Edited interview of the marvelous John Waters for 97.3 WRIR in Richmond, Virginia. Talks about candy, fashion, his first novel Liarmouth, and more! 

Interviewed by Phil & Alane Ford, Produced by Melissa Vaughan in Richmond, Virginia.

JOHN WATERS INTERVIEW

First ever attempt at home recording on my 4-Track. Crappy drum machine, other faulty stuff, but was fun and some songs are pretty cool, like "Space Truckers", which I thought of way before that doofy movie. Anyway, here is a little backstory to the sci-fi concept that was included with the CD when it came out.

2320: Earth is a different place.
A foreign place to those who have never been, which is most of the population in the Solar System. People are no longer born on the tiny blue planet. We have many different names these days, depending on where you are from. Martian, Systemer, Ios, Neptunars, even the icy Plutonites have established their own identity and culture apart from Earth. The "earthling" label is now a literal sense. it is just another planet of the sun, a world of it's own kind. About 100 years ago, the Solar Commission began limiting the amount of rocket traffic allowed from Earth, a lot due to it's third world reputation. Trade became a dilemma because Earth still had and has the best O2 Treatment source in the system. Eventually factions of the Solar Police, No Earth Prohibition (NEP), the Truckers Union and other extreme terrorist groups put the pressure on till it was out right guerrilla war. Earthers always managed to sneak off on Hitchships or Space Trains, slipping through traffic to the Nextation or Moonbase, even making it to Port Olympus Mons. When they made it, they often took on other identities, some even becoming Solar Dignitaries. The past most always came back to haunt them though, usually due to Commission Investigats or S.P. Detectives exposing them. Other times it was their own hypocritical selves that did them in. When the guerrilla war was finally resolved, which suddenly stopped when their leader disappeared mysteriously, trade negotiations ensued and things once again became as they were, just one big happy solar system constantly spinning off till the rubber band effect of the big bang takes us back to where it all started.
- New America times editorial, 6/4/20

These Things

Flow

Just Pass It On

Isolation

Space Truckers

Among Aliens

Tight Planet (Will Travel)

This was an interview I did with Fontaine for WRIR 97.3, it appeared on Friday Breakfast Blend (now Friday Clock Out, 5-7PM wrir.org). It was recorded live on Cut The Cord Radio (www.CutTheCordRadio.com).

Phil D WRIR