Ted Leo interview

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Tito

Last night on ESPN radio, Bob Costas was attributed with claiming that you are either a Field of Dreams person or a Bull Durham person. I don’t know if that is the case, but I would be so bold to claim you’re either a Ted Leo fan or you’re not. Crazy talk? Perhaps. Regardless, in Issue 6 of Death and Taxes among other things, Ted Leo talks about what it’s like to be a progressive thinker in Times Like These ©

D+T: How do you think the conscientious artist is supposed to make a thoughtful and nuanced statement, when everything he or she cares for and values most is being so blatantly shat on? It’s hard to be thoughtful when absolutely no thought seems to be given in return.

TL: Well, that’s the daily struggle in every thinking person’s life. You know, the path is — for all the various triumphs — a series of mishaps, of missteps. All of the efforts that have led up to this very second, just this very second, can be made something positive, and so it’s impossible to see the entire course of history as something primarily negative. And therefore, very simply, that has to bode some sort of hope for the future.

Bonus points to Ted for closing with an “And Therefore”. Good read overall - with discussion about some of the new tracks off the upcoming album, Living With the Living.

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