Earlier today, someone from NPR’s All Things Considered called me, seeking an interview about Erykah Badu’s controversial new video for her song “Window Seat.” I said sure, and we talked for about 10 minutes or so — about the video, about her standing in Dallas, about community reaction to it. Et cetera and so on. He told me he had to go talk to his editor and he would call me back to let me know when it was going to run. He did call back, except it was to tell me that his editor had been seeking comment on his own, he’d found someone else, and they were going with that. No big deal.
There were options as to who that mysterious someone could be: Hunter Hauk of Quick, since he nabbed an exclusive interview with Badu; Pete Freedman, since he’s the music editor of the Dallas Observer and, I believe, was one of the first to post the video; and Robert Wilonsky, also of the Observer, since he’s Robert and always seems to be the guy tabbed for things like this. If you asked me to put money on it, I would have said it would end up being Wilonsky, though they might call Pete first. (I had discounted what would be the most likely source in other major cities, Dallas Morning News music critic Mario Tarradell, since he still uses words like “groove-alicious.”)
Peep NPR’s All Things Considered today for Wilonsky talking Badu’s “Window Seat.” WHICH WAS MY INTERVIEW THAT HE TOTALLY STOLE. Half-joking.
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