Episode 149
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Episode 149: Richard Linklater, Christopher Buckley, and Independent Spirits
This week: Acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater takes us behind "the Pine Curtain"... Satirist Christopher Buckley on international (etiquette) relations... Actor Rich Sommer goes Mad about board games... Brooklyn band Violens cues up a dinner party soundtrack... Brendan sips indie spirits... We toast Spider-Dan's [sic] epic climb... Three hysterical histories... Plus, sexy literary hoaxes, humor from troubadour Todd Snider, and a listener letter - from a dolphin. Read more...
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WEB EXTRA: Rollins Meets Cash Meets Clash
During our fall 2011 taping with Henry Rollins, he told an unbelievable story about a backstage encounter between himself, Joe Strummer of the Clash, and Johnny Cash. The tale was, alas, too epic for our radio time constraints...but it SCREAMS to be heard, so here it is. Enjoy! Read more...
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That Sounds Delicious
Our interview this week with ?uestlove got me thinking about the marriage of my two favorite things - food and music. While not all food-related songs are actual odes to the edible ("Cherry Pie", anyone?), there is no shortage of tasty metaphors in the world of music. Read more...
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Howlin' Rain's layover with RTX
Ethan of Howlin' Rain glimpses rock-n-roll at an airport. Read more...
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Nozawa dreams of Jiro
David Gelb, maker of a new documentary about the greatest sushi chef on Earth, names his favorite NYC sushi spots and talks about L.A. sushi legend Nozawa's retirement plans. Read more...
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The Lobster/Bee Connection
While listening to last week's show, something rattled in my brain when Rico and mead-maker guest William Bostwick compared boiling honey bees... to boiling lobsters. From the depths of my vast catalog of interesting-but-typically-useless food knowledge, I remembered a lobster/bee connection. Read more...
