John Lurie's new live Internet radio show debuts tonight

Here are the details via the EVG inbox…

VICE announces the forthcoming VICE After Dark With John Lurie, to be live-streamed on VICE.com via YouTube, and hosted by musician, artist and cult icon John Lurie. The show marks VICE's first-ever live Internet radio show.

The mini-series will premiere tonight at 9 EST, with Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers as a special guest; with additional guest to be announced. Lurie will also provide his musings on a wide-range of subjects in the experimental 90-minute format, throughout which listeners will be invited to call-in and contribute to the show.

Listeners are invited to join the conversation with John Lurie at (347) 474-0415. The second episode will air on Nov. 19, with more episodes to follow.



For the last 12 years, Lurie has focused on painting. His works, which are viewable here, have been shown in galleries and museums around the world. Prior to painting, he produced, directed, and starred in the television series and cult hit "Fishing with John," now available on DVD through the Criterion Collection. Lurie also co-founded the jazz group the Lounge Lizards in 1978, and has composed the scores of more than 20 films. This is his first collaboration with VICE.

His acting credits include Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" from 1984…

John Lurie on East Village Radio Sunday

From the EV Grieve inbox...

Listen live to EastVillageRadio.com's Morricone Youth this Sunday, March 18, at 2 pm as Devon E. Levins welcomes musician, artist and actor John Lurie on a very special Lounge Lizards' edition of the soundtrack show.

Last time Mr. Lurie graced the EVR studios with his magnanimous presence was this past autumn for a two-part special in which the musician-turned-painter talked about his soundtrack work (check that out here and here). This time, the show will focus on the genre-blurring work of Lurie’s band, The Lounge Lizards. Expect to hear classic cuts and Lurie’s insights into the formation and legacy of one of the most interesting musical acts to emerge at a time when New York City was bursting at the seams with them.

Be sure to revisit the archives and listen to Lurie and Levins wax over hamburgers on how John got his first sax, played harmonica with Canned Heat in his late teens and was admonished by an 11-year old Scarlet Johannson for his soundtrack to "Manny & Lo" sounding too much like "Badlands."

And a little prepwork from 1981...