JohnnyTemple

Plays bass guitar in Soulside, Fake Names, and Girls Against Boys.
Publisher of Akashic Books.

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RAPID FIRE!! @kathleenhanna answers 15 questions from @JohnnyTemple450 in 2 minutes: @Tees4Togo, #coffee, #weed, @theebikinikill, Donald Trump, and more!

https://t.co/Htfh33ZqXc

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Had a good time speaking with my friend @JohnnyTemple450 about all this stuff for @AkashicBooks

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Quarantine Q&A: Thurston Moore, Part II

@nowjazznow talks to @JohnnyTemple450 about the book he’s writing, the influence of poetry, and his early years in NYC.

Watch here: https://t.co/JZgziymjJW

@thesonicyouth | @LibraryPeace

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At 9:30AM (PST) @holdengraber is joined by musician and publisher @JohnnyTemple450. Johnny speaks on his punk roots and how @AkashicBooks approaches publishing differently from the major corporations in the industry. Tune in → https://t.co/0nW0sqBXrn

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My new interview is with best-selling author @JackieWoodson, in which she talks about masculinity, her new novel (Before the Ever After), and the song “Rapper’s Delight.”
https://t.co/S67NDKjyIw

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My interview this week is with 24-year-old guitar wizard Yasmin Williams, who talks about her new album, Fugazi, Octavia Butler, and creating music in troubled times.
https://t.co/GCbyx5FXC0

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Actor Bob Odenkirk interviews Arthur Nersesian about his new novel, The Five Books of (Robert) Moses, and reflects on the future of Better Call Saul.
https://t.co/BZEEqyxArt

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My interview this week is with @AbramskySasha, who exuberantly discusses his biography of the amazing Lottie Dod, the world’s first female sports superstar.
https://t.co/uEzcdRw1eT

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Where is God? A question for the great @MaazaMengiste.
https://t.co/uf1byR3qFr

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The incredible @MaazaMengiste talks to me about editing Addis Ababa Noir, joining BLM protests in Switzerland, and her early memories of the Ethiopian Revolution.
https://t.co/G3N4RPUq0E

[Girls Against Boys @gvsbnyc]

New Soulside material coming out on @dischordrecords

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This is an excellent clip of Kwame Dawes talking to me about Bob Marley’s challenge to so-called liberals and allies.
https://t.co/4kqGRXvTQw

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My interview this week is with the killer poet Kwame Dawes, who talks about his relentless imagination and the imperative of art in a fractured society.
https://t.co/hpNq1hnYDE

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Here's a fun interview my kid Abie did with the great Isaac Fitzgerald about bourbon, his new picture book (How to Be a Pirate), tattoos, and his cat Squid!
https://t.co/qABm0fzjSu

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The incomparable IAN F. SVENONIUS answers 15 questions of mine in 2 minutes: his new book, Russian history, Christmas in the Soviet Union, the Beatles, and more . . .
https://t.co/ZTv64NcFbt

[The Caribbean Translation Project @CaribTranslate]

“... So I wrote in the #Jamaican #language, I used the rhythms of #reggae music and the beat of the drum.” - Linton Kwesi Johnson @calabashfest #Caribbean #arts #artists

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Best-selling Haitian author Edwidge Danticat answers 12 of my questions in 90 seconds — Toni Morrison, Haiti/Brooklyn/Miami, political protests, and more....
https://t.co/sigUPvQWnT

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Actor/author Michael Imperioli answers 16 questions of mine in 77 seconds — Candide, The Sopranos, Spike Lee, Ricky Gervais, and more!
https://t.co/9Nxt9IaMiL