Before attaining massive success with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea was a wild child, roaming the streets of Hollywood. He and Joe discuss: the unfamiliar vulnerability he faced when writing his excellent memoir Acid for the Children; the cathartic experience of translating traumatic memories to text; the spiritual connection between jazz and punk rock; the seeming decline of active listening; and the kind of connection he seeks with drummers.
RIP: Steve Albini (Roland)
309: King Coffey (Butthole Surfers)
308: Guy Picciotto (Fugazi, Rites of Spring, Happy Go Licky, etc.)
307: Jim White (Dirty Three, Xylouris White, etc.)
306: Teresa Esguerra (Prism Bitch, Built to Spill)
305: Marnie Stern
RIP: Jeremiah Green
304: Patricia Brennan
RIP: Viola Smith
303: Nate Smith
302: Rick Allen (Def Leppard)
RIP: Mimi Parker (Low)
RIP: DH Peligro (Dead Kennedys)
301: Questlove
300: Joe Wong Interviewed by Jon Wurster
RIP: Gabe Serbian
RIP: Howard Grimes, RIP
299: Hugo Burnham (Gang of Four)
298: Cindy Blackman Santana
297: Alan Braufman
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