Episode 53: James Inman
James Inman is a son, a brother, a boyfriend, a formerish standup comedian, a computer whiz, and a collector of both vintage speakers and sundry Elvis Costello albums.
He's a hoot, and a trip, and a man that's wise beyond his years (Note: Shouts out to the local public library.), and he did -- for the record -- say (once we'd wrapped) that it was cool to leave everything in.
As usual I was part of the conversation when we taped and a different part of it during edits, and normally I'm ready to move on once I've played both roles. This time, though, I think maybe I'm still processing everything that I learned. In fact, I'm not sure of all that I didn't know before we had our conversation. And trust me -- it was a good one.
Among many other topics, we touched on a few of James's favorite records, and they were these:
Imperial Bedroom, Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1982)
The Clash's London Calling (1979)
Mummer, XTC (1983)
Quite the collection.
I hadn't seen James in the better part of 10 years before we sat down together, so I'm pleased that he agreed to come by for the hang. James is a poster child for the just-be-yourself campaign, and I hope -- be it one day in the cards -- that I can at some point watch him turn out a live set in the comedy scene.
Anyway, check out his book and his two albums and his movie over at jamesinman.com.
Thank you, James, for being an amazing part of Episode #53.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the intro/outro audio. They are samples from a tune called, "Inversion Layer" by Robert Walter's 20th Congress. They put out a record called Get Thy Bearings (c/o Royal Potato Family) in 2013, and that track is from this album. I've used it before. On Episode #1. This would be the first episode of year two, so...little selfie shoutout. Cheers.