"The Magic Hand" Video

Thanks to Tim Coyne, I proudly present the video of my "Magic Hand" story from the "LA Original Storytelling Podcasters" show I hosted for Story Salon. I hope you dig it...

Shot with Tim Coyne's gear... Music by John O'Kennedy...

15:11 / 21.1 MB / Rated: PG...

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(Please Note: The streaming audio/video is a bit chunky due to compression, so maybe try downloading the .mov file.)

"LA's Original Storytelling Podcasters"

A special episode featuring several of Los Angeles' original storytellers that helped to put "podcasting" on our sprawling map. Stories by Dan Farren, Joesph Dougherty, Tim Coyne, Dan Klass and Lance Anderson...

"The Next Voice You Hear" by Jackson Browne performed by Beverly Mickins and John O'Kennedy... "Prep Klass" shot by Paul Hutchinson...

56:56 / 52.2 MB / Rated: PG-13 (Some Adult Language and Themes)...

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Bonus Track: "The Magic Hand"

Last Wednesday, I performed my annual gig at the Very Special Arts Festival at the Los Angeles Music Center. It took me back in time, to ten years ago when I taught the art of mime to school kids. One day while teaching at a school with "normal" kids I had a "unifying experience" when everyone in the room saw the "magic hand" that materialized right in front of our very eyes...

"A Very Special and Intense Day" shot by Lance...

Proudly presented "raw, uncut and in one take"...

33:32 / 31.5 MB/ Rated: PG-13 (Some adult language.)

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"Podcasting 101" on KCBS with Tim Coyne & Lance Anderson

KCBS News segment on the fundamentals and history of podcasting, featuring Tim Coyne of The Hollywood Podcast and Lance Anderson of Verge of the Fringe. Reported by Tech Check's Rich DeMuro... Shot on April 14, 2008 by Tim Kimball of KCBS/KCAL at the Verge of LA Studio 101 at The Brewery Art Colony in Los Angeles, California.

Bonus Track: "Midnight Express"

Here's one that should stir things up... In 1968 I would have delivered this rant while standing on a soap box on Telegraph Avenue. But now its 2008, so I do a podcast. Who's the one who's crazy?... In the piece I dig into my personal religious trinity (Judaism, Catholicism and Buddhism) while talking about my fear of Turkish prisons...

PEOPLE: Abraham (Maslow) * Buddha * Jesus * St. Christopher * Muhammad * L. Ron Hubbard * Anna Kournikiva * The Devil (Hackers) * Joseph Campbell * "Yoko and Me"...

PLACES: Istanbul Turkey * Russia * UK * Singapore * Germany * The Netherlands * Denmark * Spain * Indonesia * New York * Iraq and (of course) Pakistan...

THINGS & IDEAS: AIDS * LA Podcasters * 9/11 * KGB * CIA * Anthrax * Peak Experience * Star of David * Freedom of Speech (& Religion) * Yin & Yang * The Force * The Universal and Magic...

Music by "the profit" (sic) Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan from his hypnotic song "Series of Dreams"... Image of Brad Davis from the film "Midnight Express"...

23:42 / 21.8 MB/ Rated: NC-17 (May Offend the Religiously Sensitive. Please Be Advised.)

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik: "Blood"

Season 4 opens with a four part story that takes place in and around Laurel Canyon, the former home to Harry Houdini, Jim Morrison and John Holmes... In the first piece I meet "Danger" face to face before I am initiated with "Blood"...

"Under the Bridge" from the album "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers...

Cameos by: The Valley, Hollywood, Kerouac, Aunt Joan, Zappa, Moon Unit, Dweezil, Boogie Nights, Studio City Theatre, Rocky, Taxi Driver, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather, McDonald's, Mulholland Drive, Glen Campbell, Ventura Boulevard, North Hollywood, NH, Punks, Marines, LAPD, Sun Valley, Chevy and Cholos...

Proudly presented raw, unedited and in one take... "Thanks for the download"...

22:34 / 20.8 MB / Rated: NC-17 (Adult Content & Violence) "Mature words for mature minds"...

Disclaimer: Some of the names, places and events have been changed to protect both the innocent... and the guilty. Please be advised.

Last Show of Season Three: "Verge of LA"

The final show of "Season Three" rambles towards a combative future, as I finally take off the gloves about my new publishing venture Verge of LA. Inspired in large part by my recent two hour interview with UFC/MMA Fighter and Photographer Mac Danzig...

You can check out clips of my interview with Mac on YouTube or my Blog... "Mac's Camera Stance" shot by Lance...

Proudly presented raw, unedited and in one take... "Thanks for the download"...

23:18 / 21.5 MB / Rated: R ("Mature words for mature minds")...

(Note: I know the LA Weekly comes out "weekly," not monthly. Doh!)

Bonus Track: "Hallelujah"

The true follow-up piece to "On The Road, The Sun Also Rises" is a tribute to the late, great Hunter S. Thompson. I also talk about the "Christmas Blues," madness and girls that like Johnny Depp vs. girls who like Brad Pitt...

"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen (by way of Jeff Buckley)... "Hunter Depp" shot by Lance... "Thanks for the download"...

22:14 / 20.5 MB / Rated: R ("Mature Words for Mature Minds)

King of the Boys: Chapter 11

We return to our story by going directly to the source of my storytelling: The road trips I took with my parents to Yosemite. I talk about my early memories of our "church" and my "baptism" via the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Falls...

Vernal Fall shot by Ansel Adams...

Proudly presented "raw, unedited and in one take"... "Thanks for the download"...

32:50 / 30.1 MB / Rated: PG-13

Bonus Track: "Haunted Corner"

A whimsical remembrance of Halloweens past.... But mostly I talk about our earnest attempt at an "Organic Spooky House" inspired by the late great Hallowed Haunting Grounds.

Image(s) shot by Marisol...

The Twilight Zone Opening by The Immortal Rod Serling...

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25:11 / 23.2 MB / Rated: R ("Mature words for mature minds")