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From W.HY.Y in Philadelphia, I'm Tanya Mosley with Fresh Air Weekend. Today, Alex Van Halen.

He's written a new memoir about forming the rock band Van Halen with his brother Eddie, who died of cancer in 2020.

It takes readers from their childhood, discovering music through their jazz musician father,

to the wild ride of sex, drugs, and rock and roll, including some close calls on stage during their

performance antics, like setting Alex's drum sets on fire.

We kind of gotten it down to a science, and as we're doing it during the performance,

the lighter fluid starts to come down my arm, and then I look over and I notice my arms

on fire.

Also, artist Titus Kaffar joins me to discuss his new movie based on his life.

It's about a celebrated painter

whose world unravels when his estranged father, a recovering addict, suddenly reappears.

And Carolina Miranda Miranda reviews the new Netflix film Pedro Peramo. That's coming up on

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