Hey Dude, my recent reconnection to music makes me travel back in time to 2004, where I was living in a basement apartment in "Eagle Rock" and working on a one person show called "Broken Hearts and Sad Country Songs." <br /><br />QUOTE: "Whatever!"<br /><br /><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2025_06_21.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />MUSICIANS: Stan Hillas, Kittens For Christian, Bruce Springsteen, Marilyn Monroe, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan<br /><br />VENUES: United Kingdom, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Sun Valley<br /><br />INSTRUMENTS: spoken word and music, podcasting, Karaoke <br /><br />SONGS: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "Dancing In The Dark" "Funny How Time Slips Away"<br /><br />SOUNDS: wind, birds, gravel, footsteps, "The 5 Freeway", planes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust_Art_Festival#History">Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes </a> <br /><br />PHOTO: "Lonesome Lyrics" shot with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a><br /><br />RECORDED: June 21, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Burbank_Airport">Hollywood Burbank Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California">Burbank</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</a><br /><br />GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.<br /><br />TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12:35<br /><br />FILE SIZE: 8MB<br /><br />GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional <br /><br />HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on <a href="http://podwrecked.com/">Podwrecked</a> and host of <a href="https://createartpodcast.podbean.com/">Create Art Podcast</a>)<br /><br />DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.