Muses

This week Lynx presents the story of Edie Sedgwick! We love bringing you interviews but we are SO HAPPY to get back to storytelling! “She was a catalyst. By being in contact with her, the edges were sharper. An evening with Edie would only end when Edie had got to the point of exhaustion, which would be at the end of 2 or 3 days. There’s that old Yogi axiom: the higher you go, the further you fall. We all know that. She liked walking very close to extinction, always.” Adored by all those around, her Edie got her first real taste of freedom and fame when she left the oppressive home environment with her father at the helm. Within a year she had conquered the Harvard/Cambridge scene and set her sights for something bigger, New York City. Word travels fast and within a couple months Edie was Manhattan’s new “It Girl” with people like Bob Dylan, Bob Neuwirth and Lester Persky knocking on her door. In March of 1965 Edie was introduced to Andy Warhol who knew a star when he saw one and together they became a se

  This week’s episode is very special because we introduce you to Electrified Porcupine! If that name sounds familiar, it’s because you hear it at the beginning of all of our episodes. Electrified Porcupine brings[...] The post EP 71: Electrified Porcupine appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you listened to our episode about Ann Moses and her outta sight memoir Meow! My Groovy Life with Tiger Beats Idols, you’ll know she was a fabulous trailblazer with so many interesting stories there was simply too many to cover! We were super excited to get the opportunity to talk to Ann ourselves and had such a fabulous time talking with her! In this interview we talk about Ann’s writing process, her journey from journalist to interviewee (it involves Millennials and Google!), fame in the 60’s vs fame in the age of the internet and some of the teen idols we weren’t able to cover in her episode such as David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman. We also talk about the everlasting love of The Monkees fans, having dinner with Harry Nilsson and Eric Clapton, seeing amazing artists such as James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner in their prime and, oh yeah! THAT TIME SHE SHARED A KISS WITH ELVIS PRESLEY! We couldn’t be more delighted to share this interview and cannot wait to chat with Ann again. Be sure to keep your ears open

It’s PART TWO of our collaboration with TRAMPS LIKE US and Lee McCormack. This week we talk about the enduring musical partnership and marriage of Patti Scialfa and Bruce Springsteen. This is a spotlight on the First Lady of E Street! We discuss Patti’s childhood, her solo career, how she came to meet Bruce and become a part of the band and OF COURSE- her influence on Bruce musically and personally! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Muses and Stuff teams up with the podcast TRAMPS LIKE US with Lee McCormack. In part 1 of this 2 part series Chanty, Lynx and Lee discuss Bruce’s upbringing and the women who made big impacts on his young life. We take you back to when Bruce Springsteen was a boy- a shy, soft-hearted dreamer. In this episode, you’ll hear about his humble beginnings which include his relationship with his grandmother, mother and sisters as well as how his father affected his attitude and actions towards love. Using Bruce’s memoir and Lee’s steel trap mind and knowledge, we go over Bruce’s early relationships, girlfriends, one night stands and his marriage to Julianne Phillips. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we talk about his enduring relationship and marriage with Patti Scialfa! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We couldn’t be more excited to share this weeks interview with the beautiful, talently and supremely lovely Maureen Van Zandt! Maureen has had quite an incredible life and it was such a joy to hear some of her stories! Her passion for dance and the theatre has been the center of her life since she was a young girl leading her to work both on and off Broadway. She has built an amazing career for herself, not just dancing and acting but developing her own theatre companies and producing the plays the matter to her most. In this episode, Maureen talks about some of the more memorable plays she’s participated in and her latest theatre company, Renegade Theatre, which she created with Soprano’s co-star and friend Vincent Pastore. Maureen also shares with us her passion for music. When the British Invasion hit, so did Maureen’s love of rock n roll. When she wasn’t dancing, teenage Maureen could be found working at a record shop, going to concerts and hanging at all the hot spots where the coolest names in rock n ro

This week Lynx shares the story behind the unique friendship of two iconic artists, Patti Smith & Robert Mapplethorpe. After discovering the arts at a very young age Patti Smith dreamed of not only becoming an artist herself but to find a partner to share inspiration with. At age 20, on her first day as a New Yorker she found just that. Patti and Robert Mapplethorpe immediately hit it off and were soon living together, working side by side. Patti and Robert were your typical young, starving artists, creating nonstop and earning just enough to scrape by. Money may have been sparse but they had all they needed in each other. “One cannot imagine the mutual happiness we felt when we sat and drew together. We would get lost for hours.” Together they made a vow to never leave the other until both felt ready to stand on their own. Over time their relationship would begin to shift, but their bond remained strong. Robert began to explore his interest in men and while that initially came as a shock to Patti she alway

 This week Chanty presents the story of Rita Rae Roxx based on her book Once Upon a Rock Star: Backstage Passes in the Heavy Metal Eighties – Big Hair, Bad Boys (and One Bad[...] The post EP 64: Rita Rae Roxx appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Lynx and Chanty introduce you to Sami Harris- an LA doll who they met through the Queen- Pamela Des Barres! Sami Harris is 20 year old writer, social media influencer, music journalist and yogi[...] The post Meet Sami Harris appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Lynx tells Chanty all about the delightful Ann Moses! When Ann scored herself a job at Tiger Beat Magazine she, like it’s readers, was just a teen herself. Within a few short years she would go from a part time editorial assistant to editor in chief of the ever growing tween magazine. If you’re picturing her stuck at some desk… think again. Ann spent the majority of her time outside the office. You may have found her traveling on tour buses with Tiger Beat faves like Paul Revere & The Raiders , Dino, Desi & Billy and Standells, or hanging out on tv and film sets like Where the Action Is, The Monkees and The Flying Nun. Ann would also have the opportunity to see groups like The Mamas & The Papas, Jefferson Airplane and The Bee Gees in the recording studio and could always be found backstage or in the front row for concerts such as The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Monterey Pop Festival. Ann worked hard to create personal pieces she knew the readers would love and had a blast doing so. She had excl

Avery Florence is a Toronto based artist. Avery’s EP January which was recorded live off the floor was released earlier this year and it is SO GOOD. When Avery walked in to record, Lynx and[...] The post Interview with Avery Florence appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take you all the way back to the 1960’s to a log cabin nestled in Laurel Canyon. Chanty tells Lynx the story of Pauline Butcher, Frank Zappa’s secretary. This episode is based on her book: FREAK OUT! My life with Frank Zappa. So how did a secretary from England come to know, befriend and even live with Frank Zappa, his wife Gail and all of the “freaks” in Laurel Canyon? Who is Suzy Creamcheese? What was it like living in a log cabin where anyone including Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull , Captain Beefheart, Graham Nash or Joni Mitchell might walk through the door on any given day? To our squealing delight, we learn that Pauline became close with our beloved GTOs (The Girls Together Outrageously), documenting their formation, beginning and wacky time together. We remind our listeners where the word “Groupie” came from and go back to a time when Hollywood was a trusting community and you just never knew who might stop by or what might happen. Other notable characters we chat about this week is (of

This week Lynx takes you Greenwich Village in the 1960’s where poetry, politics and folk music take center stage. As a “red diaper baby” with 2 Communist parents, political activism was built into Suze’s DNA. As a young teenager Suze Rotolo began hanging out in Greenwich Village with other like-minded friends and was soon a fixture at clubs such as Gerdes Folk City, The Gaslight, Kettle of Fish and The Bitter End. Places that launched the careers of many folk singers such as Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul and Mary, ODETTA and of course Bob Dylan. When remembering their first encounter, Bob said “I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was the most erotic thing I’d ever seen. We started talking and my head started to spin. Cupids arrow had whistled past my ears before, but this time it hit me in the heart and the weight of it dragged me overboard.” Just like that Dylan met his first, and most important Muse. Bob had only recently moved to NYC from his small town in Minnesota and it was through Suze that

 This week Chanty brings you the story of Carol Ann Harris and her 9 year relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. We dive deep into the inner circle that is the Fleetwood Mac family thank you[...] The post EP 60: Carol Ann Harris and Lindsey Buckingham appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life had never been easy for Jan but growing up listening to Marvin Gaye's sweet soulful voice on the record player came with daydreams of a promising future. So when the opportunity came to meet the man of her dreams there was no way Jan wasn’t going to seize the opportunity. She didn’t care that Marvin was still legally married or about their 17 year age difference and neither, it seems, did Marvin. Before long the pair were inseparable and with Jan as his muse, Marvin began making the sexiest music of his career. But as their relationship progressed Jan was quickly learning that not only was Marvin tormented with deep-seated insecurities, he was also a man who believed that to create great art one must suffer. Thus began a wild roller-coaster of great highs and horrific lows that Jan found inescapable. Plagued with her own insecurities, the main one being the thought of losing the man she had so longed to be with, Jan began putting her own feelings to the side in order to please his. “I wanted to give him

Today Chanty tells Lynx and listeners the story of BEN FONG- TORRES. We’ve been getting some requests to do another episode on a male Muse and/ or Groupie so listen up to see why we[...] The post EP 58: Ben Fong-Torres appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Singer-Songwriter. Business Woman. Rock ’n’ Roll Icon. Feminist. Trailblazer. Wife & Mother. Put all that together (and then some!) and you have this weeks muse, the incredible Pat Benatar! Growing up Pat dreamed of being part of a dynamic rock ’n’ roll duo. Jagger & Richards, Plant & Page, she may have had the vocal chops but to make it to Rocks greatest heights she knew she needed a phenomenal guitarist by her side. It was while working on her first album, In the Heat of the Night, that Pat was introduced to Neil (Spyder) Giraldo. In Pat’s words “From he moment he stepped into the room our lives changed- first musically and later romantically and spiritually. Without Neil my career would not have happened, because I am not responsible for it, we are responsible for it, all of it. We were each others Muse.” Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Together they worked hard to build a musical career that has spanned nearly 40 years and through it all Pat fought hard on the front lines battling sexism in an industry that h

 This week we bring you the story of Ginger Gilmour. She is an artist, a philanthropist, a colour therapy healer, a light worker, a mother to 4 children and the long time wife of[...] The post EP 56: Ginger Gilmour appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last night Chanty and Lynx had the pleasure of speaking with Chris and Paul from The Flatliners before their sold out show at the Opera House in Toronto. These guys are celebrating the 10th anniversary[...] The post The Flatliners Interview appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Forsberg was only 16 years old when she first met Scott Weiland. Seven years her senior, Scott had been hired to chauffeur Mary around to her modelling gigs. While their attraction was immediate, their careers were taking them in different directions. As Mary was jet-setting from Milan to Tokyo to Paris for exciting fashion shoots, Scott and his band, Stone Temple Pilots were beginning to dominate the airwaves. But great success doesn’t automatically equal great happiness. Both Scott and Mary were trying to find ways to deal with their depression and mental health issues. By the time their paths collided and they became a couple they each were also fighting with addiction. In no time at all they found themselves living in a rock n roll cliche. As Scott said, “It’s Bonnie & Clyde, rock n roll, hell on wheels. We know were gonna crash, but we keep on going. But what goes up has to come down, and it does. Hard.” For Mary, “The days run together, the drugs run together & the rehabs run together too.” But wit