245: Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rocket Juice & the Moon, Atoms for Peace)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Before attaining massive success with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea was a wild child, roaming the streets of Hollywood. He and Joe discuss: the unfamiliar vulnerability he faced when writing his excellent memoir Acid for the Children; the cathartic experience of translating traumatic memories to text; the spiritual connection between jazz and punk rock; the seeming decline of active listening; and the kind of connection he seeks with drummers.

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0:00.0	During this time, it's very important to support local, family-owned, small businesses.
0:06.3	If it's within your means, please consider making a purchase from Revival Drum Shop.
0:11.6	Revival's owner, Jose Medellis, has been a guest and big supporter of this show,
0:16.1	and it's my unpaid opinion that Revival is among the greatest drum shops in the world.
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0:26.8	and by buying Jose's fantastic creative treatise, the Stoic drummer,
0:32.0	which is a spiritually enriching tome for any creative person, not just drummers.
0:39.8	Do yourself a favor and visit Revival Drum Shop.com.
0:58.7	This is Joe Wong.
1:00.6	Welcome to the Trap Set.
1:06.6	During this era of social distancing, weurbia, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
1:31.3	He's also an accomplished bassist who's worked with artists such as Young MC, Adams for Peace, Rocket Juice in the Moon, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
1:41.3	He's also co-founder of Silver Lake Conservatory of Music, a non-profit
1:46.5	music education foundation. And his excellent memoir, Acid for the Children, was published last year.
1:54.5	Flee spoke to me from his home in Los Angeles. Hi, Joe.
2:07.6	Hey, Flea, how are you?
2:09.6	I'm good, thank you.
2:10.6	How are you?
2:11.6	Good.
2:12.6	How were your eggs this morning?
2:13.6	Oh, dude, they were so good.
2:15.6	I red onion and some heirloom tomato and a perfectly ripened avocado
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