Addiction with Author Jonathan Shaw
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2015
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Author/tattoo master, Jonathan Shaw (dubbed “the next Bukowski”-Rolling Stone Magazine) talks about heroin addiction and reads from his cult classic novel "Narcisa: Our Lady of The Ashes."
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| 0:21.8 | Hey, it's Jonathan Shaw, and you're addicted to story-worthy. |
| 0:35.8 | Yeah. and you're addicted to Storyworthy. |
| 0:48.8 | Welcome to the Storyworthy podcast. |
| 0:53.6 | Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hanna's Finney. |
| 1:06.7 | Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm here with Hanna Sfini, |
| 1:11.0 | and we're coming to you from Mo's Irish Pub in Wauitos in Wisconsin. Why? Because we're here to see the band, Milwaukee's Addiction. |
| 1:15.3 | Heavy metal, baby. |
| 1:17.0 | Is that a new band or an old band? |
| 1:18.8 | It is a new band. |
| 1:20.3 | They are fabulous. |
| 1:21.7 | They are ready to go. |
| 1:23.3 | They're ready to burst under the scene. |
| 1:24.6 | And so we're back in Milwaukee? |
| 1:26.1 | Yeah, because I couldn't find any place that they treat addiction to Milwaukee. Well, I'm sure they do have places because people are addicted to things all over the place. Oh, yeah. No, I'm sure they do. I just didn't. I actually had a cousin who was a Cokehead. Oh, really? And I thought, that doesn't fit in with Wisconsin at all. You need to drink a lot of beer. Maybe smoke a lot of pot. That's about it. You know, I actually had a cousin also who was addicted to cocaine, and he passed away. And he was like in his 30s, and his heart blew up. Jesus. You know. So he was like, he didn't get any help, I guess. No, no, he didn't get any help. |
| 2:01.8 | No. |
| 2:02.4 | 30 years. |
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