1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 On this episode of Books That Changed My Life, host Chris &quot;Bulldog&quot; Collins is joined by Margaret Cho to discuss I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres — the 1987 memoir Margaret first read as a teenager growing up in her family's San Francisco bookstore. Pamela is a longtime friend and mentor who edited Margaret's writing, and Margaret returns to the book with the perspective of someone shaped by it: not for its catalog of famous lovers, but for its portrait of a young woman bubbling over with vitality, wit, and creative energy. The conversation moves through Pamela's roster (Mick Jagger, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Marlon Brando), the one Beatle she never got, the GTOs and Frank Zappa's proto-girl-group project, and the passages Margaret returns to again and again — the compulsive Beatlemania rituals, the years-long pursuit of Brando through his answering service, and the night Pamela turned down an invitation from Elvis. Margaret dives into her own backstage life, why she'd start a cult (the CHOsen) with mandatory cats and dogs, and the case for rock and roll as religion. Margaret's new stand-up special Choligarchy tapes November 7 in Palm Springs. See her in Gregg Araki's new film, I Want Your Sex. Find her tour dates here: MargaretCho.com. #books #library #bookrecs #bookreport #interview #podcast #chrisbulldogcollins 🚨 Grab the coolest book &amp;amp; library tees, socks, hoodies &amp;amp; more! https://booksthatchangedmylife.org/collections/all Books That Changed My Life https://www.booksthatchangedmylife.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42331715/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/204853385