Friday, November 14, 2008

Shock Jock Talk without the Shock Jock


Dichotomy on NPR! Amazingly, for Fresh Air, they interviewed longtime Howard Stern contributor Artie Lange about his new book, Too Fat to Fish. This guy epitomizes the line from Spiritualized: "I don't fall off the wagon, you know. I take a dive and go as deep as I can go."

Click here to listen to the program

Terry Gross: Sensible, sounds like a four year college degree.

Artie Lange: Unapologetic drug user and caricature of humanity that is everything on Howard Stern. He fits in with the "post James Frey" trend of not promising help on other people's drug use but at least detailing the exploits. (See NYT contributor David Carr's book, "Night of the Gun")

Results? A great interview! Fresh Air is a fine show, but usually it's the mirror in the parrot cage: awk! You're smart and well-educated!

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