DOPE SICK RADIO EPISODE 79 – TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 2011 – THE LENNY BRUCE EPISODE
Lenny Bruce was an entertainer far too ahead of his time. He rose from the underground and became a pioneer for free speech and social satire. He challenged his audience and authority alike and faced great consequence as a result. His public commentary on war, politics, corruption, race issues, and sex rubbed all the wrong people in all the wrong ways. He was arrested on obscenity charges in practically every major city across America. It can be stated that Lenny Bruce pushed the boundaries of spoken word to the limits of the law. By the end of his career he couldn’t book a gig.
Lenny Bruce was a truth-seeker who built a career breaking down walls of multi-layered facades. He was haunted by the fact that the establishment had silenced him and spent the last years of his life trying to clear his name of the reputation that he was nothing more than a filthy comic. His last wishes would never fully be realized. His years of struggles with drug addiction would take his life in 1968 at the age of 40.
This is the Dope Sick Radio way of paying respects to an influential entertainer whose life and career were cut far too short. This is Lenny Bruce Episode. Enjoy.
DSR79 PLAYLIST
1. Palehorse - Domestic War
2. Ambitions – Between Breaths
3. Defeater – Warm Blood Rush
4. The Ghost Inside – Destined
5. Blue Monday – Next Breath
6. Your Demise – Nothing Left but Regret
7. Paint It Black – So Much for Honour Among Thieves
8. More Than Life – Faceless Name
9. Kills and Thrills – Liars
10. Hellmouth – The Calling Part 2
11. For Today – Immanuel (The Redeemer)
12. Former Thieves – Trust Fund Kids
13. Mushmouth – Cut you Down
14. Bone Dance – Dead End Rendezvous
15. Lenny Bruce – All Alone
15. Vic Ruggiero – Talk To Me
Audio samples used in this episode were compiled from the following sources:
1. Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) - Documentary
2. Lenny (1974) – Bio film starring Dustin Hoffman and directed by Bob Fosse
3. Lenny Bruce - Busted (Live Performance)
4. Lenny Bruce – Vintage Comedy (Live Performance)
5. Lenny Bruce E! True Hollywood Story (1998)
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