My Friends Are Crazy

This is like it sounds, but what a treat to have Wolfman back as a guest, as we all recall the national news story from a few months back about local law enforcement coming down hard on some motorcycle club bad guys, or, were they? Wolfman informs us of the actual facts on this as seen from his local viewing situation. Of course, there is the usual chatting about what's been going on in his neck of the woods and various other asides and diversions, and we ultimately of course have to laugh...

A short podcast here, which starts out by my announcement that Wolfman will be joining me again next podcast after way too long an absence, informing and updating us on a few things which have taken place where he hails from, touching on some topics from national news. Make sure not to miss that! This time, it's just me talking about my night time viewing such as a Jack Kerouac documentary, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset (2 films by Linklater), and the concacaf gold cup and US men's...

Just me again, more focused and less rambling than usual, but, well, you be the judge of that. After wishing all a Happy Bastille day, or whatever you want to call it, I explain that I recently saw the movie Boyhood and what I thought of it. I also mention that I finished the final episode of the Netflix original series Daredevil, season 1, and how much I liked it. I then explain that Divided Line brought over the extended version DVD of The Punisher, which he had talked about a bit in the...

OK, rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. I am FINALLY back here in the Midwest, my studio has been set up here, and after my first mad week back, I recorded this with Divided Line one night, unplanned and spur of the moment. (gee, can you tell) We talked of many things, although I can't recall exactly what, but I think some movies and TV shows were mentioned. Now that I'm back, I will be resuming my once a week schedule, talking of erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and...

First, MAJOR WARNING*********SPOILER ALERT********** Ok, hopefully we are clear on that. Well this episode is exciting as hell, 'cause my old friend Ghostdog joins me and we talk about the series finale of Mad Men. The title of this podcast tells it all I guess, and we both discuss the finale in the context of the show as a whole, talking about all the shit you would expect - character arcs, artistic production stuff (Ghostdog an expert here, btw.) Folks this series is SUPERB, and hugely...

My old friend Divided Line is back for another great episode, where he tells of how he is now taking guitar lessons, zen "beginner's mind" and being "in the zone." This gets us to chatting about muscle memory, pythagorean stuff and atheletics and at some point I mention actually reading the wikipedia entry about "divided line," (the term from Plato's Republic, not my guest) and what they say it means. This all gets me to talking about a documentary I saw entitled No-No about Dock Ellis,...

This week I am honored to have my old friend Enola Virus call in for the first time, and I have anointed him the podcast's official New Orleans correspondent. I recommend this episode to everyone of course, but especially if you have any interest in New Orleans, it's culture, and of course The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which has been around awhile, and is so big now it's almost ridiculous. Enola Virus was born and raised in New Orleans so knows a lot about all this shit. We...

In this week's episode, after I promo a few upcoming guests, I mention how I foolishly missed the big podcasting conference which was just miles away, and lament about the Nepal earthquake tragedy and the avalanche on Everest. Then, trying to lighten the mood, going over big news since last podcast, I find myself feeling compelled to mention Baltimore but of course I "move on" quickly. Then I get into the meat of the show, talking about the big fight this weekend between Mayweather and ...

On this week's episode, after I tease that I will probably have my New Orleans friend(s) on as guests soon, I begin by revisiting the Joe Rogan podcasts, which I mentioned last week, why I like them even though it can sometimes morph into "weed-head talk," (and happy 4/20 to all) and also Jim Norton's appearance on the last episode (Rogan's, not mine.) I complain a bit about my annoyance with commercials on all media, and somehow start talking about the movie My Dinner With Andre, and make...

I begin the show by mentioning I had a long, thoroughly enjoyable phone chat with 2 of my friends from New Orleans, and how great it would be if either or both individually or together agree to do a call in guest/co-host podcast with me. One of them recommended the TV series Justified to me, and this gets me into a bit of tech talk about streaming media, why I canceled sling TV for now, and my short take on "net neutrality." I explain how I did not go to the Steely Dan show Saturday night. I...

Yea it finally happened - my old friend Divided Line makes his first appearance as guest co-host, as talked about and hyped previously. He starts out explaining where he got his "nom de pod" which is French for "podcast name." He then talks about the new apple watch and gives his thoughts, and I give my 100% guaranteed prediction of its future. He mentions a way Blackberry actually made some money recently, and more about the ever changing nature of technology. I mention my trying sling's...

In this weeks podcast, it's just me again, Doc, wishing all a happy Palm Sunday(whatever that means.) Then I mention that Wolfman, in his extensive show research, added new info about my March 19/Capistrano statement on my last show with him(episode 4 on Itunes.) I build more excitement about the pending debut of my friend Divided Line, hopefully now scheduled for next week's podcast, where he will answer all questions(ok, maybe only some) about bitcoin. I mention his interests in many...

This week's podcast starts out with a reminder that My Friends Are Crazy is now available in Itunes store and why you should subscribe RIGHT NOW! I talk about an old friend who will be joining us, (soon, I hope) as a co-host, talking about bitcoin, and wtf it is and how it works. I then mention that I haven't forgotten those topics I first mentioned in November posts. I explain about my interest in homeopathy, and then start talking about my favorite author of fiction, Lawrence Durrell. You...

Another great episode, although admittedly long, (we basically went double the normal 45-50 minute length) where Wolfman is back after much critical acclaim for his first co-hosting episode which is ep#2. On this one, We start out touching on the current state of country music, old school “real country” , mention some greats like Dale Watson, Merle Haggard, Hank III(and a mention of an interesting doc entitiled “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” or something like that) and the...

In this podcast, Critical I discusses with me, well generally I guess the present state of our culture, gives some examples, gives a mini-review of a recent movie he saw(hint, it was up for an oscar) and I must say that it is his talents rather than mine that end up carrying this thing. But, hey, give me some credit, as I did (I think) end up getting this recorded, processed, tagged, (all boring tech stuff, but oh what a pain in the ass!) and did of course make apologies and excuses for...