I just listened to a wonderful interview with Kate Pierson from the B52s on Sound Opinions, which is a great weekly podcast from WBEZ Chicago. Occasionally people here ask about podcasts and I can recommend this one, it’s intelligent and even if you don’t necessarily like the people they’re talking about, the presenters are informed and interesting.

Anyway, I just LOVED Kate on this podcast – I always liked the B52s because they’re poppy and trashy and so on – and here she’s just so generous and nice. She’s promoting her solo album “Guitars and Microphones”, but of course she talks about the B52s, openly and honestly and in a familiar and friendly way. She’s lovely.

Also, for me personally, she says that the B52s were going to be called “Fellini’s Children” because they all loved the Fellini soundtracks composed by Nino Rota (even if she mispronounces his name). So that just nailed it for me.

Anyway, check it out. Any rabid B52s fans around this place???….

Also – her new album is a collaboration with SIA for fuck’s sake – how cool is this person?