<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmiBKhObISvHOtpieLsWve3230zikelrFQRCuyfb8Ylh4BMUidVi7Nml59A0hkhYrsT0-F8odaAzkoWOyvTsYnQJ2nwEDn80nCmup6NQ-FDOlCe6dqwZ1oTtkgpncW5ECH9cHsf7K52tTxuumOPYysiOCiV3cCwghopHfG5TufyKaS4oNKIYB/s3000/HongKongPalm3000.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/AVvXsEgEmiBKhObISvHOtpieLsWve3230zikelrFQRCuyfb8Ylh4BMUidVi7Nml59A0hkhYrsT0-F8odaAzkoWOyvTsYnQJ2nwEDn80nCmup6NQ-FDOlCe6dqwZ1oTtkgpncW5ECH9cHsf7K52tTxuumOPYysiOCiV3cCwghopHfG5TufyKaS4oNKIYB/s320/HongKongPalm3000.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hey Dude, the PBS documentary "The Chinatown Punk Wars" took me back in my mind to my best live performance at the Hong Kong Cafe. <br /><br />QUOTE: "I was totally free on stage." </p><p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2023_11_16.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />PEOPLE: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism">The Dude</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter">Karen Carpenter</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Leno">Jay Leno</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman">David Letterman</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Seinfeld">Jerry Seinfeld</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Morris">Keith Morris</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe_(musician)">John Doe</a> <br /><br />PLACES: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Los_Angeles">DTLA</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_District,_Los_Angeles">Arts District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%27s_Bar_(American_Hotel)">Al's Bar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Los_Angeles">Chinatown</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_Park">Echo Park</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard">Sunset Blvd.</a>, <a href="https://www.milliescafela.com/">Millie's</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Wong">Madame Wong's</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Caf%C3%A9">Hong Kong Cafe</a> <br /><br />THINGS: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X">Generation X</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers">Boomers</a>, micro generation, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCET">Artbound</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS">PBS</a>, "The Chinatown Punk Wars", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock">punk rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Flag_(band)">Black Flag</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Jerks">Circle Jerks</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_wave_music">new wave</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast">podcasting</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittens_for_Christian">Kittens for Christian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_rock">industrial punk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoken_word">spoken word</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> <br /><br />SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming, <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: "Hong Kong Palm" with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a> <br /><br />RECORDED: November 16, 2023 from 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>
