Tonight's guests are Zach Galifianakis on The Daily Show and Neil Young on The Colbert Report.
Zach Galifianakis is an actor, writer producer and comedian. His latest movie is Birdman
A washed-up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he mounts a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim his past glory.
This seems like it could be a very good movie.
Neil Young is a singer-songwriter musician and author.
You need to listen to his new song Who's Gonna Stand Up from the upcoming album Storytone, available November 4th. Seriously, just listen to it.
Amazing, right?
He is on tonight not only to discuss the upcoming album but also his latest book Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars
Neil Young’s first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was “terrific: modest, honest, funny and frequently moving,” while The New York Times found it “as charismatically off the wall as Mr. Young’s records.” Now, in Special Deluxe, Young has fashioned a second work of extraordinary reminiscences about his Canadian boyhood, his musical influences, his family, the rock ’n’ roll life, and one of his deepest, most ebullient passions: cars. Through the framework of the many vehicles he’s collected and driven, Young explores his love for the well-crafted vintage automobile,and examines his newfound awareness of his hobby’s negative environmental impact. With his ferocious devotion to clean energy, he recounts the saga of Lincvolt, his specially modified electric car, and his efforts to demonstrate to lawmakers and consumers how viable non-gas-guzzling vehicles truly can be.
Special Deluxe captures Young’s singular lyrical, almost musical, voice. Witty, eclectic, and wonderfully candid, Special Deluxe is an unforgettable amalgam of memories, artwork, and political ponderings from one of the most genuine and enigmatic artists of our time.
''I wrote about anything that came to mind in the history of things that had to do with a car – and that's almost everything!'' says Young, who wrote much of the book on airplanes or on his tour bus. ''These are my memories – they made me what I am.'' The book is simultaneously an ode to the glories of the
internal-combustion engine and an acknowledgment that its era must come to an end – the final car in the book is Young's Lincvolt, the 1959 Lincoln he has spent years modifying to run on batteries and ethanol. ''Transportation, food, government, politics, the way we relate, corporations – everything, it all needs to change, in order for us to survive into the end of the 21st century,'' Young says.
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Yet another book that sounds interesting.
This Week's Guests
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART
We 10/15: Bill O'Reilly
Th 10/16: Bryan Stevenson
THE COLBERT REPORT
We 10/15: Justin Simien
Th 10/16: Bill Deresiewicz
Still no takers for next week?