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Hunter S. Thompson, Lester Bangs, Legs McNeil, Nick Tosches, Rex Weiner, and because I'm feeling sassy as hell, Michael O'Donoghue. Yep, this is a purely selfish and HUGELY self-indulgent episode where I read you things that recently made my heart swoon. Things I love for the pure energy of the language used, but that I can't graft onto any one band or film episode.
Much brutality and obnoxiousness and vulgarity in this episode. But it's endearing and inspiring because it's delivered to us by a reckless and desperate generation with heart and intellect and guts, god damn it. Not for the easily offended, especially those who refuse to believe that historical/cultural context should affect how we process language that we personally wouldn't use today, even around our friends. Not asking anyone to love it or sign off on it, but I will not pretend I have the authority or responsibility to make the nasty words palatable for people who will be offended by them regardless. If you are explaining, you are losing, as someone much smarter than myself on NPR said today about political debate tactics.
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References:
https://archive.org/details/woodstockcensusn0000wein/page/134/mode/2up
http://bigscreenbookclub.blogspot.com/2018/08/interview-original-adventures-of-ford.html
https://crimespreemag.com/interview-with-rex-weiner/
https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=rex+weiner&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjpmfrbs-v8AhWxJn0KHRgkDvMQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=rex%20weiner&f=false
https://pleasekillme.com/remembering-punk-magazine/
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_579_-_nick_tosches
https://archive.creem.com/authors/nick-tosches
and a free archive of Tosches books: https://archive.org/search?query=nick+tosches&page=2
https://archive.org/details/woodstockcensusn0000wein/page/134/mode/2up
https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/live-through-this-a-conversation-with-legs-mcneil/Content?oid=2175661
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode:
Bowie in ‘74 The rest of the SPIN 1995 readers poll Wanda Jackson’s...
Published 07/24/24
From time to time, I will populate the main feed with a Patreon episode that's at least a year old so casual listeners might get a taste of all the extra scholarship that does occur, but lands nowhere near a published episode:
Original description for this episode:
Shaboom! Two hours of...
Published 06/14/24