Episode notes
Justin Strauss is a musician and DJ based in Brooklyn, NY.
(00:00) Born in Brooklyn, Raised in Long Island
(02:21) Beatles Awakening: Music as Religion
(06:47) Finding Glam Rock in a Grateful Dead Town
(10:13) Forming Milk & Cookies
(13:22) Getting Signed at 17 to Island Records
(15:09) Recording in London, Pre-Punk Era
(18:17) Subversive Lyrics, Teenybop Look
(21:00) The High of Getting Dropped
(23:04) Cult Following and Reissues
(26:06) Playing Webster Hall with The Lemon Twigs
(27:31) How a Girlfriend Got Him the Lead Singer Gig
(30:42) Inventing a Voice, Becoming a Frontman
(34:14) Falling in ...