Nardwuar’s interview with N*E*R*D

Besides this being a funny & somewhat weird interview, I wonder if you guys will pick up on anything else?

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  1. moniquetherobot July 29th, 2008 6:53 pm

    omg! i’ve been showing this to all my friends. i saw it on another blog.
    what else is there to pick up on? i’m lost. =]

  2. bobbyjames July 29th, 2008 7:17 pm

    nostalgia is the most powerful emotion?

    http://www.clothsurgeon.com/

  3. C-girl July 29th, 2008 7:58 pm

    The only thing I noticed is that Chad is missing from yet another interview…

  4. Mesoclever July 29th, 2008 8:09 pm

    you were totally blown away.. that was a bit scarey, but very intriguing

  5. coolerthanthou July 29th, 2008 8:37 pm

    The Nard knows his stuff! (the human surviette) to be exact! :-)

    The interview was so fantastic and really rare for any journalist to know that much information.

    LOL!! the look on P’s face, he was shooked, i bet his mind was blown. hahaa..it fucks you up so deeply, that at the end of the day it’s good to laugh and sit back and let him do his job..just being NARD! I think i may have picked up on something, could it be the fact that he just so happens to be a shameless promoter. he puts in plugs of “Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada” and sometimes it’s stuck all over the merchandise — like the skateboarding book he gave to N.E.R.D. :-)

    doot doola doot doo…doot doo! lol!!

  6. oneoneone July 29th, 2008 9:01 pm

    hes wearing some sort of green boat shoe or something

  7. VUK87 July 29th, 2008 9:07 pm

    A Phone! That could be interesting.

  8. SoSweetT7 July 29th, 2008 9:21 pm

    That was thee BEST interview that i have ever seen….period

    NARD is now thee favorite lol

    ♥ Taylor

    myspace.com/sosweett7

  9. mobelea July 29th, 2008 9:26 pm

    Haha, looks like he took them by surprise after all those lazy questions they’re usually asked.

    I just checked his site and there’s some amazing stuff on there. He’s been interviewing bands since before Nirvana and they all seem intelligent and well researched:
    http://www.nardwuar.com/

    As for N*E*R*D interviews I don’t know why they’re bothering at the moment, as they always seem so bored (understandably) and it gives a bad impression of the band to people who haven’t really listened to the music. They’ve done some great interviews in the past (Tim Westwood and especially Gilles Peterson are the ones I loved), but the recent stuff I’ve caught has all come off pretty badly. They seem a little too self-conscious and tired from their crazy schedule at the moment and would do better with fewer more carefully chosen interviews imo.

  10. cadethappy July 29th, 2008 10:08 pm
  11. tapenerd July 29th, 2008 10:49 pm

    Something about a phone, perhaps? BBC/Ice Cream phone, maybe??? Nard being in the next N.E.R.D. video??

    I saw this video a while ago and that man knows a lot. He’s got to be the best interviewer I’ve ever seen.

  12. G4CloudHopper July 30th, 2008 12:37 am

    That dude is amazing. I had to subscribe to his stuff on Youtube cause all his interviews are crazy like that.

    youtube.com/G4CloudHopper

  13. egbet July 30th, 2008 3:10 am

    haha! i like how pharrell was
    showing that he was annoyed at
    first &started asking him questions,
    then got totally amazed.

  14. Kouing Amann July 30th, 2008 3:56 am

    here it is
    that someone who doesn’t take himself so seriously asks the most interesting questions !
    but
    after all that’s not really an interview cuz
    the band just doesn’t know what to answer !
    but that’s funny to watch
    :-P

  15. crazyfeel July 30th, 2008 4:05 am

    Awesome interview.. guy knows his stuff.

    I always wanted to know P’s thoughts on making rump shaker… since it was one of his big firsts..

    and i bet ya that they made offers for that record after the interview.

  16. A.10 July 30th, 2008 4:10 am

    Carl Sagan’s cool! if you like him you’ll also like Anthony Norvell a transcendental meditation expert and astronomer in the 1940s and 50s. Here’s info on him:
    http://www.zenbuzz.com/norvell.html

  17. Lolita July 30th, 2008 4:26 am

    shae and pharrell were distracted by the way NARD talks?

  18. dutch-nerd July 30th, 2008 5:41 am

    A phone? sounds cool

  19. Markhead July 30th, 2008 7:18 am

    i picked up the shoes, and some technological thiny designed by pharrell :P

  20. skateboard_lee July 30th, 2008 8:23 am

    nardwuar uses the greatest thing ever to impress u guys…nostalgia

    =]

  21. luna July 30th, 2008 9:21 am

    What is different is that this interviewer chooses to talk about the band and their history rather than ,where they are performing next, who their dating, what clothing line is next or just stuff that NERD is done talking about. Its crazy how this guy, a total stranger, got so much information. He definetly got ahold of some people in VA or maybe knows too much…

  22. luna July 30th, 2008 9:30 am

    pharrells socks…

  23. Miss GQ Barbie July 30th, 2008 11:25 am

    LMAO…yo that shit was funni as hell…wat the hell…nardward upity ass…takin maad shit out his bag…yo he went in wit the research…nice interview though..the end took it for me..and i hope it’s not no sidekick they come out wit..how bout an apple fone..or NERD blackberry curve..that shit wud be HOTT

  24. goose777 July 30th, 2008 1:50 pm

    HELLO NERD, HELLO PHARRELL

    That was an amazing interview.

    Your sound has evolved beautifully

    I always view but registered to let you know.

    remote viewing, carl sagan, mork haha

    we could of switched places and besides all the VA references it would have suited me perfectly.

    Thank you for making brilliance

    your mind shines through, see you in hyperspace

  25. Jay.O July 30th, 2008 2:16 pm

    Woah!.. What a unique interview. That guy is gooooood!

  26. MzJones July 30th, 2008 4:28 pm

    That was one the best interviews I have seen with N.e.r.d so far. I think a phone would be awesome. I think you guys should think about a video game of sorts.

  27. hugepharrellfan4 July 30th, 2008 5:04 pm

    i TOTALLY PiCKED UP ON ALOT OF STUFF AND NOBODY WHO HAS COMMENTED HAS GOT iT!!
    NARDWUAR HAS DEFiNiTELY DONE HiS RESEARCH!
    VANCOUVER–PHARRELL’S OLD SKATEBOARDiNG DAYS
    CARL SAGAN ON WAX–CARL SAGAN iS PHARRELL’S iDOL!!
    RUMP SHAKER–PHARRELL WROTE TEDDY RiLEY’S VERSE ON THAT RECORD AND iT WENT PLAT THERE BY LAUNCHiN PHARRELL’S CAREER iN MUSiC
    CHUCK NORRiS STUDiO–PHARRELL WENT THERE AS A KiD AND i HAVE TO SAY, iT WAS PRETTY EMBARRASSiNG PHARRELL!
    ViDEO ARCADE AND MALL–THEY HUNG OUT THERE LiKE ALL THE TiME!
    ALL THE STUFF THAT NARDWUAR POiNTED OUT WAS THE iMPORTANT HISTORY OF N*E*R*D. iNSPiRATiON OF THE GROUP iF YOU WiLL.
    FiNALLY, SOMEONE THAT KNOWS AS MUCH iNFO ON N*E*R*D AS i DO.
    THiS WAS DEFiNiTELY THE BEST iNTERViEW N*E*R*D HAS HAD.
    i ALMOST TEARED UP WHEN NARDWUAR BROUGHT OUT CARL SAGAN AND THAT RUMP SHAKER RECORD.
    THANKS FOR POSTiNG!
    Yessir!
    -Leah

  28. ashleyalston July 30th, 2008 5:18 pm

    PHARRELL IS THE CUTEST … and there is no phone they came out with other things. but a phone would be so awsome!

  29. Serk July 30th, 2008 5:26 pm

    ♣that interview blow me away♣
    germanyLoves you N.E.R.D
    myspace.com/dzcoast

  30. ThatGirl09 July 30th, 2008 11:31 pm

    LMFAO! I love Shay,lol…I wish Chad was there, I really do. BTW, that guy has to be the best researcher I have heard of! I am about to google for any more interviews by this dude, I swear,lol…That is f-in’ crazy! Enough said!! Look like Pharrell got a lil emotional in the interview.

  31. Paree July 31st, 2008 1:32 am

    swear if he makes a nerd sidekick….im buying it lol

  32. LaydeeNeptunez July 31st, 2008 6:25 pm

    that was pretty freakin funny. chuck norris karate, pharrell? really? that was a shocker lol. i can imagine him doin karate. lmao

  33. Lolita August 2nd, 2008 9:41 am

    was someone taking photos in the background?

  34. choochylaney August 3rd, 2008 3:43 pm

    That was hands down the best interview i’ve ever seen. The shock was so genuine it was kind of exciting! What were all the pictures on the wall?

  35. loveyoursneaker August 3rd, 2008 10:52 pm

    is that interviewer being for real?? lol it must of been very awkward lol

  36. Trilogy07 August 7th, 2008 5:45 pm

    shiiiiit lol.. hes too dope!!

    iLove Nardwar.. but i really dont knoe what else you want us pick up on..

    and shiiiiit i was 2 when rumpshaker was out..damn..yes im a 1990’s baby!!

  37. Trilogy07 August 7th, 2008 5:48 pm

    mindi and mork i used to watch that shit when i was growin up probli replays tho cos i dun no i wernt born then!! lol

  38. TM August 9th, 2008 3:59 pm

    Man,
    It’s just not fare. I wanna meet & know Pharrell so bad and I just can’t get to him. Hell, where I live i’ll be lucky to find one kid rockin’ Ice Creams. My mom won’t get them for me. She says I need to get a job (crossing eyes).

  39. TM August 9th, 2008 4:05 pm

    And I like Shay too, lol. Where’s chad???

  40. BlackberryAddicted August 10th, 2008 7:51 pm

    omg, i was dying..i never heard of this fello till now..Nardwaur…I’lllook him up..But the interview was funny and dope…can’t wait to go to japan now.. Chad’s missing…

  41. AngelRose August 11th, 2008 12:29 am

    Pharrell’s reaction to him bringing up the karate school was too funny. I’m still not sure what else we should pick up on- is it the gold thing on the cap bib? What is that anyway?

  42. N.E.R.D.addict August 14th, 2008 5:41 pm

    awww bless nardwuar is da type of person every1 cn get along wii ppl wil fyd im weird n laf @ him bt ppl wil definetly luv chatin 2 him cuz ez soo interestin n im suprisd pharrell neva started cryin wn e waz handed da rumpshaker record mn da record waz hiz 1st joint (yr i waz born :P ) wn e made it,,, where it all started fuk it i’l say it even i waz impresd wii da guy & e mde it funniiii i duno wa else 2 saiii mn jus look @ pharrellz expresion wn ez given dem recordz da sez it all 4 me x

  43. TheOtherPlainPat August 20th, 2008 3:30 pm

    that nard guy is weird yet interesting.

    lol.

    NARD x NERD

  44. sweetjess January 23rd, 2009 4:57 am

    Pharrell and Shae have very little to no facial hair (a rare sight if you ask me)….

    Superb Interview!

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