145 welcome back 2 the gas station

take a ride on my spiritual motorsickle down the pg3.0 super hi way https://www.patreon.com/noranygard i'm back baby i cannot be killed super duper highway prairie goth three point ohhhhh marty anderson is from fremont and his bands dilute and okay are absolute all-timers for me can't believe i forgot he's from fremont i'm an idiot 👍 one two thr ee four five six seven checkin the mic talk into the mic i'm back i cannot be killed deep shame: second guessing: i'm embarrassed by everything i do stop avoiding it: i want to be doing this i want to defeat these demons legowelt (danny wolfers king of the synthesizer and drum machine samples) i need to practice talking into a mic at least once a week; i need to fight my fears the grief still hits me, outta the blue, all the time hit me so hard today destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it songwriting will always be the most important thing to me i need to remember that shapes the way i think about what it means to be a person who exists and has thoughts  connects me to myself music memory devalued in our society but such a core component to the human spirit writing playing piano recording music building instruments the infinite reflection when the mirror faces the mirror the "post-internet" the simple songs that you can make into your own shout out to taylor whose song is where i took this episode title from "no retreat no surrender"