May 12, 2021
The twins' gabfest this week touches on System of a Down, Rick Rubin and Cheap Trick - Hollywood's wrecking ball casualties, tweakers, Bike Week in Myrtle Beach and much more - including a gem from the archive.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - "The Story's End" by Roger Yale
3:16 - Greetings and about the song / Young people writing about love and loss
5:00 - Rick Rubin
5:55 - Broken Record Podcast / Malcolm Gladwell / Serj Tankian / System of a Down / "Toxicity"
7:06 - Brian Koppelman / The Moment Podcast / Tom Werman / Cheap Trick / Motley Crue / Molly Hatchet
8:09 - Dream Police / George Martin
8:41 - Sirius XM plays the same old stuff - the seep cuts are shallow / Curators
9:49 - People who want you to listen to stuff "right now"
11:02 - Our treasure trove of tapes and CDs / Dave Slusher
11:38 - Wherewithal / Motivation / Speed and so-called projects
12:38 - No tweakers allowed / Tweaking with John Blyth Barrymore
14:10 - More "Toxicity" / Serj Tankian / Armenian communities in Hollywood and Glendale, CA
14:15 - Alison Martino tweet / Vintage Los Angeles/ The fate of a block on the Sunset Strip: Viper Room / Terner's Liquor
16:04 - Wrecking ball casualties in Hollywood: Ranch Market & Old Spaghetti Factory / Hollywood Center project
16:49 - Roger's blog post about another casualty: Peyton Hall / Yashica MAT 124G / Leo Gorcey / Esther Williams / McLean Stevenson
21:04 - Dad had a carpeted bathroom and a cushioned toilet seat. We weren't fans.
21:53 - Garden of Allah Villas / Hollywood Blvd. as a residential address
22:39 - Roger's gold chain - a gift from Antonio
23:48 - Crossroads of the World / Blessed Sacrament School / Catholic college prep / Daniel Murphy High School / Yeshiva Aharon Yaakov-Ohr
24:48 - Surprised by family at last week's gig at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach
25:53 - We lost 20 minutes of gold
26:45 - Bike Week in Myrtle Beach / "Welcome Bikers" / Beaver Bar / The Rat Hole / Suck Bang Blow / Indoor burnouts / David Allan Coe / HB Spokes
29:51 - KK Downing book / "Writing Creative Nonfiction" / Robert Lowell / Walter Martin, the Bible Answer Man