Podcast appearances and mentions of Randy L Schmidt

As the new documentary Karen Carpenter: Starving For Perfection hits the Santa Barbara Film Festival, we talk to its producer and author of the book on which the film is based. His name is Randy L. Schmidt and the book is Little Girl Blue , which was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and on the Wall Street Journal's Best Seller List. He has written numerous projects based on the Carpenters as well as biographies on Judy Garland and Dolly Parton.He has served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including the E! "True Hollywood Story," A&E's "Biography," and VH1's "Behind the Music." , and was a contributor to the award-winning podcast, DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA. A  music educator in Denton, Texas, the gay publication He Said dubbed him as the handsome author "Mr. Aficionado." With co-host Brody Levesque  

As the new documentary Karen Carpenter: Starving For Perfection hits the Santa Barbara Film Festival, we talk to its producer and author of the book on which the film is based. His name is Randy L. Schmidt and the book is Little Girl Blue , which was a New York Times Editor's Choice, and on the Wall Street Journal's Best Seller List. He has written numerous projects based on the Carpenters as well as biographies on Judy Garland and Dolly Parton.He has served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including the E! "True Hollywood Story," A&E's "Biography," and VH1's "Behind the Music." , and was a contributor to the award-winning podcast, DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA. A  music educator in Denton, Texas, the gay publication He Said dubbed him as the handsome author "Mr. Aficionado." With co-host Brody Levesque  

In this episode, Carolyn and Sarah follow Karen from the height of her fame through her struggle to find independence, her attempts at eating disorder recovery, and finally to her death on February 4, 1983, when she was just 32 years old. Then it's time to sing a song.We extensively discuss eating disorders, disordered eating, and everything that goes with them in this episode. Please listen with care.If you want to learn more, try Little Girl Blue by Randy L. Schmidt, our primary source for the information in this episode. Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter - Randy L. Schmidt - Google BooksHere's where to find Carolyn:WebsiteTwitterInstagramSupport us:Bonus Episodes on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show, You Are Good [YWA co-founder] Mike's other show, Maintenance PhaseLinks:https://www.carolynkendrick.com/https://twitter.com/carekendrickhttps://www.instagram.com/carolynbkendrick/http://patreon.com/yourewrongabouthttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/IPQAaxM6bAs Judy Garland on Judy Garland is the closest we will likely come to experiencing and exploring the legend's abandoned autobiography. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland interviews and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first radio appearance under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and concludes with her last known interview, one taped for Radio Denmark just months before her death. What makes this collection unique and distinguishes it from the plethora of Garland biographies is that it places Judy in the role of storyteller. She wrote a number of essays for various publications and sat for countless print, radio, and television interviews. These and the other autobiographical efforts she made are proof that Judy Garland wanted her story told, and wanted it told in her own words. Finally, here it is. Randy L. Schmidt is the author of the critically-acclaimed LITTLE GIRL BLUE: THE LIFE OF KAREN CARPENTER, a New York Times Editor's Choice and Wall Street Journal Best Seller. He also compiled and edited YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: THE CARPENTER READER, JUDY GARLAND ON JUDY GARLAND: INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS, and DOLLY ON DOLLY: INTERVIEWS AND ENCOUNTERS WITH DOLLY PARTON. He has served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including the E! "True Hollywood Story," A&E's "Biography," and VH1's "Behind the Music." , and was a contributor to the award-winning podcast, DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA. Schmidt is a music educator in Denton, Texas.  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/suntorypop/ Instagram - suntorypop Bookstore - randylschmidt.ecwid.com  

The Life of Karen Carpenter.

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here: https://youtu.be/ZYZneSuM0H4 Little Girl Blue : The Life of Karen Carpenter is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar. Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s, they delivered the love songs that defined a generation. Little Girl Blue reveals Karen's heartbreaking struggles with her mother, brother, and husband; the intimate disclosures she made to her closest friends; her love for playing drums and her frustrated quest for solo stardom; and the ups and downs of her treatment for anorexia nervosa. After her shocking death at 32 years of age in 1983, she became the proverbial poster child for that disorder; but the other causes of her decline are laid bare for the first time in this moving account. Little Girl Blue is Karen Carpenter's definitive biography, based on exclusive interviews with her innermost circle of girlfriends and nearly 100 others, including childhood friends, professional associates, and lovers. Randy L. Schmidt is the author of the critically-acclaimed LITTLE GIRL BLUE: THE LIFE OF KAREN CARPENTER, a New York Times Editor's Choice and Wall Street Journal Best Seller. He has served as creative consultant for several television documentaries on the Carpenters, including the E! "True Hollywood Story," A&E's "Biography," and VH1's "Behind the Music." , and was a contributor to the award-winning podcast, DOLLY PARTON'S AMERICA. Schmidt is a music educator in Denton, Texas. https://www.amazon.com/Little-Girl-Blue-Karen-Carpenter/dp/1569768188

It’s all Judy Garland, all the time! This week, Stacie kicks us off with the mysterious and incredibly brief marriage between actress Renee Zellweger (who just won Best Actress for Judy) and country star Kenny Chesney. They tied the knot after knowing each other just five months, and when Renee filed to annul the marriage for “fraud” four months later, the media turned an ugly eye to Kenny. Then, Alicia has the heartbreaking story of Trashy Divorces All-Star Judy Garland, whose five marriages and four divorces were probably a predictable outcome of the horrifying ways she was mistreated as a child. Promo: BetterHelp Can’t get enough #trashcandy? Join us at Patreon.com/TrashyDivorces for early ad-free releases, bonus divorce stories, weekly Trashy Tidbits, limited series like Trashy Tudors, Funne with Dunne, Side Pieces, and a whole lot more. Can we ask a favor? Filling out this quick listener survey helps great sponsors find us, so you can find out about cool products and services you can enjoy. Probably at home, without your bra on. We’re guessing. (Thanks!) Stacie’s Receipts NickiSwift.com on Renee and Kenny Kenny talks to Oprah about not being ready for the marriage with Renee Good Housekeeping explores the marriage Alicia’s Receipts Books: Judy: The Films and Career of Judy Garland, by Joe Morella and Edward Epstein Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters, by Randy L. Schmidt Pictures Will Talk: The Life and Films of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, by Kenneth L. Geist The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney, by Richard A. Lerzman and William J. Birnes The Men Who Made the Movies, by Richard Schickel Vincent Minnelli: Hollywood’s Dark Dreamer, by Emanuel Levy Debbie: My Life, by Debbie Reynolds Life is Too Short, by Mickey Rooney Articles: Judy Garland Dies in London at 47; Tragedy Haunts Star, LA Times, June 23, 1969 Judy and Mickey: The long, fruitful, and tortured relationships between Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and MGM, Slate, October 30, 2015 Over the Rainbow, and Then Some! Vanity Fair, May 2011 Judy Garland’s Funeral Draws Her Colleagues, The New York Times, June 28, 1969 Obituaries: Mark Herron, Judy Garland’s Fourth Husband, LA Times, January 19, 1996 Judy Garland’s Five Husbands: How the Men in Her Life Tried to Save Her from Tragedy, People, January 28, 2017 The Real Vincente Minelli, The Advocate, May 2009

This is a very special episode of the Paperback Rocker Podcast. I talked to Randy Schmidt, author of "Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter". Coincidentally, we are both from the tiny Oklahoma town of Cordell. We talk about that among many other subjects connected to the Carpenters, including the many controversies and periphery players like Paul Williams, Steve Martin, and others. Randy's other books are "Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader" and "Judy Garland on Judy Garland: Interviews and Encounters". You can find his books wherever fine books are sold, as well as on his website www.randylschmidt.com. In case you are new to the show, you can find my books of rock and roll fiction at www.PaperbackRocker.com. My mom even has a new book called "Wildflowers and Broken Gods", which is a memoir about living in a remote Greek village in 1971. It has lots of wonderful pictures and is getting great feedback. Search for that title or her name, Linda Syverson, on Amazon for a beautiful hardback or Kindle version. Please consider making a donation if you enjoy this episode via the Paypal button at www.PaperbackRocker.com. If you can leave an iTunes review, I would also be eternally in your debt. Make sure to check out my other episodes and subsribe wherever fine podcasts are listed! Thanks, friends!