Episode 34: Rex Weiner
Episode 34 Promo
Rex Weiner
Rex Weiner is the author of ‘The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane’. He is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, and reporter on contemporary culture, writing for many publications in the US and Europe. He is also an editor, stage and screen writer, publisher of fine art photography books through his Fronteranueva imprint, and a co-founder and co-director of the Todos Santos Writers Workshop.
His 2019 feature: Inside the Battle for Britney for ‘Los Angeles Magazine’, broke the story on the world-famous pop star’s legal predicament, the shadowy industry that preys on conservatorships like hers nationwide, and the #FreeBritney movement’s successful campaign to expose it. He has served on the board of trustees of Beyond Baroque, the renowned LA literary center, where he created the author interview series I READ YOUR BOOK AND…
About the Episode
EPISODE SUMMARY:
In this episode we’re going back in time to talk about Ford Fairlane, a character created by Rex Weiner for a series of stories published in the late ‘70s in the now-defunct ‘New York Rocker’ and a second series published in the early ‘80s in the ‘LA Weekly’.
The 1990 movie ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ starring Andrew Dice Clay is loosely based on the character Rex created.
It wasn’t until 2018 that the New York and LA stories were finally published in their entirety in book form, entitled ‘The (Original) Adventures of Ford Fairlane’, and I’m jazzed that I get to chat with Rex about his book.
MUSIC IN THE EPISODE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
From ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ movie trailer
Royalty-free 1970s instrumental rock music
“Angel of the Morning” by Merrilee Rush
“Mighty Six Ninety” by Tex Mex Rex (aka Rex Weiner)
“I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones
“Magneto and Titanium Man” by Paul McCartney & Wings
“In My Life” by The Beatles
“That’s Why God Made the Movies” by Paul Simon
From ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ movie trailer
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Junkie” by Motley Crue
From ‘The Adventures of Ford Fairlane’ movie trailer
“Summertime Blues” by Eddie Cochran
“Don’t You Fade Away” by Screaming Sirens
“Rumble” by Link Ray
“What We Do is Secret” by The Germs
LINKS:
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Rex Weiner’s website: https://rexweiner.com/
Rex Weiner on Twitter: @RexWeiner and @FordFairlanePI
Rex Weiner on Instagram: @RexWeiner
Rex Weiner on Facebook: @TheOriginalAdventuresofFordFairlane
Tex Mex Rex Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2xNSCzJJAdsGLr1v58B2h5
Rex Weiner with Andrew Dice Clay
Rex reading at Bouchercon 2018, Noir At The Bar, LA
Tex Mex Rex (aka Rex Weiner) performing
