Kid Congo Powers #213

Kid Congo Powers is the author of Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir. The book reflects on his youth in La Puente to the LA punk scene as well as his friendship with Jeffrey Lee Pierce, his time in The Gun Club, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, and The Cramps.

We discuss:
How hard it is to actually write a memoir.
His time in West Berlin before the wall came down.
Working with Wim Wenders on Wings of Desire.
and so much more.

Drinks with Tony is on iTunesSpotifyPandoraStitcher, and other podcast outlets. It also airs every Thursday evening at 6pm on 101.9 FM, KPCR, Santa Cruz.

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