131: James Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, The Cramps, etc.)

James Sclavunos grew up in Brooklyn and dreamed of becoming an
astronaut priest or an avant-garde saxophonist. Instead, he
attended film school at NYU and became a part of the musical
movement that would later be known as No Wave. He tells Joe about
his relationship with Catholicism; cruising the Village in a
sailor suit; his initiation into Lydia Lunch's band; writing
books about Motley Crue and Paula Abdul; and the family dynamic
of The Bad Seeds.