Alex Ebert (aka Edward Sharpe) is an erstwhile multiplatinum songwriter and Golden Globe-winning film composer now taking up philosophy in New Orleans. He is currently finishing his first book, Dead Cool, an analysis of sociodynamics and status anxiety in the age of Cool.
In this episode we talk about:
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Being told he was a bad kid and fulfilling my that acting out
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discovering Charlie Chaplin and how that led him to be passionate about film making
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Seeing now how he was driven by being offended by what his father thought would be the best path for him and realizing he has been living as “I’ll show you”
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Using a small inheritance to manufacture a convenient hardship by becoming a heroine addict while he made music
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How we have disintegrated death in our life.
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His experience with his first band and how feels success ended that band once they signed to a major label
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The prophecy of Ima Robot coming true that let to suicidal idealization and asking himself when was the last time I felt free
- The moments of success that killed his soul by trying to be democratic and take advice from the people who “know better”
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Where the music and feeling and idea for Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros came from
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Feeling like he always has to apologize
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and balancing being a team player and standing up for what you want
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What he feels like success really is
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