Hey, kids, welcome to the Phile for a Thursday. Sorry I'm late, I had to stare at the ceiling and question all my life choices. Kidding! I stay fit by running late. So, the 2019 Oscar nominations were announced and no one is happy. Except maybe Emma Stone. The time has finally come for movie lovers everywhere to argue each other's faces off. The 2019 Oscar nominations have officially been announced, and per usual, there are a lot of feelings flying around in response. Both The Favourite and Roma swept the competition with ten nominations each, A Star is Born and Vice followed close behind with eight nominations, and Black Panther also crushed it with seven nominations (which includes Best Picture). While this is good news for many movie lovers, there are still a lot of people frustrated with the movies and actors left out of the running. Many were bummed that Crazy Rich Asians was snubbed, and the beloved Timothee Chalamet received no nominations, Paddington 2 and Widows were also left out. Even the Mr. Rogers documentary was left out of the nominations. A lot of people were also not impressed with the fact that no women were included in the best director category, and well, a few of the key categories. But still, as always, the Oscars nominations are a mixed bag and the announcement included plenty to celebrate. These conflicted feelings will only boil hotter the night of the actual Oscars, when movie buffs across the world watch white knuckled to see if their faves get their due.
The State of the Union is... dramatic. Last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi requested that President Trump not do his State of the Union Primetime Spectacular until federal workers being held hostage for a border wall get paid. On Wednesday, Trump sent a letter to Pelosi that basically said, "when you're a star, they let you do it," insisting that he'll be delivering the State of the Union in the House chamber whether she likes it or not. It's no surprise that Trump doesn't know what it means when a woman says no, and was betting that Pelosi was bluffing. But bluffing she was not. The Speaker did not fold. (Poker metaphors are the new sports metaphors). Yup, there's still a Travel Ban on Trump entering the House until the shutdown is over. It's Pelosi's House, and within her power to do so. The Twitter account A Crime of Day subtweeted Trump with the relevant U.S. code. Trump is insisting that Pelosi's move has nothing to do with the shutdown, but everything to do with trying to deny the American people "the truth." It's not like she shut down his Twitter... She's not "canceling" the State of the Union... she's just not letting it happen in the House chamber as long as the government is closed. Trump can deliver it from a Berder King or golf course or wherever he likes to go. Trump is so afraid of Nancy, he's calling her... Nancy. While Trump is not happy, people are lavishing Pelosi with "YAAAAS QUEEN!!!" Trump has finally met someone who hasn't capitulated to his tactics, and he's completely losing his shit. Pelosi told a group of mayors that there's more than just the State of the Union at stake with this shutdown business: it's the whole legislative process. If Trump gets what he wants out of holding 800,000 workers hostage, he'll probably never bother to get anything through Congress ever again.
Each day presents a fresh opportunity for a conservative to come for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez online, and without fail, people deliver. The most recent retaliation directed towards Ocasio-Cortez came in direct response to statements she made about the immorality of billionaires in a vastly unequal country. During an an event celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in New York, Ocasio-Cortez stated that "a system that allows billionaires to exist is immoral." She went on to qualify her statement, by adding, " I don't think that necessarily means that all billionaires are immoral," citing the philanthropy of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Still, she stuck to her moral guns by doubling down that it is largely "wrong" for billionaires to be allowed to live comfortably in a country alongside "parts of Alabama where people are still getting ringworm because they don't have access to public health." As with many bold statements Ocasio-Cortez makes, particularly in reference to economics, her judgment of the 1% quickly made waves on Fox News. In a recent segment Washington Post columnist and Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen responded to Ocasio-Cortez' statements on wealth inequality and public health by saying, "First of all, ringworm isn't fatal." While he is technically correct, ringworm is a contagious but non-fatal manifestation of fungus, many people were struck by the lack of empathy in his response. Also, it was noted that his response was avoidant of engaging with the actual point of Ocasio-Cortez's statement. In fact, one medical professional even chimed in to state that ringworm, when left untreated can in fact turn fatal. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez herself eventually chimed in to clarify that she meant to say "hookworm" which is a fatal condition exacerbated by poverty. Either way, the Fox News commentary just proves her point about America having the wrong priorities. This completes this installment of "conservatives coming for Ocasio-Cortez."
The video of a young Brett Kavanaugh... I mean MAGA hat-clad white kid smirked-down a a Native American elder as his buddies laughed and cheered was seen 'round the world and sparked outrage. The kids came from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, bussed in for the annual anti-choice March for Life. Nathan Phillips, a veteran of the Vietnam war and activist in the indigenous rights movement, said that he felt disrespected and the heard kids say, "build that wall." Nick Sandmann, the kid in the video, naturally, released a counter-narrative, as constructed by a Mitch McConnell-aligned public relations firm (yes, they have public relations firms in Kentucky). According to Future Supreme Court Justice Sandmann, the kids were harassed by members of the Black Hebrew Israelites, who also had event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and called them such things as "incest kids." They were then approached by Phillips. "I believed that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping to diffuse the situation," he said. "I realized everyone had cameras and that perhaps a group of adults was trying to provoke a group of teenagers into a larger conflict. I said a silent prayer that the situation would not get out of hand." The scene, however, did not seem like one of silent prayer. The media bought it, and gave the kids the exculpatory coverage they so desired. Now there's the counter-counter-narrative, which can be summed up by Deadspin's headline, "Don't Doubt What You Saw With Your Own Eyes." There are more videos coming out, and they don't particularly demonstrate a record of good behavior. Good job, media! The president, who famously blamed the Parkland shooting on the Russia probe and never defended the March for Our Lives kids from the relentless right-wing attacks, has waded into this matter.
Who needs the Republican spin machine when you have the president?
It appears that our women-fearing, homophobic, Jesus Camp counselor of a Vice President, Mike Pence, is at it again, being shamelessly offensive. With everything going on concerning the government shutdown, Pence just couldn't help but make it all much worse by opening his ignorant, hateful mouth. One day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Pence dared to compare the values of MLK to those of our current president. MLK is honored today for championing equal rights, love, and acceptance among all people while Trump shut down the government because he wants to build a spiky steel barricade on our border. MLK fought for the future, while Trump is so confused about climate change he's trying to use the cold weather to invalidate global warming. Here's a list of similarities between Trump and MLK: 1. They're both human men. That's it! Pence used MLK's quote, "Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy" to support Trump's border wall. Nice try, Pence. This is a major swing and a miss. Plucking this specific quote out of the many great lessons MLK gave us is like a hungover college student trying to find the most vague scholarly opinion to support a totally batshit thesis statement. It's disrespectful to MLK's legacy and Pence, if he has the capacity for it, should be very ashamed. Pence, I suggest you go to a civil rights museum today, read a book, or search the Internet and learn literally anything at all about MLK.
Some people are so dumb they made the entire Internet face palm in last year.
Speed parking is the latest trend. There were some clap backs at MAGA trolls that made the Internet great again in 2018.
Jesus, take the wheel. If I had a TARDIS I would go to Mick Jaggers 29th birthday party in 1972 and hang out with Dylan, Jagger and Keith...
I think that's Keith Moon behind Jagger, not sure. How are your neighbors? I hope they don't leave signs like this...
Haha. "Shagging" is another word for "fucking" if you didn't know. Remember when Trump bought fast food to "honor" football champs? Well, I was surprised at what he wore...
So, I think raccoons are cool... they know how to drive.
Hey, do you like Hot Pockets? There's a new one that just came out...
Yum. I have to try it. Alright, it's Thursday... you know what that means...
That's not too bad of a pic, right? Alright, so a few months ago I introduced you to a character who is really bad at lying, when he tells a lie he is stuck with it. Something happened to him recently and he wanted to come on the Phile and get it off his chest. So, please welcome back to the Phile...
Me: Hey, Chip, welcome back. How are you?
Chip: I'm good, Jason, for now. I had a terrible December though.
Me: Really? What happened?
Chip: Well, I recently got a job at a steakhouse. I stayed up all night partying and I didn't take up in time for my opening shift the following day.
Me: Okay, so? What did you do?
Chip: Well, when I finally got up I was two hours late and had a grip of missed calls.
Me: How long have you had this job, Chip?
Chip: Four years. I was worried that I was gong to get fired. I called in and told my boss that I had been in a car accident on my way to work.
Me: Hmmm... So, you temporarily solved the problem, right?
Chip: Yeah, but to really sell the story I ended up hiding my truck in a friends garage and working my next four weeks of serving shifts with a fake arm cast. That's good, right?
Me: Well... it is a full commitment to the bit.
Chip: I know.
Me: Well, take care of yourself, chip. No more lying.
Chip: Okay, I'll try.
Me: Chip Cooin, world's worse liar, kids. Do not lie. Now for...
Mike Pence and Barron Trump fight off illegal aliens.
If you spot the Mindphuck let me know. It's kinda stupid. Alright, it's time to talk football with my friend Jeff...
Jeff: Hey, Jason. It's always good to be back here on the Phile. I'm doing alright. How about you?
Me: Not too bad. So, I guess the Rams or the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl and get to share a Little Caesar’s Hot and Ready pizza with Trump. Haha. So, are you like me, upset who is in the Super Bowl?
Jeff: I don't know. I'm hearing rumors who ever wins gets an all expenses paid trip to Chuck E. Cheese's on Donald so he can brag he paid. Again. I'm not upset the Rams won. I am upset HOW they won, but more on that later. As far as New England, well yes.
Me: So, do you think the refs fucked up?
Jeff: Unfortunately my TV was having technical difficulties that night so I didn't actually see the play live. I saw it the next morning. I know the Bird Box Challenge is a thing, but I didn't think refs would be doing it during the football game! Yeah, that was a terrible call!
Me: What NFL news do you have?
Jeff: It's a light week as far as news due to everything focusing on the teams going to the Super Bowl. On Monday morning it was announced there would be five international games, including four in London and one in Mexico. If we can get past that wall that they will pay for. Neither the Steelers not the Giants are playing in those games.
Me: So, Britain has taken over another team...
Me: What do you think?
Jeff: That's not a bad one either. I like it.
Me: Okay, how did we do with our predictions?
Jeff: Well, we both went 0-2 last week. At least we were consistent. Our numbers for the playoffs have been terrible. We're both 1-5 in the playoffs! For shame!
Me: Okay, let's pick our Super Bowl picks. I say for the Super Bowl, and I hate to say this, Patriots by 8.
Jeff: I'll go with the opposite. I'll say Rams by 3.
Me: Okay, I’ll see you back here the Thursday after the Super Bowl. Have a good one.
Jeff: Talk to you then!
Kaye Ballard
November 20th, 1925 — January 21st, 2019
Her big catchphrase was "Good luck with your MOUTH!" Soo, umm, yeah.
President Trump has officially folded to Speaker Pelosi. No, not on the government shutdown that actually matters and will get the 800,000 federal workers paid, but on the State of the Union. It matters signicantly less, but it's still super fun to watch Donald The Art of the Deal Trump fold. The president announced on Twitter that for the first time in his life, he'll be respecting a woman's request and not deliver the State of the Union until he's invited into the House chamber.
Rather than gloat, Pelosi tried to keep the focus on what really matters: ending the shutdown.
Even conservatives are admitting that Trump lost this one.
The 92nd book to be pheatured in the Phile's Book Club is...
Cathy Rudolph will be the guest on the Phile in a few weeks. Well, a "friend" of the Phile suddenly claims to care about children's lives. I thought I'd invite her back to discuss it. So, please welcome once again...
Sarah: Oh, my darling, oh, my darling, oh, my darling Clementine. Howdy, Jason.
Me: Hey, Sarah. It's a day that ends in Y, which means you are being dragged for saying something dumb, and boy, is this one dumb. And malicious.
Sarah: Jason, no it's not. The White House continues to throw their support behind the MAGA hat-clad kids who mocked a Native American elder on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (honoring Abraham Lincoln of "with malice toward none, with charity towards all" fame).
Me: Yeah, and you retreated to her safe space of "Hannity" to bash the non-Fox News media's coverage of the story.
Sarah: Jason, I didn't call them out for taking the kid's PR firm-crafted statement at face value, but for covering the story in the first place. The people condemning the smirking kid were getting their jollies by blasting a teenager. I doubled down on support of Covington student. I said, "I’ve never seen people so happy to destroy a kid’s life."
Me: Ruining kids lives, you say? Hmmm, sorry to steal your brand, Trump Administration. The children who were forcibly teared from their parents and then housed in tent camps would say that their lives were actually ruined by Trump and friends. Two kids literally died last month in the administration's custody. Also, does calling kids out for racism "ruin" their lives? Killing them in the street because of racism definitely does.
Sarah: I did not like David Hogg, the Parkland student famously smeared as a crisis actor gleefully mocked by the entire right wing media apparatus, challenging me with a simple, classic "really?"
Me: Remember who the real victims of racism are: people who were caught being racist.
Sarah: Hmph. Can I go now?
Me: In a minute, while I have you here I have to talk to you about your historically dumb take on Martin Luther King Jr. The rhetoric and policies of the Trump administration are the antithesis of the civil rights movement in every conceivable way. And yet, without fail, several members of the Trump administration paid their respects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the most cringe-inducing ways possible. While the act of picking out the most embarrassing member of Trump's staff feels as futile as pinpointing the least healthy menu item at McDonalds, you definitely gave everyone a run for their money with her nauseating Martin Luther King Jr. Day tweet.
Sarah: What do you mean?
Me: In a single tweet that simultaneously sums up the tone deaf nature of the Trump administration, the sanitization of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, and the cognitive dissonance of white people everywhere (myself included), you thanked the late civil rights leader for "giving his life" to end racism.
Sarah: Yeah? So? I said, "Today we honor a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality. Our country is better thanks to his inspiration and sacrifice. #MLKDay." What's wrong about that?
Me: Sarah, my dear, let me point out the obvious... Martin Luther King Jr. did not "give up" his life, but more accurately was murdered by white supremacist James Earl Ray after a lifetime of being threatened by individual racists and government agents. Your historically inaccurate take was only exacerbated by the fact that her politics oppose everything Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for, and the Trump administration is doing everything in its power to undo the progress that was hard won. It's one level of cognitive dissonance to be an outright fascist and racist, it's another ballgame to do that while pretending to respect historical activists who hold the same values you decry today. Now you can go.
Sarah: Fine. Bye, Jason.
Me: Good-bye. Sarah Huckleberry Sanders, kids. Man, what an idiot she is.
Phact 1. Belgium beat Iraq to get the world record for having no government for the longest time.
Phact 2. In the 80s BMW made a 1.5L 4 cylinder that produced 1,100 HP; they later boosted it to 2 and then 2.5 liters and made 1,400 HP.
Phact 3. In 2007, a year before "Breaking Bad" premiered, Mexican meth smuggled into U.S.A. averaged 37% purity. In 2011, the same year the show’s characters started making meth for a Mexican cartel, it was up to 88%.
Phact 4. Queen Elizabeth ordered an archbishop to take out a tooth of his own not once but twice just to prove that the procedure of extracting a tooth was safe and bearable.
Phact 5. Authors get paid every time U.K. or Irish libraries lend their books.
Today's pheatured guest is an American rock and new wave singer-songwriter from Berkeley, California. She is most famous for being the lead singer of the band the Motels, that is best known for the singles "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer." Their new album "The Last Few Beautiful Days" is available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Please welcome to the Phile... Martha Davis.
Martha: Thank you, Jason. We have a new album called "The Last Few Beautiful Days" out so it's a good time to be here.
Me: Where do you live now, Martha? I know you're from California.
Martha: In Oregon. I lived here about thirteen years. I live on a farm with three goats, I have a pack of feral cats which is wonderful, I have three lady cats in the house that are very old, six dogs, my roommate has one corgi. Sadly he just lost his other corgi. Then we have four alpacas that are hilarious. It's basically I'm not out there growing turnips, although I did a grow a couple last year that were pretty good. I kind of collect creatures that need collecting. They make me happy.
Me: I first got into you when your single "Only the Lonely" came out. The first album I had from you guys was "Little Robbers." What was it like back the when you guys first started out?
Martha: It was interesting, when we first moved to L.A. from Berkeley, California was of course with the thought we were going to be famous the next day or something like that. It was going to be just champagne and caviar from then out. We got to L.A. to find unless we had record deal with a major record company we couldn't play. There were only two venues... the Whisky and the Starwood... I guess the Roxy was there then maybe. They would only have acts play there that were signed. Here we were, we moved down there, and we had no place to play. It was a little discerning especially as we were an original band. We put on a thing called Radio Free Hollywood which was so we can have a venue for ourselves basically. With two other bands we pooled our money and came up with this thing.
Me: What kinda music genre did you guys fit in?
Martha: What was funny about the Motels was when we got to L.A. we were too punk or weird for the mainstream. At that time the main artist that were around were Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, very corporate. It was that very polished sound, we were not that. Then when punk hit we weren't that either. We were too melodic to be punk. We were having a hell of a time fitting in. Then when the new wave hit all bets were off. Basically the whole emphasis of new wave was to be as weird and different. Devo did not sound like Oingo Boingo who did not sound like Blondie and so forth. Everybody had their own niche. I think we just fell into a lucky time.
Me: So, now that you're making music again, how do you feel the music industry has changed? It's a whole different world, right?
Martha: What the problem is, I'm gonna blab and get into trouble like I always do but we're in an era now that the only people who have labels are like Adele, Taylor Swift, and I guess Bruno Mars probably has a good one. The rest of us are making albums on our own. Obviously most everything is done on our own. I don't care about that because we have to do it, we cannot not make music. The other thing is we don't get that beautiful of having that label put our stuff out there and market and schedule our releases. Even with gigs, we have to promote everything, I don't like to self promote, I feel very creepy about that. Its like how many likes do I have on Facebook... I feel like a bean counter on my own art. It's horrible. Nowadays no one really could get goes unless they look at the bands Facebook, to see how many people are following the Facebook. How ridiculous is this? It has nothing to do with how artistic they are or how talented they are. Most of the people I know are super talented but don't have time to be on Facebook because they're making music. Do we have musicians now or do we have marketers?
Me: Do you do most of the Motels' songwriting?
Martha: That's funny you ask that. I was looking at the Billboard charts recently and I noticed there are so few songs written by one person. Everything is a committee. There's like six people on each song. The Motels are very involved on this album, it's just me writing all the songs. There's songs that involve the whole band. But when you look at most of the big hits on the charts it'll be an artist and a whole bunch of other people writing that song.
Me: Like I said I love the song "Only the Lonely." What was it like when you wrote that song?
Martha: A real true song will kick my ass, will come out of nowhere and I won't know what hit me. With "Only the Lonely" I just picked up the guitar and played it all the way through.
Me: That's so cool. That song was so different than what I was listening to at the time but I loved your voice, the song and you were hot. Hahaha. You stopped making music in the 80s. Why was that?
Martha: Look, I love music so much. I don't listen to a lot of music, except classical music really. But making music of any kind is my happy place. We had the "Apocalypso" album which was not released til 30 years later. That was very much a Tim McGovern art statement, I give it to him, he's a great artist in terms of a great musician. When album got rejected we changed everything up then we actually went to do the album with Val Gary who was supposed to produce the first one. When Capitol suggested him I was like no, he's a rocker and that's not who we are. When we first went to work with Val he said let's try to for three days and see if you like it. For those three days he was just as charming and wonderful as could be. After the third day we said okay. All of a sudden we had two kids and I thought this is good, I had two kids and the money is good. Val was very difficult to work with and that only lasted two albums. We kept going down this pop road, and I was really fighting it.
Me: When you first became big what was the first thing you did, Martha? It must of been a big deal, right?
Martha: I cooked, entertained and had parties. It's weird because the event is not as crystal as it seems. I worked and worked and worked for years as a musician. I think that might be what's missing nowadays, now it's this instant success thing. That's great if anyone has instant success but I think what's missing is paying the dues which really gives someone buffer and strength. They need to go out and play some shit gigs and run around in the middle of the night putting posters up on telephone poles and getting chased by the cops. This is my commitment to the thing that I'm doing. I'm gonna do it come hell or high water. There was a lot of high water and a lot of hell.
Me: How long did it take for you to be signed, Martha?
Martha: About eight years, which I was unsigned trying to be a musician. I had two children with no high school education, so there were a lot of odd jobs and a lot of desperate times. I really didn't know what else to do, it was the only thing I knew.
Me: So, how did you first get signed?
Martha: When we did get signed, when it happened it was hilarious because Carter, the A&R man and producer he actually was interested in us and wanted to sign us in 1975. He came to a gig at the Starwood and one of the guys from Starwood came backstage and said, "There's a guy from Capitol records wants to talk to you." I was like, "Ohmygodohmygod." I think I poured a glass of wine on his lap by a accident, I was nervous and he was expressing interest. I go back and I said, "Look, there's a guy from Capitol records and he's interested in us." Then Robert, our drummer goes, "Well, I'm quitting." Like all good bands do when they get a record deal. Someone else said, "Well, now we have to get a new drummer." And I said, "No, because I'm quitting too." At that point there was a fork in the road because Robert and I both liked Brian Eno and the other guys weren't. We seemed to be opening for Van Halen all the time. When we did finally get signed Carter had been there that night when the band breaks up. That was in '75, then in '79 the band finally got back together with the help of Jeff Gerald. I'm not a very good organizer and Robert and I were pretty hopeless, too artistic. We muddled around to get musicians, that was a a dark time. I didn't have a band, I moved to Los Angeles, and didn't like Los Angeles, I didn't have any money, we were living in a hell hole down there, literally a place that was so sketchy. This was a place before Echo Park was trendy, this was like hell. There were paint sniffers in the basement, and at one point I had to pack up my kids and leave. The police said I had to get out of there now as I heard a ruckus downstairs and I called the police because I thought my landlady was in trouble. I was told I just had the head angel dust dealer arrested so I should probably leave. Jeff Gerald comes in, we finally put band together and within six months Capitol Records was back with a bunch of other labels as well. Right then it was a feeding frenzy in L.A. Because Carter was so sure he was gonna sign us he booked us recording time three months in advance but we weren't signed to them at all. We signed on a Sunday, it was a Mother's Day and on Monday we went into the studio.
Me: What was Van Halen like back then? That's crazy you guys opened for them.
Martha: I remember little Eddie sitting in the corner always playing his guitar, looking cute.
Me: So, don't take this the wrong way, but if I was the head of Capitol I would of put you on the cover of the albums. Wait, is that you by the pool on there first album? I'll show the album cover here...
Martha: No, everybody thinks it was me, but it wasn't. The second album had a Duggie Fields painting I found, the third album, which was "Apocalypso" I decided to go in 100% because I loved the Roxy Music cover. I wanted to do something like Roxy Music where it's almost like the fantasy thing. So I did the thing with the flames, the green dress, the hair in the ponytail, dancing in the fire. That was all my idea too. Sadly I didn't think it out, as that was in the days before Photoshop and those were real flames. I was standing between two rows of gas jets. The other mistake I made I wanted to have cleavage, so I taped the boobs down to get the cleavage and the tape melted. That was the most painful session I've ever done. Then the album didn't get released so it was hilarious. They literally had to pull me out after a few shots and ice my back. It was my idea, what the hell, have another glass of wine, let's go.
Me: How long did it take for this new album to be made?
Martha: The worse thing about the music business is everything takes fucking forever. We could make an album in two days but it'll take a year for it to come out. This album took a long time to make because we all live in different places. After we completely finished it and it was mastered and everything it took another year before it was released.
Me: Well, I love the new album, Martha. How long has this line up been together?
Martha: I haven't been this excited about anything in a long, long time. This band has been together now for fifteen years but it's like between all the crazy managers and this and that. When I met these guys I was married and my husband was managing me, that was a nightmare. Then we went from that to another nightmare to another nightmare. The fact that these guys are hanging with me and sticking with me, we love each other so much and they're all younger and they're all huge fans of the 80s, which is really weird because they like the 80s better than I do. Then of course there's Marty Jourard, the original member who plays sax. He's just Marty as usual. He's the new old guy, he just rejoined us in 2011.
Me: Okay, so are you gonna hit the road and come to Orlando? Haha.
Martha: Do you play music, Jason, like your dad did? I have a whole beautiful stage thing in my head.
Me: Nope. I play kazoo. Haha. So, are you married? You said at the top of this interview you have a roommate.
Martha: No, not married. My roommate is a literal roommate. He auditioned for the Motels in 1975 I think. He's a bass player/mechanic/dear friend.
Me: That's cool, Martha. Thanks so much for being on the Phile. I hope this was a fun interview and I hope you'll come back again soon.
Martha: I will, Jason. Thanks so much. Take care.
Me: You as well.
Man, that about does it for this entry. That was long. Thanks to my guests Jeff Trelewicz and of course Martha Davis. The Phile will be back on Monday with Phile Alum Brian Volk-Weiss. Spread the word, not the turd. Don't let snakes and alligators bite you. Bye, love you, bye.
I don't want you, cook my bread, I don't want you, make my bed, I don't want your money too, I just want to make love to you. - Willie Dixon
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