<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIou_eVMt7fe4cwvIUK400qbFsO5Xuh7x_fDKblaEeMF7nFN7qdLpIzRV0I-XpSXR35SruRZEXqNLxDQtzCvdx4mCChMVLxm0XsNe54QS0osaSLocS-1xOpAtIg4-qH2J3aroJbrYUT6xZuS4FDCI67YkYEn-4NmcRFSFzIVLv8snw2n7w-U6c/s3000/JoanBaezGoogle3000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIou_eVMt7fe4cwvIUK400qbFsO5Xuh7x_fDKblaEeMF7nFN7qdLpIzRV0I-XpSXR35SruRZEXqNLxDQtzCvdx4mCChMVLxm0XsNe54QS0osaSLocS-1xOpAtIg4-qH2J3aroJbrYUT6xZuS4FDCI67YkYEn-4NmcRFSFzIVLv8snw2n7w-U6c/s320/JoanBaezGoogle3000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hey Dude, the other night I watched the Joan Baez documentary "I Am a Noise" and it struck me to the core. My new found reverence for Joan Baez is beyond measure. Plus I couldn't think of my favorite singer's name...Brandi Carlile. </p><p>QUOTE: "Madonna, not Madonna the performer. Madonna the Virgin Mary." </p><p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2024_03_18.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />PEOPLE: Norah Jones, Kacey Musgraves, Billie Eilish & Finneas, The Carpenters, The Go-Go's, Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Virgin Mary, Taylor Swift, Aretha Franklin, Adele, Mimi Fariña <br /><br />PLACES: Laguna Beach, California, Los Angeles, Highland Park, Southern California, Altadena, Carmel, Woodside <br /><br />THINGS: The Go-Go's documentary, Seinfeld, Break Point, Netflix, I Am a Noise, civil rights, Quakers, pacifism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame <br /><br />SOUNDS: plane, birds, footsteps, gravel path, Mimi, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust_Art_Festival#History">Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes </a> <br /><br />GENRE: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling">storytelling</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_narrative">personal narrative</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary">personal journal</a> <br /><br />PHOTO: "Joan Baez Googled" shot with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a> <br /><br />RECORDED: March 18, 2024 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Burbank_Airport">Bob Hope 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: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. <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.</p><p> </p>
