Apr 14, 2025
This week Ken welcomes author, music fan, semi-pro plus one and cousin of the famous, David Klein (www.davidkleinauthor.org) to the show.
Ken and David discuss his new book "The Plus-One: Getting by on
Good Connections in the Analog Age", being Winona Ryder's cousin,
growing up in suburban NJ, moving to North Carolina, mix tapes,
personal memories tied to pop culture, David's brother's work with
MTV, getting kicked out of a youth program resulting in riding in
an airplane with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, going to the
Night on Earth premiere, meeting Bono, having an ex-roomate who
dated Marisa Tomei, MTV Europe, record shopping in London, cool
older brother effect, Willie Alexander, a song for every number,
the two 50s chord progressions, the highlight of a funeral, those
people who not only light up a room but light up everyone in the
room, trying to get your kids to like cool stuff, The Ramones,
being ahead of your time, finding your thing, The Replacements, My
Boyfriend's Back, finding your voice, becoming the author you
always should have been, being fueled by rejection, how being bored
by your work is the most offensive thing, suburban kids getting in
trouble on a Friday night, Led Zepplin, Tenafly NJ, Tenafly Viper
in Street Trash, the Pixies, how love is a jigsaw puzzle, Mermaids,
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, how you only need to see the movie
Hapiness once, reading underground Comix, Timothy Leary, the beauty
of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Ken's advocacy for Adrian
Borland's The Sound, still discovering new music as you get older,
having your uncle ask Jerry Lee Lewis how he drove here tonight,
Glen Miller, and how the Adventures of Pete and Pete is the
greatest television show of all time.