Teaming up with my funny and introspective artist-Veteran friend, Damon, to deliver a great weekend to the fans. The show has aired 4-weeks in a row. We are still working out the kinks.
Audio needs to be dialed in. Video and camera angles need to be dialed in.
Content needs to be dialed.
We are giving it a go.
Put some smiles on peoples faces as infantry Veterans.
Current schedule: Friday nights at 6pm Pacific Standard Time (PST).
Cheers!
Oregon Trail 3.0 is going well. Aside from the darkness, the cold, and the humidity.
My body is not quite in sync with this west coast winter climate in Portland, Oregon.
I rolled into Portland mid-November 2024 for a new job opportunity with Veterans Affairs (VA) at the Portland Regional Office. My gig is helping get Veterans their compensation benefits.
When I rolled into Portland in November, it was not the “pleasant-weather season” in Portland.
Sun not coming up until after I am up and in matrix-cubicle land of work. Get done working at this point of the year and sun disappeared if it ever showed itself in a winter cloud city.
Made it to January. Things are improving in the realm of daylight.
However, the humidity and the cold sitting around freezing, I feel it in my bones and muscles.
This Portland winter wants me to know it is winter.
Apparently West Coast winter wants to kill a person and/or their spirit too.
Looking forward to spring 2025!
If people celebrate their birthday for a month, you might as well celebrate Veterans Week.
Based around November 10th (Marine Corp Birthday) and November 11 (Veterans Day), I created a week of notable days related to military. Here is this year’s list to celebrate:
Halloween and Diwali are both celebrated on October 31, 2024.
Here’s a holiday song for it:
Happy Halloween 2024!
Cryptids all over the world are celebrating their mystery and fear-inspiring skills.
Gave my friend the “bro-treatment” this week. Every week he seems to post a rant about people being rude to him. Friends, old people, cops…. He’s been getting this treatment his whole life because of his handicap, but now he seems to have a particularly short fuse for people.
Maybe I didn’t notice this before since I’ve only known him for a short time, but his vocal-ness seems to have started about the time marijuana became legal in the state he lived in. You see, he was born with birth defects of the back where doctors didn’t think he would be able to walk. In his teenage years, he found that cannabis (illegal at the time) helped his conditions.
Everyone that smoked weed before it was legal knew it was best to “stay under the radar” in society from the cops and also the loose-lips of the public to avoid scrutiny that could lead to going to jail. Now that it is legal, more cannabis users have realized they don’t have to bite-their-tongues as before.
I decided to use Suno.com to create a song about the “New Chris.” Hopefully, he will understand that this some bro-love, that he might want to just realize people are assholes in general and should be ignored, and/or that he should post this song below after all his future rants:
“Chris Williams Don’t Give A Fuck (Tour)”
Verse 1: The Cop’s Shadow
Sirens screamed, blue lights in the dark
Chris kept his stash low, the fear left its mark
But now the chains are broken, he walks in the sun
Rolling up a joint, his war with the law is done
Chorus:
Now he roams the streets, no cuffs on his wrists
Smoke in the air, raising up his fist
Chris Williams don’t give a fuck, it’s a new day’s dawn
Blazing trails of freedom, while the old world is gone
Verse 2: Against the Critics
They used to preach, call it a crime
“You’re just a burnout, you’re wasting your time “
But Chris stands tall, no shame in his stride
Their voices faded, like smoke to the sky
Chorus:
Now he roams the streets, no cuffs on his wrists
Smoke in the air, raising up his fist
Chris Williams don’t give a fuck, it’s a new day’s dawn
Blazing trails of freedom, while the old world is gone
Bridge:
No more whispers, no more lies
No more hiding in disguise
Let the smoke rise to the sky
This is our time, this is our fight
Verse 3: Gossipers Burn
Rumors spread like fire through the town
But Chris breathes deep, lets the ashes rain down
He’s past the shadows, beyond their spite
With every hit, he sets the night alight
Chorus:
Now he roams the streets, no cuffs on his wrists
Smoke in the air, raising up his fist
Chris Williams don’t give a fuck, it’s a new day’s dawn
Blazing trails of freedom, while the old world is gone
Outro:
Blaze the path, burn down the block
Chris Williams does not give a fuck
The world has changed, the fire’s lit
A new era born, and he don’t give a shit.
DrifterRadio.com and Josh Nath (RE-MAX realtor) decided to attend a dubstep concert at the last minute when we passed by The Amory in downtown Minneapolis. It was bumping!
Tickets were $60 each for the “Wobbleween” Halloween show.
Excellent sound and light show! Super-cool crowd looking to dance! Check it out:
In the past week, I mused about how much city sounds interest me. Not the white noise of the lights and building infrastructure. Not the door slams, the sirens, or the shouting.
But the noises that carry through out a cement jungle such as crowd cheers, live music, and even auto racing that the community shares. City sounds. Sounds of the city.
One of my favorite city sounds are old school bells. Church bells. City hall bells. These bells have been a shared community sound-experience long before the 20th Century and all of its audio technology.
Here’s an example of shared city sounds from this past week:
That might be one of the weirdest statements I’ve ever posted.
But it is true. I drifted with Pheng Moua and Eric Field from Wisconsin to New Orleans.
100-Day epic adventure by any standard.
Got out of the military. (1st Rock!) Took a journey. 100-day nature adventure.
Talked two of my civilian friends in to it.
Pheng “Red Dragon of French Island” Moua and Eric Field, also from Wisconsin.
We set out on this journey, started by John Napier from Utah.
For whatever reason, Napier went to Lake Itasca with a canoe and then navigated down to the Twin Cities area and then built a shack boat called the “Don Quixote.” His journey got hung-up in Red Wing because the peskiness we call winter in November in Minnesota.
How did we get connected you might ask?
Answer: the internet.
I was visiting my brother at St. Cloud State. The St. Cloud University newspaper told me about Napier’s journey.
He passed by a week ago and gave contact information.
I reached out to the email link (not typical at this time).
“John! When you make it to La Crosse, Wisconsin on the Mississippi River, give me a call!!!!”
I didn’t have much to offer, but probably more than he had.
Shower, laundry, food, knowledge of the community,… etc. It goes a long way as a host.
Anyways, I’m not hear to give away all of my drifter knowledge (you should probably buy my books), I’m hear to tell a tale that 2 other muther f@ckers Pheng Moua and Eric Field stepped up to go on this insanely epic journey.
Also, Suno might be great AI software to tell this tale. Feel free to give comment below in the chat
The Drifter of the Month Award has not been given out for a while.
I have not ran across people clearly worthy of the “Drifter of the Month” lately. (That’s more about me and not about the drifter capabilities of the public).
The Drifter of the Month Award is dedicated to recognizing people that are drifting through life differently than your average person.
Lil Pecker is one such person thanks to his love and participation in extreme midget wrestling.
Midget Wrestlers
Lil Pecker was passing through the Twin Cities last night on his way to Chippewa Falls with the ExtremeMidgetWrestling.com crew. He lives in Oklahoma. We have been internet-friends, but I have never met him in person.
We had a pretty good night of hanging out at the Radisson. Lil Pecker had many road stories.
He drew the interest of a couple of older gentlemen from Germany. They hooked us up with beer and one of the guys did an inadvertent interview with Lil Pecker out of curiosity.
Lil Pecker went into full-wrestler character as this stranger from Europe asked questions. I caught some of it on my phone:
Congratulations Lil Pecker on the Drifter of the Month Award! You have joined a very distinguished group of characters. Good luck on the mat and keep it real!
You can find out more upcoming events with Lil Pecker and Extreme Midget Wrestlers at ExtremeMidgetWrestlers.com
