693. - Jay McInerney

How Long Gone

Chris Black & Jason Stewart / Talkhouse

Comedy

4.5 • 951 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Jay McInerney is a writer from New York. It's the 40th anniversary of his book Bright Lights, Big City, and we spoke with Jay from his Malibu home about when people call meat "protein," cinnamon rolls, surfing in Malibu, we romanticize smoking in restaurants and on airplanes, blasting lines with Ray Carver, Absolut Vodka ads in the 80s and 90s, hanging with Bret Easton Ellis, sucks when the producer gets canceled, he finished his memoir but probably shouldn't put it out, Keith McNally's memoir, his hangover cure, classic New York restaurants, Tesla cars, and his thoughts on Substack. instagram.com/jaymcinerney twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Mecca Bingo are legends of play since back in the day.
0:04.0	Back when cavemen hunted,
0:07.0	when Egyptians bathed in milk,
0:10.0	and now when Becky and Luton finally gets to put a feet up.
0:15.0	With hottest bingo and slots, fantastic jackpots and so many chances to win,
0:21.0	no wonder Mecca are legends of play since back in the day.
0:25.2	Come on let's play at mecha bingo.com. 18 plus be gamble aware dot org
0:29.6	tease and sees apply. How long gone? A rare Monday recording because of some scheduling.
0:55.8	What time did you get home last night?
0:57.0	Did you call it after I did or did you keep it going?
1:00.5	I kept it going a little bit, not that long,
1:02.4	maybe another hour but I just went home I got to say that the
1:07.4	Disney party which felt like a very very high-end wedding reception in a good way honestly like it was like you know what I mean it
1:16.1	was like if this if wedding receptions were more if they if if people spent Disney
1:20.6	level money on wedding receptions then I would go to more weddings.
1:24.0	So you're saying you like elaborate fancy weddings? I mean they had all the bases
1:28.6	cover that I really needed except for music but you know yeah. The food stations were so blind.
1:35.0	Well, the music is what made it. The music was so bad that it made it really feel like a wedding reception.
1:42.2	You know what I mean? And the fact that
1:44.0	Quest Love was there but not even DJing or playing bongo's felt like a miss.
1:48.3	But I don't, you know, I don't know whose job that is but it's not mine I think I think quest loves job there
1:55.0	was to you don't watch the Simpsons but when you when Homer sees a donut he
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