Episodes
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Here are a few links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGNz0IW8vQw
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/08/who-killed-the-klf-the-film-drummond-cauty-did-not-want-you-to-see
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/why-did-the-klf-burn-aps1-million-in-cash-on-a-scots-island-1463441
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Zorro - Planting The Seeds of the Revolution That Would Bloom in the Sixties
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Walt Disney created a perfect hero for the modern era, a Trickster, a scion of great privilege who donned a cape and mask and, with his sword, battled the colonizers and oppressors of the poor in late eighteenth century California.
Monday Jul 15, 2024
On Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion"
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Not as well-known as his "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," but it is ten times the book. Had a huge impact on this sprout back in Sixties ...
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Tell The AI Bot To Write A Poem About Dicks
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
AI bots from China and Russia are swarming by the millions to discourage US citizens from voting in the upcoming election. Low turnout = Republican win. Some hackers figured out a way to fight back.
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
On Atheism ~ An Apology
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
I left a remark in a recent episode for a couple days. I thought I had edited it out. I hadn't. So, a few thoughts about it and an apology.
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thinking About JFK, His Murder and What It Still Means Sixty-One Years Out
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
His killing was just the first step to undo all the progressive and civil rights legislation of the twentieth century as well as take back all the wealth from America's middle class.
So far it's working pretty good. They are almost where they wanted to be all those years ago.
VOTE.
The illustration, "X Marks The Spot," for this episode was shot at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. This is where the President's limousine was when the third bullet hit him from the front, knocking off a portion of his skull and brains, which are still missing, by the way.
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Are You A Garamond Guy? Baskerville? Palatino? Helvetica?
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
There are people who identify as "Garamond Guys/Gals." Me, Baskerville. Others Palatino, Helvetica.
There's room for everybody in the world.
But, please, no "Eras" Font lovers.
Useful links: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/magazine/garamond.html
https://medium.com/@kateboothh/typography-john-baskerville-cee9d5e74bb7
Know Your Type: Baskerville
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
An Excerpt from My Memoir, The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking ~ Cloud Stories Pt. 2
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Part two of "Cloud Stories" from my memoir, "The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking ~ The Rise and Fall of the HoneyBun Empire; Riding the Wild Bubble—Berkeley To Frisco To Hollywood To Vegas & Back; Intimations Of Immortality On The Technicolor Lam, Sober."
Monday Jul 01, 2024
An Excerpt From "The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking" ~ Cloud Stories Part One
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Porting over a few episodes from The True Hippie Chronicles Podcast. In this episode, a reading from my recently completed memoir, The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking, 'Cloud Stories, Part One.'
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
The White Butterfly Revisited
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Every time I see a white butterfly, I take it to be a message from elsewhere that I am not alone and things are going to be okay.
Is that crazy? Maybe. As John Lennon said, "Whatever gets through the night." And I guess I need help these days.