Writing by and about John

John is an avid writer and has written many articles for various online publications.

Book publications

• 2010-09-29 Electric Aphorisms by John Roderick, available as Softcover.

Videos

John recorded a video series called #HEYSEATTLE for VISITseattle.tv at the beginning of 2017

• 2019-02-10 Couch Riffs, playing Bringin' On The Heartbreak by Def Leppard, with Mike Squires
• 2018-03-19 KCTS9 Ad together with Ken Jennings
• 2016-09-10 XOXO 2016: John Roderick, cited as XO2016
• 2015-05-17 John Roderick - Seattle City Council pos. 8
• 2015-04-06 Roderick on the Line live on JoCo Cruise 2015
• 2012-12-04 Ken Jennings' Because I Said So! Labs
• 2012-04-05 Live Wire Radio
• 2011-11-07 Jonathan Coulton - Nemeses Official Music Video
• 2009-04-24 The Long Winters in…Packin’ Heat by Adam Pranica
• 2008-12-08 DVD: The Long Winters LIVE at the Showbox by Adam Pranica

Regular columns

Seattle Weekly

John’s regular monthly column at Seattle Weekly (link shows more than that)
Other articles by John published in the Seattle Weekly.

• 2013-02-27 Punk Rock is Bullshit (see another copy here and listen to John's comment on RL62)
• 2012-10-02 Answers & Advice: Showbiz Ain't Friend-Biz!
• 2012-07-31 Answers & Advice for Jay Inslee and Aerosmith
• 2012-07-02 Answers & Advice: Blow Harder!
• 2012-06-06 Answers & Advice: Helping Rosanne Cash With Porta-Potties, and more
• 2012-06-05 Answers & Advice: Cash to Roderick
• 2012-05-01 Answers & Advice: Surviving Forklife
• 2012-04-03 Answers & Advice: Coming to America
• 2012-02-28 Roderick: Irony or Seriousness?
• 2012-01-31 Answers & Advice: Real Gangster
• 2011-10-19 Reverb: Title unknown
• 2011-10-04 Answers & Advice: Seattle's Stalinism
• 2011-09-06 Centro-Matic: Guided by Veterans
• 2011-03-08 Joy Division
• 2011-03-01 Hacking It
• 2011-02-22 Roderick: Reason vs Faith
• 2010-08-31 Myth 61 Revisited
• 2009-09-01 Bumbershoot: America's Next Long Winters Drummer
• 2009-02-03 John Roderick Meets the New Croc
• 2008-03-11 Why I'd Rather Hang With Alan Parsons than my Indie Rock Peers

The Stranger

all articles by John on The Stranger

• 2017-05-19 Remembering Chris Cornell
• 2015-07-10 Tim Burgess's Gun Tax Proposal Is Pure Politics and Not a Real Solution
• 2001-12-20 O, Tenenbaums - Gene Hackman's Royal Blues
• 2001-05-31 Family Union - Romantic Protest Movie Strikes a Chord
• 2000-06-01 Activist Afterglow - WTO Documentary Asks the Right Questions
• 2000-05-11 Sexy Grandpa - When Old People Fuck Like Rabbits

Talkhouse

all articles by John on Talkhouse

• 2015-12-08 Criteria for a Good Christmas Song
• 2014-12-20 John Roderick Talks Christmas Music
• 2014-04-24 Eels - The Cuationary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett
• 2014-01-24 The 2014 Grammy Awards
• 2013-12-05 Kelly Clarkson - Wrapped in Red
• 2013-05-03 Michael Bublé - To Be Loved

Other articles written by John

• 2017-01-01 The Kids Are Alright on Seattle's Child
• 2015-07-15 Seattle needs new political leaders who get tech, but aren’t running Windows Vista on GeekWire
• 2014-05-28 Why I'm Not a Fan on LA Weekly
• 2013-11-07 How an Indie-Rock Label Saved My Life on RollingStone

Articles about John

• 2018-03-27 Ken Jennings and John Roderick Are Preserving History for After the Apocalypse on SeattleMet
• 2017-12-07 The Apocalypse is Coming (Apparently) and Ken Jennings' Podcast is Here to Prepare Us in Newsweek
• 2017-11-25 Meet The Seattle Musician Who Wants To 'Make America Great Again' Through Song on KNKX
• 2016-11-18 Magnet Classics: The Making of The Long Winters’ When I Pretend to Fall” on Magnet Magazine
• 2016-11-03 The Long Winters release first new song in 10 years and it's about Donald Trump on 107.7 the end
• 2015-11-23 John Roderick, Musician, Songwriter, and Podcaster on Indivisible
• 2015-07-01 John Roderick Takes the Political Stage on SeattleMet
• 2015-05-12 Seattle Rock Vet John Roderick Hangs Up His Guitar for the Political Trail on Billboard
• 2015-05-12 The Long Winters’ John Roderick Is Running For Seattle City Council on Stereogum
• 2015-01-21 The Business of Creative Careers: John Roderick, Musician on Billfold
• 2013-08-19 The Monarch Drinks With John Roderick on The Monarch Review
• 2013-05-02 Writer, with Kids: John Roderick on Cari Luna
• 2013-01-01 AS YOU DO on PMc Magazine
• 2012-12-25 Twelve Days of Fretboard: John Roderick on Fretboard Journal
• 2012-12-14 One Christmas at a Time- An Evening with Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick - 12/14 on City Winery
• 2012-11-30 The Long Winters' John Roderick Talks Christmas Music, Becoming Mayor of Seattle on Dallas Observer
• 2011-09-26 Q&A: John Roderick of the Long Winters on CityArts
• 2011-03-08 Stream Shelby Earl's New John Roderick-Produced Record, Burn the Boats on Seattle Weekly
• 2011-01-21 John Roderick on String Art Owls, Copper Pipe, and Bono's Boss on 43 Folders
• 2010-07-08 This One Time John Roderick Drove Me All Over Seattle... on The Stranger
• 2010-07-05 Hello Lamppost! on The New Yorker about the concert where John played with Aimee Mann
• 2008-12-16 5 Lyrics That Prove John Roderick Is A Better Songwriter Than Your Favorite Songwriter on PastE
• 2007-06-21 The Long Winters' John Roderick Doesn't Hate Everything -- or, The Commander Eats Aloud on Riverfront Times
• 2005-06-01 Interview with JOHN RODERICK on Believer

Several articles in The Bowery Presents

More resources

• Quotes by John Roderick
• The Long Winters Blog
• Set Lists by John Roderick
• Set Lists by The Long Winters
• The Long Winters Library and Archive by Liesbeth Rijnierse
• Roderick on the Line Listening Guide by Brett Chalupa
• Roderick on the Line: A Guide by Erin Dawson
• Roderick on the Line Tumblr by Daniel Jackson and Jade Gordon
• Jolly Good! John Roderick, a fan blog about Roderick on the Line by Jade Gordon
• fyroadwork, a fan blog about Road Work by Jade Gordon
• All The Great Show Titles, a supercut by Paul DeCarli
• Here's the Thing about Roderick on the Line, a supercut by Paul DeCarli
• No Context Roderick On The Line, a Twitter profile posting random snippets
• Omnibus out of Context, a Twitter profile posting random quotes
• All song references from Roderick on the Line, a Spotify playlist by Skip Recap

Other websites similar to this one

• Roderick on the Line Podcast Search by the FluidDATA Podcast Search Engine
• Roderick on the Line Podcast Search by _David Smith
• We can cut this out by Eric Prestemon
• Roderick on the Line Wiki
• Transcribe Podcast script using Google Cloud Services (doc here)