Hey Dude, I trip on the mystical magic of the artist with a little help from Carroll O'Connor and Dick Cavett. QUOTE: "Are you an artist or craftsman?" - Eric Gorges ARTISTS/PEOPLE: Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, S.J. Perelman, David Letterman, Chevy Chase, Dick Cavett, Carroll O'Connor, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Archie Bunker, Bob Dylan, Abram Zimmerman, The Dude, Eric Gorges, Carol Burnett, Burt Reynolds PLACES: Hollywood Bowl TV/MOVIES: Saturday Night LIve, Dick Cavett Show, Decades, All in the Family, Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, A Craftsman's Legacy, Deliverance THINGS: artist, art, Facebook, podcasting, scales, L.A. Philharmonic, mystical, peak experience, solo podcasting, SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, airplane, canteen GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Carroll and Dick" shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: December 19, 2020 in the "Southwest Garden" 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.    

Verge of the Dude

Archie Bunker and the Magic of Art

Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about taking a second crack at the "podcast novel" using a new program that might really tie the room together. QUOTE: "When I first saw S-Town in my mind's eye." PEOPLE: Individual-1, Caryl Chessman, Barbara Graham, Al Matthews, Blayney Matthews, Joan Anderson, Yogi Berra, John Clellon Holmes, Lewis MacAdams, Jack Kerouac PLACES: Venice, The Gas House, Burbank, Wildwood Canyon, Downtown Los Angeles, Universal City, East Valley, Cahuenga Pass  THINGS: "I Want to Live", FOIA request, DAW, Descript, S-Town, mind's eye, Peabody Awards, "podcast novel", pettibone, Healthy Human, L.A. River, Friends of the L.A. River, "Go", Beat Generation, "The Lonesome Traveler" SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, dogs, car horn, squirrel, train, airplane, crow GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Lonesome Jack" shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: November 20, 2020 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.

The Lonesome Podcaster (Original Scroll)

Hey Dude, I express my deep love for the TV show Columbo after watching "pioneer of American cinema" John Cassavetes guest star alongside his friend and collaborator Peter Falk. QUOTE: "I started to measure time by how many Columbos"  PEOPLE: Howard Hughes ACTORS/FILMMAKERS: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Myrna Loy, Martin Scorsese, Gena Rowlands, Wim Wenders, Joseph Dougherty, Ben Gazzara  TV/FILMS: The Rockford Files, Columbo, Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence, Wings of Desire, Monk, The Dick Cavett Show, Shadows, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie PLACES: Los Angeles, The Hollywood Bowl, Altadena, Burbank THINGS: macaroni and cheese, Amazon Prime, noodge, independent film, DIY, New Yorker Columbo cartoon, Beat Generation, mail-in ballots SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, necklace, airplanes, hummingbird   GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Cassavetes on Columbo Googled" shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: October 30, 2020 in the new "Cafe Cherie Studio" 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.    

Cassavetes on Columbo

Hey Dude, I ramble about my "fans" in Pakistan back in the year 2000 and my excitement about my new surge of listeners in India.  PEOPLE: George Clooney, Joseph Campbell PLACES: Pakistan, England, Europe, Scotland, Canada, Los Angeles Valley College, India THINGS: This American Life, 9/11, FBI, DHS, Department of Justice, comparative religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hero with a 1000 Faces. SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, train, car horn, whistle, Eagles, helicopter, plane  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Hotel Burbank" shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: October 7, 2020 in the new "Wawona Lawn Studio" 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.

A Shaggy Passage to India

Hey Dude, I called to riff about recording my Uncle Woody's fantastic stories and to geek the enduring influence of the film My Dinner with Andre.  PEOPLE: Bob Dylan, Howard Hughes, Blayney F. Matthews, Jack L. Warner, Al Matthews, Caryl Chessman, Barbara Graham, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Ed Masry, Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich, Danny Wolf PLACES: Los Angeles, Venice, The Gas House, Angeles National Forest, Altadena THINGS: Theme Time Radio Hour, SiriusXM, Heaven's Door, Outlaw Country, 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, FBI, "My Dinner with Andre", U.S. Navy, "Erin Brockovich", Bobcat Fire SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, train, muscle car, crow  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Wallace and Andre" via Google shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: September 21, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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.

Our Dinner with Woody

Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about the time my dad and I dodged a bullet up in California Gold Rush country. PEOPLE: Tom Bopp PLACES: Zane Grey Estate, Yukon, Alaska, California Gold Rush Country, Yosemite, Mariposa, Oakhurst, Wawona, Central Valley THINGS: Yukon Gold, El Capitan, Half Dome, California State Route 49, California State Route 140, California State Route 41, Ozark SOUNDS: cat drinking fountain  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Gateway to Yosemite" via Google shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: August 13, 2020 in the new "Bohemian Bootleg Studio" in Altadena, California  GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder internal 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.    

Yosemite Fool's Gold

Hey Dude, I finally watched Joker, so now I can belatedly make amends to "podcast pioneer" Marc Maron for not coming to his defense against the comic book geeks. QUOTE: "Some people aren't in on the joke. That applies to their lives too." PEOPLE: Johnny Cash, Andy Kaufman, Steven Wright, Brother Theodore, Sandra Bernhard, David Letterman FILMMAKERS: Joaquin Phoenix, Heath Ledger, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, John Williams, Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, River Phoenix, James Dean, Keanu Reeves, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jerry Lewis, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Woody Allen FILMS/TV: Joker, The Dark Knight, Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Suicide Squad, Superman, Batman, The Passenger, I Walk the Line, Running on Empty, My Own Private Idaho, The Matrix, The Master, The King of Comedy, Taxi Driver, GLOW, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood PLACES: Cinerama Dome, Claremont THINGS: Batman logo, WTF Podcast, KCRW, recovery, drive-in, comedy clubs SOUNDS: birds, wind, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplanes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Marc of The Joker Googled" via Google shot on my "new" iPhone6 RECORDED: July 15, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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.

Marc of the Joker

Hey Dude, I rant about how Trump's hair alone was enough to disqualify him to be president. QUOTE: "My haystacks weren't tied down and I was beginning to fear the wind." - Bob Dylan (Chronicles Volume One) PEOPLE: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan PLACES: The Grove, CBS Television City, Fairfax District, Fairfax High School, Washington, D.C. THINGS: The Kennedy Assassination, Air Force One, "Oh Mercy", The Apprentice SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, Laguna Cowbell Chimes, airplanes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Trump's Hair Blowin' in the Wind" via Google  RECORDED: May 30, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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.

Trump's Hair, Revisited

Hey Dude, while standing in the rain, I riff about three towering North Hollywood Huskies: musician D.J. Bonebrake, writer Susan Sontag, and artist Bobby Doran. PEOPLE: X, Erin Moran, John Williams, Garry Marshall, Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye  PLACES: North Hollywood High School THINGS: "Alphabetland", "On Photography", Facebook, YouTube SOUNDS: rain, footsteps, "Laguna Cowbell Chimes", airplane, birds GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "DJ, Susan and Bobby" shot by D.J. Bonebrake  RECORDED: May 18, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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.  

D.J. Bonebrake, Susan Sontag (and Bobby Doran)

Hey Dude, I riff about my internal conflict between recording audio versus video. Plus I rant about bad pedestrians and Dylan's new song. PEOPLE: Ken Dougherty, Chef Todd Payden, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Bob Dylan PLACES: Glendale, Burbank, Theatre Row THINGS: tiny living, Ralphs, "Murder Most Foul" SOUNDS: birds, wind, palm trees GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Twin Palm Flowers" shot on my "new" iPhone6  RECORDED: April 19, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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. 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

Video (Almost) Killed the Audio Star

Anyways Dude, I riff about telling stories on video again, inspired by Story Salon. Then I trip on my cheap new voice recorder and the challenges of recording outdoors.  PEOPLE: Captain Crozier, Spalding Gray, Casey Stengel, Dean Sharp PLACES: China, Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, Altadena THINGS: Sony, buffs, Survivor, bandana, coronavirus, Story Salon, 90 Second Stories, janitorial, stand-up comedy, "That Thing You Do", Home with Dean SOUNDS: birds, chimes, sirens, lawn trimmer, wind, palm trees, airplane, dogs GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Keystone Garden Studio (Backstage)" shot on my "new" iPhone6  RECORDED: April 3, 2020 in the new "Keystone Garden Studio" 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. 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

You Do You for 90 Seconds

Hey Dude, in my new garden studio, I ramble about everything from coronavirus to nudism. I also riff on Dean Sharp, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, the Beats and bidets.  PEOPLE: Dean Sharp, Patti Smith, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lee Harvey Oswald, James Baldwin PLACES: Burbank, Laguna Beach, Oregon, Washington, Calistoga, Napa County, California, New York, Hotel Chelsea THINGS: Sawdust Art Festival, Covid-19, St. Patrick's Day, the 5, the 405, the 101, Home with Dean, nudist colony, Lysol wipes, Bed Bath & Beyond, Harmon Face Value, tiny living, composting toilet, bidet, "Just Kids", the Beats, "Murder Most Foul", Kennedy Assassination, spoken word, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington. SOUNDS: chimes, birds, crow, wind, freeway GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Keystone Garden Studio" shot on my "new" iPhone6  RECORDED: March 28, 2020 in the new "Garden Studio" 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  

Garden Studio in the Time of Covid-19

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          

Sheltering in Burbank

Hey Dude, I finally say goodbye to the Zane Grey's Estate with a wistful tear in my eye. I also riff on moving my stuff, cats, Tim Coyne and Grant Baciocco PEOPLE: Zane Grey, Tom Mix, John Wayne, Dan Klass, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Jimi Hendrix PLACES: Zane Grey Estate, University of Cambridge THINGS: Talkies, The Hollywood Podcast, Craigslist, Ancient Aliens, Bigfoot, "All Along the Watchtower", John Wesley Harding, Saturday Morning Media SOUNDS: dogs, wind, cars, motorcycle, rain, birds GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Zane's Back" shot on my "new" iPhone6  RECORDED: February 21, 2020 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, 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

Zane's Last Stand

Ah Dude, the impending move from the Zane Grey Estate inspired a trippy dream featuring Flea and his shape shifting boogie board. CHARACTERS: Zane Grey, Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Individual 1 MUSICIANS: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards, Patti Smith LOCATIONS: Oakwood Apartments, San Pedro BOOKS: Acid for the Children, Chronicles: Volume One, Lady Sings the Blues, Born to Run, Life, M Train, Year of the Monkey  STUFF: beach cruiser, boogie board, clown car, frogman SONG: Things Have Changed SOUNDS: breathing, dogs, beard, birds GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Flea and the Frogman Keychains" shot on my "new" iPhone6  RECORDED: January 19, 2020 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, 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          

Flea the Fearless Frogman

I leave rambling voice mail messages on my friend's answering machine and you get to hear them too. Proudly presented raw, unedited and in one take.

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Verge of the Dude

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