Nov 9, 2019
Anyways Dude, I trip out on the abstract connections between my old friend Rod Sweitzer and Sam Shepard, with an assist from an artistic nude photo of Patti Smith shot by Robert Mapplethorpe.
CHARACTERS: Fred "Sonic" Smith, Bob Dylan, Seth Meyers, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Elliott, Paul Newman, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash
LOCATIONS: New York City, Toluca Lake
THEATER/PLAYS: Broken Story, White Horse Theater Company, True West, Cowboy Mouth
BOOKS: Year of the Monkey, M Train, Nobel Prize in Literature, On the Road with Bob Dylan
MUSIC: Bring it All Back Home, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, MC5
MOVIES/TV: Skavlan, Rolling Thunder Revue
STUFF: Facebook, skateboarding, BMX bike, feathered hair, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, surfing, Airborne, Rhodes Scholar
SOUNDS: cars, car alarm, dog, snap, commotion
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Rod's Broken Story" shot on my "new" iPhone6
RECORDED: November 8, 2019 on the observation deck at the Zane Grey Estate in Altadena, California
GEAR: Marantz Solid State Recorder PMD670, Sennheiser MD 46 microphone
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
"Lance Anderson tells anecdotes with stunning fragmented and cluttered feeling." - Hanna Fahl of Dagens Nyheters (Google translation of Sweden's daily newspaper)
