One of the special guests on Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope on ABC Television in Australia on Monday night was the original shock rocker, Alice Cooper. He certainly seems like an interesting character. When I heard that he was touring Australia a couple of months ago I immediately put in a request to interview him for my radio programme. I’m still waiting on confirmation one way or the other but I know that the publicist who is representing him while he’s in Perth will do her best to organise an interview for me.
He was a very entertaining guest on Enough Rope and if you missed the show you can read the transcript here. He touched on everything from his healing from alcoholism to his wild stage shows, playing golf and his Christian faith.
Denton has another interesting guest this coming Monday night when he talks to Johnny Lee Clary, a former Grand Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Johnny has an amazing story of how he was freed from a bitter, hateful, racist existance.
Update: It seems that the interview with Johhny Lee Clary won’t be airing this Monday night. The interview was being advertised on-line and on television until yesterday when they started promoting an exclusive interview with former QLD chief magistrate, Di Fingleton. I would assume that Johnny’s interview will be on within the next couple of weeks.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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Hey, thanks for the comment at my blog and for your votes. And congratulations on winning the battle. There are no hard feelings. I had a large windfall of points, more than I can rally use, so I started playing the battle thing, though I don’t think it’s valid to say one blog is better than another as each blog fills its own niche. With a win ratio of about half, I lose more than I win back, so I’ll probably stop. On the other hand, winning a new fan makes it worthwhile.
South Perth Church of Christ had Jonny at their Sunday Night Service a couple of months ago, I downloaded the mp3 and he has a great story.
Thanks for the link to that show’s transcript. Have just spent half an hour looking at the infamous Alice, and realized just how much he has achieved behind the scenes! Quite a guy.
I’ve always heard Cooper is a very intelligent man. No doubt you would have a great time interviewing him.
Thanks for stopping by! Yes, good old Alice is a strange, strange man; but perfectly harmless, I think. You’re a DJ? I imagine that’s an awesome job–I’m much too shy and reserved for that, of course, but hey! 🙂
Hey Rodney, thanks for the pointer to the Alice Copper interview. Funny guy! I had 1 of his albums, and I agree with one of his comments: people come because of the music (you have to have a taste for it though). Cheers,