Ep. 213: Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson on Dams of the West, Basketball, and the Future

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The Ringer's Juliet Litman sits down with Chris Tomson to talk about his new solo project, Dams of the West (2:10), recording in Nashville with Patrick Carney of the Black Keys (9:04), being an artist in today's social media spectrum (13:12), and his new video, "Death Wish" (19:12). Then, Tomson opens up about his Nets fandom (24:39) and the future of Vampire Weekend without Rostam Batmanglij (33:44). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Bill Simmons.
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0:32.1	Welcome to Channel 33.
0:41.6	I'm Juliet Littman.
0:42.6	This is a special podcast.
0:44.2	I'm joined in the earwolf New York studio with Christophe Sonson.
0:48.1	Welcome.
0:49.1	Hello.
0:50.1	Thank you for having me.
0:51.1	Can I call you CT?
0:52.1	You can.
0:53.1	Do people call you that?
0:54.1	A lot of people do.
0:55.1	Actually, that's one of the many ways that Vampire Weekend has infiltrated my real life, I
1:02.4	suppose, is that was not a nickname previous to Vampire Weekend?
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