House of Prine

Hey Dude, on Christmas Day, John Prine helped to mend my broken heart in the House of Strombo, in front of Gordon Lightfoot.

PEOPLE/MUSICIANS: George Strombo, Bruce Springsteen,

PLACES: Burbank, Brooklyn, Toronto, Canada, Millard Canyon Falls, Christmas Tree Lane, Yosemite

THINGS: podcast, palm trees, Gen X, Hipster, MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers, storytelling, Podcast Business Journal, The Missing Years

RECORDED: December 29, 2018 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, California

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly present rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

The Mystical Magic of Musicians

Hey Dude, I was suffering from the Christmas Time Podcasting Blues, until I was visited by the uplifting spirits of three wise musicians: my old pal Matt Lazarus, John Doe and the mystical Michael Des Barres

PEOPLE/MUSICIANS: Bruce Springsteen, The Gluey Brothers, Thom Zimny, Krissy Tee, Robbie Rist, Trump, Nils Lofgren, The Three Stooges, Detective, Led Zeppelin, Pamela Des Barres, The Mistakes, X

PLACES: Broadway, Humboldt State, Arcata, Venice, Los Angeles, California Bohemian Leather Workshop, Redwood Bar, The Valley, Northern California

THINGS: Winter Solstice, Springsteen on Broadway, magicians, podcast, musicians, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, shaman, safety razor,Backstreet Magazine, SiriusXM, Under the Big Black Sun (Book), Punk Rock, palm trees, MacGyver, roadie

RECORDED: December 21, 2018 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, California

DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly present rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

The Ballad of Bruce on Broadway

Hey Dude, I watched Springsteen on Broadway on Netflix and I was totally blown away. The greatest one man show on Earth.

MENTIONS: Elvis, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, Robbie Rist, John Doe, X, Spalding Gray

Visions of Jack and Petros (Revisited)

Sitting alone on top of a mountain, I muse about the Jack Kerouac connections between me and my "friend" Petros Papadakis...

{Recovered from the Verge of the Fringe storage unit.] Recorded April 25, 2014 at Eagle's Roost in the Angeles National Forest with the Marantz PMD620. (Bootleg audio rerecorded on the Marantz.) "Eagle's Roost" shot with my iPhone.

22:10 / 20.6 MB Rated: R (Mature Language, Themes and Ideas).

Please be advised: Not for all tastes.