Rod, Sam and Patti

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)