Yosemite Fool's Gold
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08/14/20 • 16 min
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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.
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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