Ep. 31 - Mark Mothersbaugh

'The Bottom Of It' with Joshua Moriarty

Mark Mothersbaugh is a true artist. Not restricted by any one medium and constantly inspired by the world around him, he has been creating pieces since the 60s. His work with iconic band DEVO through the 70s and 80s spawned such hits as ‘Whip It’ and ‘Girl U Want’ and his work as a film and television composer has seen him write scores for Wes Anderson, Taika Waititi and Matt Groening to name just a few. We sat down to discuss speaking in tongues, de-evolution, creating visual art everyday and my favourite DEVO song, ‘Mongoloid’.

All music on the podcast by Joshua Moriarty & All The Colours

DEVO’s cover of 'Satisfaction': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZNgKHOdfQA

‘Gut Feeling’ by DEVO in The Life Aquatic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JVjkSz0IU0

Sun Ra live 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k341z3dsXy4