Episode 146: "The Opposite of Rock & Roll"

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Date

December 20, 2013

Guests

Liz Wollman

Origin of the episode title

Barbara Streisand. Julie has a lot of complicated feelings about her.

Discussed

Monologue

  • Julie has an idea for a middling Holiday song, some new ideas about suicide, how lame it is to brag about stuff you don't know, what a bummer it is that Hugh Hefner outlived Al Goldstein, how fucked up FUNNY GIRL is. and why I am seriously done with HOMELAND this time for real.
  • It turns out that a documentary about a crack house is disturbing! Reasons to Hate New York! Possums and their useless pouches! And some Beyonce stuff.

Interview

  • This week's show features professor LIZ WOLLMAN, author of the book Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City. Dr. Wollman will entreat us to a discussion about all of the sexy, dirty, nudie musicals created in this great city in response to Oh, Calcutta alone. Learn about the shows LET MY PEOPLE COME, THE FAGGOT and GAY COMPANY.

Trivia

  • Amy Adams is added to the Redhead Hall of Fame
  • Jimmy Jazz is not mentioned in the opening monologue.

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