The Rock Journalist Who Wrote Every Song with Don Fanelli

It’s Whisp Plays Anything He Wants Wednesday on 108.9 The Hawk, which means Whisp Turlington has seized full control of the playlist, threatened Val Verde with multiple Tormado warnings, and dedicated emotionally devastating Mike + The Mechanics to anyone with a dead dad.

This week, legendary rock journalist Guy Trinkler drops by the Rock & Roll RV to promote his new self-published memoir, Songs, a 655-page list of songs he either helped write, inspired, or assumes were probably about him. Along the way, Guy reveals his role in destroying The Eagles, Billy Joel’s sausage-finger era, Peter Gabriel’s jet ski lifestyle, Pete Townsend’s gibberish problem, and the real courtroom strategy behind Nirvana’s “Come As You Are.”

Don Fanelli joins 108.9 The Hawk as Guy Trinkler, a rock journalist so committed to access that he disguises himself, follows musicians for years, and sees every side of every issue until there are no opinions left, only footnotes. He has been everywhere, seen everything, written almost none of it clearly, and somehow survived being pushed out of an ice hole by a narwhal.

Also on this week’s broadcast:

• The Val Verde Fire Department Calendar Reveal Party. Whisp reports back from a heroic night of emergency services, novelty mugs, and the undeniable July power of Jerry July.
• Art Spart Traffic. Art is supposed to report on road conditions, but he is still trapped inside the Deku Tree after 1,800 hours of Ocarina of Time and somehow has 23,000 Twitch subscribers.
• Big Truck Hawkcasts from Hog Street. Big Truck checks in from lane three at the grand opening of the Hog Street Big Rig Wash and Prayer Tunnel, where local truckers can receive a wax, a blessing, a shower, and possibly a baby bird burrito.

Check out Don’s fantastic improv podcast, Mutterfly: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mutterfly/id1870746240

Listen. Subscribe. Join the Rock Battalion at https://1089thehawk.com. Keep the Rock & Roll RV running at https://patreon.com/1089thehawk. And if a man in sunglasses tells you he wrote the song you are currently listening to, check his footnotes before you sign anything.

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