16. Mariana Timony Discusses Quasi, Field Studies

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This week, Mariana Timony of Bandcamp Daily introduces me to Field Studies, a 1999 album by Quasi – a band I have only discovered during the past year. We discuss how Mariana got into music journalism, her path to Quasi fandom, what makes Quasi such a special group and, of course, what makes Field Studies one of her favorite albums.

You can find Mariana on Twitter here: @marianatimony.

My weekly apology for mispronunciation: I did manage to pronounce former Quasi bassist Joanna Bolme’s last name correctly, but unfortunately, I referred to her as Joanne on this episode. Sorry for the error.

For those looking ahead to Part 2 of this episode, it will be published in late April.

1:02 Mariana joins the show

1:44 Mariana has to let readers know that she is not related to Mary Timony

2:46 Al is reliving Mariana’s teenage years

3:32 When did Mariana realize that music was critically important to her?

4:21 How did Mariana become a music journalist?

7:30 How did Mariana get into the Pacific Northwest music scene?

9:19 When did Mariana become a Quasi fan?

13:17 Mariana’s hot take on the Black Keys

13:49 Why did Mariana choose to discuss Field Studies for this episode?

17:41 Which tracks are Mariana’s favorites?

Track by track breakdown

19:30 All The Same

23:16 The Golden Egg

28:52 The Skeleton

30:33 The Star You Left Behind

34:12 Empty Words

37:37 Birds

41:46 A Fable With No Moral

45:14 Under a Cloud

50:12 Me & My Head

52:27 Two By Two

54:42 It Don’t Mean Nothing

56:35 Bon Voyage

1:01:45 Smile

1:06:08 Let’s Just Go

1:08:16 Mariana’s final thoughts on Field Studies

1:10:30 Mariana recommends the next Quasi album for Al to listen to

1:12:33 A note about a future episode

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