Episode 392: 'SLY LIVES!' with Oliver Wang

Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone, aka the driving force behind Sly and the Family Stone, makes a complex subject for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s latest documentary, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). (hulu.com/movie/sly-lives-98d14eec-caa7-4974-ba…) Music and pop culture writer/professor (and one time co-host of MaxFun alumna podcast Heat Rocks) Oliver Wang (instagram.com/soulsides) is with us to take a closer look. Then we'll give Questlove some (probably unneeded, but good!) ideas for his next doc.
What’s Good
Drea - painting You Tube channels (youtube.com/channel/UCtoIqaAuvP6rWCvFOdxKVpA)
Oliver - The Altons, Heartache in Room 14 (shopdaptonerecords.com/products/the-altons-hea…)
Alonso - Woodworking (bookshop.org/p/books/woodworking-emily-st-jame…)by Emily St. James
ITIDIC
• Oscars 2025 Winners (deadline.com/2025/03/oscars-2025-winners-list-…)• Sean Baker’s acceptance speech (youtu.be/JVxVptGNZAA?si=YCqLwMIFUpfEFiMC) (re: theatrical experience)
• CinemaStream parody ad (youtu.be/T5W7-_yk5XQ?si=kGJL1vJRC0-HqUQ6)

• Many DVDs from Warner Bros No Longer Work (joblo.com/warner-bros-dvds-dont-work)
More about the Interrotron (nofilmschool.com/2012/09/interrotron-errol-mor…)
Staff Picks
Drea - Searching for Sugar Man (shopdaptonerecords.com/products/the-altons-hea…)
Oliver - The Karate Kid (justwatch.com/us/movie/the-karate-kid-1984)
Alonso - Grand Theft Hamlet (justwatch.com/us/movie/grand-theft-hamlet)
Oliver’s Upcoming Exhibit: Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community (janm.org/exhibits/cruising-j-town)

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With
Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)