Gweek 084: Carrie Brownstein

This morning David and I spoke with with Carrie Brownstein: musician, writer, actor. She's a founding member of the bands Sleater-Kinney and Wild Flag, and the co-creator, co-writer, and co-star of Portlandia, the hit sketch comedy series on IFC, currently in its 3rd season.

Previously:

Portlandia: A Guide for Visitors

Portlandia: Artisanal popcorn

Portlandia just keeps getting better

Portlandia holiday preview video: "Vagina Pillows"

SPOILER ALERT: New Portlandia preview clip is called "Spoiler Alert"

(Image of Carrie Brownstein: Wildflag - SXSW Music 2011 - Austin, TX, a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike (2.0) image from kk's photostream)

(Thanks, Rachel Maguire!)

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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http://twitter.com/erikbe Erik Englund

Sleater-Kinney, but I believe it’s pronounced how you spelled it.

I am very excited to listen to this tonight!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones

Last weekend I “used up” my backlog of GWEEK, Make: Talk, and the new Cool Tools podcast, so this is welcome.

Especially because Brownstein is innit; I love Portlandia and think she’s as cute as a button and funny as hell.

I’ve been watching one episode a week via Netflix; soon I’ll be in wait mode, twiddling thumbs until Season Three shows up on the service.
http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

Hey remember how they did that “fake geek” PSA? Huh.
http://www.coffeemoon.eu coffeemoon

There is no such thing as a “Comic Book Industry”. Nor any other activity themed “industry” that doesn’t actually involve industrial processes.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  That’s interesting, but I’m not going to stop calling it that.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  You should totally check out the dictionary industry.
- http://www.peterbagge.com/ Buddy Bradley
  
  Why stop at forbidding “industry?” You shouldn”t call it a comic “book” unless it’s glued or sewn together with a proper spine.
  
  And “comic” is a synonym for “comedian” so we can’t use that word either in this context.
  
  I guess there’s no acceptable word to correctly describe this object.
http://www.peterbagge.com/ Buddy Bradley

Great interview. Portlandia is fun but it took Carrie away from the All Songs Considered podcast, and I miss hearing her there.