Sep 9, 2020
A conversation with our friend Mark Ross Mulkeen, covering a 40-year friendship: Early days at Los Angeles City College (1980-1982), his friendship with Peggy Lee, that time Peggy and Tony Bennett greeted Chris at Peggy's front door - and so much more, including Chris' song for Rogue Alley, "I See September."
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - "I See September" - Chris Yale
4:25 - Mark Ross Mulkeen - Friends for 40 years this month.
5:03 - Roger was the "ugly chick" in yellow at LACC.
5:35 - More about LACC days.
7:00 - Blimpie and the arcade on Vermont Avenue.
8:10 - Daniel Murphy High School
11:18 - More LACC Memories.
13:33 - Getting trashed at The Old Spaghetti Factory.
15;45 - Crestline, Ca.
19:30 - COVID-19 and the rise of virtual firms.
21:20 - Rents in LA/San Francisco/New York City
22:35 - Cedarhurst and Hillside Terrace
25:14 - Mark's friendship with Peggy Lee.
31:37 - That time Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett answered the door when Chris went to Peggy's house.
33:03 - Gaga versus Madonna
35:45 - Mark and Roger's crush on Tatum O'Neal
37:16 - Richard Deacon, Rock Hudson at The Rose Tattoo
38:32 - Rock Hudson at The Magic Hotel
39:30 - Face the Music game show.
41:09 - Trashed at Fisherman's Wharf and the trip to Walnut Creek - after 'shrooming the night before.
43:31 - Does there really need to be a Build-A-Bear Workshop on Hollywood Boulevard?