Self-Portrait at 60

Hey Dude, I try to sort through my messy milestone birthday, perfectly captured in my super funky selfie that inspired the call.

QUOTE: "There's a lot of strands in the old duder's head..."

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CAST: Modesto, Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, The Dude, The Doors, Bill Murray

SPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming

LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC), Paris, France, Smoke House, Ernie's Taco House, Toluca Lake, Casa Vega, Hill Street Cafe, St. Leon Armenian Cathedral, Bob's Big Boy, In-N-Out Burger

PROPS: Facebook, #MoreDoubles, podcasting

FILMS: The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack

SONGS: Dancing in the Dark

LULLABY: The End by The Doors

SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes helicoper, Ming Ming, jet, wind

PHOTO: "Self-Portrait" shot with my iPhone XS

RECORDED: October 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 17:14

FILE SIZE: ~ 17MB

GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional

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.