Episode 990 - Allan MacDonell

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Writer Allan MacDonell shaped his writing style at the punk magazine Slash, refined it while working for Larry Flint at Hustler, and turned it all on its ear with his trilogy of memoirs. Allan tells Marc how his life was shaped by a David Bowie concert, how he immersed his life in the LA punk scene, and how he almost ended it all in a fit of rage at God. They also talk about the slipperiness of truth in nonfiction writing, which is why Allan killed himself off in his new memoir, and he also divulges the real story of how Hustler got Congressman Bob Livingston to resign. This episode is sponsored by This Is Not Happening on Comedy Central, the New York Times Crossword App, and 23andMe.com.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you?
0:12.0	What the fuckers?
0:13.0	What the fuck buddies?
0:14.0	What the fucking ears?
0:15.0	What the fuck sticks?
0:16.0	What's happening?
0:17.0	What the fuck is?
0:18.0	How's it going?
0:19.0	I'm Mark Maren.
0:20.0	This is my podcast, WTF.
0:22.0	Thank you for listening.
0:24.0	Today on the show is Alan McDonald.
0:28.0	Alan McDonald is a writer.
0:31.0	He's a guy I've known for many years from the Secret Club.
0:36.0	He's written several books.
0:37.5	He wrote years ago.
0:38.5	He wrote a book called Prisoner of X, 20 years in the hole at Hussler magazine.
0:43.9	He's also written a book of pieces, memoir pieces mostly, I believe, called Punk Elegies.
0:49.6	And his newest book, now that I am gone, a memoir beyond recall, is written from the point
0:55.6	of view of him as a dead guy that he's dead.
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