{"podcast":{"title":"Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer","slug":"tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262","podcast_index_feed_id":3168262,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/tourstories/","website_url":"https://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/efecf97e-d290-4584-99fc-cc189095006b/Pod-Tile.jpg","author":"Ruinous Media","episode_count":334,"summary":"Joe Plummer and friends share their stories from life on the road. We hear funny, sad and sometimes scary tales from musicians, comedians and writers. He's also \"Checks-In\" with artists to hear new music, find out what they've been up to and whats next on the creative docket. Have a tour story? Want to get in touch with Joe? Send a message to hello@ruinousmedia.com. Tour Stories is produced by Ruinous Media. http://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:23:30.096546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262"},"episode":{"title":"The Check-In with Nick Thorburn-The Creem-Pear Shape","slug":"the-check-in-with-nick-thorburn-the-creem-pear-shape","published_at":"2026-05-08T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/the-check-in-with-nick-thorburn-the-creem-pear-shape","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262","url":"https://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/5865ed7f-d252-43db-bc48-9e1bb2528730.mp3","summary":"Nick Thorburn is the singer and founding member The Creem, a new collaborative project with Ratatat’s guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Stroud. Their debut release The Taste of Cherry is due June 5th, with two irresistible singles Goodbye and Taste of Cherry available now. After a quick catch up from the Mister Heavenly bandmates, Nick shares the slow blossoming story behind The Creem and how it finally came to fruition. The two discuss the 70’s FM sound, how those artists we’re celebrating the Beatles in a new way and why The Creem is its own elaboration of that era. Nick tells us why starting a new band is still fun and how collaborations give him new freedoms and push him to build new skills. He shares his experience of making the new record with guitar wizard Mike Stroud, how they divvied up duties and what role the Catskills may have played on the overall vibration of the record. Finally, some breaking news, Nick tells us about his new book Pear Shape (out June 16th via Fantagrafics), shares some of the titillating themes and how it’s fruitily related to The Creem. The Creem Fantagraphics Tour Stories would like to welcome our newest sponsor Kuma Coffee. Kuma Coffee is a 100% Independently owned roasting company right here in Seattle since 2008. Kuma is a 5-person team, roasting over 100,000lbs of exclusively high scoring coffee each year. They source their coffees direct from origin and pay well over fair trade pricing to farmers. This guarantees the highest quality, while supporting rural farming communities throughout the Global South They also just launched an instant coffee… (Joe’s favorite instant) Find everything Kuma at Kumacoffee.com Episode supported by our friends Izotope This episode is produced with Ozone 12, the newest from Izotope. Head over…","meta_description":"Nick Thorburn is the singer and founding member The Creem, a new collaborative project with Ratatat’s guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Stroud. The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2354,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/episodes/the-check-in-with-nick-thorburn-the-creem-pear-shape/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/the-check-in-with-nick-thorburn-the-creem-pear-shape.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}