There's been an explosion of rock and roll autobiographies in recent years, with pretty much every music legend (and many others) being invited by some publisher or other to write or dictate their story. What's the particular appeal of this kind of recounting, what's the connection between writing and reading these books on the one hand and producing and listening to the actual … [Read more...] about PMP#84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-Chanin
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PMP#31: Robin Williams’ Celebrity Struggles w/ Dave Itzkoff
Dave the New York Times culture reporter joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to consider issues raised by his 2018 biography Robin: What is with our f'ed up relation to celebrity, and what are strategies that celebrities use to deal with that asymmetric relationship to the world? While Robin Williams tried, in gratitude, to share himself with random fans, and was very anxious about … [Read more...] about PMP#31: Robin Williams’ Celebrity Struggles w/ Dave Itzkoff