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NBC News' Brian Williams Premieres 'BriTunes' With Deer Tick

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is really going out of his way to show he's an indie rock fan. First, he told Spinner he digs Cat Power, and now, to prove his hipster cred, he's started BriTunes, a music interview series on his NBC Web site.

Rhode Island's Deer Tick received the honor of being the first band interviewed by Williams at the 30 Rock studios in Manhattan. "I don't think I'd showered for four days," singer John Joseph McCauley III told Spinner, sounding like he hadn't adjusted to life a vacation in the Virginia mountains with his girlfriend and their moms for Mother's Day. "It was weird going to an interview in a room with water bottles and pretzels."

But, of course, Deer Tick are grateful for the exposure. "I think it's good for anybody that wants a little extra attention, and this is what we want to do for the rest of our lives," McCauley says. "We're trying to do big things."

And if the 50-year-old Williams is a fan, big things are sure to come. Deer Tick's second album, 'Born on Flag Day,' is out on June 23 and the band is about to embark on a seven-week tour, opening some dates for Jenny Lewis. Lest you think the shows will be full of the typical indie crowd, McCauley swears the band appeals to all kinds of people. "We have a lot of fans that aren't twentysomething hipsters," he said.

Sounds like the Brian Williams set truly isn't out of place in the world of indie rock.


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agondelles1

Just because the guy is seen 99% of the times wearing a suit reporting news the old-fashioned way doesn't mean he can't show a lighter side. Yea, maybe he is a grab-a-younger audience NBC vehicle. But give him the benefit of the doubt. Time will tell if he can develop any real cred.

May 20 2009 at 3:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
harold kimmel

There's something wrong with this guys face and voice -- it's like he's without a skeleton, a jelly fish type creature. Worse yet, he's a big republican idiot.

May 19 2009 at 2:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
harold kimmel

There's something wrong with this guys face and voice -- it's like he's without a skeleton, a jelly fish type creature. Worse yet, he's a big republican idiot.

May 19 2009 at 2:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
capri

WE DON'T WATCH NBC- THIS IS LIBRAL MEDA OWN BY OBAMA PEOPLE - THEY DO NOT REPORT THE TRUTH - THEY IN OBAMAS POCKET - IT IS TRUE. NBC IS NOT A MEDIA - THESE PEOPLE ARE ACTIVISTS FOR OBAMA - WE STOP WATCHING NBC FOR MONTHS NOW...THEY ARE LIARS - THAT IS WHY OBAMA WAS ELECTED - NBC DID NOT REPORT THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA - THEY MADE OBAMA LOOK GOOD AND NOW WE HAVE A DICTATOR MARXIST - ANTI AMERICAN ANTI CONSTITUTION SO CALL PRESIDENT WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR AND NOW WE APPOLOGIZING TO THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR NBC CBS AND ABC FOR FIXING THE ELECTION AND WE APPOLOGIZING FOR OBAMA ---------GOD HELP FREE AMERICA- WHEN GOD WANT TO PUNISH ANY ONE GOD TAKES THE MIND AWAY-THIS MAN IS SO F....UP, SO BRAINWASH - SO PRO CHAVEZ AND FIDEL CASTRO AND THE REST OF THE DICTATORS IN THE WORLD - OBAMA DO NOT UNDERSTAND AMERICAN AND OUR CONSTITUTION - HE WANT THE POWER AND HE WANT TO RULE-SAD YEARS AHEAD FOR AMERICA - 2010 ELECTION - VOTE REPUBLICANS SO WE CAN SLOW THIS GUY BEFORE HE DISTROY THE COUNTRY AND PRINT MORE AND MORE OF MONEY - GOD HELP AMERICA - GOD PUNISH OBAMA AND THE MOP IN WHITE HOUSE - ...PELOSI MUST BE REMOVED AS A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE-SHE IS DISGRACE TO WOMEN AND OUR GOVERMENT

May 19 2009 at 1:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Papa

Brian Williams is a puppet in good standing with NBC and the Obamanation. Very unfair with his slanted presentation of the news.
He has had his string pulled so often, he is begining to look like Howdy Duddy.

May 19 2009 at 1:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jerry schablein

hE SHOULD GET OFF THE AIR, HE SUCKS AS A REPORTER

May 19 2009 at 12:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
algonquin j. calhoun

...brian williams is a deer tick...

May 19 2009 at 12:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
don Schiffgens Jr.

Since a lot of you pointed out his nose I had to take a second look. Take a look at it and tell me you don't see a small Penis on his face. I can see pee coming out of it as we speak.

May 18 2009 at 11:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
giarc1030

And here I thought his new job was chairman of the Democratic National Committee!

May 18 2009 at 11:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rebecca

Who cares what his liberal brainless mind is thinking???

May 18 2009 at 11:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply