Society & Culture
Hey Dude, I check-in from my new pad, where I'm hunkered down for who knows how long. I also riff on my plan to gather and share my family's trippy stories. PEOPLE: Joan Anderson, Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, Zane Grey PLACES: California, Burbank, Mt. Olympus, Sunset Boulevard, Laurel Canyon, Warner Bros. THINGS: The Handmaid's Tale, Pulitzer, Peabody Award, S-Town, podcast novel, Beat, FBI, artsy-fartsy SOUNDS: birds, airplanes, wind, palm trees GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Twin Palms" shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: March 21, 2020 under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Marantz Solid State Recorder PMD670, Sennheiser MD 46 microphone DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised. HYPE/SWIPE: "Don't call me dude." - John Lurie