This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen talk to New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman.
On the docket…why Pearlman picks the particular subjects he has chosen to write about, his unprecedented affinity for both Hall and Oates and 90s rock and roll and reveals his dream subject. Hint…it’s not a sports figure.
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SHOW NOTES:
That time Hall and Oates mailed it in in Irvine
Jeff’s Top 25 Hall and Oates Songs
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ2itQvyBY8]Jeff’s 20 Essential 90s Albums
- The Low End Theory – Tribe Called Quest
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill
- The Chronic – Dr. Dre
- Blind Melon – Blind Melon
- All Eyez on Me – Tupac
- Unplugged – Nirvana
- Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morisette
- Ten – Pearl Jam
- Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
- Aurora Gory Alice – Letters to Cleo
- Live and Drunk at the Stone Balloon – Love Seed Mama Jump
- Change of Season – Hall and Oates
- Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star
- Revenge – Kiss
- The Score – Fugees
- Listen Without Prejudice – George Michael
- Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em – Eric B & Rakim
- 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life – Arrested Development
- II – Boyz II Men
- Far Beyond Driven – Pantera
That time Roger Clemens insulted Jeff via Twitter
Mount Quazmore
Jeff is not a fan of Michael Bublé
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGzaKSvZ2c]JEFF’S BOOKS:
- The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo-chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, The Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team to Ever Put on a New York Uniform–and Maybe the Best
- Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero
- Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
- The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
- Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
- Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
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