Let me bomb again

Podcast: Schnauzer Logic
Date: November 19, 2007
Title: Episode 61
Download the show: Episode 61

Robin Goldstein took a good 14 weeks to absorb the blow of her 50th birthday, reassessed her place in the universe and, learning nothing, invited me back as a guest on Schnauzer Logic.

For my part, I managed to stop the show cold with my open mic bits, including a redundant Seinfeld impression, vague, unformed complaints about the negative effects of aging on the human body, and plugs for my renovated music blog.

Bring ‘em on!

Still, it’s good to get out and bomb again. If nothing, my uninspired performance prompted co-host Parviz Fathali (in-studio with Robin and Sheri Stevens) to call bullshit, injecting some energy into the proceedings as, briefly roused, I counterattacked with vicious shots to the comedy manhood of Parviz and bemused fellow guest John DeKoven (appearing twice weekly at the Pleasanton Hotel, Pleasanton, Calif.).

Closing strong

Finally, I shared some words of wisdom with Robin, whose consistently articulate accounting of her trials has helped me understand that it’s not just my life that’s horrible, but everyone else’s, too.

“In the end,” I said, “you’re going to find that it’s not the bitter failure that counts — It’s all the shit that you have to go through to get there.”

Happy 50th, Robin!

All new look, same old shit  (0:47).

Selling CDs for Red Peters  (0:48).

Baby needs a new pair of bifocals  (0:17).

Fighting back  (1:05).

Losing again with John Edwards  (0:23).

Gratuitous Seinfeld impression  (0:52).

Too late with the Maniston  (0:21).

A podcaster looks at 50  (0:55).

Full interview  (31:27).

Posted in: Interviews at 12:30 am Wed, Nov 28, 2007.