They are also joined by the book's contributor and Punk Magazine co-founder Legs McNeil. Jim and Greg get insight into his life from the punk rocker's brother, Mickey Leigh, author of the new book I Slept With Joey Ramone.
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As we learn in the next segment, the Ramones’ lead singer, born Jeffry Hyman, had a turbulent life full of physical and mental illness. Joey Ramone is one of rock's biggest legends, but very little is known about his actual life. To honor Linkous, Jim and Greg play " Grim Augury," a track from that album that also features another recently departed musician, Vic Chesnutt. As Jim explains, Linkous used his life challenges in his music, and a new collaboration between the singer and Danger Mouse was set to be released this summer. Linkous had been battling severe depression for years, and his use of prescription drugs even left him paralyzed for several months. Greg likens Lil Wayne's situation to if Elvis or The Beatles had been jailed at the height of their chart success, and Jim wonders how fair this sentence really is.Īlso in the news, Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, committed suicide last week at age 47. In an absurd chain of events, both of his previous sentencing dates had to be postponed–first because of "emergency dental surgery," and then because the courthouse went up in flames. This is the result of Wayne pleading guilty to gun possession last year. The multi-million selling rapper has been sentenced to one year in prison, and not the kinda digs most wealthy criminals face, but Riker’s Island. Audio player Download Subscribe via iTunes Music NewsĪfter a number of postponements, Lil Wayne has finally had his day in court.