Back in the day, as Netflix began to gain popularity,

its rival Blackbuster was looking for an edge.

At one point, the investors were asking

Blackbuster to sell jeans in the store.

Yeah, you just imagine these like older investors being like,

you know what the kids want? They want jeans.

You get a Tom Cruise movie and some Stone Wash jeans.

The downfall of Blackbuster and the rise of Netflix.

Listen to its beneminent from NPR.

From NPR, music is all songs considered.

I'm Bob Boylin.

So today, you're in for a real treat.

Michele Jolay of the Airborne Toxic Event

is joining me to talk about his extraordinary memoir

called Hollywood Park.

And then there's a subsequent album

he did based on this story.

It's a journey that begins with Michele as a very young child

growing up in synonym.

It's a drug rehab facility turned cult.

He's separated from his parents.

And it's a journey that in the end is about

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