BONUS EPISODE: A few years ago, my late friend Stan Hillas and I were working on creating a piece about radio pioneer Joe Frank in a Joe Frank style. Set in the mid-90's, the story is about an old girlfriend, who along with her Julie Christie lookalike friend fantasized about meeting Joe Frank.Music and sound design by Stan Hillas.AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Joe Frank, Spalding Gray, Ray Bradbury, Julie Christie Laurie Anderson, O.J. Simpson, Dan Klass, Martin ScorsesePLACES: The Wiltern, Glendale, New OrleansTHINGS: Fahrenheit 451, performance art, podcasting, witchcraftGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: Joe Frank StanRECORDED: 2018?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.  

Verge of the Fringe

Joe Frank Experiment (Featuring Stan Hillas)

Hey Dude, on the Day of the Dead I quietly celebrated a year without drinking. Meanwhile a random 50,000-Watt punch to the gut leads to a new lease on life.QUOTE: "Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the drum."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Chris Lambert, Kristin Smart, Robert Towne, Spalding Gray, Jack KerouacPLACES: Walter Reed Junior High, Notre Dame High School, North Hollywood High SchoolTHINGS: circus, 2020 Election, Day of the Dead, baseball, Your Own Backyard Podcast, Radio, Dodgers, Opening Day, 50,000-Watts, quicksand, Back to the Future, playwright, Monster in a Box, On the Road, The Sun Also Rises, MacGuffin, Rosebud, AA, 12-StepsSOUNDS: crow, necklace charms, jet, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, wind, propeller airplane, helicopter.GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Enchanted Lance at Descanso" via Marisol's iPhone XSRECORDED: November 4, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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 Podwreckedand 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. 

A Year of Living Without Drinking

 Hey Dude, a bit of recognition for my photos by Descanso Gardens and The Arboretum paves the way for me to see Ira Glass in a new light, from "broken glass" to an arrow straight to the heart.QUOTE: "The only thing you can do is to keep on keepin' on."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Ira Glass, John Doe, Krissy TeegerstromPLACES: Descanso Gardens, The Arboretum, Arcadia, Altadena, Heritage BootsTHINGS: iPhone 6, iPhone XS, Carved, Twitter, Instagram, L.A. Magazine, plumeria, Mother Nature, S-Town, All Things ConsideredSOUNDS: leaf blower, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, train, windGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Descanso IG Screenshot" via my iPhone XSRECORDED: October 1, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

This Maker's Life

 Hey Dude, I reminisce about being a goofy 13-year-old during the Summer of 1979, and the time I made Molly Ringwald's stunning older sister Beth laugh at my expense.AUDIO LINKQUOTE: "OP shirt, corduroy pants / If you had feathered hair / You had half a chance" - Gluey BrothersPEOPLE: Steve Schirripa, Michael Imperioli, Molly Ringwald, Bob RingwaldPLACES: Walter Reed Junior High, Israel, Toluca Lake, Louisiana, Ventura & Laurel CanyonTHINGS: Summer, Labor Day, The Sopranos, Talking Sopranos Podcast, 1979, 1980, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, Annie, Facts of Life, BMX bikes, 7-Eleven, Slurpee, interferon, 21st century, Sawdust FestivalSOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplane, birdsGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Beth Eyes" from the 1979 Walter Reed Junior High School yearbook, shot on my new iPhoneXSRECORDED: September 6, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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 Podwreckedand 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. 

Summer of '79

Hey Dude, I riff about our new "barn" and the writing techniques of Erle Stanley Garner of Perry Mason fame.AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Matthew Rhys, Al Matthews, Erle Stanley Gardner, Huell Howser, Caryl Chessman, Zane GreyPLACES: Elixer Coffeehouse, Cahuenga Pass, TemeculaTHINGS: iPhone XS, Perry Mason (HBO), California's Gold, dictaphoneSOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, windGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Barn by Marisol"RECORDED: August 7, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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 Podwreckedand 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.  

Erle Stanley Gardner's Dictaphone

  Hey Dude, I answer your question about my four favorite filmmakers by listing their four best films. I also include plenty of tangents and a short list of honorable mentions.QUOTE: "That movie was freakin' awesome."AUDIO LINKFILMMAKERS: Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen (DQ), Jim Jarmusch, Francois Truffaut, Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, Paddy Chayefsky, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, David LynchACTORS/PERFORMERS: Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Harvey Keitel, Martin Sheen, Gene Hackman, Robert De Niro, Bob Hope, Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, David Letterman, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty, Peter Finch, Paul Newman, Matt "Money" Smith, Diane KeatonFILMS: The Godfather & Part II (Part III), Apocalypse Now, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse, The Conversation, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, One from the Heart, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Life Lessons, New York Stories, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Shoot The Piano Player, 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, Network, The Verdict, Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Inland Empire, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The ReturnPLACES: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Humboldt State UniversityTHINGS: Lucha Libre, KCBS-TV, HBOSOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplanes, helicopter, birdsGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Podcast Show Notes Book"RECORDED: June 25, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

My Four Favorite Filmmakers

 Hey Dude, on Bob Dylan's 80th birthday I listened to the Petros and Money Show and was reminded about the time I met Bruce Dern and gave him a bag of handmade keychains.QUOTE: "I was a bootleg part of the show."AUDIO FILEPEOPLE: Bob Dylan, Petros Papadakis, Matt "Money" Smith, Vic "The Brick" Jacobs, Ronnie FacioPLACES: Long Beach, Atlantic City, Leo Carrillo State Park, The Smoke HouseFILMS/FILMMAKERS: Bruce Dern, True Grit, The King of Marvin Gardens, Jack Nicholson, Black Sunday, Laura Dern, Big Little Lies, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Coming Home, Roger Corman, The Trip, Peter Fonda, DecadesTHINGS: Dodgers Radio, The Petros and Money Show, monologist, TempestSOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplaneGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Bruce Dern and Lance (Arrow)"RECORDED: May 27, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

The King of Summer Tours

 Hey Dude, I was on my daily walk "feelin' groovy" while thinking about the poetic writings of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, when all of a sudden I narrowly escaped a random act of violence.QUOTE: "That can kill your buzz."AUDIO LINKSINGERS/SONGWRITERS/SONGS: "Feelin' Groovy", Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, "Diamonds and Rust", Judy Collins, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts"PODCASTERS/PODCASTS: JFK The Enduring Secret, Crackpot Podcast, Lost Hills, Dana Goodyear, Ben Adair, LA Podcasters, NPR, PRXPLACES: Burbank, Los Angeles, LA County, Malibu, New York City, Washington Elementary SchoolTHINGS: Kennedy Center Awards, Springsteen on Broadway, Variety, Dodger Talk, Bruce Springsteen: From My Home to Yours, Navy, UFO, "Don't Look Back"SOUNDS: necklace, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, cars, airplane, birdsGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Chain Link Flood Channel"RECORDED: June 10, 2021 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

Lost Chain Link Channel

 Hey Dude, while listening to a lot of mystery and conspiracy style podcasts, I've uncovered a host who has never seen the Godfather Part II.QUOTE: "It's like saying you've never seen Star Wars."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: The Black Dahlia, Howard Hughes, Scott Warmuth, Bob Dylan, JFK, RFK, Robert Maheu, Fidel Castro, Lee Harvey OswaldPLACES: Sunset Blvd., Cuba, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Soviet UnionPODCASTS: Root of Evil, RFK Tapes, Crackpot PodcastFILMS/FILMMAKERS: Mission Impossible, Godfather Part II, Al PacinoTHINGS: Watergate, FBI, CIA, Mafia, Citizen HughesSOUNDS: wind, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, car hornGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Citizen Hughes"shot on my iPhone6RECORDED: April 16, 2021 from the "Garden Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

Don Crackpot

 Hey Dude, on my 16th anniversary of podcasting I remember my long lost buddy Joe and his tragic passing. I also trip on the brutal Allen v Farrow documentary.QUOTE: "I'm ready to chase after Spalding Gray."AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Rat Pack, Spalding Gray, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, David LettermanPLACES: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Universal CityTHINGS: podcasting, Allen v Farrow, HBO, Vanity Fair, Healthy Human, Hanna-Barbera, Kinko'sSOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplane, canteenGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Burbank Foothills from the Lookout Chair" Burbank, California RECORDED: March 8, 2021 from the "Lookout Chair" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: 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. 

Bittersweet Sixteen

Hey Dude, I trip on the mystical magic of the artist with a little help from Carroll O'Connor and Dick Cavett.AUDIO LINKQUOTE: "Are you an artist or craftsman?" - Eric GorgesARTISTS/PEOPLE: Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, S.J. Perelman, David Letterman, Chevy Chase, Dick Cavett, Carroll O'Connor, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Archie Bunker, Bob Dylan, Abram Zimmerman, The Dude, Eric Gorges, Carol Burnett, Burt ReynoldsPLACES: Hollywood BowlTV/MOVIES: Saturday Night LIve, Dick Cavett Show, Decades, All in the Family, Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, A Craftsman's Legacy, DeliveranceTHINGS: artist, art, Facebook, podcasting, scales, L.A. Philharmonic, mystical, peak experience, solo podcasting,SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, airplane, canteenGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Carroll and Dick" shot on my "new" iPhone6RECORDED: December 19, 2020 in the "Southwest Garden" 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 Podwreckedand 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. 

Archie Bunker and the Magic of Art

 Hey Dude, while working with my cousin on our future podcast, I was reminded of the time I did stand-up comedy at a family party.AUDIO LINKQUOTE: "I'm mortified."PEOPLE: stand-up comicPLACES: Greenwich Village, Los Angeles, South Bay, Long BeachTHINGS: Descript, GargeBand, AudacitySOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, airplaneGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Family Stage Time" shot on my "new" iPhone6RECORDED: January 30, 2021 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. 

Stage Time 1988

AUDIO FILE Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about taking a second crack at the "podcast novel" using a new program that might really tie the room together.QUOTE: "When I first saw S-Town in my mind's eye."PEOPLE: Individual-1, Caryl Chessman, Barbara Graham, Al Matthews, Blayney Matthews, Joan Anderson, Yogi Berra, John Clellon Holmes, Lewis MacAdams, Jack KerouacPLACES: Venice, The Gas House, Burbank, Wildwood Canyon, Downtown Los Angeles, Universal City, East Valley, Cahuenga Pass THINGS: "I Want to Live", FOIA request, DAW, Descript, S-Town, mind's eye, Peabody Awards, "podcast novel", pettibone, Healthy Human, L.A. River, Friends of the L.A. River, "Go", Beat Generation, "The Lonesome Traveler"SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, dogs, car horn, squirrel, train, airplane, crowGENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Lonesome Jack" shot on my "new" iPhone6RECORDED: November 20, 2020 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. 

The Lonesome Traveler (Original Scroll)

Hey Dude, I express my deep love for the TV show Columbo after watching "pioneer of American cinema" John Cassavetes guest star alongside his friend and collaborator Peter Falk.AUDIO FILEQUOTE: "I started to measure time by how many Columbos" PEOPLE: Howard HughesACTORS/FILMMAKERS: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Blythe Danner, Myrna Loy, Martin Scorsese, Gena Rowlands,Wim Wenders, Joseph Dougherty, Ben Gazzara TV/FILMS: The Rockford Files, Columbo, Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence, Wings of Desire, Monk, The Dick Cavett Show, Shadows, The Killing of a Chinese BookiePLACES: Los Angeles, The Hollywood Bowl, Altadena, BurbankTHINGS: macaroni and cheese, Amazon Prime, noodge, independent film, DIY, New Yorker Columbo cartoon, Beat Generation, mail-in ballotsSOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, necklace, airplanes, hummingbird  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Cassavetes on Columbo Googled" shot on my "new" iPhone6RECORDED: October 30, 2020 in the new "Cafe Cherie 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 Podwreckedand 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.  

Cassavetes on Columbo

AUDIO LINKHey Dude, I ramble about my "fans" in Pakistan back in the year 2000 and my excitement about my new surge of listeners in India. PEOPLE: George Clooney, Joseph CampbellPLACES: Pakistan, England, Europe, Scotland, Canada, Los Angeles Valley College, IndiaTHINGS: This American Life, 9/11, FBI, DHS, Department of Justice, comparative religion, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hero with a 1000 Faces.SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, birds, train, car horn, whistle, Eagles, helicopter, plane GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journalPHOTO: "Hotel Burbank" shot on my "new" iPhone6RECORDED: October 7, 2020 in the new "Wawona Lawn 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. 

A Shaggy Passage to India

Lance Anderson's raw storytelling podcast. Spoken word, music and weird phone ramblings to "Dude."

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Verge of the Fringe

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