Verge of the Dude

Lance Anderson writer and storyteller

I leave rambling voice mail messages on my friend's answering machine and you get to hear them too. Proudly presented raw, unedited and in one take.

  • 19 minutes 49 seconds
    The Pulp Fiction Paradox

    Hey 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..."

    CAST: 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 Nolte

    CAMEO: Ming Ming

    LOCATIONS: Jack Rabbit Slims, Improv, Santa Monica, Ventura Blvd.

    PROPS: Cadbury Bunny, Stanley Steamer, Instagram, Corvette

    MOVIES/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, planes

    PHOTO: "Rosanna Pulp Googled" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: March 12, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 19:48

    FILE SIZE: ~ 20 MB

    GENRES: 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.

    12 March 2026, 10:36 pm
  • 16 minutes 13 seconds
    Mac Sledge is no Don Draper

    Hey 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..."

    CAST: 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 Playhouse

    PROPS: toupee, Country Western, litmus test, Meisner Technique, Westerns

    MOVIES/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, planes

    PHOTO: "Mac Sledge Googled" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: February 27, 2026 in "Ming Ming's Barn" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 16:12

    FILE SIZE: ~ 16 MB

    GENRES: 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.

    27 February 2026, 10:09 pm
  • 12 minutes 22 seconds
    Broken Hearts and Beautiful Voices

    Hey 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..."

    CAST: Brandi Carlile, Howard Stern, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Kermit The Frog

    LOCATIONS: The 5 Freeway

    PROPS: SNL, GenX, CBS Sunday Morning

    MUSIC: "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, planes

    PHOTO: "Right on Brandi (and The Twins)" via YouTube shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: January 24, 2026 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12.21

    FILE SIZE: ~ 12MB

    GENRES: 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.

    26 January 2026, 7:25 pm
  • 15 minutes 36 seconds
    Gallery at the End of the World

    Hey 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."

    CAST: 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 School

    PROPS: Spring, Autumn, Eaton Fire, History of Podcasting Project, Zoom, show notes, Altadena Junction, LA Podcasters, Podcast Hall of Fame, Christmas

    RELIGIONS: 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 XS

    RECORDED: December 13, 2025 on the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 15:36

    FILE SIZE: ~ 16MB

    GENRES: 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.

    14 December 2025, 2:00 am
  • 17 minutes 14 seconds
    Self-Portrait at 60

    Hey 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..."

    CAST: Modesto, Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, The Dude, The Doors, Bill Murray

    SPECIAL 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 Burger

    PROPS: Facebook, #MoreDoubles, podcasting

    FILMS: The Big Lebowski, Caddyshack

    SONGS: Dancing in the Dark

    LULLABY: The End by The Doors

    SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes helicoper, Ming Ming, jet, wind

    PHOTO: "Self-Portrait" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: October 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 17:14

    FILE SIZE: ~ 17MB

    GENRES: 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.

    19 October 2025, 12:56 am
  • 13 minutes 45 seconds
    Raiders of the Lost Open Mic

    Hey 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?"

    CAST: George Clooney, Vince Vaughn, James Franco, Harrison Ford, Chef Ben Ford

    LOCATIONS: Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City (UUCSC), Studio City, Studio City Theater

    PROPS: androgyny

    MOVIES: Rocky, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Blade Runner

    SPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming

    SOUNDS: gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes bird, Ming Ming

    PHOTO: "Raiders Googled" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: August 23, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 13:45

    FILE SIZE: 14 MB

    GENRES: 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.

    24 August 2025, 12:07 am
  • 12 minutes 32 seconds
    "Oh Lord, Stuck in Lodi Again"

    Hey 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, Burbank

    INSTRUMENTS: Beauty and the Beat, Volkswagen Bug

    LULLABYE: "Lodi" by John Fogerty

    SOUNDS: wind, gravel, footsteps, saw, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

    PHOTO: "John Fogerty Sees the Light" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: July 16, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12:32

    FILE SIZE: 13 MB

    GENRES: 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.

    17 July 2025, 2:31 am
  • 13 minutes 37 seconds
    "Long As I Can See the Light"

    Hey 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 Fogerty

    VENUES: Studio City, Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City, Claremont, Self Realization Fellowship, Echo Park, Altadena

    INSTRUMENTS: Unitarian Universalism, poetry reading, pandemic, podcasting, Zoom, Eaton Fire, GoFundMe, AA

    SPECIAL GUEST CAMEO: Ming Ming

    LULLABYE: "Long As I Can See the LIght" by John Fogerty

    SOUNDS: wind, birds, gravel, footsteps, saw, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

    PHOTO: "Ricky's Last Word" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: July 2, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 13:36

    FILE SIZE: 8MB

    GENRES: 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.

    2 July 2025, 10:23 pm
  • 12 minutes 36 seconds
    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

    Hey Dude, my recent reconnection to music makes me travel back in time to 2004, where I was living in a basement apartment in "Eagle Rock" and working on a one person show called "Broken Hearts and Sad Country Songs."

    QUOTE: "Whatever!"

    MUSICIANS: Stan Hillas, Kittens For Christian, Bruce Springsteen, Marilyn Monroe, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan

    VENUES: United Kingdom, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock, Sun Valley

    INSTRUMENTS: spoken word and music, podcasting, Karaoke

    SONGS: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "Dancing In The Dark" "Funny How Time Slips Away"

    SOUNDS: wind, birds, gravel, footsteps, "The 5 Freeway", planes, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

    PHOTO: "Lonesome Lyrics" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: June 21, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 12:35

    FILE SIZE: 8MB

    GENRES: 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.

    21 June 2025, 8:55 pm
  • 16 minutes 29 seconds
    Hollywood Way to The Valley

    Hey Dude, an innocent Sunday drive to the Hollywood Bowl box office with my dad, turns into a mudslide of deep hometown memories.

    QUOTE: "If you don't drive through your hometown, are you really in your hometown?"

    LULLABY: "Hooray for Hollywood" (Whitling/Mercer)

    MUSICIANS/CAST: John Fogerty, Joan Anderson, George Clooney, Billy Strings, Bob Dylan

    LOCATIONS: The Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Hollywood Way, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Studio, Universal Studios, Cahuenga Pass, Highland Ave., Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood United Methodist Church, Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood High, Burbank High, North Hollywood High, In-N-Out Burger, Director's Guild, Laugh Factory, Laurel Canyon, Mt. Olympus, Laurel Canyon County Store, Mulholland Drive, San Fernando Valley ("The Valley"), Fryman Canyon Park, Capenter Avenue School, Ventura Blvd., Thrifty's, Studio City Theater, Carney's, Pinz Bowling Alley, Sportsman's Lodge, Weddington Golf & Tennis, Harvard-Westlake, Ringside Liquor, Henry's Tacos, Woodbridge Park, Jennifer's Coffee, Tujunga Village, Ernie's Taco House

    PROPS: Saturday Stairs, "The Californians", Little League, "Rocky"

    MUSIC: "All Along the Watchtower"

    SOUNDS: birds, gravel, footsteps, "The 5 Freeway", Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes

    PHOTO: "Fogerty at the Bowl" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: May 26, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 16:29

    FILE SIZE: 9MB

    GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog

    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.

    27 May 2025, 5:18 pm
  • 19 minutes 28 seconds
    California Sober at The Hollywood Bowl

    Hey Dude, I took my dad to see Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival at The Hollywood Bowl and it somehow magically restored my faith in my own home town.

    QUOTE: "I would call it a borderline spiritual experience..."

    LULLABY: "California Sober" by Billy Strings

    MUSICIANS/CAST: Willie Nelson, P-22 (mountain lion), Ricky Gervais, Sierra Hull, Billy Strings, Bob Dylan, Cate Blanchett, Deadheads, Jimi Hendrix

    LOCATIONS: The Hollywood Bowl, Ventura Blvd, Universal City, Burbank, Griffith Park, LA Zoo, Greek Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, LA County, Hollywood HIlls, California, Hollywood, Cahuenga Pass

    PROPS: pandemic, Saturday Stairs, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood Cross, American Flag, California Flag, pot, weed, vaping, contact high, threading

    MUSIC: "Whatever", The Beatles, "California Sober", "All Along the Watchtower", John Wesley Harding

    SOUNDS: plane, gravel, footsteps, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes wind

    PHOTO: "Hollywood Bowl Outlaw" shot with my iPhone XS

    RECORDED: May 18, 2025 in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California

    GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone.

    TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 19:28 FILE SIZE: 10MB

    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.

    19 May 2025, 1:19 am
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