3 posts tagged “jason schwartzman”

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We’re on hiatus for a week during the pledge drive, but I’d like to highlight some guests who are big fans of the station. I can tell you a lot of them were wide-eyed as they walked down the hallways of our basement studios and many were happy to get lost in KCRW’s music library and didn’t want to leave. Here are just a few:

 “500 Days of Summer” and “G.I. Joe” star Joseph Gordon Levitt is an LA native and a longtime listener.

Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) returned with her teenage daughter a few days after taping her Guest DJ session to watch MGMT live in our studio

“Twilight” Director Catherine Hardwicke asked to be escorted into the membership department and renewed her membership on the spot!

Chef Sang Yoon heard many of the songs he chose right here on the station, including a track by local band Helen Stellar.

Actor Jason Schwartzman, who’s starring in the new HBO comedy series “Bored to Death,” was thrilled to sit down with Nic Harcourt and talk music. 

Comedian Andy Samberg apparently didn’t want to leave the station, he was having so much fun chatting about music with DJ Jason Eldredge.

See them all here

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New Guest DJ sets with Jason Schwartzman, Padma Lakshmi, Danny DeVito, Peter Berg, and Neil LaBute are up now.

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The Guest DJ Project invites actors, authors, chefs, athletes, directors, tech entrepreneurs and others to share their musical passions with a KCRW DJ. Guests are asked to choose five songs that have inspired them throughout their life – a herculean task for any music lover. However, our gracious guests have explored the soundtrack to their lives and opened their hearts to share confessional tales about their youth, the ups and downs of their careers, and more. All is revealed through their song choices.

If you missed them, check out last month’s guests -- Conan O’Brian, John Cusack,  Garth Jennings, Saffron Burrows, and Jason Reitman.

Coming up: world champion surfer Kelly Slater, comedian Janeane Garafalo, DIGG Founder Kevin Rose,  Director/Skater Stacy Peralta, actor Zach Braff, Comic artist Tim Sale, actress Famke Janssen, architect Thom Mayne, and skate legend Tony Hawk.

We also started a handy little newsletter so you will get a note every time a new set is posted. That way you don’t have to remember to check back because, really, there are way too many things to remember these days!

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We are launching a new feature today on KCRW.com that I hope you all will enjoy!

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Over the last few months we’ve had a bunch of cultural icons drop by to share and talk about the songs that have inspired them throughout their life and careers with our DJs.   

Guests include late night host Conan O’Brien, John Cusack, world champion surfer Kelly Slater, “Juno” Director Jason Reitman, award-winning playwright Neil Labute, “Top Chef” host and author Padma Lakshmi, Director and skate legend Stacy Peralta, DIGG Founder Kevin Rose, Danny Devito, Comic artist Tim Sale, actor Jason Schwartzman, actress Famke Janssen, host Carson Daly, Peter Berg, and many more.

We posted the first five Guest DJ sessions and will be posting 5 more each month HERE.