{"id":472,"date":"2008-07-31T19:49:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T00:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?p=472"},"modified":"2012-02-25T19:00:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T00:00:44","slug":"mike-edison-bss-226","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/mike-edison-bss-226\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Edison (BSS #226)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Edison is the author of <i>I Have Fun Everywhere I Go<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/edisonmike1.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"edisonmike1\" align=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8562\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-472-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=472-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo226.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 52:42 &#8212; 48.2MB)<\/p>\n<p><b>Condition of the Show:<\/b> Reinvestigating the purported death of Bat Segundo.  (See also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/richard-price\/\">Show #199<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Author:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockettrain.com\/\">Mike Edison<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Subjects Discussed:<\/b> Writing a memoir predicated upon shit-talking, sticking with the details, the lack of composite characters, compressed chronology, <i>Heeb<\/i> editor Josh Neuman vs. <i>Screw<\/i> art director Kevin Hein, Tom Cruise&#8217;s ass, <i>The Passion of the Christ<\/i>, the ground rules for satire, Martha Stewart, being married to ideas, <i>High Times<\/i>&#8216;s Steven Hager, reality TV vs. YouTube, patience and publishing, the Chronocaster, Tommy Chong, attempting to assemble the film <i>High Times Potluck<\/i>, marijuana bribes, the cult of personality, sexual harassment, being in the gutter with Al Goldstein, the roots of <i>High Times<\/i>, editorial backstabbing, the appropriate conditions in which to get stoned, Robert Altman, stoners and color separation, Ozzy Osbourne, Edison&#8217;s career trajectory, working for a beer and soft drinks magazine, dropping out of Columbia and working as a porn novelist and getting burned out, on being bored easily, the business of <i>High Times<\/i>, magazine readership, early ambitions, Bill Hicks, the Beatles and John Lennon&#8217;s <i>Plastic Ono Band<\/i>, Ringo Starr&#8217;s first album vs. Steve Miller, and the unpredictability of life.<\/p>\n<p><b>EXCERPT FROM SHOW:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Correspondent:<\/b> First off, you have a lot of critical things to say about a lot of people.<\/p>\n<p><b>Edison:<\/b> I name names, brother!<\/p>\n<p><b>Correspondent:<\/b> Yeah, I know.  But there&#8217;s a lot of shit-talking going on.<\/p>\n<p><b>Edison:<\/b>  You think?<\/p>\n<p><b>Correspondent:<\/b> And I&#8217;m wondering if this book was written out of revenge or what?<\/p>\n<p><b>Edison:<\/b> Absolutely not.  I mean, you know, I feel sorry for the people who weren&#8217;t nice to me in the last twenty years of my career.  But, no, this was not written from a point of view of malice. That&#8217;s not a place to write a book from.  The book&#8217;s a celebration.  And, of course, a few people crossed me over the years and I do kind of take joy in sticking pins in them now.  I&#8217;d be lying if I didn&#8217;t say that there weren&#8217;t.  But success is the best revenge.  And history is written by the winners.<\/p>\n<p><b>Correspondent:<\/b> You consider yourself a success?  You&#8217;re writing your own history here?<\/p>\n<p><b>Edison:<\/b> I&#8217;m on your radio show.  I think there&#8217;s no greater sign of success than that.<\/p>\n<p><b>Correspondent:<\/b> (<i>laughs<\/i>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8563\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-472-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=472-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo226.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 52:42 &#8212; 48.2MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Edison is the author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go. Condition of the Show: Reinvestigating the purported death of Bat Segundo. (See also Show #199.) Author: Mike Edison Subjects Discussed: Writing a memoir predicated upon shit-talking, sticking with the details, the lack of composite characters, compressed chronology, Heeb editor Josh Neuman vs. Screw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8564\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-472-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Listen: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/?powerpress_pinw=472-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/_mp3\/segundo226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"segundo226.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Running Time: 52:42 &#8212; 48.2MB)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1087],"tags":[16,439,440,9,438,375,441],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.edrants.com\/segundo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}