{"podcast":{"title":"Kreative Kontrol","slug":"kreative-kontrol-168418","podcast_index_feed_id":168418,"rss_url":"https://rss.acast.com/kreative-kontrol","website_url":"http://vishkhanna.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/620127d84925ed4ea3ec08aa/show-cover.jpg","author":"Vish Khanna","episode_count":1133,"summary":"Thoughtful, funny, heartfelt interviews and in-depth documentaries about musicians, authors, comedians, and other cultural creators. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:17:52.741677+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. #1090: Crooked Fingers","slug":"ep-1090-crooked-fingers","published_at":"2026-04-30T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418/ep-1090-crooked-fingers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418","url":"http://vishkhanna.com/2026/04/30/ep-1090-crooked-fingers/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/kreative-kontrol/e/69f2ea65c5dd1a1717265522/media.mp3","summary":"Eric Bachmann returns to discuss the wonderful new Crooked Fingers album, Swet Deth , his recent heart attack and an update on his health, the eerie nature of the lyrical themes and his son’s cover art for Swet Deth , working with featured guests like Sharon Van Etten and The National’s Matt Berninger, sentimentality and self-loathing, why this new album was almost two separate but similar records, the surprising story behind the sweet yet pointed song, “Spray Tan Speed Queen (In a German Car),” his current outlook on the future of Archers of Loaf, other future plans, and much more. EVERY OTHER COMPLETE KREATIVE KONTROL EPISODE IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO PATREON SUPPORTERS STARTING AT $6/MONTH. This one is fine, but if you haven’t already,  please subscribe now on Patreon  so you never miss full episodes. Thanks! Thanks to  the Bookshelf ,  Planet Bean Coffee , and  Grandad’s Donuts.   Support  Y.E.S.S. , Pride Centre of Edmonton , and Letters Charity . Follow  vish online . Related episodes/links: All Things Konsidered: The Beatles Anthology Ep. #1009: Superchunk Ep. #963: Destroyer Ep. #726: Archers of Loaf Ep. #481: David Berman Ep. #415: Eric Bachmann Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Eric Bachmann returns to discuss the wonderful new Crooked Fingers album, Swet Deth , his recent heart attack and an update on his health, the eerie natur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4882,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kreative-kontrol-168418/episodes/ep-1090-crooked-fingers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kreative-kontrol-168418/ep-1090-crooked-fingers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}