Sunday, April 13, 2025
Completely Unknown
Hey Dude, after stumbling from the ashes, I finally sat down to have my mind blown by the film A Complete Unknown...twice.
QUOTE: "The wheels have completely fallen off the wagon."
CAST: Brandi Carlile, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Joe Friday, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, James Mangold, Elijah Wald, Timothée Chalamet, Sylvester Stallone, Joaquin Phoenix, Johnny Cash, Boyd Holbrook, Joan Baez, Monica Barbaro, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Suze Rotolo, Scott Warmuth
LOCATIONS: Burbank, Altadena, Ming Ming's Barn
PROPS: ADU, Grammys, SNL, Hulu, A Complete Unknown, Eaton Fire, T-Mobile, Definitely Dylan, Dylan Goes Electric!, Cop Land, Rocky, Walk the Line, assemblage artist
SOUNDS: footsteps, construction, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes airplane, birds, helicopter, meow, purr
PHOTO: "Complete Unknown Googled" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: April 12, 2025 in "The Cafe" (and Ming Ming's Barn) under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Monday, March 31, 2025
"Have a nice f**king day, Sir!"
Hey Dude, my super funky weekend was redeemed after Reverend Rick let his freak flag fly from the pulpit of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City.
QUOTE: "I don't know if I should say this in church."
PEOPLE: Kris Kristofferson, Philip Roth, Jack Nicholson
PLACES: Altadena, Los Angeles, DTLA, Los Angeles Central Library, Universal City, Studio City, Harvard Westlake Sports Complex, UUCSC
THINGS: Sunday Morning Coming Down, The Last Detail, Shore Patrol
PHOTO: "Beautiful UU Springstar" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: March 31, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Marching into Podcasthon
PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread
PLACES: Altadena, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, Canada, France, "The Gulf of Canada"
THINGS: Eaton Fire (Altadena Fire), Podcast Hall of Fame, Podcasthon, History of Podcasting Project
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Podcast Hall of Fame Trophy Boxed" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: March 19, 2025 in "Ming Ming's Barn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Saturday, March 01, 2025
Altadena, Revisited (Part 1)
Hey Dude, I headed up to Altadena to visit the three historic places where I once lived. All three were burned to the ground. Yet I still feel a tinge of hope.
PEOPLE: David Lynch, Zane Grey
PLACES: Altadena, Jane's Village, Zane Grey Estate, Woodbury Building
THINGS: History of Podcasting Project
SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, airplane Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Woodbury Building Mural" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: March 1, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Monday, February 03, 2025
Go Find Me
My GoFundMe
AUDIO LINK
SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, sirens Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Go Find Me" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: February 1, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Sunday, January 05, 2025
Dreams of the 90s
QUOTE: "I didn't play it cool enough, so I dropped the ball."
PEOPLE: Grant Baciocco, Hiram, Alicia Silverstone
PLACES: Orlando, Burbank, Westside, South L.A., San Bernadino
THINGS: Podcast Hall of Fame, Dr. Floyd, Toiley T. Paper, Kittens for Christian, Reality Bites, Portlandia, SNL, mime, Music Center of Los Angeles, Clueless, Verge of the Fringe
SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, helicopter, wind, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Dream of the 90s Googled" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: January 3, 2025 in the "Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: iPhone XS voice memo recorder.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Saturday, December 07, 2024
Secret Successes and Broken Shoelaces
QUOTE: "It's not the big things in life that kill you. It's the little things like breaking a shoelace with no time left." - Charles Bukowski
PEOPLE: Charles Bukowski, Sylvester Stallone
PLACES: North Hollywood High School
THINGS: Rocky, X (the band), Twitter, Bluesky
SOUNDS: plane, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Cafe at Christmas" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: December 6, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: iPhone XS voice memo recorder.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Ode to Joan Baez
Hey Dude, the other night I watched the Joan Baez documentary "I Am a Noise" and it struck me to the core. My new found reverence for Joan Baez is beyond measure. Plus I couldn't think of my favorite singer's name...Brandi Carlile.
QUOTE: "Madonna, not Madonna the performer. Madonna the Virgin Mary."
AUDIO LINK
PEOPLE: Norah Jones, Kacey Musgraves, Billie Eilish & Finneas, The Carpenters, The Go-Go's, Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Virgin Mary, Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Adele, Mimi Fariña
PLACES: Laguna Beach, California, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Southern California, Altadena, Carmel, Woodside
THINGS: The Go-Go's documentary, Seinfeld, Break Point, Netflix, I Am a Noise, civil rights, Quakers, pacifism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
SOUNDS: plane, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Mimi, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Joan Baez Googled" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: March 18, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Going Viral
Hey Dude, I had a minor battle with COVID before I really went viral with a Star Wars post in a Generation X group on Facebook.
QUOTE: "A two-year-old has no context of anything..."
AUDIO LINK
PEOPLE: David Letterman
PLACES: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Canada
THINGS: COVID-19, vaccines, Star Wars, micro-generations, 1977, Substack, Generation X, 1965-1980, 1960, 1980, Facebook, History of Podcasting, Rocky
SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Star Wars Viral" shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: February 16, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Sunday, December 31, 2023
The Day After Christmas
Hey Dude, I left you melancholy message about my crazy days before the holidays, along with a sad remembrance of my mom's last Christmas.
QUOTE: "At least that's what I call the day after Christmas..."
AUDIO LINK
PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, Doug Mcintyre
PLACES: England, Henry's Tacos, Ernie's Taco House, Casa Vega, El Coyote
THINGS: Libsyn, Subaru, Outback, Crosstrek, Faberge egg, Christmas, Christmas Eve, "It's A Wonderful Life", redemption story, Boxing Day, Redeye Radio, KFI, New Years, IBM
SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "First Christmas" from an original photo, shot with my iPhone XS
RECORDED: December 28, 2023 from the "The Barn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.