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Recordings of conversations with people I am close to so that when I am an old man I can reflect on all the incredible people I knew.

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March 22, 2023 Uncategorized

Wake Up Maggie I Think I’ve Got Something to Say to You….

I was riding my Peloton this morning and this was the close out song. I started bawling immediately, My Mom

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December 15, 2022 Uncategorized

Someday.

Someday. I dont know when. I may not be around. Or I may. My son will ask someone. a friend

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June 5, 2022 Uncategorized

Test, and yet test again.

Is this thing on? A test post, been having some issues…

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April 24, 2022 Uncategorized

My Dad’s Appreciation; Accommodations Booked. This is Anfield.

My Dad is not the most affectionate person. He has a reserved form of sentimentality which sits at a different

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April 18, 2022 Uncategorized

The Trip is Routed (final version w/ my bonus travel), My Brother Might Still Go? And…a Playlist.

I’ve never seen a playlist title complete with corresponding content that could possibly define me better. Especially these days. https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/36v9fANgmf4AgVcCuCPMYV?utm_source=generator

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April 6, 2022 Uncategorized

sad (because I’m me) / elated (because Europe is booked)

A passport photo: a symbol of progress in an otherwise very blah day. Coming off a whrilwind block of time

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February 23, 2022 Uncategorized

(for all intents and purposes) Europe is a GO.

Dad came over for lunch yesterday and confirmed, almost at the behest of his wife’s urging, that the trip to

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February 21, 2022 Uncategorized

Life’s a bit of a mess at the moment…

My ambitions to keep this blog updated on our European trip have been stymied by a number of factors. Primarily

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January 14, 2022 Uncategorized

Who Gets COVID Twice in the Same Month?

This loser. Last month I came down with Delta on or around 12/20, effectively ruining Christmas. Now I’ve had Omicron

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December 7, 2021 Uncategorized

Episode 019 – Kevin Marks

I was fortunate and privileged enough to sit down with Kevin Marks, someone I knew in my first career in

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December 1, 2021 Uncategorized

Rabbit, Rabbit

Point of Reference: I am such an emotional, nostalgic sap. The idea that this was shot at the famous PUNKS

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November 1, 2021 Uncategorized

“Handling” my dad and my own expectations…

I don’t know how to describe Parkinson’s progression in my father, mostly because I am not around him all the

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October 23, 2021 Uncategorized

Europe 2022: A Prologue.

My dad was born in 1954. For the father of a 45 year old, he’s quite young. My mother was

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October 16, 2021 Uncategorized

Episode 018 – Keith Saarloos

More field recordings. I met up with Keith Saarloos from Saarloos and Sons winery in a guest house at his

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October 9, 2021 Uncategorized

Episode 017 – Tim Butler

Tim. Tim has been one of my closest friends for over 20 years and between the two of us we

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April 11, 2021 Uncategorized

Episode 016 – Scott Bourne

Scott Bourne, Dad and husband, writer, model, former professional skateboarder, and an important figure in my life. I first met

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August 17, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 015 – Jason Phillips

My friend Jason is a snowboarder, a punk rocker, a tattoo aficionado…sounds a lot like me so far, right? Except

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May 24, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 014 – Peter Lavarreda

Peter Lavarreda, my closest friend, someone that has been with me through a lot (and vice versa) over the last

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 013 – Adam Gillanders

Originally posted on 1/5/2019. The last of the original swath of 3 and 2 and 1 episodes, I sit down

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 012 – Tim Testerman

Originally posted on 8/11/2018. I sit down with my former co-worker and fellow aging punk rocker Tim Testerman to talk

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 011 – Peter and I discuss the Passing of David Layden

Originally posted on 12/21/2017. My friend Peter and I get together to talk about the passing of our friend, David

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 010 – John Spoden

Originally posted on 9/30/2016. I sit down with my incredible friend John Spoden to talk about dogs, beer, Wilco, and

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 009 – Jeff Monnig

Originally posted on 8/23/2016. Jeff and I get together to talk about punk rock, beer, and all kinds of other

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 008 – LaShawn Hye

Originally posted on 5/18/2016. My good friend LaShawn Hye and I sit down to talk about politics, religion, and the

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 007 – Miki Vuckovich

Originally posted on 3/24/26. This episode I am joined by legendary skateboard media man, cyclist, and Executive Director of the

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 006 – Dana Ransons

Originally posted on 2/25/2016. This episode I talk to my former co-worker Dana Ransons about Parenthood, Planned Parenthood, baseball, and

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 005 – My Mother’s Eulogy

Originally posted on 12/31/2015. Episode 005 of 3 and 2 and 1 is a reading of the Eulogy I wrote

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 004 – Homelessness along the Santa Ana River Trail

Originally posted on 11/26/2015. This episode brings back an old friend, Erika Aguilar as we explore the challenges, realities, and

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 003 – David Layden

Originally posted on 10/29/2015. Episode 003 features my good friend David Layden, who sadly passed away in December of 2017.

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April 7, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 002 – Erika Aguilar

Originally posted on 9/22/2015. Episode 002 – This show’s guest is Erika Aguilar, a brilliant reporter formally of KPCC and

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April 2, 2020 Uncategorized

Episode 001 – John Holzer

Originally posted on 8/24/2015. Episode 001 – Welcome the debut episode of 3 and 2 and 1! Today’s guest is

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  • Test, and yet test again.
  • My Dad’s Appreciation; Accommodations Booked. This is Anfield.
  • The Trip is Routed (final version w/ my bonus travel), My Brother Might Still Go? And…a Playlist.

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