Going Viral
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02/17/24 • 12 min
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..."
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.
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..."
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.
Previous Episode
The Day After Christmas
Hey Dude, I left you a 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..."
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.
Next Episode
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."
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.
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