That’s How I Remember It is taking a break from hosting guests this week as we gear up for the final few episodes of Season 1. Instead, we are featuring this "Flash Episode," where I talk about the upcoming tour I’m doing with The Uptown Controllers in UK/Europe and North America. Listen up to hear some thoughts on all the dates, the support, the band, and the origin of the band name. Check out craigfinn.net for all the dates and tickets. We will return with an amazing guest next week as we push...
Aug 10, 2022•15 min
Emily Haines is my guest on this week’s That's How I Remember It . Emily is the lead singer and a songwriter in Canadian rock band Metric who have a 20 year career and recently released their powerful new record Formentera . She’s also released solo music as Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. We talked about writing love songs to friends, searching for a past version of NYC, working out your problems in a song, the '90s, the very many ways you can have your heart broken in modern times, being...
Aug 03, 2022•41 min
Allison Moorer is my guest on this week’s That’s How I Remember It , and it’s a great one. Allison is a wildly accomplished singer, songwriter, producer, and author. Beginning her recording career in 1997, she has released 10 albums. In 2019, she published her first memoir, Blood , about her early years and family. Earlier this year, she released her second book, I Dream He Talks to Me , as well as an EP of music she recorded with her son John Henry. We talked about all of this, as well as: memo...
Jul 27, 2022•39 min
John Darnielle is my guest on this week’s That’s How I Remember It . John has been making brilliant music as The Mountain Goats since 1991. Originally a solo lo-fi bedroom project, TMG has grown into a lush rock & roll juggernaut. John has also written four great novels, the most recent being Devil House , which we talked about here. We also talked about activated charcoal, local crime obsession, consciousness of sin, and whether the amazing new Mountain Goats record Bleed Out is their Age o...
Jul 20, 2022•57 min•Ep. 6
Nick Lowe is my guest on this week's That’s How I Remember It . I am thrilled to have one of the all-time great rock & roll songwriters and performers on the show. We talked about the lasting power of “Peace, Love & Understanding,” the way Brinsley Schwarz’s letdown at the Fillmore East may have eventually led to punk rock, touring with Thin Lizzy, “The Bloke” that visits him with songwriting ideas, and the sublime elegance of his later records. It was an incredible honor and joy to spen...
Jul 13, 2022•47 min•Ep. 5
My guest on this week's That's How I Remember It is Edward “Eddy” Kitsis, who has had a fantastic career as a writer and producer of TV and film. Alongside his partner Adam Horowitz, he has written for television shows like Lost , Popular , Felicity , and more. Eddy and Adam also created and produced Once Upon a Time , which ran for seven successful seasons on ABC, and wrote the screenplay for Tron: Legacy. More recently, Eddy and Adam worked with Steven Spielberg on Amazing Stories for Apple TV...
Jul 06, 2022•53 min•Ep. 4
Fred Armisen is this week’s guest on That’s How I Remember It . Fred has accomplished a ton in comedy, TV, and film as a cast member of SNL and creator of shows like Portlandia , Los Espookys, and more. But the story seems to start back when he was the drummer in the band Trenchmouth. We talked here about touring in the '90s, and how that banked a world of memories that he mined to help create his amazing TV series Portlandia . We also spoke about sense memories, early MTV, Tito Puente, the peri...
Jun 22, 2022•48 min•Ep. 3
On the second episode of That’s How I Remember It , I talked with Brian Koppelman. Alongside his partner David Levien, Brian has created the television shows Billions and Super Pumped, as well as written movies like Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen, Solitary Man, and more. We talked about his great memory for dialogue, the films that made him feel like he could be a writer, the way the language in poker rooms inspired his writing, how misheard lyrics can persevere, albums we both listened to on the da...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 2
For the first episode of That’s How I Remember It , I spoke to Patterson Hood, one of my all-time favorite songwriters. Patterson’s work with the Drive-By Truckers has examined life in the Southern USA and beyond, lyrically tearing down old monuments while constructing new ones to more worthy recipients. We talked about turning memories into mythology, honoring deceased friends, and how his classic song "18 Wheels of Love" might be built on a shaky foundation. We also reminisce a bit on the Driv...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 1
Hosted by Craig Finn, That’s How I Remember It is a podcast that examines the connection between memory and creativity.
May 30, 2022•2 min
