Alan Zweig
Filmmaker, late bloomer, Old Dad, former cab driver and screenwriter including a little dialogue written for Mr. T.
Born and raised in Toronto
11 feature documentaries, most of them you have to be in Canada to find them but there are a few including Vinyl on Youtube, 15 Reasons to live, There is a house here and When Jews were funny which you can find outside of Canada.
Aug. 16, 2025
S8E420 - Lou Reed 'Magic and Loss' with Alan Zweig
There's no getting around it, ' Magic and Loss ', Lou Reed 's sixteenth studio album released in 1992, is NOT a particularly easy listen. While often musically beautiful in an elegantly understated way, the themes of death an...
July 27, 2024
S7E361 - Palace Brothers 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You' with Alan Zweig
Returning guest, filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny), brings us Will Oldham - a.k.a. Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...etc) and his stunning debut: 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'First released in 1993 under a cloud...
July 30, 2023
S6E301 - Neil Young 'Tonight's The Night' with Alan Zweig
Still reeling from the drug-related deaths of Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie/friend Bruce Berry, Neil Young's 'Tonight's The Night' is as raw an expression of grief and mourning you're likely to find. Canadian filmmaker Alan Zweig...
July 2, 2022
S5E234 - Curtis Mayfield 'There's No Place Like America Today' with Alan Zweig
Canadian documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, I, Curmudgeon, When Jews Were Funny) brings us an album of understated, fluid funk with a subtle-but-potent message: 'There's No Place Like America Today' by Curtis Mayfield. Released in 1975 on...