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becoming friends with...lost highway Wet Butts, Vinyl Dust & Lynchian Loops Before things get dark and dreamy with Lost Highway, the crew takes a long, weird walk through Record Store Day—full of slippery nostalgia, mysterious green vinyl, and just a hint of haze in the air. There’s talk of swampy music videos, Post Malone being crowned record store wizard, and a heated debate over why no one...

Lynch, Loops & Losing Your Mind…Am I Watching a Movie or Having a Psychic Break?!!!??! Three dudes. One Lynch film. Infinite confusion. This week, the boys accidentally watched Inland Empire and now they’re not sure if they’re still in it. What starts as a David Lynch discussion quickly dissolves into a full-blown metaphysical panic attack—screaming Laura Dern faces, cursed rabbit sitcoms, and...

Deep Vibes, Dream Logic & Flaming Nips   This episode finds Rene, Byron & Chris—your favorite philosophically-inclined couch surfers—falling headfirst into David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Expect hazy dream logic, espresso-fueled mobsters, voyeur limos, and the mystical terror of the “blue key,” all filtered through that slightly-baked lens where everything means... something?   In between...

'Three aging stoners stumble their way into David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet”… eventually.' In this wildly off-the-rails episode of becoming friends with..., Byron and Rene (both skeptical former film majors) welcome new friend Chris for a hilarious deep-dive that’s equal parts Lynchian cinema, VHS store nostalgia, bizarre high school stories, and chaotic reality TV takes. From Flavor of Love bathroom d...

Prepare yourself for the first becoming friends with... podcast, where some aging stoners, fueled by a lifetime of shared experiences, tackle the big questions and the not-so-big ones, all with a healthy dose of laughter and surprising insight. In this episode, Rene and Byron dive deep into the mind-bending, surreal world of David Lynch's cult classic, Eraserhead. They'll unpack the symbolism, the...