Show Notes
The irrepressible singer, guitar player, and radio host celebrates the release of “The Mojo Manifesto: The Life & Times of Mojo Nixon,” the hilarious bio doc covering the southern-fried maniac’s career. From the early days with Skid Roper menacing the MTV bigwigs to his unhinged stage antics with the Toad Liquors and his Outlaw Country and NASCAR radio shows on SiriusXM, Mojo always goes in whole hog. Tonight the Troubled Men discover that madness is the method.
Topics include a Bob Mugge memoir, a book signing, Michael Tisserand, a French Quarter Fest recap, John Mooney, physical therapy, drugs, recycling, eye contact, dog walkers, shootings, fainting, the slap and tickle, Jesus, North Carolina beaches, a campaign platform, Richard Petty, Walter Hill, Jim Dickinson, “Talladega Nights,” baby names, editing the movie, a newspaper reporter father, Danville, Va., “The Prisoner’s Song,” a college punk in Ohio, a Shane MacGowan debacle at Wolf Trap, a Howlin’ Wolf obsession, “Mystery Train,” a crosscountry bike ride, Country Dick Montana, an origin story, the healing board, Jim Spake, “Otis,” Don Henley, Dave Alvin, Pete “Wet Dawg” Gordon, John Doe, a strong constitution, acting, “Great Balls of Fire,” “Super Mario Bros.,” Dennis Hopper, Bob Hoskins, and much more.
Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman
Break and Outro Music: "Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two Headed Love Child" and "Elvis Is Everywhere" from "The Mojo Manifesto" by Mojo Nixon
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