Chatting Music Writing

My guest for this episode is Chris 'Frenchie' French, a music journalist for various print and online publications. We discuss how he got into music journalism, if things like the #metoo movement will make rock stars more cautious about what they tell in their autobiographies, and if in an age of social media and streaming there's still a role for professional music critics.Shoutouts for this episode go to Ben at Beyond The Zero podcast (@beyondthezeropod) and some of the publications Chris writes for: Astral Noize (@astralnoize) and Zero Tolerance (@zerotolerancemagazine)Books mentioned in this episode:America and the Cult of the Cactus Boots: A Diagnostic by Phillip Freedenberg, illustrated by Jeff WaltonSalt Lick by Lulu AllisonWise Blood by Flannery O’ ConnorSwamplandia! by Karen RussellChamber Music by Will AshonThe Little Book of Ikigai: The secret Japanese way to live a happy and long life by Ken MogiA Seat at the Table: Interviews with Women on the Frontline of Music by Amy RaphaelSing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir by Mark LaneganWill Oldham on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, edited by Alan LichtHunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie BrownsteinA Perfect Union of Contrary Things by Sarah Jensen with Maynard James KeenanCash by Johnny CashWhat Does this Button do? An Autobiography by Bruce DickinsonRun to the Hills: The Authorised Biography of Iron Maiden by Mick WallThe Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave GrohlThe Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson and Neil StraussThe Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe and Neil StraussInside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd by Nick MasonHammer of the Gods by Stephen DavisSpaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth by Stuart BrathwaiteMonsters of River and Rock: My Life as Iron Maiden's Compulsive Angler by Adrian SmithChronicles: Volume One by Bob DylanStone Male: Requiem for the Living Picture by Joe CarducciMusic by Tom Caruana: https://tomcaruana-teasea.bandcamp.com/Chatting Lit logo and artwork by Emma Morris (@emmamorrisdesign)