Adam talks with American musician John Grant about travel stress, island survival, languages, favourite documentaries, John's last record 'Love Is Magic' (2018), horror films and favourite soundtracks, and growing up gay in a religious American family.
Visit the Adam Buxton app and open the Bonus Audio section for more music chat with John.
The conversation was recorded in London in October 2018
Thanks to Anneka Myson for additional editing and Seamus Murphy-Mitchel for production support.
RELATED LINKS
JOHN GRANT - HE'S GOT HIS MOTHER'S HIPS (MUSIC VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yhchpgY5kw
'GREY GARDENS' DOCUMENTARY (1975) TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI62e0fRieo
'SALESMAN' DOCUMENTARY (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E
'WORLD AT WAR' (EPISODE 1) (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E
'SHOCK OF THE NEW' (EPISODE 1) (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3ne7Udaetg
MINUTEMEN - 'WE JAM ECONO' DOCUMENTARY (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKGusadv08
DAVID SHIRE - 'THE CONVERSATION' SCORE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-DKn1PQJQ4
NPR STORY ABOUT DAVID SHIRE'S ORIGINAL APOCALYPSE NOW SCORE (5 MINS)
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/06/576054095/heres-how-the-score-of-apocalypse-now-originally-sounded?t=1559141827361
STRAIGHT JACKET by MATTHEW TODD (2017)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17614857-straight-jacket
'FOREVER' WITH MAYA RUDOLPH, FRED ARMISEN (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1w7HkOwgNQ
'EDUCATED' by TARA WESTOVER (2018) (GUARDIAN REVIEW)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/14/educated-tara-westover-mormon-family-review
THE ADAM BUXTON APP
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-adam-buxton-app/id1264624915?mt=8
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