Hey Dude, I come to terms with the fact I'll never be Don Draper, but the truth is I'd rather be Mac Sledge.<br /><br />QUOTE: "Obviously I don't look like Don Draper..."<br /><br /><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2026_02_27.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />CAST: Ming Ming (cameo), Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Mac Sledge, Sanford Meisner, Jeff Goldblum, Lawrence Fishburne <br /><br />LOCATIONS: Ming Ming's Barn, New York City, Neighborhood Playhouse<br /><br />PROPS: toupee, Country Western, litmus test, Meisner Technique, Westerns<br /><br />MOVIES/TV: Mad Men, The Godfather, The Great Santini, Apocalypse Now, True Confessions, Colors, Tender Mercies <br /><br />SOUNDS: Ming Ming, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust_Art_Festival#History">Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes </a> (more cowbell), birds, planes<br /><br />PHOTO: "Mac Sledge Googled" via YouTube shot with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a><br /><br />RECORDED: February 27, 2026 in "Ming Ming's Barn" 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: 16:12<br /><br />FILE SIZE: ~ 16 MB<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.