Liz Glover at Wonkette filmed a great interview with Ted Leo at his Yom Kippur show with Against Me at the Black Cat. (h/t RockRichard)


The jealousy burns through my skin. Three years ago I interviewed Ted at Operation Ceasefire’s antiwar show on the mall with Le Tigre and Thievery Corporation. We talked about Crass among other topics. I talked about Crass with Ted Leo. At an antiwar show. Alas, the magazine I worked for at the time opted against running the piece that I wrote incorporating my interview, so I never got to show off my banter with Ted, but dude I learned the key to unlocking the Ted Leo charm is to mention how the critics gave him a raw deal on his first solo record, which has the virtue of being totally true. (Jesse Cannon, for one, knows.)