Obsessive vinyl collector and radio & MTV legend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/matthewpinfield/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Pinfield</a> discusses his music collection, holy grails, music industry stories, his recent health scares and sharing stories at the Punk Rock Museum. <a href="https://www.thepunkrockmuseum.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Punk Rock Museum info and tickets are here </a> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/All-These-Things-That-Done/dp/1476793891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt's book "My Insane Improbable Rock Life" is here</a> Topics Include: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal">Matt discusses his post-stroke meal plan after months without solid food</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Friends like Mike Ness from Social Distortion visited him in hospital</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Stroke happened at drummer John Tempesta's house, remembers calling EMS</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Had both stroke and meningeal pneumonia with 85% mortality rate</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Daughters told he would die, was touch and go situation</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Lost feeling on right side, still numb but walking with cane</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Previous near-death experiences: aneurysm at 15, car accident, sobriety struggles</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Recovery includes acupuncture from former punk drummer and intense physical therapy</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Currently doing tours at the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Favorite museum artifact is rare Germs concert footage never released</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Stories of interviewing Iggy Pop who once knocked microphone from hands</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Hosted Wayne Kramer tribute concert at Sing Sing prison for inmates</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Getting punk acts on MTV 120 Minutes easier than expected</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Started in college radio at Rutgers, only 13 alternative stations existed</li> <li class="MsoNormal">CBGBs regular, Athens Georgia born with B-52s/R.E.M. connections there</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Kevin Bacon joked there's only two degrees of separation with Matt</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Neil Young remains his interview "holy grail"</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Matt is a serious 45 RPM collector</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Lived in Paul Kantner's old apartment with psychedelic laser showerhead</li> <li class="MsoNormal">DJed at clubs where James Gandolfini was regular</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Friends with Don Bolles from Germs, both love 70s glam records</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Personal rule: must buy something from every record store visited</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Also supports opening bands by buying their vinyl and t-shirts</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Postal service recently stole entire box of rare 45s shipment</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Still searching for holy grail records like Panic Squad 12-inch single</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Tom Petty acetate test pressing gift from friend Chuck Rocha</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Found rare <a href= "https://www.discogs.com/release/5573377-Cherry-Slush-Day-Dont-Come-Gotta-Take-It-Easy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cherry Slush</a> single that climbed charts before label folded</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Optimistic about vinyl's future as young people discover physical music</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Believes vinyl offers irreplaceable warmth and "whole other world" experience</li> <li class="MsoNormal">Plans Vegas record shopping and Australian record exchange with Nate</li> </ul> High resolution version of this podcast is available at: <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/VinylGuide">www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a> Listen on Apple: <a href= "http://apple.co/2Y6ORU0">https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0</a> Listen on Spotify: <a href= "https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8">https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8</a>

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