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Crackpot Cinema PodcastEp 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonellCrackpot Cinema Ep 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonell
In our most fluid-spewing episode to date, author, raconteur, and Mike and Aaron’s former Hustler magazine boss ALLAN MacDONELL joins us to take on Penelope Spheeris’s götterdammerüng documentary THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION (1981) and the goddamnable dung heap DU-BEAT-E-O (1984).
We also delve deep into Hustler office gems such as Mike’s desktop Gatorade urinal and savage sidewalk beating outside a strip club; the invasion of Aaron’s trash can by the Pepsi Pooper; and the Jane Fonda/Ted Turner sex tape that we rated Three-Quar...
2020-08-2400 min
It's All BadAllan MacDonell is CancelledEpisode 24. Allan MacDonell is an author of three books. He wrote for Slash magazine in the early days of the Los Angeles punk scene. Then we wrote for Hustler for 20 years until he roasted Larry Flynt and got fired. Now he's in need of a literary agent. Hit us up if you know anybody.
2019-11-111h 43
Programa do webEpisode 990 - Allan MacDonellWriter Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working for Larry Flint at Hustler, and turned it all on its ear with his trilogy of memoirs. Allan tells Marc how his life was shaped by a David Bowie concert, how he immersed his life in the LA punk scene, and how he almost ended it all in a fit of rage at God. They also talk about the slipperiness of truth in nonfiction writing, which is why Allan killed himself off in his new memoir, and he also divulges the real story of...
2019-01-311h 27
WTF with Marc Maron PodcastEpisode 990 - Allan MacDonellWriter Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working for Larry Flint at Hustler, and turned it all on its ear with his trilogy of memoirs. Allan tells Marc how his life was shaped by a David Bowie concert, how he immersed his life in the LA punk scene, and how he almost ended it all in a fit of rage at God. They also talk about the slipperiness of truth in nonfiction writing, which is why Allan killed himself off in his new memoir, and he also divulges the real story of...
2019-01-311h 27
WTF with Marc Maron PodcastEpisode 990 - Allan MacDonellWriter Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working for Larry Flint at Hustler, and turned it all on its ear with his trilogy of memoirs. Allan tells Marc how his life was shaped by a David Bowie concert, how he immersed his life in the LA punk scene, and how he almost ended it all in a fit of rage at God. They also talk about the slipperiness of truth in nonfiction writing, which is why Allan killed himself off in his new memoir, and he also divulges the real story of...
2019-01-311h 31
Özel masallah podcastEpisode 990 - Allan MacDonellWriter Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working for Larry Flint at Hustler, and turned it all on its ear with his trilogy of memoirs. Allan tells Marc how his life was shaped by a David Bowie concert, how he immersed his life in the LA punk scene, and how he almost ended it all in a fit of rage at God. They also talk about the slipperiness of truth in nonfiction writing, which is why Allan killed himself off in his new memoir, and he also divulges the real story of...
2019-01-311h 30
SkeevelandJody Hill Observes and Reports at SkeevelandWhen Jody Hill goes to work ('East Bound and Down,' 'Observe and Report,' 'Vice Principals'), he deals with some of the funniest people on the planet. He also dealt with Allan MacDonell at Skeeveland,
2019-01-2533 min
SkeevelandFashion Mogul Cheyann Benedict Brings Her Brand of Badass to SkeevelandCheyann Benedict is a serial fashion entrepreneur. Her creative impulses refuse to be confined to a single discipline. The search for new challenges, new forms of expression and deeper artistic fulfillment have taken Benedict around the world, several times, and deep into her punk rock origins—and to Skeeveland.
2019-01-2532 min
SkeevelandAaron Lee Says the One Thing Donald Trump Said Do Not Say—On Skeeveland'Family Guy' writer Aaron Lee has been reamed out by William Shatner and forced to coach Donald Trump on how to be funny. Lee enjoyed only one of those things.
2019-01-2538 min
SkeevelandDon Bolles: Bringing Perfection to the Germs, Ariel Pink and SkeevelandDrummer Don Bolles: Ariel Pink won’t go on tour without him. The Germs couldn’t play a set all the way through unless he was battering away behind them. And Skeeveland wouldn’t be Skeeveland except Don Bolles dropped in and imparted an L.A. punk history lesson.
2019-01-2531 min
SkeevelandJennifer Locke Schools Skeeveland in the Art of DominationJennifer Locke has a dual career path in performance-video art and as a professional dominatrix. Also, a secret life that she reveals to Skeeveland.
2019-01-2545 min
SkeevelandDJ Louisahhh Teaches Skeeveland How to Find Love in ParisLouisa Pillot is an American DJ/producer/performer based in Paris who goes by many names. Well, by two names; the lovely one her parents gave her and her stage name: Louisahhh.
Pillot is a woman playing at the A levels in what is often a man’s game. She is founder of the RAAR record label, was a big deal during Bromance Records‘ five-year run, and will be creating dance frenzy in a town near you, providing you are a train ride or so away from Paris or Toulouse or Amsterdam or Pune, Indi...
2019-01-2536 min
SkeevelandRob Zabrecky Brings His Magical Counterculture Cult Following to SkeevelandEntertainer Rob Zabrecky has achieved cult sensation as actor, musician (Possum Dixon) and magician (The Unholy Three): For his next trick, he makes this edition of Skeeveland more fun than it has any right to be.
2019-01-2544 min
SkeevelandBuzz Osborne Keeps (the) Melvins Great and Does Wonders for Skeeveland TooWith drummer Dale Crover, guitarist Buzz Osborne founded (the) Melvins somewhere back in the 1940s and has maintained the band as a raging dominant force in contemporary musical culture for longer than some of his most swooning critics have been alive. Osborne confesses a string of counterintuitive passions (golf, for instance) on his visit to Skeeveland.
2019-01-2545 min
SkeevelandSkeeveland Under the Annie Hardy SpellHere’s a conversation you won’t have every day.
As the lead singer, chief composer and otherworldly charisma source of the band Giant Drag, Annie Hardy was a cult figure, a mysterious presence, an aura attached to an enigma.
And then some things happened. She is something altogether altered now.
Annie Hardy has 28 releases available for purchase on her Bandcamp page. The Giant Drag album "Waking Up Is Hard to Do" is highly recommended as a good place to start buying.
2019-01-2537 min
SkeevelandSkeeveland: Man and Wife Have 'That' Talk in Super Cute PodcastIs this woman her husband’s muse? Or is she just amused by him? Either way, how has it lasted so long?
2019-01-2530 min
SkeevelandPunk Rock Bass Prodigy Kevin Rutmanis Slinks Into SkeevelandNot only has Kevin Rutmanis, a founding member of the Cows, been fired from Mike Patton’s Tomahawk and the Melvins, he’s had the delusional notion that he is capable to going head-to-head with 'Now That I Am Gone' author Allan MacDonell in a charm contest.
You be the judge, and let’s hope Rutmanis is more successful in his current musical incarnation, Hepa-Titus (currently merchandising on Bandcamp).
2019-01-2531 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Louisa PillotAllan MacDonell is the author of the novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Performing as Louisahhh, New York-born Louisa Pillot is one of the rare women thriving within the male-dominated international EDM (electronic dance music) elite. Producer, DJ, recording artist, Louisahhh is in demand at clubs and festivals from Barcelona to...
2018-12-0336 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Aaron LeeAllan MacDonell is the author of the novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
For many years now, Aaron Lee’s rude comic ingenuity has touched you undercover of producer and writer credits for ‘Family Guy,’ ‘The Cleveland Show,’ ‘The New Normal’ and loads more. Lee’s bursts of caustic wit were big hits for wis...
2018-11-2638 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Jody HillAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Jody Hill...
2018-11-0733 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Annie HardyAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Annie Hardy's recent double-album, "Rules,"...
2018-10-3137 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Rob ZabreckyAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Rob Zabrecky...
2018-10-2244 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Jennifer LockeAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming book 'Now That I am Gone", as well as, 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Jennifer Locke...
2018-10-1545 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Cheyann BenedictAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming after-death memoir 'Now That I Am Gone.' His previous books are 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust.' MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University and was a defining contributor to L.A.'s 'Slash' magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, he's been separating real from fake on Internet platforms such as Buzz Media, Spin Media and Participant Media. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
Cheyann Benedict...
2018-10-0932 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland Allan MacDonell in Conversation with Buzz OsborneAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Roger "Buzz" Osborne, also known as King Buzzo, is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. He is a founding member of the Melvins, as well as Fantômas and Venomous Concept.
2018-10-0146 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell in conversation with Don BollesAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s Slash magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
2018-09-2531 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland: Allan MacDonell and his wife have a talk. Is she his muse? Or is she just amused by him?Allan MacDonell is the author of 'Now That I am Gone', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust'. MacDonell studied creative writing at San Francisco State University. He was a defining contributor to L.A.'s 'Slash' magazine. Since the turn of the millennium, MacDonell has been separating real from fake on Internet platforms like Buzz Media, Spin Media, Participant Media, and marijuana news-and-lifestyle site Kindland. He is currently director of TheSkeeve.com.
2018-09-1730 min
Rare Bird RadioSkeeveland Allan MacDonell in Conversation with Kevin RutmanisAllan MacDonell is the author of the upcoming novel 'Now That I Am Gone'. His other works include; 'Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex and Trial by Angel Dust', 'Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine' and was a defining voice of the groundbreaking punk periodical "Slash" magazine. While writing for Slash, he also co-invented slam-dancing.
Kevin Rutmanis is an American bass guitarist. He is of Latvian descent. Before getting into music, he was a student teacher. In late 1985, along with his younger brother Sandris Rutmanis, Thor Eisentrager, and then Jayhawks drummer Norm...
2018-09-1031 min
Rare Bird RadioToneduff Session #3: Iris Berry and Allan MacDonellBruce Duff, author of The Smell of Death, talks with Punk Hostage Press' Iris Berry and Allan MacDonell, former editor of Hustler Magazine and author of Punk Elegies, about the Los Angeles punk and literary scenes and the meeting of the two.
2016-06-2958 min