Dora Jar hangs out with Rolling Stone in Madison Square Park and shuffles her playlist before chatting about her favorite NYC spots and what touring with Gracie Abrams was like.
Songs
» "MIND TRAIN," Yoko Ono
» "Baltimore," Nina Simone
» "Earth Intruders," Björk
» "Ijo (Laba Laba)," Crayon
» "No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire," Dora Jar
Songs
» "MIND TRAIN," Yoko Ono
» "Baltimore," Nina Simone
» "Earth Intruders," Björk
» "Ijo (Laba Laba)," Crayon
» "No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire," Dora Jar
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MusicTranscript
00:00I was looking at your Twitter and I saw that you have the words of the day.
00:03What are the words of today?
00:04Spring, dollop, crash, sink, trolley, brink, dork.
00:08Sink as in like, sinked or sink as in like, sink.
00:12Whatever you want.
00:13This is Rolling Stone.
00:14We are here with Dora Jar.
00:16Dora, can you shuffle your playlist for us?
00:19Yes.
00:20It's in my basket.
00:21What's in your basket?
00:22Wouldn't you like to know?
00:22I would love to know.
00:23One day you'll find out.
00:25For now, my iPhone.
00:26My mom's dog, Leo, right there.
00:27Hello, Leo.
00:28Oh, Mind Train, Yoko Ono.
00:34It's like 17 minutes or something.
00:36I let it play while I was driving in the night.
00:39I listened to the whole thing.
00:40It was like a trance.
00:41I was totally hypnotized.
00:42Someone's calling me.
00:43My mom is calling.
00:45Mama?
00:45Oh, call failed.
00:46Too bad.
00:55Nina Simone, Baltimore.
00:56This song, I didn't know it was written by Randy Newman.
00:59She totally transformed it.
01:00I could listen to this song on loop forever.
01:02Earth Intruders, Bjork.
01:10It's like a feral marching band song.
01:13I remember hearing it in Poland the first time when I was living there.
01:16At the end, there's these loud steamboat horn sounds.
01:20I didn't know if it was real life or in the song.
01:22Bjork has definitely given me some kind of spiritual permission to search for the strange
01:29imperfections.
01:30Let's do one more.
01:31One more.
01:31This should be my funeral song.
01:42When I listen to it, I feel like I'm on the brink of something and I feel like death can
01:47be that way.
01:48I've had a lot of death in my life and I have learned to celebrate life, but also just to
01:55party.
01:55Do you have any favorite go-to New York City spots that you have to visit whenever you're
01:59out here?
02:00I love going to Kiki's with friends for dinner.
02:02The Whitney Museum is my favorite museum in New York City.
02:06I love this clock tower.
02:08Beautiful.
02:08It's one of my favorite buildings in New York.
02:10Wow.
02:11What song do you think people should be putting on their playlist?
02:14No Way to Relax When You Are On Fire by Dora Jar.
02:17This song has surprised me as one where people know the words and they sing along and they
02:28do these dance moves that I don't even know when they came up with them.
02:31And it totally brings me out of myself, which is such a relief.
02:39Speaking of tour and live performances, you just finished opening for Gracie Abrams on
02:44her tour.
02:44Her voice surprised me and opened my heart every single night.
02:49She could do anything she wants.