The B.E.E. Podcast - 1/25/19 - Jay McInerney - SILVER
Added 2019-01-25 19:05:58 +0000 UTCOn the 100th episode of the B.E.E. Podcast, novelist Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis discuss the frustrations of adapting Bright Lights, Big City into a movie, doing cocaine, the thrilling minimalism of Raymond Carver and the relationship between writer and editor.
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I was notified that I made the final round for consideration for soft skull press last October - but it fell through :(
Seneca Garcia
2023-06-28 07:28:13 +0000 UTCAny luck with your novel?
Louis Norton
2023-06-27 22:33:24 +0000 UTCYeah, I been working for 4 years on the Bright Lights Big City of the skateboard culture set - the great American skateboard novel (Jay was the reason I became a writer) - hopefully XXX press doesn’t pan it and I’m hopelessly waiting — he says though, that he doubts there could now be a cultural novel with a three year lapse delivering something au courant — well I’m pretty confident I’ve written the great American skate novel (something that does not exist) I just fear some milquetoast grad student on the east coast with better connections beats me, with their prosaic prose — love this episode, Jay is a goat 2 me
Seneca Garcia
2021-12-13 18:41:45 +0000 UTCRegarding the conversation at the end of white male privilege, many white males grow up dirt poor so the participants of this conversation are making huge assumptions based on their singular experiences.
Jett
2020-07-01 21:38:14 +0000 UTCNone of your podcasts will play. Please fix
Evan Disser
2019-04-27 20:44:48 +0000 UTCGreat episode. It can’t be easy, interviewing someone you’ve known for decades, but this was lively and illuminating. It would have been fun to hear what you two thought about seeing your work become unlikely stage musicals.
Michael MacGowan
2019-02-07 03:49:40 +0000 UTCHome run. All the writer episodes have been near perfect but this was one was completely unguarded & often hilarious. Karyn Kusama episode is still my personal fav (the monologue edged this one out) but this was up there. 100 more please!!
Ant
2019-02-04 22:30:16 +0000 UTC: Programme Bee : ♫ 1. 0:52 - 25:35 Monologue: inclusion & diversity in the Oscars, ideology vs aesthetics, "Black Panther", Golden Globes, Glenn Close gesture, "A Star Is Born", "Green Book", merit vs representation, ?"Green Room" (20:57-59)? [he meant: "Green Book"], "Roma", controversies ♫ 2. 26:05 - 56:52 Intro: 100th episode, Bret's bio of guest, friend, and American novelist Jay McInerney; Interview (28:33); Calloway trilogy, "Bright Lights, Big City", parenting & kids, literature & poetry (49:30), Catholicism (55:00), ♫ 3. 57:29 - 1:41:10 More Jay McInerney: Grad party with A-listers (1:04), Today Show (1:08), fame (1:11), "Let's talk about drugs" (1:31), Carrot Top (1:37), ♫ 4. 1:41:43 - 2:05:24 More Jay: "Cathedral", writing, novelists, editing (1:50), "Imperial Bedrooms", humor in literature (2:00), Franzen, Foster Wallace (2:02), ♫ 5. 2:06:04 - 2:28:45 Final Jay: Edith Wharton, "The House of Mirth", and narcissism & entitlement of today's readers; white priveleged males (2:14), representation vs merit in art, NYC (2:20), Eagles?, Adam's questions (2:23) ♫
Brent Minder
2019-01-31 19:35:21 +0000 UTCThis was a solid mix of subjects, past and future. Keep going
Erik
2019-01-30 10:54:56 +0000 UTCWorth it for the Edith Wharton discussion. NB: if you feel you aren't threatened by the 'social justice' mob, maybe it's because you're part of it.
Michael Walsh
2019-01-29 21:26:32 +0000 UTCGen X squared. Love it.
Jeremy Padow
2019-01-29 05:10:55 +0000 UTCLunar Park's Halloween party scene has come to life. 🤯🙌 It doesn't get much better than this.
Phoenix
2019-01-28 23:26:36 +0000 UTC100%!!
Sam Willis
2019-01-28 15:26:40 +0000 UTCThis episode was solid gold.
Matthew Brown
2019-01-28 08:49:47 +0000 UTCAmazing. Loved when Jay brought up Hemingway in the 'all great writers need humour' discussion. It's always more interesting when Bret's viewpoints are intelligently challenged
Billy Vega
2019-01-28 04:54:11 +0000 UTCBoy is this a strong contender for best Patreon BEEP so far.
Asa Oliver Skinner
2019-01-28 01:09:31 +0000 UTCCame here to ask this. I tried my best searching the internet but no luck
Maxwell
2019-01-27 19:56:34 +0000 UTCHi Bret. Doing god's work here. I do have one small request. Could you please add metadata to your audio files? At least episode title, genre and author name. It would make listening and organisation for me much easier. Thanks.
Darko Miletic
2019-01-27 14:32:48 +0000 UTCThis was terrific. Would have been fun to hear Bret’s thoughts on Jay marrying a Hearst. And Jay’s for that matter
Binyamin Ironstone
2019-01-27 01:56:19 +0000 UTCGreat idea
Craig Spraggon
2019-01-26 20:49:45 +0000 UTCMay need subtitles
Craig Spraggon
2019-01-26 20:49:31 +0000 UTCthe hunt is on -adam
The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast
2019-01-26 16:20:59 +0000 UTC"Let's talk about drugs." -- Probably one of the best propositions made on this podcast.
beyond1
2019-01-26 13:02:05 +0000 UTC"they ended up getting carrot top to do my commentary" LMFAO
LeRoi
2019-01-26 10:02:44 +0000 UTCAdam post the bret today show viddd
Daniel
2019-01-26 01:56:48 +0000 UTCDelicious. Love the literary guests. Makes me wonder, is Irvine Welsh available for a visit these days?
Chad Daniel Russell
2019-01-25 23:10:40 +0000 UTC
