Greetings from New York City where it’s still too damn cold. But around the corner waits a 2-week spring break, which will hopefully provide the bridge to an actual spring. But who knows.
I’m writing today to share that I have moved my podcast to Substack. It will still be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and a dozen smaller podcast apps, but will be hosted on the Substack platform, so also available on the Substack app.
The first episode is a new interview with Peter Doggett, one of the great writers of the rock era and a man who has spent decades studying what happens when ambition, fame, and enormous piles of cash (and drugs) collide.
Peter is the author of You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup, a deeply human book about the legendary band, not only at their creative peak, but also at their breaking point. It chronicles the time when the most successful band in history discovered that unimaginable wealth and universal adoration do not, in fact, lead to contentment and enlightenment…but do lead to lawsuits, divorce, and—sometimes—heroin addiction.
Peter has written for Rolling Stone, Mojo, Q, and many others. His work has the rare quality of making you love the music even more while feeling slightly better about your own messy life. His latest book is Surf’s Up: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys.
Btw, if you like this episode, you’ll also love the new Amazon documentary about Paul McCartney called Man on the Run. Check it out.
