La Jolla Babylon: The Making Of A Suburban Punk

Chapter 67 Spartanburg The last episode of season 3! Keep us in your feed - we’ll pop up everyone once in a while with some bonus eps between now and season 4! We’ll see young Adam get in and out of trouble. And then in again. We’ll see post-adolescent Adam meet some fates. In this episode: Adam gets hired as a professional tour manager and breaks down in the buckle of the Bible Belt. A Baptist family tries real hard to convert him. First of all - when I wrote the conversations between Adam and Bishop, I was not considering that I would need to read his voice some day. What you’re hearing is a white guy from the west coast - who is not an actor - trying to change his voice just enough so the listener knows the character has changed. When I switch to a character that is not Adam, I am only trying to indicate that the voice is from the south. I am not trying to indicate the person is of another race. This is Aaron being a bad reader with a shitty southern accent. NOT Aaron doing “black voice.” I love this episode and I love the people I met in Spartanburg so many years ago. It was 72 hours that changed my life for the better and if there’s a microbe that comes across as disrespectful, I apologize sincerely. Please write in to [email protected] and let me know how I should have handled it. Or write me and I’ll dish more about that band I managed.  Additional music: Katie’s Podcast Song (unreleased) Vibes: A. Walker Spring Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you! More Links: Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The You-Know-What Episode  Chapters 64 WOLFIE 65 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 66 FILMMAKING Explicit content. In other words, another one the in-laws might want to skip. Adam makes a Porn for college credit. In which Aaron miraculously gets out of reading in front of people. This is a recorded version of what our live show could have been. When it’s time to move out of a small town, it’s really time to move! “I’m not self aware enough to know what cartoon animal I would have been.”  Some of my favorite fake live albums: Nighthawks at the Diner Beach Boys Party! Charles Mingus presents Charles Mingus - asking waitresses not to rattle the ice! I was always singing the Nutcracker, so my dad got me the album for my 7th birthday. But when I saw the word “ballet” on the jacket, I asked if I could switch it for another record. We went back to Sam Goody’s and I was able to exchange it for KISS Alive 2! Apparently the drummer was so drunk they had to re-record the entire album and add the live sounds later. My explanation of Annie Sprinkle comes from memory - apologies if I missed some important details. Here’s a bit more about Linda/Les and Annie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104733/ Shout out to the Olympia International Film Festival! Don’t fact check me on whether Holy Mountain and El Topo were really banned in the US.  Mentioned: Zak Margolis - Here’s his insane animations! https://zakmargolis.com/  Additional music: I Don’t Know How To Surf-Rock (un-released) Drums: Germaine Bacca  Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com More Links: Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

Everybody But Me Wang Chunged That Night Chapters: 62 KURU 63 TWO QUICK THINGS Aaron dishes about getting kicked out of the band he thought was going to make him a rock star. Altogether now: “It was the 90s.” Afraid of being an “unreliable narrator” - Aaron asks Katie not to let him off the hook. As the stories get closer to modern day, it’s getting less cute to hear about Adam and his bad choices. As Katie says, “If you’re looking for someone to dress you down, I think you should pull our other siblings in here.” Aaron talks about the metaphor that saves his relationship. Some other notable quotes: “Sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing” “The man who edits controls the knowledge” Correction: It’s the PRESIDENTS of the United States of America. But you knew that. **Update! We chose not to air another episode. This is going to be a pretty short season! These stories can sometimes cut a little close to the bone, and we felt like what would have been episode 5 might be pushing too far into other peoples’ lives. It was a good one but we decided to err on the side of privacy. Email us a [email protected] if you want to know more (we’ll tell you everything privately). Mentioned links: Previously unseen link to the show where Old Time Relijun’s drummer throws his drums into the audience. https://youtu.be/gS_3khRt9l8 Aaron’s band being introduced by an iconic singer in1999. https://youtu.be/LgiJbVglQEI?si=sATy7zibUXgnlhk0&t=97 Golem live! https://youtu.be/ze6ONmmBBbA?si=3xf1ziWn14ua0U9q&t=126   Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com

The end of Dan Jones. Friend break-ups are the hardest. Katie and Aaron talk ADHD. **Update! We chose not to air the episode Aaron describes at the end of this one. These stories can sometimes cut a little close to the bone, and we felt like what would have been episode 4 might be pushing too far into other peoples’ lives. It was a good one but we decided to err on the side of privacy. Email us a [email protected] if you want to know more (we’ll tell you everything privately). Also, I was diagnosed with ADHD and am trying out some meds to see what they do. All I know about astrology I know from Harvey Sid Fisher songs. In the same way that all I know about Christianity I know from Jesus Christ Superstar.  Mentioned links: Video of 10 year old Elijah killing it at the talent show - https://youtu.be/yATe2qeWspc Recently unearthed video of Harvey Sid Fisher playing a couple of his astrology songs in Olympia, 1995. https://youtu.be/eEsl6Ddni2k Telephone Call by Old Time Relijun - https://arrington.bandcamp.com/track/telephone-call  Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!  Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

Adam meets someone special in the bathroom. In this bonus episode, Aaron tells a true story in which he sees a ghost and then teases Katie for believing in ghosts. Big brother/ little sister dynamic! Katie and Aaron talk about Halloween as the punk Christmas, get woo-woo, talk wearing costumes on stage, ghosts and all that jazz (spoiler: Aaron is a party pooper).  Video of Old Time Relijun playing insane Halloween party and Aaron’s ghost costume: https://youtu.be/EG3Okwy3Mj4?si=AK_3sPfA7vX37dju&t=129pumpkin photo Our sister Karen Hartman’s substack: https://the100dayreckoning.substack.com/ go to https://www.instagram.com/lajollababylonpodcast/ to see Katie’s Graucho Marx costume and Aaron as a Stormtrooper. Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com  Additional music: “Uncool Oncologist” by Aaron Hartman https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/uncool-oncologist

The Wrong Tools Aaron and Katie reunite on the mics and bring you the first episode of a brand-spankin new season - just in time to save the world! Sorry it took so long. Episode 1 brings us into Dan Jones’ family of origin and Adam tries to keep up. Adam returns to his childhood home and meets the friendly cult that has moved in. Adam is growing up this season, but only sort of. As Katie says, “Adult, but still not very mature.” Chapters: 57 OF CACTUSES 58 OF RENOVATIONS 59 TOOLS Links: Here’s my friend’s book I was talking about: Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir by Seth Lorinczi https://www.spiralpathcollective.com/ Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/ Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com Additional music: “Fire in My Head” (unreleased) by Aaron Hartman Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!

La Jolla Babylon is excited to announce our triumphant return! Season three, the Undoing of a Suburban Punk begins on Saturday, October 18. This season: Dan Jones’ dad gets out of prison, Adam sees a ghost, makes a porn for college credit, almost gets famous, and gets stranded deep in the Bible Belt. Episodes will be slightly more intermittent than in the past, so just keep us in your feed and we’ll pop up every couple weeks. Katie and I can not wait to get back into it with you! Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!

Going to Chicago with Grandma Blues This is one of a few short episodes that will be sprinkled throughout the coming weeks as we finish season 3. “The food was terrible – and such small portions!”   Please subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! And don’t forget to rate this show to help others find it!   Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com   Additional music: “Early Morning Sunset” (unreleased exerpt) By Aaron Hartman     Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!  Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

La Jolla Babylon: Shenanigans Edition, Terry and the Cat   Terry and the Cat   **A warning that there is the slightest mention of what could be considered cruelty to animals. If you are especially sensitive to this sort of thing, I suggest reading the transcript before listening to the episode.** This is the first of a few short episodes that will be sprinkled throughout the coming weeks as we finish season 3. In which Adam and Dan Jones visit Terry at the house he’s renting. Visitors are not allowed. Katie and Aaron forget to introduce the podcast because it’s been so dang long! A shorty but goody.   Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron Hartman Vocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.com   Additional music: “IV Lounge” By Aaron Hartman https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/iv-lounge     Let us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!     Links: Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/  

The Ascent of a  Suburban Punk Keep us in your feed! Season 3 will sneak up on you before you know it.In this last episode of what has been an emotional and illuminating season, we bring on Arrington DeDionyso, the multi-lingual, muti-instrumental musician and Aaron’s longtime collaborator in Old Time Relijun.Chapter titles:54 The Delightful Calvary55 Addington56 Clarity of PurposeMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comFeatured music:“Earthquake” by Arrington DeDionyso https://arrington.bandcamp.com/track/earthquake“King of Nothing” by Old Time Relijun https://oldtimerelijun.bandcamp.com/track/king-of-nothing“Bionic Trunk” by Old Time Relijun https://oldtimerelijun.bandcamp.com/track/bionic-trunkNot heard, but mentioned: “Everything is Broken” by Old Time Relijun https://oldtimerelijun.bandcamp.com/track/everything-is-brokenLyrics all by Arrington DeDionysoAdditional music: “JB Was Not Here” (Unreleased)Drums: Germaine BaccaGuitar: Arrington De DionysoLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s?

The Education of a Suburban PunkChapter titles:Adam stops at the army on the way to college and drives away with some clarity. Then the next thing in life happens.In the discussion, Katie and Aaron talk about elephant skin boots and why they are badWe enter what is conceptually the second half of this “lightly fictionalized” memoir. Really the last third. Or maybe more like 4/7th? You get the point.**Update! Katie’s dog, Bongo, is fine! The biopsy turned out not to be cancerous. 51 Dan In The Army52 First Days53 Getting The BassMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “To Be Named”   https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/no-room-music-to-block-out-other-musicConn organ, Global acoustic guitar, Telestar electric guitar, Kay upright bass, Goodwill drums, snapping, clapping, singing by Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

A Suburban Punk Leaves HomeAdam is given an ultimatum and he gets out of town for a while.Aaron talks about his favorite way of sneezing. Katie and Aaron say the word “cancerous” too many times.Our grandfather’s real name was Harry Hartman. He really did coin the phrase “going, going, gone!”. Here’s a link to one of the websites talking about it. https://mediaheritage.com/harry-hartman-1931-1933/Chapter title:48 Not Quite49 But First50 Two AdamsMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “OK OK”   https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/ok-okConn organ, Global acoustic guitar, Telestar electric guitar, Kay upright bass, Goodwill drums, snapping, clapping, singing by Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Podcast summaryWelcome to La Jolla Babylon Season Two: The Education Of a Suburban Punk, A podcast where I read stories of my Generation X youth to my Millennial sister - writer, actor and comedian Katie Hartman. “We dig deep, get real and laugh about death.” 

The Electrification of a Suburban PunkThis episode contains details of teenagers getting intimate. Please be advised. Especially if you’re related to Aaron.Adam’s first real girlfriend. Laugh, cry, wonder why.The person described in this episode is a cocktail of several people. Some situations may have been changed for the sake of privacy and narrative.Chapter title:47 HairierMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Burnt Flag” (unreleased) By Aaron HartmanDrums: Germaine BaccaGuitar: Arrington De Dionyso | arrington.bandcamp.comLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The Revenge of a Suburban PunkAnother gross episode. No one reads the show notes - but consider this a warning.The book Aaron was trying to remember is called Make ‘Em Pay! Ultimate Revenge Techniques from the Master Trickster by George Hayduke. Correction: “Thou shalt by thy time before activating a revenge plot” is commandment #5, not #1. Also note: no one is recommending this book.Chapter titles:45 Sandwiched 46 Alaska calling Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “So Controversial” (unreleased) By Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The Demystification of a Suburban PunkChapters:43 Angel Tree44 City, Mountains, Desert, OceanAn epic camping trip. Shit goes down. The combination of whatever type A and ADHD that runs in our family was off-putting to my punk school friends.Adam was a planner but only in the sense that he could foresee the need for food and shelter.Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “OK OK ”   By Aaron Hartmanhttps://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/ok-okLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

A Suitably Impressed Suburban Punk THIS IS EP 4 Within the realm of this episode, Adam and Dan Jones take the law into their own hands. Adam goes to prom and meets a girl. Katie and Aaron talk about Mötley Crüe for some fucking reason.Our hosts also develop an idea for a new underwear for pubescent boys called “Tuckies”. Listen on to get their dumb joke!Chapter titles:37 Invisible Knights of Terror38 Jr Prom39 GeenaMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Doors of Conception”  (unreleased) By Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The Fortification of a Suburban PunkHung over Katie barely makes it through this one, but she’s still charming. Aaron finally gets to “millennial” Katie and it is so satisfying.We meet an experimental hang glider pilot who gives Adam life lessons, and we learn to be wary of phone calls from radio stations. We also find our why Tar is not going to be a guest on the podcast.40 Darryl John and the Dark One41 What $40 Can Buy You42 Floor Plans Fall ThroughMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Why Birds Sing” (unreleased) By Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The Revelation of a Suburban Punk34 Breaking Away35 Second Band           36 The PointHey! You came back! In the second episode of Season 2, Dan Jones gets a girlfriend who might not be “the one”; Adam finds his groove with a new band; and a girl stirs things up at a cemetery.Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Why Birds Sing” (unreleased) By Aaron HartmanLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

The Mortification of a Suburban Punk…And we’re back! We are so excited to hang out with you for another season.In this first episode of Season 2, we break the seal on guests! The woman who inspired the character “Lulu” joins Aaron and Katie for a revelatory conversation.In which Aaron confronts his biggest fear: making his friends mad at him.Aaron confesses his feelings for his friend from back when he was Adam’s age. The very idea of revealing an ancient crush brings shivers to the hosts.We also learn how to fix a dent in a car.Chapters:31 Unfairmont32 Effort33 Partial RecallMusic: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Katie’s Podcast Song”  By Aaron HartmanElectric guitar, vocal and vibes by A. Walker Spring @nightbrunchband#highschoolcrush, #highschool, #crush, #ditching, #alternativeschool, #straightedge, #skating, #latchkeykid, #genx, #generationx #millennialwisdom, #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories, #siblings, #halfsiblings, #rehab, #lajollahigh, #punk, #bestfriends, #weed, #lajolla, #pacificbeach #totalrecall, #artschool, #ditching, #gettinghonest #dramaclass #scpa, #alternativeschool, #hippycar, #wereoldnowLet us know what’s what: Have a story about growing up as a latchkey kid? Did you have a sibling who lived a completely different life than you? Did you cause mayhem in the 1980s? Send us your questions, comments, corrections and condescensions. We read every DM and email we receive. Find us: @lajollababylonpodcast on Instagram or write us at [email protected]. We’d love to hear from you!Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Podcast summaryWelcome to La Jolla Babylon Season Two: The Education Of a Suburban Punk.A podcast where I read stories of my unattended Generation X youth to my Millennial sister - writer, actor and comedian Katie Hartman. We dig deep, get real and laugh about death. 

This week we’re taking a break from our usual narration and charming sibling banter while we finish up season two.Today’s mini episode is going to be a little different. We’ve put together a playlist of all the music we’ve heard so far on La Jolla Babylon.Here is a link to almost all the music: Marine Layer I wrote the bulk of these chapters in cafes and was constantly distracted by whatever the baristas were playing. And since to me, there’s no such thing as background music, I made my own to help me concentrate. Most of the songs you’ll be listening to are from the collection of music I’ve recorded called Marine Layer: Music to Block Out Other Music. A few songs are from a new record I’m working on of background music for parties.I play all the instruments except on a song called Let’s Go. On that one, guitar is by Arrington de Dionyso, the vibes are played by Walker Spring and that’s Lisa Shonberg on the drums. There are no distracting lyrics, just some la las. This is not music you’re supposed to listen to, it’s meant to be in the background, taking up as little space in your mind as possible while you do other things.Please enjoy these songs and if you want, head on over to band camp and stream or download them for free at your leisure.Thanks so much for listening to our fucking podcast and check your feed for season 2 - it’s almost ready for you!Katie and I would like to thank you for all for your support for this first season of La Jolla Babylon!We would love to hear from you! Drop us a line at [email protected] or find us on Instagram here. LJBPlaylist:Starve a FeverSeemingly EndlessEvergreenNew as of NowLet’s GoModern LoveMarine LayerDibble DabbleNo Mirrors

Worse BrainsChapters:29 Worse Brains30 Second JobIn this final episode of Season 1, Dan and Adam have a run-in with a cop in Tijuana.Adam gets the perfect job for someone like him.Yes, Katie asks Aaron if Bad Brains is a band. It’s cool, baby. I’m sure she knows lots of stuff you don’t know anything about!Stay tuned for season 2! Please subscribe to La Jolla Babylon so you don’t miss an episode!Chimpanzee love link https://music.apple.com/us/album/david-and-katie-get-re-married-ep/1751815233Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Let’s Go” By Aaron HartmanDrums - Lisa Schonberg - https://www.lisaschonberg.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/lisaannschonberg/Vibes - A. Walker Spring | https://www.instagram.com/nightbrunchbandElectric guitar - Arrington DeDionyso https://www.instagram.com/arringtondedionyso | https://arrington.bandcamp.com/

Generation: Stand By MeChapter titles:27 The John Muir Alternative School for Humanistic Studies28 Introduction to Female HygieneIn which Adam turns 17 and his party is disgusting. Aaron does not over-sell the story. Katie finally finds her breaking point. And the hashtag #crustytampontiktokchallenge is born.Music: “Be Your Person” (unreleased)Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: Dibble Dabble by Marine Layer https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/no-room-music-to-block-out-other-musicFollow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

La Jolla BabylonChapter:26 La Jolla BabylonIn this episode, Adam and Dan Jones want to be able to leave any party and have more fun. Roaming the beach at night yields unexpected gifts. In what turns out to be what Katie calls a “classic Southern California gen-X stand-by-me beach situation”.Katie also coins the phrase “pity bra”.Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: Dibble Dabble by Marine Layer https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/no-room-music-to-block-out-other-musicLinks:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

“Guitar face was the least of it”Chapter titles:24 REQUIEM25 Sweet spotIn this episode: Adam’s first band sucks but something clicks. The boys do some inexcusable things while Adam’s blind grandmother is in the room.Katie and Aaron talk about their older cousin’s funeral at sea.Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: Green Walls https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen-more-music-to-block-out-other-musicLinks:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

 “What if We Disappeared?”Chapter titles:20 Trial 221 Fear and Loathing22 Dan Jones23 To the Beach!Adam gets busted for weed and has a brilliant way of talking his way out of it: being a dick to his parents. The threat of rehab looms.We finally meet the kid who Adam dedicates his adolescence to. A polite punk who loves his grandmother.“The scarier you look, the nicer you have to be.”Music: La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “What Kind of Night is This?” By Aaron Hartman (Unreleased)Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/

Let’s meet my stepfather, shall we?Chapter titles17 Gene18 Gradual19 ConfidentialIt’s stepfather time! Adam’s mom gets swept off her feet. We get an origin story and a good ole 1980s-era scare-the-parents institution tries to convince Adam’s parents that he’s on the wrong path. He probably was. Katie does her best to get Aaron to admit that he’s petty.Three chapters of fun!#latchkeykid, #genx, #generationx #millennialwisdom, #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories, #siblings, #half-siblings, #artschool, #seminar, #schoolbus, #rehab, #stepdad, #ihatemystep, #quacks, #1980s, #hoteldel, #scaredstraight, #notreally, #middleschool, #jrhigh, #sandiego, #socal, #ruinous, #teensLinks:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Music:La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music: “Let’s Go” By Aaron HartmanDrums - Lisa Schonberg - https://www.lisaschonberg.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/ lisaannschonberg/Vibes - A. Walker Spring | https://www.instagram.com/nightbrunchbandElectric guitar - Arrington DeDionyso https://www.instagram.com/arringtondedionyso | https://arrington.bandcamp.com/

Fuzzy Strawberries and Watermelon MenChapters:14 Fuzzy Strawberries 15 Transfer16 Watermelon MenQuick note: Aaron’s daughter has given permission to talk about the fact that she had lice. Her reasoning was, “No one’s going to listen to this, so it doesn’t really matter.” Point taken.It’s an #ifyouknowyouknow kind of episode. Adam talks his way into advanced band and learns that some people do actually hear the bass - not in a good way. Some mafia- infused family lore and Terry leaves something in Adam’s grandmother’s apartment. Katie says, “We were raised so differently” - not for the last time.Three groovy chapters.#latchkeykid, #genx, #generationx #millennialwisdom, #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories, #siblings, #half-siblings, #artschool, #seminar, #mafia, #twoversionsofthesamesong, #band, #advancedband, #funnygrandma, #muirlands, LaJollaHigh, #memoir,Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Music:La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music:“New as of Now” https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/new-as-of-now

Dance class bully Chapters titles:10 Terry11 Influence 12 Trial13 LilaOver the course of four chapters, we meet Adam’s high school bully, a new kid at school influences Adam in unexpected ways and Adam meets a girl and is not exactly a smooth talker.In the discussion afterward, Aaron brags to Katie about his tap dancing and aikido skills.#danceclassbully#SCPASD #SDSCPA #latchkeykid, #genx, #generationx #millennialwisdom, #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories, #siblings, #half-siblings, #artschool, #seminar, #schoolbus, #narcsLinks:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Music:La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music:“Evergreen” by Aaron Hartman https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/album/evergreen- more-music-to-block-out-other-music

Here We Go!Chapter titles:5 Socratic, or otherwise6 The Prophet7 Deep wells8 The School of creative and Performing Arts 9 Sleep overHere we go. Katie and Aaron talk about how fucked up Aaron’s childhood was. Aaron starts to understand that his funny stories are maybe the tiniest bit traumatic. Katie is disappointed by her fictionalized name and Aaron talks himself into a corner. It gets real with an older hanger-on.Five Chapters herein.#SCPASD #SDSCPA #latchkeykid, #genx, #generationx #millennialwisdom, #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories, #siblings, #half-siblings, #artschool, #seminar, #schoolbus,Links:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/ https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/Music:La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.com Drums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music “Seemingly Endless” by Aaron Hartman https:// marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/seemingly-endless

I’m in charge now.Chapter titles:1 Extra sensory 2 Undelivered 3 Me time4 First cupsWelcome to the first episode of La Jolla Babylon Season One - The Making Of A Suburban Punk! A weekly podcast that's gonna go something like this: Katie and Aaron talk for a few minutes. Katie (and the audience) listen to a few chapters of Aaron’s book about his unsupervised, Gen X youth. Then they discuss. Katie is emotional but mostly empathetic and funny. In these first chapters of Aaron's lightly fictionalized memoir, his avatar "Adam" is told he might have special powers; his new stepmother makes an error in judgement; the garage bears gifts and his father shares something that will stay with Adam for the rest of his life. Music:La Jolla Babylon Theme by Aaron HartmanVocal: Alicia Jo Rabins @ohaliciajo | aliciajo.comDrums: Sara Lund @lundun_calling | saralundrum.comAdditional music  “Starve a Fever” by Aaron Hartman https://marinelayer.bandcamp.com/track/starve-a-feverLinks:Follow Katie Hartman at https://www.katiehartman.rocks/https://www.davidandkatiegetremarried.com/To listen to more music podcasts go to https://ruinousmedia.com#thatsincredible, #partyclownsgonewrong, #dukesofhazzard, #ESP, #sandiego, #pannikin, #coffee, #latchkeykid, #genx, #millennialwisdom #empathy, #humor, #divorce, #truestories #siblings #half-siblings,