Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X

March 20, 2018 01:32:25
Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X
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Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X

Mar 20 2018 | 01:32:25

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“This is a thing that journalists do—they take a ‘two is a coincidence, three is a trend’ sort of thing and try to manufacture an idea out of it.” – James Greer

James Greer is a screenwriter, music critic, author, and former rock musician. He-wrote the screenplay for Steven Soderbergh’s film Unsane, which is set for release on March 23rd.

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and James discuss his early career as a music critic and Spin magazine (4:00); Generation X and James’ role in popularizing this demographic cohort (13:00); the Nirvana revolution and the band’s impact on music (25:00); the legend of with Kurt Cobain (39:00); James’ post-Spin life (54:00); and his transition into screenwriting and making movies with Steven Soderbergh (1:04:00).

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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