Jeff Melnick

Well, Manson really believes, I mean, let's just put this out there because we haven't said it yet. The first set of murders will happen at 10,050 Cielo Drive, which is where Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski live. But that's where Terry Melcher had lived previously. Exactly. And so Manson knows the house. And he's got this resentment that just boils up about Melcher.

Well, Manson really believes, I mean, let's just put this out there because we haven't said it yet. The first set of murders will happen at 10,050 Cielo Drive, which is where Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski live. But that's where Terry Melcher had lived previously. Exactly. And so Manson knows the house. And he's got this resentment that just boils up about Melcher.

Well, Manson really believes, I mean, let's just put this out there because we haven't said it yet. The first set of murders will happen at 10,050 Cielo Drive, which is where Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski live. But that's where Terry Melcher had lived previously. Exactly. And so Manson knows the house. And he's got this resentment that just boils up about Melcher.

Like Melcher for years barely appeared in public because he was so spooked by, I mean, I think he knew, I think he knew that Manson, if Manson wasn't literally targeting him, that Manson's anger, you know, the, the kind of murderous rage that ended up in these, these two nights of murder, I think was very much out of this disappointment that Melcher didn't give him a contract.

Like Melcher for years barely appeared in public because he was so spooked by, I mean, I think he knew, I think he knew that Manson, if Manson wasn't literally targeting him, that Manson's anger, you know, the, the kind of murderous rage that ended up in these, these two nights of murder, I think was very much out of this disappointment that Melcher didn't give him a contract.

Like Melcher for years barely appeared in public because he was so spooked by, I mean, I think he knew, I think he knew that Manson, if Manson wasn't literally targeting him, that Manson's anger, you know, the, the kind of murderous rage that ended up in these, these two nights of murder, I think was very much out of this disappointment that Melcher didn't give him a contract.

Like he really believed that Melcher was going to be his meal ticket.

Like he really believed that Melcher was going to be his meal ticket.

Like he really believed that Melcher was going to be his meal ticket.

And I think that's right. But I want to kind of it's obviously out there while what Manson does with the Beatles music and how he reads it. But it's part of a larger wave of understanding rock and roll music and popular music more generally as having cultural weight. as having important political meaning, right?

And I think that's right. But I want to kind of it's obviously out there while what Manson does with the Beatles music and how he reads it. But it's part of a larger wave of understanding rock and roll music and popular music more generally as having cultural weight. as having important political meaning, right?

And I think that's right. But I want to kind of it's obviously out there while what Manson does with the Beatles music and how he reads it. But it's part of a larger wave of understanding rock and roll music and popular music more generally as having cultural weight. as having important political meaning, right?

Like this obviously, it's not just the Beatles, it's obviously Dylan too, and it's all manner of musicians, right? It's some really important jazz musicians who are reaching, you know, in terms of black power. You know, music begins to be understood in the mid-60s as a social force.

Like this obviously, it's not just the Beatles, it's obviously Dylan too, and it's all manner of musicians, right? It's some really important jazz musicians who are reaching, you know, in terms of black power. You know, music begins to be understood in the mid-60s as a social force.

Like this obviously, it's not just the Beatles, it's obviously Dylan too, and it's all manner of musicians, right? It's some really important jazz musicians who are reaching, you know, in terms of black power. You know, music begins to be understood in the mid-60s as a social force.

Exactly. Commercial, it's top of the charts. And that's a rich brew. And Manson, I mean, he's not like you and me. Like we have the wherewithal to hear music, understand that it's a kind of distinct artistic form. But it's not like, I mean, most of us who are dedicated music listeners have moments where we think,

Exactly. Commercial, it's top of the charts. And that's a rich brew. And Manson, I mean, he's not like you and me. Like we have the wherewithal to hear music, understand that it's a kind of distinct artistic form. But it's not like, I mean, most of us who are dedicated music listeners have moments where we think,

Exactly. Commercial, it's top of the charts. And that's a rich brew. And Manson, I mean, he's not like you and me. Like we have the wherewithal to hear music, understand that it's a kind of distinct artistic form. But it's not like, I mean, most of us who are dedicated music listeners have moments where we think,

wow they're talking right to me right like they're like like right like they they know me they understand you know yeah manson had that in a path you know in a pathological way like it tipped over into him thinking it was secret messages he listened to other music too that he didn't take that like he his second favorite band was the moody blues and it's like he didn't get any secret messages you know from them like they weren't telling him you know that he should

wow they're talking right to me right like they're like like right like they they know me they understand you know yeah manson had that in a path you know in a pathological way like it tipped over into him thinking it was secret messages he listened to other music too that he didn't take that like he his second favorite band was the moody blues and it's like he didn't get any secret messages you know from them like they weren't telling him you know that he should