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Verge of the Fringe
Hosted by Lance Anderson · EN
Lance Anderson's raw storytelling podcast. Spoken word, music and weird phone ramblings to "Dude."
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Keep on Truckin' to Yosemite
1w agoTap to summarizeHey Dude, I took my dad back up to Yosemite after far too long an absence. It was amazing trip filled with check engine lights and giant sparks of joy. QUOTE: "I flew up that freakin' thing!"AUDIO LINKCAST: Blayney, Tom BoppCAMEO: Ming MingLOCATIONS: Yosemite, Oakhurst, Mariposa, Big Bear, Inland Empire, Central Valley, Yosemite Valley, Rusty's Pistons, Raley's, Chocolate Soup, Marisposa Arts, Mariposa Creek, Yosemite National Park, Wawona, Pioneer Village, South Fork of the Merced River, Curry Village, Ahwahnee Hotel, Half Dome, Tunnel View, Lower Yosemite Falls, El Capitan, Bakersfield, Grapevine, Santa Clarita, Los AngelesPROPS: Ford Ranger, Highway 99, Model T, Napa Auto, gully, NSFWSOUNDS: wind Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds PHOTO: "Blayney Half Dome" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: May 12, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 23:57FILE SIZE: ~ 23 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →GenX: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Apr 19Tap to summarizeHey Dude, an old flyer for a show I did back in my NoHo Arts District days, leads to a serious questioning about whether GenX is really my generation. QUOTE: "[To a] person born in 1980. Hey, what did you think of the 70s?"AUDIO LINKCAST: Ming Ming, R2-D2, Ken Dougherty, Dan Klass, David Letterman, Spalding Gray, Brother Theodore, Elayne BooslerLOCATIONS: NoHo Arts District, SoHo, Performance Garage, New York City, Hollywood, North Hollywood, North Hollywood High School, PROPS: GenX Singles, Late Night with David Letterman, Star Wars, Star Wars Generation, True Detective, Pulp Fiction, Story Salon, Swimming to Cambodia, KaraokeSOUNDS: crows, footsteps, gravel Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds, planes, windPHOTO: "Lance Sex Flyer" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: April 18, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 22:31FILE SIZE: ~ 20 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →The Pulp Fiction Paradox
Mar 12Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I both celebrate Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and defend Rosanna Arquette's legitmate criticism of the groundbreaking film. QUOTE: "I'm willing to stand next to Jon Hamm and take off my shirt..."AUDIO LINKCAST: Don Draper, Mac Sledge, Jon Hamm, Bad Bunny, Harvey Keitel, The Wolf, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Vinnie Barbarino, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette, Mark Lonow, Patricia Arquette, Nicolas Cage, Nick NolteCAMEO: Ming MingLOCATIONS: Jack Rabbit Slims, Improv, Santa Monica, Ventura Blvd.PROPS: Cadbury Bunny, Stanley Steamer, Instagram, CorvetteMOVIES/TV: Mad Men, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Welcome Back Kotter, Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, Grease, Die Hard, New York Stories, Life Lessons, Annie Hall, Jackie Brown, Once Up a Time in Hollywood DIRECTORS: Quentin Taratino, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese SOUNDS: Ming Ming, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds, planesPHOTO: "Rosanna Pulp Googled" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: March 12, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 19:48FILE SIZE: ~ 20 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →Mac Sledge is no Don Draper
Feb 27Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I come to terms with the fact I'll never be Don Draper, but the truth is I'd rather be Mac Sledge.QUOTE: "Obviously I don't look like Don Draper..."AUDIO LINKCAST: Ming Ming (cameo), Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Mac Sledge, Sanford Meisner, Jeff Goldblum, Lawrence Fishburne LOCATIONS: Ming Ming's Barn, New York City, Neighborhood PlayhousePROPS: toupee, Country Western, litmus test, Meisner Technique, WesternsMOVIES/TV: Mad Men, The Godfather, The Great Santini, Apocalypse Now, True Confessions, Colors, Tender Mercies SOUNDS: Ming Ming, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), birds, planesPHOTO: "Mac Sledge Googled" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: February 27, 2026 in "Ming Ming's Barn" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 16:12FILE SIZE: ~ 16 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →Broken Hearts and Beautiful Voices
Jan 26Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm attracted to women with beautiful voices. My maddest crush is on Brandi Carlile who is also my favorite contemporary artist.QUOTE: "She's GenX adjacent..." AUDIO LINKCAST: Brandi Carlile, Howard Stern, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Kermit The FrogLOCATIONS: The 5 FreewayPROPS: SNL, GenX, CBS Sunday MorningMUSIC: "Right on Time", rock and roll, folk, country, gospel, jazz, standards, classical, popular music, Grammys SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes (more cowbell), fast car, birds, planesPHOTO: "Right on Brandi (and The Twins)" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: January 24, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12.21FILE SIZE: ~ 12MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →Gallery at the End of the World
Dec 14Tap to summarizeHey Dude, while exhibiting my photos at the "Gallery at the End of the World" in the Mariposa Junction, I reconnected with Altadena through art, community and the power of podcasting.QUOTE: "Frankly, I didn't want to have to go through the whole committee process."AUDIO LINKCAST: Dick Van Dyke, Ben Mc Ginty, Dave Lovejoy, Stacey (Sacred Silver), Ming Ming (aka "My Buddy")LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City, "Moorpark Church", Studio City, Gallery at the End of the World, Altadena, Mariposa Junction, Cafe de Leche, The Last Bookstore, Altadena Hardware, Altadena Library, North Hollywood High SchoolPROPS: Spring, Autumn, Eaton Fire, History of Podcasting Project, Zoom, show notes, Altadena Junction, LA Podcasters, Podcast Hall of Fame, ChristmasRELIGIONS: Unitarian Universalism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, atheism SOUNDS: birds, gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes planes, trains and automobiles PHOTO: "Photo Sold" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: December 13, 2025 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 15:36FILE SIZE: ~ 16MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →Self-Portrait at 60
Oct 19Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I try to sort through my messy milestone birthday, perfectly captured in my super funky selfie that inspired the call. QUOTE: "There's a lot of strands in the old duder's head..."AUDIO LINKCAST: Modesto, Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, The Dude, The Doors, Bill MurraySPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC), Paris, France, Smoke House, Ernie's Taco House, Toluca Lake, Casa Vega, Hill Street Cafe, St. Leon Armenian Cathedral, Bob's Big Boy, In-N-Out BurgerPROPS: Facebook, #MoreDoubles, podcastingFILMS: The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack SONGS: Dancing in the Dark LULLABY: The End by The DoorsSOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes helicoper, Ming Ming, jet, windPHOTO: "Self-Portrait" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: October 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 17:14FILE SIZE: ~ 17MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →Raiders of the Lost Open Mic
Aug 24Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I goof on myself about my recent disastrous performances at an informal open mic at my church.QUOTE: "Well, that went so well, why not?"AUDIO LINKCAST: George Clooney, Vince Vaughn, James Franco, Harrison Ford, Chef Ben Ford LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC), Studio City, Studio City TheaterPROPS: androgynyMOVIES: Rocky, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner SPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes bird, Ming MingPHOTO: "Raiders Googled" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: August 23, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 13:45FILE SIZE: 14 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.Hey Dude, I goof on myself about my recent disasterous performances at an informal open mic at my church.
Transcribe →"Oh Lord, Stuck in Lodi Again"
Jul 17Tap to summarizeHey Dude, I rave about basking in John Fogerty's light at the Hollywood Bowl. Plus I ask your advice about how to tell some of my saucy stories with songs. QUOTE: "If there's a Heaven, he's gonna be there rockin'!" MUSICIANS: John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Belinda Carlisle, Go-Go's, Kittens for Christian, Alicia Silverstone, Richie Valens VENUES: Hollywood Bowl, Hamburg, Germany, UCLA, BurbankINSTRUMENTS: Beauty and the Beat, Volkswagen BugLULLABYE: "Lodi" by John FogertySOUNDS: wind, gravel, footsteps, saw, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes PHOTO: "John Fogerty Sees the Light" shot with my iPhone XSAUDIO LINKRECORDED: July 16, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12:32FILE SIZE: 13 MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
Transcribe →"Long As I Can See the Light"
Jul 3Tap to summarizeHey Dude, the amazing Reverand Rick retired at the top of his game to become an artist, while the jury is still out for me. QUOTE: "Just do your thing. Come as you are."MUSICIANS: Reverend Rick, Paramahansa Yogananda, John FogertyVENUES: Studio City, Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City, Claremont, Self Realization Fellowship, Echo Park, AltadenaINSTRUMENTS: Unitarian Universalism, poetry reading, pandemic, podcasting, Zoom, Eaton Fire, GoFundMe, AASPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming MingLULLABYE: "Long As I Can See the LIght" by John FogertySOUNDS: wind, birds, gravel, footsteps, saw, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes AUDIO LINKPHOTO: "Ricky's Last Word" shot with my iPhone XSRECORDED: July 2, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, CaliforniaGEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 13:36FILE SIZE: 8MBGENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.
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