Brothels, Chuck Berry and listener-dating: Author David Himmel is 'The Last DJ' (Episode 214)

Published: March 3, 2019, 9:46 p.m.

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Author David Himmel joins me for tacos from Turbo Taco (2050 N. Milwaukee). We talk at length about the radio business and Himmel\'s excellent radio memoir, "The Last DJ: The Life and Times of a 20-Something Oldies Radio Disc Jockey."

Discussed in this week\'s episode:

  • David is a customer of the Autobarn Mazda of Evanston!
  • Breaking Bad\'s one bad episode: We disagree on this one.
  • David\'s unabashed love for the art of radio.
  • The three things one needs for a career to work: Opportunity, education and money.
  • The perils of an office romance: "It\'s stupid."
  • Working on radio promotions with area brothels.
  • Radio parents will never understand what their kids do for a living.
  • That time David went on a blind date with a listener.
  • David\'s ideas-in-development for future books.
  • Why would any true Chicagoan wait behind a velvet rope to pay for a nightclub experience? This is a tavern town.

Car Con Carne is presented by The Autobarn Mazda of Evanston.

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