PEL Presents NEM#191: Chris Slusarenko and John Moen As (And Before) Eyelids
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
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🗓️ 10 March 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Chris and John are veterans of the Portland music scene since the mid '80s. By the '00s, John was drumming for bands like the Decembrists, while Chris was playing bass for Guided by Voices. They recorded together as Boston Spaceships (aka The Takeovers) with GBV frontman Robert Pollard from 2005-2011 and then founded Eyelids, which has now issued 17 releases including four full albums.
We discuss "Runaway, Yeah" from A Colossal Waste of Light (2023), "Seagulls Into Submission" from 854 (2014), "Shrunken Head" by Chris' band Svelt from Souvenir (1996), and we listen to "Blindfold Follies" by John's band The Maroons from You’re Gonna Ruin Everything (2002) and "Ceremony" by Eyelids from The Accidental Falls (2019). Intro: "My Will" by The Takeovers from Bad Football (2007). For more, see musicofeyelids.com.
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| 0:00.0 | We're listening to make it the examiner music, the podcast about songs and songwriters. |
| 0:12.1 | My name is Mark Linton-Mire. |
| 0:13.6 | My guests for episode 191 are Chris Sussirenko and John Moan. |
| 0:19.1 | They currently perform together in the band I-Lids. |
| 0:22.6 | They each have long separate histories in the Portland music scene. |
| 0:26.2 | Chris started off as a bass player. |
| 0:28.1 | John started off as a drummer and is actually still the drummer for the Decemberists. |
| 0:32.4 | But in this project they both sing lead, songwriters and play guitar, along with a third guitarist |
| 0:38.2 | Jonathan Drews. |
| 0:39.7 | Before I-Lids they were working with Robert Pollard from Guided By Voices. |
| 0:44.9 | Chris was actually a member of Guided By Voices for one album before it broke up. |
| 0:48.9 | And as we'll discuss in a minute, both of them joined Robert in a recording project called |
| 0:54.0 | Initially The Takeovers. |
| 0:55.8 | Right now you're listening to a song called My Will from their first album Bad Football |
| 1:00.1 | from 2007. |
| 1:01.1 | Then that project changed its name to Boston Spaceships for several albums. |
| 1:06.1 | And when that broke up around 2011, I-Lids was formed. |
| 1:09.0 | We're going to be discussing Run Away Yeah from I-Lids New album A Colossal Waste of Light. |
| 1:14.7 | Then looking back to the first I-Lids album Seagulls Into Submission from 854. |
| 1:19.4 | That's from 2014. |
| 1:21.8 | Then we'll spend a little time with their pre-I-Lids work. |
| 1:24.5 | We'll look at Strunk In Head from Chris's band Svelte from their one album Souvenir, 1996. |
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