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Second yearly trip to Aspen, and I'm slurring my words. A bout of drink after a 20 mile bike ride up to Maroon Bells from Difficult Campground below Independence Pass. I rolled into town thirsty for the rich and local friends of Hunter. And I met them. A rich dude stole my jacket. So, what else is new... Aspen, where women dress as the Man With No Name and the men are well-coifed with yak toup...

As I bound up the side of Black Mesa, seeking the highest point in Oklahoma, I breathlessly expound upon Russia. Another high point... witnessing Pussy Riot receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize for bravely pushing back against the fascists with their machines and machinations. At a bar near Cain's, an attendee showed off his haul of Pussy Riot merchandise telling his mates how it was better than...

Do I speak Korean? Better than you! Probably. Who knows.  The "Bali! Bali! Hurry! Hurry!" attitude which has allowed Korea to become an Asian Tiger in a flash, has also lead to growing pains. Let's just say everything isn't always "up to code" on the peninsula. A department store collapse, the ferry disaster a few years ago, the numerous fires I witnessed, and now this.  Seoul and its su...

Like many monarchs she was named after a boat... and owned all the money? That can't be right, about the money I mean. Can she yet be converted into a floating hotel after her decommissioning? Listen to a harrowing story from abroad about how I was brutally crushed under lese majeste law by one of her Canadian subjects in the early 70s. I was worried I'd die before her. We hardly knew ya Queenie....

This one comes out a bit angry.  Am I a rootless cosmopolitan?  Or just another white suburban college boy.  Just a wiseass from nowheresville. An expat brat. 

Recorded Jan 1, 2022. Vintage White Whine. Aged 400 years. What else is new. Civilians who are disobedient for a cause don't bitch and moan before judges and regret their actions. Unless they are doing bad trouble instead of good trouble. Oops! You find yourself on the wrong side of history, darling? How terribly embarrassing. But please don't sob. Own it. Take it like a man. MLK didn't whine from...

My second podcast of 2021. The first was 6 days before the attempted coup d'clown, so I'm getting this one in just under the gun at 11pm in the midst of our first snow of winter. I'd fully intended to do more podcasts, they were as rare as snowfall. I couldn't be arsed. Now you can hear why I think Orson Welles should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, because y'know if the likes of Patti Smith c...

Larry King didn't prep, and nor do I. Unless you count living as preparation. Be partizan! Don't use hurtful words! Listen to Patti

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Year in Re(ar)view

35 years ago today D Boon, of San Pedro punk rockers Minutemen, died. It's pronounced "minit", as in two-minute-warning not "my-nyoot" as in teensy, you dimwit. Or, indeed, as in the historical Minutemen, which now seem to be the darlings of the fucked up right.

I almost kill Chopper with a Covid project. Hanging shelves to get books off the floor so I don't spill my Diet 7-UP all over my unread books. But at what price?

Why do this? Three Marc Maron episodes were, to me, literally WTF, and so inspired me. You see my super power is the small word connection. But as PeeWee says, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it!" But the world needs a new coat, so let's do!

Korea wins Best Picture! Can a country win an Oscar? What will they do with it? Make a water pipe? I name drop some heavy hitters I’ve worked with in my, er, acting career. Will there ever be an statuette for extras? Should I get my Screen Extras Guild card? This and more on MeTalking.