Los Feliz is really coming along.
i thought of some good people.
i went to walmart today and got orange juice and croissants and frozen salmon filets
i nearly bought bottled water but after listening to mary talk about plastic
and then making that video where i saw how our plastic ends up on the beaches
of poor countries on the other side of the world
i started drinking tap water tonight
lets see how long that goes for.
i want to get on with the Los Feliz interviews and knock them out before my birthday
but i also want to enjoy this Dodgers Giants playoff series because
its really the World Series, who we kidding
Jordan texted me to tell me how much he liked the first of the Los Feliz interviews
and I thought of a great guest and wrote them
but who knows how often they check their email
who knows how well this good luck will go.
i am extremely happy with the one we posted today about Mary.
and drugs.
omg.
i wanted to make a video tonight but i got caught up in cooking and cleaning
the sink was full and so were the trash and kitty litter
its crazy how long all of that takes me
imagine if i was a wife with kids
how do they do it?
coke?
one of them insisted we wear masks, so why not
we talked about so many different things and fortunately they all took turns and included each other so it was a very even mix, which is hard to do with rock bands with four members
i was very nervous though. which is fine
nervousness makes me feel alive.
it’s good to feel like somethings on the line.
for example, i am very interested in a booty call very soon from someone special
but im nervous because theres still a plague going on
what if i get her sick, what if she gets me sick?
is all of this worth it?
probably not.
but we have to live. we get to live.
i wanna live.
but what if this is how i go.
or, worse, what if it kills her? and i was responsible?
all because i wanted to feel another person for a little while?
i would never forgive myself.
thus i interview bands instead of hold hands with glam godesses.
best of all is my tax situation is working its way out
not with the government but with my tax people
there was a mixed communication and stress and trust issues
then the right person got the call and a phone call was made
and bing bang boom
now im putting together a page from that beautiful young lady in the picture
who is an expert on drugs
she works for Snoop Dogg
and so much of our interview got cut which is fine
cuz whats left is pretty much non stop fascinating stuff
tomorrow i interview the most beloved movie theater manager in LA
i told you: good things.
which one?
her
yes
her
yes
her
yes
her
oh yes
her
yes
her
so much
her
yep
her
even her yes
and they’re young and sloppy and drunk and so fun.
it reminded me of this crazy podcast
the replacements werent trying to be arena rockers.
they were just being themselves.
i should just keep being more and more myself.
stop thinking about having millions of people listen
just do the things.
have fun.
play the small clubs and parties
before you know it youll be on saturday night live
soon to be banned for life.
if the life of your thing could be counted in weeks
then you should be lucky if one freaking person is paying attention.
thats what sorry ma means to me.
the first few times i went into the Daily Nexus i was so afraid
also i did not understand the instructions and my first “piece” was thrown directly into the garbage
area
aka the floor.
it wasn’t even good enough for the can.
a few years later i was one vote away from being the boss.
i love every one of these podcasts.
i love todays too.
why it’s not on fire is beyond me.
are people busy?
this is the most interesting challenge i have had in a very long time and maybe because i care so much, it’s like straining when youre on the throne
and you should just let it ease out.
and then go on with life.
but i cannot go on with life.
this is my life.
odd because if i literally do not move on to the next episode
we wont get to it
and it’s due in a few days.
today’s was the 19th or 20th episode.
someone got mad about it.
it was a special press screening of the new james bond movie
i hadnt been in a theater in over a year.
totally forgot about half hour into the movie to put my mask back on after eating and drinking
so if i die i loved you all.
thank you to everyone who had been nice to me
for so long id get 40-50 comments per blog post.
thank you to all of you.
thanks to all the teachers.
thanks to the girls who let me
thanks to the girls who didnt
it all worked out.
the movie was good. way better than i expected.
got home, finished tomorrows podcast.
this schedule of two a week is hard.
but not impossible.
every time i put out a podcast it flops on my Facebook.
i can’t figure out the algorithm. FB typically doesn’t like links that go outside of its walls, so i make little videos and upload them into FB.
it doesnt seem to like that neither.
maybe my friends are tired of me, of IT of my subjects.
but the subjects dont really tweet it out either.
people dont write me nice emails saying what a good job i did for them.
all of which is weird because
I FRICKIN LOVE EVERY SINGLE PODCAST
i love the blog posts, i love the commercials, i love it allllllllll
i almost want to tweet
“i dont care if you dont listen to this but here it is”
but i do care
the thing is i care slightly less every week because i know people arent going to listen in the numbers i want them to listen.
we’ve done 19 episodes and only one girl is all omg lets make love.
one other has said something like that but shes married so it doesnt count.
the omg lets sex it up ratio needs to improve
but again, i dont care because i know how great these things are.
i know if i get hit by a meteor tomorrow people will say sure the busblog, sure LAist
but have you heard Hear in LA? it’s genius.
so much credit has to go to Jordan and if i die i hope he gets all the credit he deserves because heres the crazy thing that you dont see: when you have a team, a real team, sometimes you need the other guy to slam it home.
i can dribble dribble dribble but when i alley
i need someone to oop.
jordan slams it home every time.
he makes it better, but more importantly he closes the deal.
the other day i was all, ok we need some audio clips from jake’s youtube. i found them, sent them to jordan and because jordan is a pro musician he added some original piano underneath one of the clips to make it sound sad.
it made the whole thing sound perfect.
i cant believe how lucky and happy i am to be doing this.
if i can get even the smallest part time job for a little while i will be able to keep this train rolling
because someone is going to discover this
here’s the crazy thing: every one of our podcasts have gone up on time
i have never had a problem with deadlines
deadlines are your friends.
but this week’s was actually done a little early, i had time to watch church, fold my laundry, do some dumb baseball card things, and write a few blog posts.
am i getting better? do we have a little rhythm?
this blog post for Jake is actually way longer and includes more images than the typical post but i think because he spoke very clearly it was easier to post?
who knows. who knows anything. all i know is i wanted him very badly to be part of this
then it happened. and now he’s back in Texas for who knows how long?
sometimes that window of opportunity is there
and sometimes you have to wait outside that window and throw lil pebbles at it
imma go to sleep, wake up and put it up and be happy.
i am very happy doing this podcast.
this will be number 19.
nuh nuh nuh nuh nineteen.