Jim Goad’s GIGANTIC BOOK OF SEX comes out in April. “It’s entirely composed of things I’ve written for sex mags, because they are the only people who will employ an ex-con.”
Jim calls Sunday night, Feb. 11: “I’m going to be a supporting actor in a movie (an update of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel) in Australia. In June, I’m going on tour with Hank Williams III.”
Check out this clip from YouTube.
Luke: “I didn’t know you could sing.”
Jim: “I’m a multi-faceted pearl.”
“Hank’s a fan of The Redneck Manifesto.”
“Answer Me!: The First Three just went into a new print run.”
Luke: “America is a great country.”
Jim: “The last time I talked to you, I was getting ready to fly to Australia.”
Luke: “How did it go?”
Jim: “They detained me at customs for four hours.”
“I was flown in for John Safran. He wanted me to talk about domestic violence on his show. I said, ‘Australia was founded by convicts but it is a little weird about letting convicts in. You have to check it out on your side.’ He said it was fine.
“Two hours before landing, they hand out these little cards and you have to check whether you have ever been convicted of a crime.”
“After three hours [of detention], I asked them to put me back on the plane. They asked me to write an affidavitt of what I intended to say on the show. They faxed it to Canberra. They came back five minutes later and said it was very eloquent and that I could leave.
“I was there for six days. Melbourne. South Australia. I’ve never come across a more racist environment. Everyone talks about niggers. Everyone’s openly bigoted.”
Luke: “It’s kinda nice, isn’t it?”
Jim laughs. “It’s definitely different. Simultaneously, at least in the media, there’s this huge push for multi-culturalism. I heard ‘multi-culturalism’ more times in 24 hours than I’ve heard in my life.”
Luke: “In America, when you come through customs, most people are black. In Australia, everyone’s white.”
Jim: “Are you feeding me a line?”
“The primary racial tension down there is Europeans vs. Lebanese.”
Luke: “Did it make you feel good?”
Jim: “The racially charged environment? It was amusing. That’s all.”
Luke: “Are you still with Jennifer [Osborne]?”
Jim: “We were together to do a book [on Nascar].”
Luke: “I thought she was your girlfriend.”
Jim: “No. You asked me about that. I never responded.”
“We’re going to write a children’s book.”
“I called John Safran Australia’s greatest Jew. He’s going to use that as a blurb on his next project.”
