Bonus Episode: Books They Don't Want You to Read and Books We Want Them to Write

Summary

DISGRACELAND – Bonus Episode
"Books They Don't Want You to Read and Books We Want Them to Write"
April 17, 2025

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Episode Overview

This week on DISGRACELAND’s After Party bonus episode, host Jake Brennan dives into the secret histories and controversial autobiographies that shine a light on the shadowy, dramatic side of music legends—and why some of these wildest rock and Hollywood stories are nearly impossible to find in print. The episode explores the elusive nature of certain celebrity memoirs, debates the most shocking rock star autobiographies, and speculates on which mega-artists have yet to tell all. Listener voicemails and texts drive the banter, and Jake drops teases for upcoming episodes—all delivered in his signature irreverent, music-obsessed style.

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Main Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Myths, Missing Books, and Manson Connections (03:17–08:42)

• Jake jumps in with a story from Michael Caine’s hard-to-find autobiography, What’s It All About, which describes a party attended by Sharon Tate and Charles Manson.
  • “The reason this story is so important is because it blows a major hole in Vincent Bugliosi’s Helter Skelter theory.” (04:33)
• This anecdote, originally cited in Tom O’Neill’s Chaos, leads Jake to muse about why certain books disappear from circulation.
• He also references the out-of-print Dennis Wilson biography (The Real Beach Boy), which features wild stories involving Dennis, Charles Manson, and the “Golden Penetrators.”
• The host speculates that these books are sought-after and hard to find almost as if “they don’t want you to read them.”

2. The Search for the Most Damning Rock Star Autobiographies (09:10–13:10)

• Jake contrasts relatively tame out-of-print memoirs with the explicit, confessional style of Marilyn Manson’s autobiography The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, which he’s reading to prep for an upcoming episode.
  • “There isn’t a shred of humility or even really humanity. It is pretty fucking dark. It’s funny, though… Marilyn Manson is funny. But like I said, Marilyn Manson, dark.” (11:45)
• Notes how older, shocking autobiographies pre-date the #MeToo era, making them even more astounding in hindsight (Motley Crüe’s The Dirt, Rick James’ Glow).
• Suggests that the lack of a comprehensive list of the “most shocking rock star autobiographies” is itself notable.

3. Who Still Needs to Write a Tell-All? (13:11–14:10)

• Speculates on which major artists haven’t released autobiographies:
  • Madonna — Jake believes her book would be explosive if she told the whole truth, especially about the 1990s: “If Madonna took an honest stab at telling her story, then I’m certain it would give Marilyn and Motley Crüe a run for their money.” (12:40)
  • Mick Jagger — No autobiography yet, which Jake finds “more of a crime.” Suggests there’s “too many stories, and unlike Keith Richards, Mick likely remembers most of them.” (13:55)
    • “I don’t think we’re ever getting a Mick Jagger autobiography, not in a post-MeToo era.” (14:03)
  • Kanye West — Wishes for a candid account, but doubts Kanye possesses “the ability for that kind of self-reflection.” (13:25)
• Teases forthcoming episodes on Marilyn Manson, the Eagles, and Chris Cornell—and asks listeners to consider: “Which musicians’ follow-up band was better than their breakthrough band?” when listening to the Cornell episode.

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Listener Interactions & Notable Moments

Rock Hall of Fame Debate (18:30–20:48)

• Justin from the 540 calls in with his “unloved by the Rock Hall” list, including Motörhead, Foghat, Blue Öyster Cult, Humble Pie, Johnny Thunders (or New York Dolls), Billy Idol, Oasis, and The Misfits.
  • Jake responds: “I think there needs to be room for more of that OG punk that went on to influence so many of the bands that are currently being nominated.” (19:46)

Books, Libraries, and Audiobook Censorship (22:19–24:29)

• Listener from 302 texts that their local library has Caine’s What’s It All About, but notes the Audible version “skips 1966–1973… how fucked up is that?”
  • Jake: “How interesting that they’ve cut out the year 1969 when this meeting happens—crazy!” (24:09)

Deep Cut Music History Suggestions (20:49–22:19)

• Bernard from 470 asks about out-of-print “Badlands” episodes (now “Hollywoodland”) and suggests stories on soul legends Roy Hamilton and Little Willie John with their ties to Elvis and true crime. Jake is intrigued—especially by the story’s criminal angle.

Fan Engagement & Creative Process (25:55–27:15)

• Jake praises fans for their texts, welcomes new listeners, and nods to a Creative Independent interview about his writing routine.
• Introduces contest: identify the “Easter egg” in the Sharon Tate Part 2 episode for a personalized Jake Brennan voicemail message.
  • The question: “Who did Sharon Tate ask for advice concerning her marital problems with Roman Polanski?”

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The Hollywoodland Minute & Biographical Outrage (34:09–37:55)

• Jake plugs his parallel podcast Hollywoodland (true crime + Hollywood scandals) and drops a short preview of an episode about Sharon Tate and Mama Cass Elliott’s infamous bust in London for pilfering hotel toiletries—a minor scandal overshadowed by the horrors of 1969.

Email Highlights & Scandalous Biographies (37:55–40:44)

• Listener Jim Greenhow requests a deep dive on Errol Flynn and his missing son Sean Flynn (suggesting Nazi rumors and other lurid tales).
  • Jake: “The Errol Flynn autobiography… is out of print for a reason. The stuff in that book is fucking crazy.” (39:30)
• Jake promises an Errol Flynn/Sean Flynn episode in the future.

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Lightning Round: Reviews, Shoutouts, and Upcoming Episodes (40:44–45:07)

• Jake reads enthusiastic listener reviews, gives shoutouts for spreading the word, and encourages fans to leave ratings as “the number one engine for driving discovery.”
• Announces new and upcoming episodes:
  • Mama Cass Elliot (Parts 1 & 2)
  • Eagles Rewind (next day)
  • Chris Cornell (Tuesday)
  • Robin Williams (Monday on Hollywoodland)
• Merch winners called to get in touch.
• Recaps the Billboard charts from August 8, 1969, the day Sharon Tate was murdered.

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Notable Quotes

• On out-of-print books:
  “It started to seem to me that it was almost like they didn’t want you to read it. But I got the book anyway. I paid a pretty penny for it online.” (06:28)
• On dark autobiographies:
  “I still cannot believe… that they wrote these books. I couldn’t believe it then, I can’t believe it now. It’s in part why I started Disgraceland.” (13:05)
• On Madonna’s untold stories:
  “The ‘90s were fucked up, man. Dark, dark rock star shit went on in the ‘90s, and Madonna was at the height of her power during that decade.” (12:55)
• On Mick Jagger’s missing memoir:
  “I find it curious that there’s no Mick Jagger autobiography. Why not? I’ll tell you why not. There’s too many stories... Mick is taking his stories to the grave.” (13:55)
• On listener engagement:
  “Texting is like the gateway drug to Disgraceland… Voicemail? You’re all in, man.” (27:06)
• On Errol Flynn’s autobiography:
  “It’s the type of thing you can just pick up and get pulled into really any page and just your jaw will be on the floor.” (39:46)

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Key Timestamps

• [03:17] – Episode topic intro; Michael Caine, Manson, missing books.
• [09:10] – Most shocking rock star autobiographies.
• [13:10] – Who still needs to write a tell-all.
• [18:30] – Listener voicemails: Rock Hall list.
• [22:19] – Listeners on hard-to-find books, libraries, and censorship.
• [25:55] – Jake’s writing process, fan engagement, and Easter egg contest.
• [34:09] – The Hollywoodland Minute: Sharon Tate and Mama Cass.
• [37:55] – Listener emails: Errol Flynn, future stories.
• [40:44] – Lightning round shoutouts, new episodes, reviews.
• [44:44] – Recap of 1969 Billboard chart (sentimental close).

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Episode Tone & Style

Jake’s delivery is energetic, irreverent, and self-aware—an insider inviting fellow fans to obsess over the scuzziest, wildest footnotes to rock legend. He honors the drama and darkness without losing his wit. The whole episode is interactive, blending deep-dive research with crowd-sourced curiosity, trivia games, and pure music geekery.

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For longtime fans — it’s a candid, rollicking ride through music’s messiest corners. For new listeners — a crash course in what makes DISGRACELAND tick: the secrets you’re not supposed to know, straight from the books they don’t want you to read.

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Hey Discos, need a little more Disgrace Land in your life? Just a touch to get you through. Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast welcome to Disgraceland, the After Party. Welcome to the Disgraceland bonus episode. A little thing we like to call the After Party. This is the show after the show, the party after the party. The bridge to get you from one full episode of Disgraceland to the other, the backyard. To dig into the dirt on this bonus episode, we are talking about Mama Cass Elliott. We are previewing the coming episode on Chris Cornell Talking down and Dirty Rockstar Autobiographies. And we get into your voicemails, text, DMs, emails, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. All right, discos, let's get into it. In the Mama Cass Elliot episodes at the top of your feed this week, there is one story in particular that really influenced my thinking about the story about Cass, about Sharon Tate, Charles Manson, et cetera. And it's the story that actor Michael Caine tells about being at a party at Cass's house where both Sharon Tate and Charles Manson are present. I heard about this story in Tom Oneills book Chaos. Tom cites it and the reason this story is so important is because it blows a major hole in Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter theory. Now, I'm not going to get into all of it here because that's what the Mama Cass Elliot episodes are for, and the Sharon Tate ones as well. Those are in the Hollywoodland feed, by the way. But I bring it up to get to another point when I read this story in Tom o' Neill's Chaos, the story of Sharon Tate and Charles Manson being at the same party. The story that is depicted by Michael Caine. I had to see the original source material because the story was so bizarre and just no one had ever mentioned anything like this before. So I went looking for the book that o' Neill cites. It's called what's It All About By Michael Caine, which is an autobiography and largely details the actor's early days in Hollywood. Caine has. Michael Caine has multiple memoirs, and this is just one of them. This one is very well written, published by a real publishing house, et cetera. And Michael Caine is still, as you know, very much relevant. So you can imagine my surprise when I learned that this book is not only out of print, but it is extremely hard to get your hands on. So difficult that it started to seem to me that it was almost like they didn't want you to read it. But I got the book anyway. I paid a pretty penny for it online. And there isn't much in the book that is risque or revealing or over the top or incriminating, except for this story, the one about Charles Manson and Sharon Tate being at the same party. And the story's not even integral to the book. It's a very small passage in one chapter. Beach Boy, Dennis Wilson's book, the Real Beach Boy. Now I get why they don't want you to read this book. It's chock full of wild stories about Dennis and his time in the so called Golden Penetrators with Terry Melcher and Greg Jacobson. If you want to hear more on this story, you can check out the Beach Boys Disgraceland episodes. But the point is, these two books, each detailing portions of the real Charles Manson story, for whatever reason, they can't be obtained and read easily. And one of these is an autobiography, and the other, it's not an autobiography. It's a biography, but it's not a work of fiction. Okay? Now, at the same time right now as I'm going through all this in my head talking to you guys about it, I'm reading another book by an author named Manson. No, not Charles Manson, Marilyn Manson. I'm reading his or Brian Warner's autobiography. Brian Warner is, of course, the real name of Marilyn Manson. And the Marilyn Manson autobiography is called the Long Hard Road out of Hell. I'm reading this in preparation for a Marilyn Manson episode that's coming your way in late May. Now, there's nothing in Michael Caine's autobiography or in the Dennis Wilson biography that on face value, even approaches the shocking amount of material in Marilyn Manson's book. So my first question is why? Why are the Michael Caine and Dennis Wilson Books nearly impossible to get your hands on. And I think I answered that question. I think I answered it in the episodes on Cass Elliot. But my second question is, what are the most shocking rock star autobiographies? Now, I went looking for a list, and I guess the real shock here is that there isn't really a list. So I thought, who better to make this list than us, then yours truly here with your help, I've read my fair share of these books. So you guys have heard me talk about these artists. So we're all in this sort of unique position to put this list together. But then I thought, well, lists are kind of boring unless they're totally outrageous, like the list of top grunge albums from a couple weeks back. Or that list of artists nominated for the Rock and Roll hall of Fame from last week. By the way, we should have a final list of inductees by next week's afterparty. We'll get into that. So my point is, I don't want to make this list, but I do want to tell you that the Marilyn Manson autobiography is without a doubt the most damning book by a rock star that I've ever read. More damning than Motley Crue the Dirt? More damning than Rick James book Glow. I'm halfway through Manson's autobiography, and so far there isn't a shred of humility or even really humanity. It is pretty fucking dark. It is funny, though, so I guess there's some humanity in that somehow. Marilyn Manson is funny. I think I knew that, but I didn't really. Haven't really experienced it before. And Manson is a really good writer. He truly is. But like I said, Marilyn Manson, dark. Now, my final thinking on this subject. What major rock stars have yet to write their autobiographies? Now, this. This, to me, is an interesting list. Madonna is at the top of this list. And you'd think that Madge would have written her story by now, but no. And I think it's because she's working on her story for a film, and she's been doing this for the past few years. But I can't really say. All I can say is that I've read enough already about Madonna. I've heard enough as well about Madonna secondhand. Some firsthand, actually, on what Madonna got up to in the 1980s and the 90s. And I'm just saying if Madonna took an honest stab at telling her story, then I'm certain it would give Marilyn and Motley Crue a run for their money. The 90s were fucked up, man. Dark, dark rock star shit went on in the 90s, and Madonna was at the height of her power during that decade. So there's Madonna, but who else is there? Okay, there's Mick Jagger. Yes, there is as of yet, no autobiography by Mr. Jerry Hall. Mick just got engaged, by the way. 82 years old, and his fiance is only something like six years older than tattoo you. I'm not clever enough to have come up with that on my own. I stole that from rock journalist Stephen Haydn on Twitter. That's not my joke. Mick Jagger not having an autobiography, though, that. That's. That's not a joke either. This is more of a crime, okay? As music lovers, as music historians, we deserve a Mick Jagger autobiography. I find it curious that there's no Mick Jagger autobiography. Why not? I'll tell you why not. There's too many stories. And unlike Keith Richards, I'm betting that Mick Jagger remembers most of what he's gone through in his life. And he's likely horrified by the prospect of having to piece it all into a narrative. And what would happen to him if he did? Mick made an attempt in the early 80s at an autobiography, but his publisher rejected it, saying that it was too light on the sex and the drugs. I don't think we're ever getting a Mick Jagger autobiography, not in a post MeToo era. Now, all the other books I've mentioned here were released pre. Me too. When Marilyn Manson and Motley Crue and Rick James and the like get away with detailing their horrible treatment of women firsthand. I still cannot believe that they wrote these books. I couldn't believe it then, I can't believe it now. Honestly, it's, you know, it's in part why I started Disgrace Sam. But Mick, he's Mick Jagger. He's too smart. I think he'd gained nothing by telling his story, other than in an ego boost, I suppose. But my guess is Mick is taking his stories to the grave. Madonna, on the other hand, an autobiography by Madonna would be less shocking were it to be released, but I doubt we'd get the real shit. My guess is she'd cherry pick certain stories for shock value, but wouldn't give us any of what really went down, which is her prerogative. I wouldn't mind a Kanye autobiography, a real one, not some racist performance art piece like his X account currently serves as. I'd like an explanation as to what the fuck's been going on in his head the last five years. Ten years, really. But I fear that the mentally ill, at least relative to Kanye. I don't think he has the ability for that kind of self reflection. But you know, I'd like Kanye's take on the entertainment industry. I really, truly like a real take from his vantage point. It's never going to happen though. All right. Maybe you'll get a Kanye episode of Disgraceland though, sometime in the near future to go with your Marilyn Manson episode. That's definitely happening. I do know. Coming up next in your feed you're getting a couple Eagles episodes. Talk about stories rock stars don't want you to hear the Henley story in the book. You'll never make love in this town again. I spent a pretty penny small fortune getting my hands on that book as well. And you will hear why when you listen to these two episodes that are coming up. So much debauchery. Okay, following those Eagles Rewind episodes that are hitting your feet tomorrow, our next full episode on Tuesday is on Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave. Which brings us to next week's Question of the Week. When you're listening to the Chris Cornell episode, I want you to be thinking about which musicians had a follow up band that was better than their breakthrough band. Okay, so what do you mean by that? Well, come on. Chris Cornell broke through with Soundgarden, but he followed it up with Audioslave. And a lot of people think, and I'm not one of them, that Audioslave is better than Soundgarden. So there's a bunch of these examples out there. I'm not gonna go through them now. We're gonna go through them next week when you call me 61790 and leave me a voicemail and send me a text and let me know which artists follow up bands were as impactful or better than their breakthrough bands. Okay? All right, I'm going to take a break. I'll be hanging on the telephone on the other side of this break with your voicemails, texts and dms.

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All right. 617-906-6638. You know where I'm at? I'm in the phone booth. It's the one across the hall. I'm hanging on the telephone. You want to send me a voicemail? You want to send me a text? 617-906-6638. Let's check out some voicemails. This one comes from Justin in the 5 4.

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Oh, Jake, this is Justin from the 5 4. Oh, I just really needed to weigh in on this debacle that we're calling the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. Sham, whatever you want to call it. But anyway, your. Your list gave me an idea for my own list. So here's my seven, okay? And we'll go in order one to seven. So first one, you know, Motorhead. Second would be Fog Hat. Maybe Blue Oyster Cult. Third would be Humble Pie. Fourth would be Johnny Thunders and. Or the New York Dolls. 5. Billy Idol. 6. We'll go ahead and do Oasis now. 7, 7. I'm gonna go ahead and throw the misfits in there just because I want to. Because what it is.

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Justin, thank you for the call. Fantastic list, man. I don't know about Fog Hat. I mean, I could quibble with your list, but I think. I think you're right on with Johnny Thunders and New York Dolls, Billy Idol and Oasis. I Like how you're tipping your hat to the current nominees. I think that's smart. I think this is a solid list. And you talk about the Misfits later. I mean, yeah, you gotta. There needs to be room for more of that OG 70s, early 80s punk that went on to influence so many of the bands that are currently being nominated that are from later generations, 90s, et cetera. That's what I'm talking about. Love, love the take. Justin, thanks so much. We'll get into this more guys next week. I wanted to play Justin's voicemail because we're going to get into this more next week. When I think next week, by the time we talk again, we should. And if not next week, definitely the week after. We should have some clarity from the Rock and Roll hall of Fame on who the seven nominees, excuse me, inductees for this year will be. In the meantime, you want to voice your opinion on who those seven should be. 617-906-6638. Voicemail and text. All right, let's check out this one from the four seven zero.

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Hey, Jake. It's one of your biggest fans, Bernard. Mine is a two part issue. One is I can't find any of your Bathlands anywhere. Have you taken them off? I would love for you to repost them and tell us where we can still listen to them because they're so wonderful. Even if you have to rebrand them Disgraceland, I would love to still be able to access them. And number two, I think there are two stories that you really need to look into, do some research and tell the world about. One is the great vocalist Roy Hamilton, how he is the genesis of Elvis's singing style so much that everyone who does an impression vocally of Elvis is doing an impression of an impression. Two, the great, unbelievably unherited RB singer Little Willie John. His is the very first version and the best version of the song Fever. And the story about how he died and the stabbing, you know, that took place in that house, you know, that, that went on, that cost of his freedom. It is a fascinating story and he is truly an unsung, you know, unheralded, you know, vocal talent as is Roy Hamilton. I would love to see what you could do with those stories. Take care, Bernard.

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Thank you. Thank you for the voicemail. Bernard. Bernard, you have an excellent voice. You ever thought about doing a podcast? First question. Hollywoodland. Sorry, you said Badlands. Where can I find the Badlands episodes? We've rebranded them Hollywoodland. That's Likely why you're not finding them. Bernard, just search Hollywoodland and any of your podcast players and you'll find a new feed, a Hollywoodland feed, and you can subscribe there. And we've got about 40 or so episodes in there right now and we're gonna have more news on Hollywoodland and what we got coming down the pike in a couple weeks on your suggestions, really great ones. Roy Hamilton. I don't know much about Roy Hamilton. People have brought him up to me in the past. Appreciate your. Your prompting here. It's going to make me do a little digging. I'll root around, see if I can find a crime angle. Some. Some sort of angle besides just the. The Elvis influence. Little Willie John. Is that who. Who I'm thinking of that real, real high voice. I didn't know about the stabbing. I love that this is a true crime angle with Little Willie John. So perhaps that's something that we'll get into in the near Future as well. Be so much for the call. Appreciate 617-906-6638 guys, you want to get in touch voicemail and text. Oh my God, look at this one. Okay, this one comes from. This text comes from the 302. Who writes in bro? My local library has what's it All About. I just put a hold on it. Okay, so what's it all about is the Michael Caine book we were just talking about. Then I get another text. This is couple hours later. It's also on Audible and you can buy it used from Amazon. Okay, cool, cool. Then I get another text, but an hour later. So the audible books skip 1966 to 1973, conveniently. How fucked up is that? So the book is available through Audible, which I didn't know. I guess I wasn't. I would never. I don't do any research with audio books. I just do it all with hard copies or digital books. I need a book when I'm researching. Not. Not in my ears. So I did not look on Audible for the Michael Caine book. But how interesting is this that it is available but they've cut out the year 1969 when this meeting happens. Crazy 302. Love this text. Thank you. All right. Nine two zero is writing in telling me they're an ancestor of John Wilkes Booth. What? No. Edward P. Daugherty, who tracked John Wilkes Booth and brought his body back to Washington D.C. i don't know what that has to do with disgrace him. But hey, I'm in an interesting family lineage. So. Yeah. Thank you for the text. 920, what else we got here? Mike from the 585 in Rochester. Mike from the 585 in Rochester talking about Rochester being featured again in the Billy Idol episode. What is it with musicians getting arrested there? That's right. Bowie and Iggy Pop were arrested in Rochester as well. And 585 is talking here about Joy Division. A new order. That one escapes me. 5, 8, 5. Thank you for the text. 3, 4, 6 writes in hello. I've been listening for years, but I needed to put my 2 cents in on the Rock and Roll hall of Fame nominees. I'm a first generation Mexican American and I love mana and what they stand for. Their activism for humanitarian and environmental rights has been something I always responded to. And I vividly remember singing songs as a kid and later learning their true meaning. It's music I still play and enjoy introducing to my kids. It's part of our history and culture. Love to get your take on some of their classic albums from Houston. Susie. Susie. I'm gonna check it out. And I meant no disrespect to Mana. I hope I'm saying that correctly. But my only point was, as I made last week, I, I should, I should know. I should have least heard of a band if they're being nominated into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. And I don't put that on me. You can put it on me, but I don't put it on me. I put it on the band. That was my only point. Doesn't mean they're not good. Doesn't mean I'm not gonna love them. Doesn't mean they're not, I don't know, worthy of massive fan base. I'm gonna check them out. Appreciate you, Susie. Thank you. 617-906-6638 you guys wanna send me a voicemail or a text? 812 writes in. I just started listening to Disgraceland and I'm all in. You and your team rock my socks. We're all about rocking those socks. Welcome. Thanks for hanging out. Call back. Voicemail. You know texting is like the entry. The gateway drug to Disgraceland. To the Disgraceland community. Voicemail. You're all in, man. 617-90-66638 can also send us a DM disgracesandpod on Instagram x Facebook. Coco over on Instagram, our good friend Coco writes in in response to this post we made in our stories, I did this interview with the creative independent, great little magazine up in the northwest about process, about what I do to write and produce these shows, mainly the writing side of it. And I spoke about, you know, everything really get into the granular, nuts and bolts of it. And I spoke about getting. It's just part of the routine because I have to get the writing, the hardest part done early before the rest of the day kind of impedes upon my, my brain. And Coco writes in so relatable. I get up at 5am too, and do all the important heavy work first. Nice to have some insight on your creative process. If you guys are interested, like Coco in the creative process, just search out Disgraceland, Jake Brennan and the Creative Independent. There's a great interview in there that I did with my man Jay Bennett. All right, we're gonna do something new here in the after party. You guys can have yours truly myself, me, me, myself and I on your voicemail machine. Okay? I can be the voice of your virtual answering machine. I will record a message for you, is what I'm saying that you can play. You can have playing for whoever calls you to leave you a message. Hey, this is Jake Brennan from Disgraceland, and Deb isn't available to take your call right now because she's out doing something awesome. So leave your message at the tone or something like that. Here's how you can make this happen. You gotta find the Easter egg, right? It's Easter this weekend, and that means it's Easter egg time. And I don't just mean the literal kind, I mean the figurative kind. And the figurative Easter eggs are in the most recent episode of Hollywoodland Part 2 on Sharon Tate. Now, there's an Easter egg in that episode if you can find it. And you can be the first to comment on our Instagram today or the first to call me or text me at 617-906-6638 with the right answer, then you, yes, you, Mr. Or Mrs. Disgraceland listener, Will, like I said, receive a recording of me for your voicemail message. Here's the Easter egg question in the Sharon Tate Part 2 episode of Hollywoodland. Who did Sharon Tate ask for advice from concerning her marital problems with Roman Polanski? Who did Sharon seek out for advice? Okay, that's the question. Call me 617-906-6638 and leave me a voicemail. Send me a text with your answers or just be the first to comment the answer on the Instagram post when we pose this question. Again, the Easter egg answer is in the Sharon Tate Part 2 episode of Hollywoodland. And now for something totally different. Quick Sports rant in under 30 seconds. Speaking of autobiographies, earlier in this episode, the most fascinating man in the history of sports has a new autobiography out Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots. And I hear that there are no juicy tidbits to be had, just straight talk on leadership and winning. And I'm sorry, I almost bored myself to sleep there. I don't want talk on leadership and winning. I already got that in the Habersham book on Bill Belichick, okay? I don't need another one of those books, all right? I want the dirt, man. I want to know why Bill jettison Brady out of New England. I want to know why Bill sat Wes Welker to start the 2010 AFC Championship. I want to know what in the hell Malcolm Butler did to piss off Bill Belichick before Super Bowl 52. Okay, all right, that's enough sports. Back in the flash with your emails and the Hollywood Land Minute.

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All right, we are back and you know what time it is. It's time for the Hollywoodland Minute, brought to you by the Hollywoodland Podcast. Don't know what the Hollywoodland Podcast is? Well, the Hollywoodland Podcast is hosted by yours truly where every week I tell you a story from the Annex of Hollywood and true Crime. And right now there are over 40 episodes waiting for you to binge episodes on James Dean, Armie Hammer, Charlie Sheen, Danny Trejo, Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen, Drew Barrymore, Jane Fonda, and most recently, the very talented and very beautiful Sharon Tate. Here's a clip. October 10, 1967. A hotel room in Rome. America's perfect movie star, Sharon Tate watching television. More than a thousand miles away on a Southampton dock in the uk, Sharon's friend Mama Cass Elliott was in handcuffs. Sharon watched it all go down on the black and white set like the rest of America watching on their own TV sets back home. Sharon was in shock. Cass was being charged with stealing towels and soap from a London hotel, held over from the last time she was in London. How embarrassing. Sharon could relate. She herself had recently been arrested for something even, even more ridiculous than pilfering toiletries. Busted on a train in Italy for the offense of wearing a short dress that was a little too short. Someone should tell the Italian cops that the societal norms were shifting. 13 million women in the world on the pill. Sex in the single girl selling millions, even if its author couldn't say the word sex on television. And if you weren't prepared for all that, grandpa, then buckle up for Valiant the Dolls, which hit the cinemas that December. It was the 60s. People could go where they wanted to go, do what they wanted to do. Unless, of course, they were Mama Cass. Something about Cass's bus just didn't sit right with Sharon. Her arrest in 1967 was, for a minute anyway, all anyone back home in the States could talk about. Even more than Sharon's skimpy outfits in Valley of the Dollar, it would remain one of America's most infamous busts from the world of pop stardom until two years later in 1969, when another arrest for the murder of Cass, Elliott's loyal and sympathetic friend, would nearly eradicate Cass's seemingly innocent bus from the pop consciousness. All right, guys, make sure you are subscribed to Hollywoodland on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Next week we have our episode on Robin Williams coming your way. And you're not gonna wann. All right. Disgraceandpodmail.com youm got anything you want to get off your chest? Send me an email. Christopher Easley writes in short and sweet, the way I like it. Was Mama Cass doing freak offs before Diddy? Uh, no, but there was some, I believe, some really, really gruesome shit going on. And yeah, I'm reading this email in part because if you have not heard these episodes yet, what are you Waiting for. Get in there. Okay. You're not going to be disappointed. This one comes from Jim Greenhow, who writes in. Hey, love your pods. Jake, I think I came across your podcast while listening to Karina Longworth's podcast. I don't really remember, but I have been listening non stop to both pods every day. Your pods make my day go so much faster. My favorite episodes so far are James Dean, Dennis Hopper, Drew Barrymore, et cetera, et cetera, to name a few. Sid Vicious goes on to say, I think a big part of what makes your pod so successful. And then he goes on to say very nice things about my voice. I want to get to this part of the email here. Jim goes on to say, I do have one subject for you that I think you could do a real deep dive into. Errol Flynn and his son Sean Flynn. I don't think they've ever even found Sean Flynn's body in Vietnam or Cambodia. And then there's the rumors about Errol being either a spy or a Nazi sympathizer. And the young girls, of course. Well, take care and I'll keep posting the links to your pods on my social media. I read this, Jim, because it's so on topic for today's bonus episode of Afterparty. Again, we've hit on all these books. The Errol Flynn autobiography, it's called My Life. It's something very basic like that. I have, I think I have a first edition of that. I have a really, really old copy that was very hard to get and one of those things that's out of print. And it's out of print for a reason. The stuff in that book is fucking crazy. And one, I didn't know anything about his son. Either this is. Or the Nazi sympathizing stuff. This sounds fantastic. I'm pumped. And to be honest, I haven't even read Errol Flynn's autobiography yet. I've skimmed it. It's the type of thing you can just pick up and get pulled into really any page and just your jaw will be on the floor. We got into the Errol Flynn Bundy boys story in the Drew Barrymore episode because her grandfather was involved in it. That's in the Hollywoodland episode. Just this story is fucking nuts. And we also got into it more explicitly in the Marilyn Monroe episodes because Marilyn was present during this event or during the telling of this event. Yeah, one of Errol Flynn's many sort of like party tricks. Anyhow, Errol's influence so notorious, Jim, that he's popped up in those two episodes, but have not yet done one on him for Hollywoodland. But I will, I'm telling you right now. Oh man, it's kind of dreary here. And I just had this image of me like curled up in my comfy chair over here with that Errol Flynn book for the rest of the afternoon, just reading it away. That ain't gonna happen though. I gotta finish this episode. We'll get some reviews to check out right here. You know why we do the reviews? Because the reviews help the show grow. You guys help me out with the reviews on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. If I read it here, you guys get in touch and I get you some merch. That's how it works. And again, I don't just do this to be self congratulatory. Although I don't care how shameless this is, this is what helps the show grow. It is. One of the number one engines for driving discovery is activity on the apps surrounding the podcast. So if you leave a review, you give it a rating on Apple Podcasts, you give Disgraceland, Hollywoodland a little review. Little love goes a real long way and it's easy and it's cheap and it's a way for you to support the show and I'm super, super appreciative of it. This review on Apple Podcasts comes from podcast fan Queen who writes, hey, my new binge. Someone asked me if I'd listen to the Marilyn episodes. Oh, there we go. Marilyn Monroe of this podcast. So of course I ran to listen because she's my personal icon and now I am hooked. All caps. It's like talking with my friend. We are obviously the same generation, so everything Jake says is like, yes, I love the narration, I love the commentary, I love the melotron. I'm just obsessed. I'm telling everyone I know to listen. I'm binging every episode. Great podcast, great host, great subjects, just super awesome. Podcast fan Queen, you sound super awesome and I appreciate you. Get in touch. Over on Apple Podcasts, Lady Celeste writes. Wow. I've been listening for a month or so now and I like the podcast. But after hearing this two part episode on Mama Cass, I can officially say I love this podcast. Lady Celeste goes on to say some very nice things. We appreciate you, Lady Celeste. Thank you so much. Get in touch, guys. You want to leave a review? Apple Podcasts and Spotify, get in there. This episode, it's nearing its end, but the after party here, it's going to continue for our all access members. Now. What? What Might the All Access. What are we even talking about, Jake? How do I get in on this All Access action? Well, it's very simple. You go to Disgracelandpod.com membership where you can sign up for just five dollars a month. Now you can support the show. The five bucks goes a long way in supporting the show. It's gonna get you guys ad free listening. It's gonna get you guys a full extra exclusive episode of Disgraceland per month, every month. And it's gonna get you this extra bonus part of the after party. Again, like I said, offered is $5 a month. Go to disgracesandpod.com membership. All right, we are back. Let's climb into the vault here, see what we have for archive episodes mentioned in this episode here for artists in the bonus section of the afterparty, just now we were talking about James Brown. Got an archive episode on James Brown. We of course talked about Madonna. Madonna is one of my favorite all time episodes of Disgraceland. Motley Crue, Rick James. Matt's gonna have these archive episodes. The links for them in the information in the show notes of this page make it easy for you guys to find it. If you're new to the show, we have 230 plus scripted full episodes for you guys to dig into in the archive. Go check those out. Binge away. All right, we're about to get out of here, so let's recap. Number one, my other podcast, Hollywoodland, is alive and kicking over in the Hollywoodland feed. So make sure you're subs, subscribed and following Hollywoodland on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And get ready for our Hollywoodland Robin Williams episode coming on Monday. That noise you just heard was my son coming in and then leaving. Number two right now in your Disgraceland feed, our two part episode on Mama Cass Elliot. Number three, coming tomorrow, our rewind episodes on the Eagles and next week, Chris Cornell. So make sure you're subscribed to Disgraceland. Number four, merch winners. Get in touch. You know who you are. Number five, Remember, no one cares about preserving the true spirit of rock and roll more than and well, that is a disgrace. All right, in honor of this week's subject, Sharon Tate, this is me reading you the Billboard charts from the infamous day Ms. Tate was taken from us. August 8, 1969. Number one in the year 2525, Zagar and Evans. Last week, one peak position one weeks on chart eight. Number two, two Crystal Blue persuasion, Tommy James and the Shondells. Last week two peak position two weeks on chart ten number three Honky Tonk Women the Rolling Stones Last week eight peak position three weeks on chart four number four what does it Take to Win youn Love, Junior Walker and the all stars last week 5 Peak position 4 Weeks on chart number 5 Sweet Caroline Neil diamond last week position 5. Quit Talking and Start Mixing.

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