The Toth Zone chronicles musician James Toth’s all-consuming obsession with music while growing up in pre-9/11 New York City, and all the trouble it caused him along the way. It's a little like A Christmas Story, but with headbangers, hoodlums, and hip-hop. "...something like David Sedaris by way of Iggy Pop." - Elizabeth Nelson, Lawyers, Guns & Money blog
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Genesis of a mania -music freak ground zero; my very first band and our one and only concert featuring my sister, the four-year old “slut”; some valuable early lessons in showbiz.
4 years ago
What I’m most struck by, after a first listen to these opening episodes, is the richness of those recorded archives you can draw from — love the Party People, btw — as well as the way that memory attaches to music so integrally, becoming the fabric of it. Keep the stories coming!