ve had such a great day giving interviews. I did three radio interviews and three newspaper interviews. I’m going to be doing three television interviews tomorrow morning. This will go down as one of my favorite days ever.
Wall Street Journal Article Published Tomorrow
The article in the Wall Street Journal about backmasking that I was interviewed for is going to be published tomorrow. I’m pretty excited to see it. I had my photo taken by Bob Cooney (he’s in charge of media relations at the University of Lethbridge) and he is pretty excited for me. He wants to do a story for the Legend (the official University paper), and figures that the Lethbridge Herald and the Medicine Hat news will each also want to do stories.
He described getting into the Wall Street Journal as being like the Oscars of getting into the news. He was also pretty excited to be getting a photo credit for the photo he was taking. It will be interesting to monitor the stats on my site tomorrow and see if there is a big influx of visitors.
From the teaser exerpt of the article (it’s already online):
Playing songs backwards — a popular pastime from the days of turntables — went out of fashion when CDs arrived. But now it’s enjoying a new cult following thanks to Web sites and software that do the trick.
In case you have no idea what I’m talking about, check out my backmasking page.
Update: Here is the Wall Street Journal’s archive of the story.