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TALES OF. . . MY DEAD HEROES is the second season of podcasts from Josh Alan Friedman. But DEAD is a politically incorrect term. Their songs and books and records resonate everywhere, and if you haven... more
FAQs about Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman:How many episodes does Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman have?The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
March 28, 2019#17: Doc Pomus Comes Back/Part 2No longer catering to a teenage rock’n’roll, Doc wrote sophisticated songs. In his twilight, he mentored, discovered bands like Roomful of Blues and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and wrote the best lyrics of his life...more33minPlay
March 14, 2019#16: Doc Pomus Comes Back/Part 1After a dormant decade, the great songwriter Doc Pomus was back in business by the late 1970s. I became his sidekick, entrenched in Doc’s late-night rock ‘n’ roll whirl, where he held court like a Buddha. He was amazed that so many of his songs became iconic anthems in a genre once vilified as teenage junk....more23minPlay
January 31, 2019#15: The Fall of Al Goldstein/Part 2The Great Pornographer went from Upper East Side family man/pornographer-next-door to Bowery bum. The First Amendment hero became destitute. But he never lost his appetite for pussy and past...more34minPlay
January 24, 2019#14: The Fall of Al Goldstein/Part 1The Great Pornographer Gets Screwed - Creator of Screw and Midnight Blue, Al Goldstein liberated sex from the shadows of shame and illegal obscenity. He had no idea what it would lead to today. In his era, the sexual revolution was a cry for liberation....more22minPlay
January 11, 2019#13: Mel Shestack: Magazine Management TricksterA legend among his peers at the old men’s adventure magazines, Mel Shestack made people believe the impossible. And anyone who fell for his “gentle cons” felt privileged afterwards....more26minPlay
January 03, 2019#12: Jack Bruce Follows His Own PathJack Bruce reinvented the bass guitar and wrote spectacular songs. Cream lasted a mere three years. But he remained a working musician first and disregarded the pretense of rock stardom....more24minPlay
December 20, 2018#11: Cy Coleman: Broadway Jazz MaestroCy Coleman wrote the scores to a dozen legendary Broadway musicals. But he was a jazz pianist first, and virtually invented the sophisticated Culture of New York cocktail jazz in the 1950’s....more20minPlay
December 06, 2018#10: Mario PuzoMy father hired Mario Puzo as associate editor at Magazine Management at 655 Madison Avenue in 1960. While working there, Puzo would write his great novel about Hell’s Kitchen, The Fortunate Pilgrim. And then at age 49, break out with the most successful novel in history—The Godfather....more23minPlay
November 29, 2018#9: The Masked Announcer – Joel DornJoel Dorn was one of the last record producers standing from the old music biz. When the new industry pushed him out in the 1980s, he bounced back with the creation of CD box sets. “Don’t give me that ‘Hey, baby’ sh*t,” he said. “I invented it.”...more22minPlay
November 15, 2018#8: Lou Reed – A Foul and Bitter InterviewA FOUL AND BITTER INTERVIEW WITH LOU REED - Ugly People Got No Reason To Live - As a new, 22-year-old writer for The SoHo News in 1978, I was sent out to interview Lou Reed. He gave the nastiest interview of his life. Then demanded it be printed verbatim....more41minPlay
FAQs about Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman:How many episodes does Tales of... by Josh Alan Friedman have?The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.