[smith] keb mowelcome. [keb mo] thank you, evan. [smith] good to be with you. [mo] its good to be here. [smith] may i say,i dont e ive had a twoapostrophe guest in 17 years . laughs time for everything, right . [mo] yes. [smith] for the record, its kevin moore. [mo] yes, thats my birth ne. [smith] birth name is kevin moore. [mo] Kevin Roosevelt moore. [sKevin Roosevelt moore. We have a former drummer of yours to thank for chris ning you or coining k, right . [mo] yes. [smith] tell that story. [mo] well, the was a band called the Billy Mitchell trio, and Quentin Dennard was the drummer in that band. They played at a club called the nucleus nuance in l. A. , durin the late 80s and 90s. They didnt have a guitar player because it was a jazz trio. So i would go in and play for free. My job was to play along with the band. It wasnt really a job, [smith] it was a gig. [mo] whener i felt like it. And i would play the blues. When it was blues time, i was on. So then, theyd go, keb mo, all right
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[smith] tommy orange, welcome. Orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. So, i love the book. I wanna talk all about tt book and talk all abu, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandit [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [sth] so Gertrude Stein mously said of oakland, theres no there there. And this is esponse, this is your rebuttal of Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wouldnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [smiry specific. [orange] and it was developed over. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there there. Shes just talking about r experience. And so peop
[smith] tommy orange, welcome. [tommy orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. Wanna talk all about the book and talk all about you, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandite . [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [smith] so Gertrude Stein famously said of oakland, theresere there. And this is your response, this is your rebuttal of Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wouldnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [smith] very specifi bec [orange] and itt talking abo was developed over. E. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there there. Shes just talking about her
[smith] tommy orange, welcome. [tommy orange] thank you for having me. [smith] thank you very much for being here. Sove the book. I wanna talk all about the book and talk all about you, but i wanna talk about the title of the book first. So i didnt actually get the reference until after that this is Gertrude Stein. [orange] mmhmm. [smith] right . Like you, an oaklander. Is that the right way to say it . Oaklandite . [orange] oaklander. [smith] oaklander. [orange] yeah. [smith] so Gertrude Steinndfamk theres no there there. And this iyour response, this is your rebuttal Gertrude Stein. [orange] and its also, i wodnt put so much of the weight on Gertrude Stein as more on people who have sort of misused that quote. Because she was just talking about her childhood home. [sth] very specific. [orange] and it was developed over. So in her everybodys autobiography, somebody asks her, why dont you write about oakland . There is no there. Shes just talking about her experience. And so people hav