Podcast appearances and mentions of dan konopka

Interview by Kris PetersSince their inception, OK Go has been something more than a band and something different from an art project.With a career that includes award-winning videos, New York Times op-eds, collaborations with pioneering dance companies, tech giants, NASA, animators and Muppets, and an experiment that encoded their music on actual strands of DNA, OK Go continue to fearlessly dream and build new worlds in a time when creative boundaries have all but dissolved.Formed as a quartet in Chicago in 1998 and relocated to Los Angeles three years later, OK Go (Damian Kulash, Timothy Nordwind, Dan Konopka, Andy Ross) have spent their career in a steady state of transformation and continue to add to a curriculum vitae filled with experimentation in a variety of mediums. Their work is in the permanent collection of MoMA, and their achievements have been recognized with twenty-one Cannes Lions, twelve CLIOs, three VMAS, two Webbys, The Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, and a Grammy. The band has also partnered with the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas to create OK Go Sandbox, an educational non-profit that provides free resources to teachers that use OK Go's videos as starting points to teach STEAM concepts.The band last week released their first album in over a decade, And The Adjacent Possible, with Kulash stopping by HEAVY HQ for a chat."It's been fantastic," he smiled when we ask how the early reception has been for And The Adjacent Possible. "It's wonderful to get the music into people's brains. It's swimming around there in the ether somewhere, and when you pull it out… you don't write the songs. You find them. You define them from the world, then work so hard to get them into shape. You can share them with people, but then there's this arduous period where you do the business stuff, and I'm just so happy that it's finally out and people can listen to it and feel the emotion. The only point of music is that sense of human connection, and it's so wonderful to be getting real reactions from real humans now."We ask Damian to dive deeper into the album musically."It feels like this is the first time that we weren't going for anything," he measured. "We actually felt comfortable enough with what and who we are that we were able to say these are the things we like. Since the last album our guitarist had kids, I had kids, then there was the pandemic, then I directed a film and that put several years between the records, and before we knew it even though we had never officially shut down the band or gone on a hiatus, we'd taken enough of a step back that instead of feeling like our foot had to be on the pedals with 'what do we do next' we could just come back to and recognize who we are and that our flag was planted a long time ago, and we don't have to plant a flag."In the full interview, Damian discussed And The Adjacent Possible in greater detail, including the singles released and how they summarise the album as a whole. We talked about the music video for A Stone Only Rolls Downhill, which was shot on 64 phones with 64 different videos placed over a moving mosaic, which led to discussion about their elaborate music videos and the process behind them.We spoke about musical ideas and converting them to reality, any extra pressures coming back from a ten-year lay off, the meaning behind the album title and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

OK Go's new album, "And the Adjacent Possible," delivers a full-on OKGo-ian video for the song Love that rivals the legendary videos that put them on the map including A Million Ways, The One Moment, Upside Down & Inside Out and, of course, the GOAT - treadmill extravaganza Here It Goes Again. Not to be outdone, the TMEP Show has its own VIDEO featuring the Danimal, OK Go drummer Dan Konopka, telling us about his staredown with the Muppets' Animal and getting intimate with Miss Piggy. WATCH HERE: https://youtube.com/shorts/D7uznjLaGzI Known to his friends as Piss Bucket Dan, Konopka goes deep to reveal Spinal Tap Moment stories that include being held for suspected drug possession while crossing the Canadian border; performing a tooth extraction on a Snow Patrol fan; and insulting Jerry Cantrell's songs that were some of Alice in Chains's most iconic hits. OK Go's new album and new video are *easy* to find: https://okgo.net --- ***http://distrokid.com/vip/tmep*** Too Much Effing Perspective is grateful to be sponsored by DISTROKID - the best way for Musicians, Songwriters, Producers, DJs to get their original music into Spotify, Apple, TikTok, and all the major platforms. Get the VIP treatment that you and your music deserve AND get 30% OFF your first year subscription to DISTROKID at this special link. ***http://distrokid.com/vip/tmep*** --- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Long Green Line podcast episode, Dan Konopka, the drummer for the Grammy award winning band OK GO, discussed his time as a student at York High School. Despite not being a part of the cross country team, Konopka was a student in Coach Newton's gym classes.Coach Newton would often send Konopka on errands in lieu of class and the drummer reminisces fondly about his time spent running errands for the coach.Konopka also talked about his band OK GO, which is known for their creative and visually stunning music videos that have amassed over 500 million views on YouTube, and their unique blend of pop, rock, and electronic elements.

In one of our faves from the TMEP vault, we replay our chat with Dan Konopka from 2021 on the date 11/11 (because everything in this show must go to 11) when he told us why a piss bucket is put by his drum kit every time he plays the Paradise Rock Club in Boston; how a muppet looks when it "dies"; and what it's like to rock out in ZERO GRAVITY. IG: @okgo Website: https://okgo.net -------------------------------------------------- Get in touch with Too Much Effing Perspective Contact us: hello@tmepshow.com Website: https://tmepshow.com Social: @tmepshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Konopka regales us with stories about the piss bucket that is put by his drum kit every time he plays the Paradise Rock Club in Boston; how a dead muppet looks; and what it's like to rock in zero gravity. Social: @TMEPshow Website: TMEPshow.com

Modern Amusement is an alternative rock project based in Minneapolis, Minnesota formed by Sam Black. Inspired by such alt-rock gods as Weezer, Panic! At The Disco and Fall Out Boy, Modern Amusement strives to deliver the hooky and heavy power pop with nerdy but earnest lyrics for the outcast in all of us. The band has recently worked with Dan Konopka, drummer of the famed rock group OK Go, who produced and played drums on their debut album released in May 2021.Official Website: https://iamsam789.wixsite.com/modernamusementSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6doXqWgGrY9EeqjhXNY2wkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/modern_amusementband/

OK Go is one of the most influential bands when it comes to creativity in songwriting and producing kinetic music videos in "mainstream" indie rock and roll. They laid the foundation for many bands that have followed their lead, and it is an honor an pleasure to get an inside look from a drummers perspective. Please enjoy this fun and engaging conversation with one of the best dudes in the industry, Dan Konopka! Check out www.okgo.net for more and follow Dan and the band on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.   Visit www.thesoundmindpodcast.com & www.treehousemediaco.com for more. Leave us a 5 star review in iTunes, and follow "TheSoundMindPodcast" on Instagram, Facebook, & Twitter.

Iconic music and video innovators Ok Go performed at the 2018 NAMM Foundation Celebration for Music Education at The NAMM Show on January 25. Drummer Dan Konopka stopped by earlier that day to chat about the band’s origin story; receiving his first drum kit at nine years old; and how no one in the band managed to get sick among “60 vomit incidents” during the filming of their groundbreaking video for their hit song, “Upside Down & Inside Out.”

OK Go drummer Dan Konopka talks about his 18 years with the band known for their cutting edge music videos and how taking risks creatively and risking failure moved them to new levels of success. http://okgo.net   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA - "Here It Goes Again" video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGJA9i18Co - "Upside Down & Inside Out" video https://www.facebook.com/okgo/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf - Facebook page  www.theotherfwordpodcast.com  

The drummers for Motion City Soundtrack and OK Go, Tony Thaxton and Dan Konopka, share their professional obsession with making beautiful music by hitting things with sticks. Thanks, as always, to Molly Lewis for our theme song.

Joe and Anea spend an information packed hour with OK GO drummer, Dan Konopka. From bringing home baby and struggling to stay connected to your partner, to setting boundaries with toddlers, this episode makes it comfortingly clear that parenting is the great equalizer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tonight we’re joined by special guest dad Dan Konopka from OK GO as we talk about the ins and outs of weightlessness! Playing for presidents! Returning to the sea! New houses! Accidental drug addicts! Weird acid stories! Inventing credos! Alfets! With help from our sponsor, sanfrangeles.co!

This week, we have the drummer of Ok Go, Dan Konopka! Dan finally clears up what dj’s actually do, discusses some of the logistics of an Ok Go video shoot, one of the greatest days of Tony’s life, and being a father of a child when there’s a new Star Wars movie coming. (a few audio issues on this one, our apologies!)

Today we find out what happens when Indi Power Pop goes electronic! However you choose to categorize them, the four-piece rock band OK Go is clearly dabbling into new areas with their latest album, Hungry Ghosts. Early in Crash Chords history, Matt had the priviledge of conducting an interview with OK Go's drummer, Dan Konopka, while also reviewing their previous release, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. For their new album however, we administer the unadulterated CCP treatment, so hop on board and share your own opinions! Following that, we shift to a more lighthearted topic: quite simply, the nature of "rocking out!" Can this primal urge ever mingle freely with the stoic world of critical analysis? Continue reading

Old friends Dan Konopka and Tim Nordwind from Ok Go drop in for a visit with Tony and Rigby this week.  Yarns are spun.  Sometimes they're about hanging with a member of N*SYNC.  Sometimes they're about Star Wars.  Sometimes they're neither.  Plus, another edition of the Christmas Quiz.