I Am the Fly

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I Am the Fly is about a brief time in the late 20th century when you could live in the East Village on a waiter’s salary and still afford to go clubbing, when sushi restaurants had smoking sections and MTV was commercial free. When you could rub shoulders

David Klein


    • Aug 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 21m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Lotus Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 0:24


    Even as love and fatherhood have remade my life, I'm not immune to falling into a bit of a rut. But in early aughts New York, you never know when a chance conversation with Lady Gaga will set a course for the future.

    Alice Something with an H

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 0:24


    My leap into the online dating pool is like 15 years of my dating life condensed into three weeks: a couple of no-shows, a visibly disappointed manic pixie dream-girl, and some fast action on my living room couch. Maybe Alice … Something with an H ... will be the one to turn the tide.

    Society for Modern Myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 39:00


    My life has been transformed by Jivamukti Yoga, but I can't shake the sneaking suspicion that I've joined a cult.

    All That Glitters

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 39:00


    I've got cold feet as my meeting with Morgana approaches, but Philip Seymour Hoffman makes my day, and who knows, maybe sparks will fly with the sea goddess.

    People Need to Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 30:23


    My best friend is marrying the Girl from Ipanema and I'm the best man. He's been sober for years, as have his closest friends, but people need to party.

    The Beautiful People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 27:38


    The MTV Video Music Awards ended eight hours ago, so what am I doing in Courtney Love's limousine, and where the hell are we going?

    The Lazy Monarch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 27:38


    An eyelash, Tiny Sized Chiclets, and a miniature hangman's noose…Love is a many-splendored thing.

    High-Grade Chutzpah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 29:12


    What my boss and I have here is a failure to communicate, but tonight, with the help of Burt Reynolds, maybe we can start a brand-new working folder.

    V.I.P. Riser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 27:38


    In this episode, I lose my shirt at the St. Regis, give elocution lessons to Bono, and meet three legendary record producers, only one of whom is a murderer.

    The Talented Mr. Stench

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 0:30


    My first cousin, Winona Ryder — Noni to me — is engaged to Johnny Depp, and this has afforded me a weird kind of occasional close access to Johnny, a rising star who's a few years away from global fame Tonight, we'll take Manhattan.

    London Buzz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2022 0:28


    Knowing your brother is a genius is one thing; seeing him depicted as a sort of visionary in a slick media magazine is something else.

    Clenches and Clover

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2022 0:42


    One-night stands are awkward, and in the era of AIDS they're dangerous. I need a girlfriend and I need one now. Be careful what you wish for.

    Alphabet City

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 0:42


    In this episode, my roommate provides me with an instant social life, and his alluring girlfriend—an eventual Oscar winner—brings the drama. Let's take a trip.

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    Peppermint Lumps

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 27:39


    In the first episode, an after-party hang with Courtney Love goes south, I turn Winona Ryder on to indie rock, and introduce you to my uncle, Sgt. Pepper.

    Screaming Eagles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 25:42


    In Episode 2, my father gets extremely Bold with Jimi Hendrix's Axis, my hometown of Tenafly is lousy with pop hits, and my brother Meets a Beatle. Which sucks …

    What's on a Man's Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 34:17


    I F***ed with the Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 33:00


    The Rover

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 28:00


    An evening with Led Zeppelin leaves me dazed and confused at my best friend's lack of scruples.

    Hot Chestnuts & Dutch Apples

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 23:00


    Juvenile delinquency with Tenafly's Rum Bum gang ends in a major bummer, but a man with a cigarette is never alone.

    All Fun and Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 23:00


    Projectiles are all the rage at Smith Schools. A bent paperclip attached to a stretched rubber band achieves greater distance and greater pain. I'm about to meet with the sharp end of that proposition.

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    Heaven on Their Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 23:00


    Mom finds peace — make that Tenafly Women for Peace — I find Jesus (“Christ Superstar” that is), and Tommy Roberts and I form a Union … of the Smacked.

    The Chair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2021 21:40


    In Episode 4, my first-grade teacher sniffs out a hippie lover, I land in the stockade, and my brother is always in the last place you'd think to look.

    Genius Jonny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 21:09


    In Episode 3, we'll all Meet the Beatles and the family genius. Plus: the Scariest Song in the World.

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