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The twins return to run the gamut in this episode - from their first trip to Hollywood to later memories of the spots that blew their minds as kids when they explored. But that's not all - there's guitars, gear, Phoisohex baths (who knew that was bad). magic and magicians, books, other podcasts, musicians and more - including a gem from the musical archive.  Show Notes: 0:00 – "Is That What It Is" – By Roger Yale / Circa 1988 (Roger Yale, Chris Yale, Steve Kobashigawa, Jim Alden, Ian Talcroft – Stare Cat Sound / Glendale, Ca. 4:11 – Greetings / Schmaltz, schtick, schmutz / Wallace Gumboot / Derek and Clive / Dudley Moore, Peter Cook / Dudley Moore at Magic Hotel 6:23 – First visit to Hollywood circs 1967-1968 / Hippies at the Tom Mix House / Judy Lynn Apartments Carlton Way / The way Hollywood Smelled / Griffith Park / Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel / Hollywood Palace / Paul Revere & the Raiders / Not The Rascals / The Monkees / The Palace / Love Beads  10:36 – Music at The Palace – The Plimsouls / Freedom Guitar / 1981 Fender Telecaster / Friend Bill Becker fixed it up for Chris / Carvin X60 Tube Combo Amp / Princeton Reverb Tone Master / Fly Rig 13:06 – Phisohex Baths and Neurological Damage – 1960s / Hexachlorophene / Phisoderm / The smell of drugs 14:20 – More early Hollywood memories / Stables at Griffith Park / Griffith Observatory / "Rebel Without a Cause" / Travel Town / Barnsdall Art Park / Universe in a drop of water / Inner Space / Amygdala / Adrenochrome 18:15 – Pizzagate stupidity and more / Empirical / Batshit crazy / The Empirical Strikes Back 19:43 – Buena Park / St. Pius V School / Auntie Floss' house / Beach Boulevard / Movieland Wax Museum / Knott's Berry Farm / Japanese Deer Park 21:23 – Later visits to Hollywood / Bennett's (Collector's Book Store) / Old newspapers and comic books / Smut magazines / (Later looking for adult movies at Blockbuster – high as kites) – swirling madness / Now the birds are nice to Chris / Crows / Squirrels / Old and cute 24:35 – Hollywood Magic / Gifts from magicians to Chris / Billy McComb / Yutaka Kikuchi / Mark Wilson Course in Magic (signed by Mark Wilson and Robert Harbin) / Abb Dickson / Walter Gibson (aka Maxwell Grant – "The Shadow") / We invent our own reality / Mind-brain connection / Tripping balls 26:55 – "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" – David Byrne & Brian Eno / "The Jezebel Spirit" / We need a radio show / People sending reels / Listening on the demand of others 28:21 – Tetragrammaton – Rick Rubin / Greg Laurie / Chuck Smith / Rick Rubin's thoughtful questions / AI modeling in the ads / Alan Watts   30:17 – Hollywood Toys / Cherokee Book Shop / Pickwick Book Shop / Berkelouw / Antiquarian Books / Lowbrow and Broke / Ben's Smoke Shop / Bel-Air Shop Easy 32:36 – Hanging at Peggy Lee's house with Mark Mulkeen / Tony Bennett 33:20 – Billy Corgan podcast "The Magnificent Others" / Lonnie Donegan - skiffle / "The History of Pop Music" / Billy Corigan – Smashing Pumpkins – "little voice" / Throat singers / Warblers / Rocks-in-the-mouth types  36:02 – Chris' infatuation with Pearl Jam / GNR "Appetite for Destruction" / Axl's later self-absorbed rants / Jackson Browne / Gram Parsons 37:35 – Recent rehearsal session – originals / Upcoming shows at House of Blues Myrtle Beach 38:45 - Living in your head / Tony Robbins could be a throat singer / "Change your state" / Life in Myrtle Beach 39:30 –  Roger is finally reading Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" / Protagonist/narrator Holden Caulfield reminds Roger of a "pixelated Beaver Cleaver" / Comparisons to "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole / Mark David Chapman / Banned books 42:30 – Chris' grandkids – trampoline place / Parting shots

The twins engage in another freestyle conversation, touching on everything from books to documentaries - from Hollywood memories to losing Dolly Parton and Tim Curry and much more (or less), including a gem from the music archive.  SHOW NOTES:  0:00 – "I See September" by Chris Yale 4:12 – Greetings / Fake Façade / Relatively happy / No full-on hugs / Two taps / Real hugs / Lingering hugs 6:37 – A sense of possibility versus realty / Narrowing down the options / Thomas Edison / Cat naps / Was Edison on meth? / Megawatt character in Spider-Noir / Nicolas Cage and The Yale Brothers / The Best of Times TV pilot / Crispin Glover / Janet Robin / Marc Copage / Julia TV series / International kerfuffle / 10:23 – Pascal was an Armenian French National 11:04 – Heartbreaker: A Memoir by Mike Campbell / Tom Petty / Campbell co-wrote "The Boys of Summer" with Don Henley 11:50 – Dolly Parton gone too soon / Tim Curry gone too soon / Meeting Dolly at a taping with Cher and Rod Stewart for a Cher TV special in 1978 / Lily Tomlin was not in the show, Rog / Myrtle Beach and Dolly Parton / Dixie Stampede / Chris went to the Pirates Voyage show 13:35 – Chris Jacked up at Medieval Times / Rog lit up on crank at a dinner show with Dad and Uncle Roger / Schwab's / Dad liked our enthusiasm, if only he knew. 14:40 – What did Dad get up to / Where's Carl / 15:51 – How to Read Nonfiction Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster / Critical thinking 16:50 – Hulk Hogan documentary / Discussing The Hulkster 17:28 – Mike Wallace documentary / Dan rather documentary / Molly Ivins documentary / Morley Safer's piece on 60 Minutes about Noel Coward started Roger's infatuation with "The Master." / A Talent to Amuse / Elaine Stritch / "If Love Were All" 19:47 – Procrastination and perfectionism / Resistance / Steven Pressfield / "Old Scratch" 20:55 – Gear and tech – what do we really need? / Burgess Meredith "The Twilight Zone" episode / Perspective / Zooming out / The Moon and Sixpence by William Somerset Maugham 22:53 – The Moon's A Balloon by David Niven

The twins return with a freestyle conversation about tech issues (thanks a lot Rog), polarized ideologies, spirituality, productivity, algorithms, musical efforts, why we do what we do, drumming and much more - including a gem from the music archive. SHOW NOTES:  00:00 – "Rise Above It" by Chris Yale 04:42 – Roger can't get his tech stuff together / Windows 11 / ZOOM LiveTrak L-8 / Windows 11 S-Mode / Microsoft Store / Microsoft Edge / Mozilla Firefox / Permissions 08:50 – Accept – Balls to the Wall / Banality of lyrics / Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls / Sexism / The New Misogyny / Blowback from perceptions of "woke" / Extremes / Movements / Conformity / Soma  14:15 – So many flat earthers across the globe / "Ickiness" / Our lowest selves / Our highest selves / Spiritual things / Louise Hay, Hay House / Wayne Dyer / Intention stuff / Jesus and Science / Science deniers / Dogmatism / Anti-intellectualism  / Confirmation bias / Echo chambers / Bubbles 18:52 – Shocking the algorithm / "Shock Me," KISS / Fooling the algorithm / "The curators" / Well-meaning friends / Productivity / Wiring / Routines and flexibility  21:29 - Overloaded with devotionals / The Bible / Meditating on Scripture / Presence / The Voice of the Spirit / "Rise Above It" 22:39 – Original music – reviving the old stuff versus focusing on new songs 23:29 – Mike Campbell memoir - "Heartbreaker"  23:46 – Not seeking cover gigs / Select gigs / Retooling / "Roll us onstage" / Perception of age / Sobriety / The money spent on booze / The time wasted 26:04 – Roger's current feature in Grand Strand Magazine – read it HERE. 26:32 – Lip service versus doing / Future-oriented versus now / Why do we do what we do / The doing versus the idea of doing / What did we want to do and do we like it now / Writing and music / Tap dancing 28:20 – Chris' drumming / Talking about drumemrs / Not Hal Blaine / Hanging out at Hal Blaine's house   30:30 – Parting shots / Tinder Box / George Carlin's St. Peter joke.

It's been too long. The twins decided to change that by showing up for episode 93 and diving into a conversation about one long summer on Tigertail Court in Coconut Grove before the third grade when they moved back to Miami from Crestline, California. They discovered boxes of old castoff records in their room and started playing them on the big Zenith console they rememered from the time they were toddlers.  Also - a recent series of gigs at House of Blues Myrtle Beach, chatter about audio interfaces, remote recording, the difference in the vibe when they shut off the video in Zoom and didn't have to stare at each other. SHOW NOTES:  0:00 - Interlude by Chris - sounds like a drug commercial. 1:15 - Greetings - Been a while / Our recent shows at House of Blues Myrtle Beach / Electro-Voice EVOLVE 30M (P.A.) 2:31 - Chris' upcoming trip to Walt Disney World - "I go where I'm told." / Universal Orlando / The Wizarding World of Harry Potter / The Tree of Life - Disney World 3:54 - More EVOLVE 30M / Powered monitor vs. power amp for existing passive monitor 5:26 - Discovering cast-off records as children in Miami / Ancient Zenith console / "Higher and Higher," Jackie Wilson / "Wipe Out," Surfaris / "Leader of the Laundromat," The Detergents / "Daydream Believer," Monkees / "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!," Napoleon XIV, "Green Tambourine," Lemon Pipers / "Monster Mash," Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers / "Next Door to an Angel," Neil Sedaka / "Funny Face," Frankie Valli / Beach Boys Concert LP / "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," The Temptations / Florida Room / "For Once in My Life," Stevie Wonder / Longines Symphonette Society / K-Tel / Buddha Records / No rock in there / Them - Van Morrison / "Summer in the City," The Lovin' Spoonful / "Groovin," The Rascals 10:38 - Trying to remember Glendale 12:04 - More about the summer before third grade / Weird organ instrumental song we can't place / More about the Zenith 13:24 - Interfaces: Apogee Duet / PreSonus Quantum ES2 / ZOOM Livetrak L-8 / Behringer U-PHORIA UM2 / Podcast recording setups 15:06 - Roger using the L-8 for newspaper interviews / Microsoft Word transcription function / physical transcription vs. software 16:51 - About recording our sessions from Zoom calls / Jeffrey Toobin  19:07 - Chris' DAW work / Thoughts on DAW 21:05 - "My Life as a Rolling Stone"  21:57 - Chris riffing on his recent medical checkup  23:45 - Parting shots - Big Sur / Recording fears / Organizing audio files

Andrew Zimmern is likely best known to the general public for his Travel Channel shows "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" and his Emmy-winning "The Zimmern List" But that's just scratching the surface. He's a renowned chef with bestselling books, media companies, shows, retail products, a retail food line and so much more. On February 13, Zimmern is set to speak at the Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. He's been sober since 1992 and remains active in the recovery and mental health communities. He serves on the boards of several recovery organizations. Roger has been covering series founder and organizer Casey King for many years and on various platforms. We also spoke to him on this podcast. The 2025 Addiction and Recovery Lecture series is installment number 18. Unfortunately, this will be the last. Casey's wrapping things up and will also be retiring next year. For more information about the series, click HERE. We were thrilled to have Chef Zimmern on the show: SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "What Might Have Been" by Chris Yale 3:42 - Greetings and about the song 4:12 - Casey King / HGTC Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series / 18th and final installment / Casey's longstanding goals for the program 5:16 - More about the series / Louis Gossett, Jr. / Craig T. Nelson / Mackenzie Phillips / Dr. Drew Pinsky / Paul Williams / Art Alexakis / Danny Trejo / Tom Arnold 5:55 - Dr. Kevin McCauley (February 20) / Casey King (February 27) / Andrew Zimmern (February 13)  6:34 - Andrew Zimmern introduction 7:20 - Welcome, Chef / Myrtle Beach / Making television around the world / Thoughts about Myrtle Beach presentation 11:10 - Early life in culinary / Cooking in NYC  13:52 - Years of promise / Europe and Asia trips / Talent and culinary proficiency / Leading a double life 15:39 - More NYC / Anne Rosenzweig and Arcadia / Rakel (Thomas Keller and Serge Raoul) / Cooking in Venice / Grand Cafes / Quality and Speed, 1980s  18:26 - Work all day, party all night / Dangerous places / Addiction trajectory 20:24 - Descent into homelessness 23:18 - Asking for help / Final intervention 1992 / Hazelden  25:37 - Success after recovery / The gift of serenety / "Walking through the work" / Emotional and physical sobriety  32:30 - The steps and service work / Being of service / Life on life's terms 38:47 - Mental health and mental health awareness / C-Cap / Anxiety and Depression in culinary / Talking to others  40:06 - Empathy in the workplace / Co-regulation / Listening  27:26 - Final thoughts / Practicing solutions / Work-in-progress / Call one person / The importance of asking for help Resources:  Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 Substance Abuse and Addiction Hotline: 1-844-289-0879  Alcoholics Anonymous: www.aa.org

The twins discuss Chris' recent songwriting efforts, their recent show at House of Blues Myrtle Beach, trips to New York and Aruba, books, an author friend and so much more - and Chris was on a roll with riffing and wordplay. This episode is everything you'd expect, and less.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Song snippet by Chris Yale - "Blackmailed" 1:03 - Greetings and about the snippet. Chris' recent songwriting efforts.  2:38 - Recent show on The Deck at House of Blues Myrtle Beach / Shout out to our friend Amy White for the booking and Erik Davey for sound production / David Gilmour Luck and Strange Tour t-shirts from our Bill Becker / More about Gilmour tour 5:35 - Roger's trip to New York - Brooklyn and Sleepy Hollow / South Slope / Hartley's Irish Pub / Hanging with daughter Taylor and her beau, Seán / All-you-can-eat mussels / Read about the trip on Roger's BLOG. 6:30 - Chris' new wordplay: "BoSeán" / More about NY trip / Our friend Evan Rochon at Daniel Murphy High School Los Angeles / Sacred Heart High School Los Angeles 10:00 - Listening to The Stones' "Some Girls" while stoned in the 1970s. / Weed, social awkwardness and anxiety 11:33 - "Statute of limitations" with parents / Sinning / "God will punish you." / Jesus took the punishment / Parental guilt / "Little Me and Big Me" 14:24 - Lilith / Lillith Fair / Indigo Girls / Sarah McLachlan / Paula Cole Band - "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" / Mary Gauthier 16:00 - Chris didn't pick up a South African guy's pictures from Fotomat. 17:17 - More New York Trip / Irvington / Tarrytown / Sleepy Hollow Cemetery / Old Dutch Church / Grand Central at rush hour / Hessians / Subway at rush hour / "Billy on the Street"  20:45 - Chris' trip to Aruba / TAA Show (Tobacconists' Association of America) / Cigar industry 22:32 - "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren / Mom's handwriting / "Bowie at 75" by Martin Popoff / Meeting Bowie 25:17 - Decluttering / "It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff" by Peter Walsh  26:12 - Wayne C. Dees, "Altered Perceptions" book and film / Roger's friendship with Dees / Roger's review of the book 28:25 - Chris went for the low-hanging fruit and started in with the "CDs" reference - IYKYK - Stop it, Chris.  30:01 - Chris' production problems with ZOOM LiveTrak L-8 / Fast-talking / Latency / Clipped like Tyne Daly 31:20 - Parting shots / Concrete Blonde vs. Four Non Blondes / More Lilith / Bebe Neuwirth / Jane Friedman is not Jill Abramson / Vocal fry

The twins return and quickly go down the rabbit hole - talking about everything from songwriting to recording, performing live, taking proper naps, Jesus and the cosmos, decluttering and so much more - including a song recorded eons ago in Hollywood. SHOW NOTES: NOTE: This podcast episode is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, Kathy DiGiacomo. You are irreplaceable and will remain in our hearts always. 0:00 - "Mine Again" by Roger Yale - Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios Hollywood, 1983. 3:47 - Greetings and about the song / Steve Kobashigawa / Nick Walusko aka Nicky Wonder (RIP) / 50th Anniversary Tour - "Pet Sounds" / Beach Boys Fan Club and Brian Wilson tribute to Nick / The Wondermints / Nick's work with Brian Wilson and Beach Boys backup band / Chris' adventures with Nick  8:07 - Chris alone at the house / Early waking / Proper sleep / Quiet time 9:38 - Off-season in Myrtle Beach / Growth in Myrtle Beach / Jobs / Myrtle beach as a TECH HUB 10:52 - Tommy James' open tuning / Irving Berlin's piano with transpose lever / Roger's transpose button / "Tin Pan Alley Twins" - Elton John "Bitter Fingers" 12:15 - Sound system dialed-in at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / Roger's grandson at LuLu's - BLOG POST 14:20 - Roger's song ideas / snippets / Chris' songwriting / "Songwriter" movie with Willie Nelson / "Ishtar" 15:44 - "Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain" by Charles Leerhsen / Asia Argento / "Unrequited Infatuations" by Stevie Van Zandt / More van Zandt / Apartheid / Sun City / South African Relatives 17:35 - Colonialists / Imperialists / Greed  18:19 - Band punctuation/grammar - "is" vs. "are" 18:40 - Roger's decluttering project / The ceasless vacuuming by Roger's upstairs neighbor / Close miking / Hoarding tendencies / Chris wiped his old iMac / Remote storage / Bearded Clam in "Family Guy" 21:55 - On napping / getting things done / Cleanup panic / Paul Rankin's figgy jam / Homemade pasta 23:50 - More about "Mine Again" / Roger Dollarhide / Alto Sax 24:30 - Henry Cutrona / The Hiding Place church in Los Angeles, 1980s / Dad rebuking Satan / "Shout at the Devil" Motley Crue / Christianity and cosmic matters / Carlos Castaneda / Chris: "Jesus is my sensei" / Danse Macabre / "Dance of Death" on the gallows

The twins are back -ruminating about turning 61, discussing recording gear and software, computers and e-bikes. That's just the beginning. There's also their work at a well-known cigar shop in Myrtle Beach, recent concerts, reads, gigs and so much more - including a gem from the musical archive.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "What Might Have Been" by Chris Yale 3:40 - Greetings / July 4th Fireworks / About the song and Chris' album, "Well Enough Alone" 4:37 - On turning 61 5:09 - Chris' upgrade to Logic Pro 11 / New used iMac (2019) / Old Apogee Duet / Apple Loops 6:20 - "He had to be shown" / AA Big Book / "The Beer Experiment" / "The Milk Experiment"  7:22 - Chris' and Betsy's new KBO e-bikes /  Hoop skirts and step-throughs 8:54 - Chris at home without supervision 9:25 - "The Season" is back in Myrtle Beach / Cigar events at Tinder Box Myrtle Beach / Tinder Box memories 1970s and 1980s / Roger's first imported cigar - Macanudo Portofino / Chris' first imported cigar - Macanudo Baron de Rothschild / Domestic cigars 12:03 - Cigar snobs / $60 cigar versus a $12 cigar / Diminishing returns / $100 shots / Blowhards / Roger's take on cigar blends and aging  14:05 - "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" streaming / Hollywood exteriors / "Lucifer" series - Sunset Tower on Sunset Strip 15:06 - The Rolling Stones in Atlanta / Mercedes Benz Stadium / Chuck Leavell / Steve Jordan / Edify yourself / Darryl Jones / Wyman, lately  17:37 - "Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple" documentary / The duster and the bandana / Paul Stanley-ish? / Chris Lord-Alge  19:53 - Cubase / 64-gig memory on Chris' iMac / ZOOM LiveTrak L-8 / Logic Pro  21:00 - Roger's writing efforts / Post and Courier Myrtle Beach / Georgetown Times / Charles Perry / Roger's work with Grand Strand Magazine  21:39 - Queen sells music for $1.2 billion  22:05 -LuLu's North Myrtle Beach gigs 23:04 - Intracoastal Waterway / Bird Island / Sick Stooges / Brandon Toms / Freedom Boat Club 25:05 - Roger hits 10 years of sobriety / Getting stuff done 24:40 - "Turning Pro" by Steven Pressfield / Lao Tzu versus Sun Tzu / "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand / "A Tramp Across the Continent" by Charles Fletcher Lummis  27:03 - Parting shots / Our jobs at Tinder Box / Chris' slow internet / Chris' grandkids

In this episode, The Yale Brothers once again cover the waterfront - from The Grateful Dead to Ian Whitcomb, Gigs in Myrtle Beach to tripping at recording sessions, Roger's newspaper work to walking around Hollywood in the seventies and eighties. It's all that and more, including a musical gem from the archive.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Strange Fascination" by Chris Yale 4:02 - Greetings and about the song /The call of the flesh / Sobriety / Second lineup of their band, Rogue Alley 6:42 - Noel Coward performs "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" in Las Vegas 7:14 - Myrtle Beach is getting busy again / Spring break / Underage booze and tobacco / Chris mistaken for a street hustler in Glendale, CA, 1985 8:23 - "Rough Trade" by Ian Whitcomb / Tripping balls at a Whitcomb recording session / Ronnie Barron / Dr. John 9:22 - Jerry Garcia spiked the coffee / Joe Smith / Early Dead documentary efforts 10:23 - "Long Strange Trip" docuseries / Workingman's Dead recording process / "Casey Jones" and "Uncle John's Band" / Roger's cover feature about Scott Mann, WAVE 104.1 Myrtle Beach / More about Scott Mann / More Dead 12:35 - The outdated P.A. / Roger's solo gig at Dirty Myrtle Wing Company - Bike Night rained out 16:43 - Upcoming Yale Brothers gig at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach  17:03 - Roger's latest story for The Post and Courier Myrtle Beach appeared in The Post and Courier Charleston / History of The Post and Courier 17:58 - More about Dirty Myrtle Wing Company 19:24 - Chris without adult supervision 20:06 - Chris' guitar string issues resolved on his PRS guitar / Dave Matthews / South African heritage / "Desiderata"  22:29 - Main Character Syndrome / Solipsism / Living in a movie 23:30 - Friend Daniel Alexander's gigs at Miceli's Hollywood / North Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood / Drinking at Miceli's / "This Is Spinal Tap" at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood / The Gold Cup Hollywood / Jackson Browne and Daryl Hannah / Newsstands on Las Palmas and Cahuenge Boulevard  26:33 - Stopping at Del Taco in San Bernardino / Dick Naugle / Naugle's  27:11 - Walking around Hollywood between La Brea Avenue and Highland Avenue - Franklin Avenue to Sunset Blvd / Driving the freeways / Close calls and dropping a bike 29:36 - "Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966-2016" by Kenneth Womack / "Pity the Reader: On Writing With Style" by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell  31:28 - Aerosmith show reseheduled for October / Steven Tyler larynx / Rolling Stones in June  32:12 - Benzedrine inhaler  32:34 - Chris' new studio monitors - Kali Audio LP6 Version 2 / Dip switch 34:55 - Parting shots / Chris' beard / Pizza for days / Iran strikes Israel / End times sandwich board / Argent

From recording in an iconic L.A. studio back in the day to upcoming gigs in Myrtle Beach - from books, music and a wonderful streaming series to shooting the Rogue Alley video (also back in the day) - from food to Bob Dylan and Bebe Neuwirth - the twins wonder how they manage to keep it all together. Also: Another musical gem from the archive.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "End of the Line" by Chris Yale - 1984 3:29 - Greetings - Happy St. Patrick's Day / About the song / Paramount Recording Studios / Roger Dollarhide / Kepex noise gate 4:59 - More Dollarhide / Motown / Gwen Gordy / Recording at Paramount / Bobby Womack / Blow / Mary Wells or Mary Wilson / Billy Preston / Korg Poly-61 / Bill Withers' DAT machine  7:08 - Dee's Nuts brand 7:49 - Bad lamb / More bone than meat / New York Prime / Ruth's Chris / Capriccio Myrtle Beach / Filet Marsala / Guy Smith 11:00 - Shari Lewis odering lamb chops / "Lamb Chop's Play Along " Roger's twins 11:58 - Stan Hutchinson - RIP 12:24 - Upcoming Bob Dylan show / No phones allowed / Yondr Bag 14:28 - Previous Dylan shows / G.E. Smith / Dylan and Willie Nelson in Myrtle Beach  15:00 - Chris still sounds like Bebe Neuwirth or Antoni Porowski  15:24 - Lilith / Mary Magdalene / Tom Petty and Bob Dylan at Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa - Roger thought it was Irvine Meadows  16:02 - Billy Squier at Irvine Meadows / "Rock Me Tonite" video / Dave Slusher  17:16 - "City of Pain" video - Rogue Alley / Dancer auditions / FM Station / Fontana / Kaiser Steel Mill / Terminator 2: Judgment Day  18:42 - High in the sky / Pie-eyed in the sky 20:27 - Upcoming shows at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / Piano elbow progress report / Left-handed practice / Backing tracks / 2 Live Crew / University of Miami glory days 22:18 - "The Chosen" series / Way cooler Jesus / "Jesus Revolution" / Noel Coward as Jesus? / Roger's Noel Coward project / Crowdfunding "The Chosen" 26:55 - Crown Theatre Fayetteville, N.C. / Crown Complex 27:45 - Oliver Sacks, "Hallucinations" / Little Free Library / "Awakenings" / Leonardo Da Vinci biography by Walter Isaacson / "The Coddling of the American Mind" / Taking notes on Kindle / Chat GPT 32:16 - Ron Miller / Motown / "I've Never Been to Me" - Charlene / "For Once In My Life" - Stevie Wonder  33:17 - Parting shots / More hallucinations / Crows / Squirrels / Language / Jezebel / "My Life In the Bush of Ghosts" - Brian Eno and David Byrne

Is 60 the new 40? Is Chris too old to look like Jesus? Remember the patch on Julia Child's blouse?  Of course, the twins go down rabbit holes in this eipsode - and it's probably Roger's fault. From rock video shoots to Bible difficulties, Pete Townshend to L.A. Guns, Depeche Mode to W.A.S.P, the banter continues into books, pipes and tobacco, streaming television and more - including a musical gem from the archive.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Salieri" by Chris Yale 4:07 - Greetings and about the song / "Amadeus" / "Rock Spock" aka Peder Rudling / GarageBand / Logic Pro  6:26 - Myrtle Beach versus Carolina Forest / Bible Difficulties / "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties" by Gleason Archer / God and John Cena: "You Can't See Me" 7;48 - Old Testament rules and regulations / New Testament / Opposition to Jesus by "religious" people / Man-made religion / Truth to power 9:02 - "The Chosen" series / "Julia"  series / Julia Child / "Hazel" Shirley Booth / It's not Alice Brady, dumbass / Julia's "L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes" patch 10:12 - Pete Townshend album, "Scoop"  10:52 - Is 60 the new 40? / Blood pressure / Drinking 12:42 - Roger's solo gig at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / Allen & Heath ZED-12FX  14:04 - "Rehab is for quitters" and "meetings are for alcoholics" / Songwriting challenge / Zoom LiveTrak L-8 for multitracking and as an audio interface 15:57 - Chris' encounter with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode at Spotlight Tattoo in Hollywood 17:10 - Chris is too old to look like Jesus / Other biblical figures / Walt Whitman / "Song of Myself" / "I Sing the Body Electric" / "Fame" movie  18:21 - L.A. Guns / Kelly Nickels / Sass Jordan video shoot - "Make You a Believer" / John Corabi / Jim Alden 20:00 - Chris Holmes / W.A.S.P. / "Mean Man" / "The Decline of Western Civilization" / Control freaks / More about W.A.S.P / Blackie Lawless / Rogue Alley - attempts to get signed / Tromping around the Sunset Strip / "Sunset Strip" documentary 26:52 - "The Coddling of the American Mind" / Safetyism  26:52 - Chris' pipe collection / Mississippi River barrel-aged pipe tobacco / "Ready Rubbed" / Edgeworth Ready Rubbed 28:22 - Staggering growth in Myrtle Beach  28:39 - More about "Julia" and "The Chosen" / "Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966-2016" by Kenneth Womack / "Green Lights" by Matthew McConaughey / Bebe Neuwirth / Jill Abramson / Vocal fry / Fry Baby / Cry Baby / Fender Tone Master Princeton Reverb 31:26 - Roger's "piano elbow" / Little strap-on / Chris' shoulder / Stretching / Old man noises  33:36 - Parting shots / Cidny Bullens in Lefsetz Letter / "TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star"

The twins return with a full dance card, covering the waterfront with magic, clowns, music gear and more, including Roger's magazine feature, an awesome Grammys moment, books and Chris' loop experiment. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - Chris' "Latin Space Vibe" in Apple Loops/Logic Pro 1:14 - Greetings and about the loop 2:28 - Lefsetz delay / Latency / Roger's interface issues / Humblebrag Insult / Roger's breakfast / Scott Mann, "Really good bread"  4:30 - Luke Combs and Tracy Chapman at Grammys / "Fast Car" / Daniel Sims / Chapman at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum / Human Rights Now! 1988  6:58 - Mike Heidtman aka Seaside Showman aka Captain Mike / Magic Castle / Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College Alumni Cruise  7:35 - Self-serving / Self-service / Appetites 8:26 - Magicians Chris knew from the Magic Castle and the Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) / Peter DePaula / Hank Morehouse / Terry Seabrooke / Billy McComb / Lance Burton / Reveen the Impossibilist / Abb Dickson / Maxwell Grant aka Walter B. Gibson / The Shadow / Robert Harbin / Mark Wilson Course in Magic / Yutaka Kikuchi / Fickle Fire / Shimada  11:51 - Roger's ventriloquist dummy / Magic and ventriloquist shows as kids 12:34 - Slow season in Myrtle Beach / Growth in Myrtle Beach / "New" New York / Carolina Forest versus old Myrtle Beach  14:04 - Roger's feature article in Grand Strand Magazine / Casey King / HGTC Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series / Dangling participles and feminine articles  16:02 - "Scattershot" by Bernie Taupin / "These Dreams" / "We Built This City" / Grace Slick / "Welcome to the Wrecking Ball" / Mickey Thomas / Irwindale / First-time song memories 19:39 - On being grandparents 21:00 - Chris' studio improvements / California Blonde SWR / Davey Johnstone / Fender Tone Master Princeton  24:19 - "Piano elbow" / Left-hand octave boogie bass  26:05 - George Martin / "Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1066-2016 / Keenan Wallace Dunham / Keenan's screenplay, "Rain Falls on Everyone" / "The Crown" / Princess Diana / King Charles and the state of the monarchy / "The Chosen" 27:55 - "George Carlin's American Dream" / "Time Has Come Today" by Harold Bronson / Rhino Records  28:52 - Carlin on pro-life conservatives  30:17 - Parting shots / Zoom LiveTrak L-8 / MXR EQ pedal / Old dude sayings / Trump visit to Myrtle Beach Area / Chris' Spanish lessons

The twins were freezing their asses off in Myrtle Beach. That's not right. They return with a trip down the usual rabbit holes - their lives at the Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) in Hollywood, shady characters, tweakers, rockers and celebrities and much more - including books, Myrtle Beach, music and a musical gem from the archive.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Only a Fool" By Chris Yale / Performed by Rogue Alley 4:25 - Greetings / Roger's missing gig bag / About the song / KISS 6:43 - Freezing in "Sunny" Myrtle Beach / Roger's "Don't Be a Dick" hat / Step away from the acid flashbacks / Around the world and back into your head / Seeing sounds 9:17 - Tom Arnold on Episode 83 / HGTC Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series / Planet Hollywood Myrtle Beach / Hollywood Wax Museum / Madame Tussaud / Madame Blavatsky / Theosophy / Joe Maher  12:32 - Exteriors of Hollywood / The memory versus the place / "Cosmic AI" 14:02 - Golden Harmony Singers / LACC / Wes Abbott / Chris' cinema classes / Dr. Richards / Dr. Tom Stempel / Frau Dr. Ulrich / Chris' documentary / Luis Buñuel (not Jacques)  16:03 - Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) / Dad's hotel management style / Reservation nightmares / Working while 'shrooming  18:41 - Tweakers at the Magic Hotel / Shady characters / "Dusty Williams" / Hank Williams Jr. / Les McKeown / Old pillhead couple / More tweakers / Black Randy and the Metrosquad 21:29 - Rapid-fire name-dropping - like Speed Dating / Richard Herd / Stuart Damon / Ann B. Davis / Robert Morse / Daniel Stern / "Breaking Away" / Drunk Rock Hudson / "On the 20th Century" / Yul Brynner / Joe Maher / Chevy Chase / Kim Stanley / "The Right Stuff" / Noel Coward's "Red Peppers" / Tom Behringer / Frank Infante / Deborah Harry / Blondie / Peter Gallagher / "The Idolmaker" / Les McKeown / Bay City Rollers / Quentin Crisp / "The Naked Civil Servant" / John Hurt / Westwood Playhouse / Jeff Daniels  29:10 - The need for exercise / Cleanse / "Colon Blow" SNL / "Bootie bump" / Straight Edge  31:32 - Chris' belly dancer crush  33:21 - Slow time in Myrtle Beach / Bernie Taupin book, "Scattershot" / Bruce Springsteen autobiography, "Born to Run" / R.C. Sproul, "The Holiness of God" / George Martin biography, "Sound Pictures" / Bag of books / "Green Lights" by Matthew McConaughey / Ed Mylett / Rainn Wilson, "Soul Boom" / Baha'i / I be high / "Baha'isexual"  36:11 - Upcoming gig at Lulu's North Myrtle Beach / Chris' new hard-sided gig case  36:52 - Help our friend Adam Holt if you can. His GoFudMe campaign is HERE. 38:36 - Parting shots

On January 25, actor, writer and comedian Tom Arnold kicks of the 17th installment of the Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, South Carolina - just up the road from Myrtle Beach.  The series will run on consecutive Thursdays through February 15, If you are a certain age like we are, you'll remember Tom from his work on the long-running ABC sitcom Roseanne – or that he was once married to the show's star, Roseanne Barr. And who can forget him opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies – or the hilarious restroom scene in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. But he cut his teeth on standup, which he still performs, and has appeared in scores of films and television shows over more than three decades. He's also a single parent of a son and daughter. Tom is also in recovery – and has been very open about his experience with addiction, relapse, child sexual abuse and a series of health scares over the years.  But he's arguably in the best shape of his life now. In 2008, HGTC physics professor Casey King founded and launched Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series – a popular event that has included a growing "Who's Who" of featured celebrity speakers – from actors to rock stars to medical professionals and many more. The series also features presentations and panels including college students, recovery advocates and spokespersons from local recovery groups, rounding out an event that shines as a beacon of hope for those still struggling with addiction and a lamp on the path of those on their recovery journeys. A big thank you to Casey for putting us in touch with Tom.  SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "Rise Above It" By Chris Yale  4:49 - Greetings and about the song 5:44 - About the Addiction and Recovery Lecture Series at Horry-Georgetown Technical College 6:29 - About Tom Arnold 7:43 - Welcome, Tom / Myrtle Beach / Planet Hollywood Myrtle Beach / Casey King 8:50 - Tom's plans for Myrtle Beach presentation / Keeping track of time / Gig at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel / Improv Hollywood gig / Watching other comics / Recovery comedy 11:12 - Tom in FUBAR as Norm Carlson / True Lies / Bone marrow story / University of Iowa / Sperm donation letdown / The corkscrew 17:05 - Moving to L.A. in 1988 / Minneapolis Comedy Competition / Comedy clubs in Minneapolis / Everclear Punch / Comedy Cabaret and other gigs / Meeting Roseanne Barr in Minneapolis in 1983 / Williams Pub 19:37 - More about early relationship with Roseanne / Roseanne HBO Special 1987 / Writing, acting and producing on Roseanne 20:55 - Magic Castle Hollywood / Tom's first apartment in Van Nuys / Living in Los Angeles 22:45 - Burning the boats / Tom's Hollywood experience / All-in on the dream / Ottumwa, Iowa 24:21 - Tom's quick career trajectory 24:38 - Setting up addiction issues long before Hollywood / "Queen of Meth" - Tom's sister, Lori Arnold / Underage drinking / Drinking versus drugs / Stoners versus rednecks / Fights 27:06 - First cocaine use in Minneapolis / Rock venue First Avenue / Purple Rain / Escalating coke use 27:47 - Blow in Hollywood / Roseanne cautions Tom / More about Lori Arnold / "I want everything" / The meth business 30:57 - Roseanne instrumental in getting Tom into proper rehab / Hiding addiction / Benedict Canyon / Moment of clarity / Public perception and the gossip mill / Learning to love yourself / Marrying Roseanne 35:30 - 19 years of sobriety / 2008 motorcycle accident and pain medication / sobriety reset  37:10 - The value of 12-Step Meetings / Recovery community in Hollywood 39:25 - "In recovery" versus "recovered" 40:27 - Tom's fitness journey / Mini-stroke in 2022 / Stroke protocal UCLA Medical Center / Weight loss coach Charles D'Angelo / True Lies weight / Losing 80 pounds / Night eating 47:35 - Benzos and third stint in rehab / Chris Cornell / Matthew Perry  50:47 - Future plans for Tom Arnold / Thoughts on upcoming 65th birthday / Single parenthood and life with his son and daughter / Living in the moment 52:57 - Tom, Arnold - Arnold, Tom 53:28 - Parting shots

Adam Holt's life would never be the same after, at nine years old, he saw Aerosmith's Joe Perry play a Silver Sparkle Gretsch Duo Jet on cable TV. Flash forward: Adam is a musical renaissance man - a performing songwriter focusing on contemporary Southern rock and blues. He lives near Gulf Shores, Alabama and has been a staple of the live music scene in the region for well over two decades. He's got three albums under his belt along with freestanding singles and other recording projects - and operates his own analog (two-inch tape) recording studio.  The twins enjoy a conversation with Adam about all of this and much more, including two original tracks - one of which has garnered more than a million streams on Spotify. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "The End" by Adam Holt - from the album, Kind of Blues 4:23 - Greetings and about the song / About Adam Holt 6:16 - Welcome, Adam / Admiring his studio on Zoom / Road trip to Memphis / Adam visits The Crossroads in Clarksdale, Miss. / B.B. King Museuum / Robert Johnson gravesite / Muddy Waters birthsite  7:51 - Spin Doctors in Tunica, Miss. / Gold Strike Casino Resort  8:22 - Joe Perry's influence on nine-year-old Adam / Aerosmith "Dude Looks Like a Lady" / Gretsch Duo Jet Silver Sparkle  9:00 - More about "The End" / Recording studio locations and history / Live recording versus multitracking / Recording Kind of Blues / Players on "The End" - Greg DeLuca, bass / Pierre Robinson, drums / Donnie Sundall, Hammond B-3 10:49 - Adam Holt on Spotify / Other projects / Recording at Sun Studio in Memphis / Curry Webber / More about Sun Studio Experience  13:37 - "The End" racked up 1.3 million streams on Spotify so far / Dutch magazine cover feature / Streaming and compensation / Concert ticket pricing / Touring and merch  17:02 - Early music experiences, instruments and education / First guitar at 14: Yamaha electric  18:18 - Goals for next album  18:37 - Highlights from more than two decades in music / Bayfest / Lynyrd Skynrd / Drivin and Cryin 19:43 - 20 years as a performer at Lucy Buffett's LuLu's  21:34 - Booking talent at LuLu's 22:40 - Producing other artists / More about Adam's recording studio / 1964 Gibson Hummingbird / 3M M79 two-inch Tape Machine / Producing Richard Douglas Jensen  29:46 - GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome / Gibson SJ 200 / Picker's Paradise / Gigs at Hard Rock Casino, Biloxi / Slot wins / Cash is king 33:30 - Family life / The Dad club 34:43 - Co-writing "Don't Give Up on Me Baby" with wife Jillian.  36:05 - Get your copy of Kind of Blues on limited run 180-gram blue vinyl by visiting www.adamholtmusic.com  39:03 - "Don't Give Up on Me Baby" by Adam Holt (Songwriters: Adam W. Holt / Jillian J. Holt)