I feel super sheepish jumping into the podcasting fray. Everyone who likes the sound of their own voice is recording their own voice whether we like or not. I do like how no matter how obscure your niche is, the pod universe has you covered. Unfortunately, I think it's leading to less peace, love, and understanding as we burrow into our own rabbit warrens.
Anyway, I'll outline my reasons for this particular project. 212 Juniper Drive was where I lived from age 0-22. It was my family home. When my mother passed in December 2016, we had to sell since she'd invested all her financial assets in items from QVC! I would have liked to have clung to the carcass a little bit longer. I always fantasized about turning it into a recording studio.
My brothers and I had so much fun hanging out in that garage. A large family room with a great stereo. We hung out listening to records, getting high, learning how to make music ourselves. To say my parents were permissive was an understatement. Almost anything went except sex. Their mantra was "we'd prefer you do that stuff at home so you don't get into trouble!!"
Mike Feedback was one of the Juniper Hills ruffians who sought shelter from the storm at 212. No matter how chaotic his own home life was, he told me that he always felt welcomed and safe at our house. The nourishment of music, food, and alcohol was omnipresent!! No other parent in the hood would have put up with our feral noise making (Ted's dad famously unplugged his bass mid-song one rehearsal).
Mike (formerly Kevin Blevins) was our musical archivist. He was friends with all 3 generations of brothers. He often had his Realistic Tape Deck running. No matter how many times he's claimed that he's dropping out of society for good, he always seems to have copies of these tapes and raves about how great they are. His most recent siting was to send my brother a package with a flash drive full of this stuff.
As a tribute to him, I really do want the rest of the world to hear some of this stuff. To the majority of you out there, It will just be amateurish sketches of muzak. The podcast is a nice compromise because I don't ever see myself having time to digitize everything and put it up on the Web. Neil Young makes it look easy but he's a rich hippie who has always had employees to take care of this stuff.
The first one is up on Soundcloud now and in the audio section of this website. https://soundcloud.com/jim-burch-424076421/the-212-juniper-drive-podcast-62119-638-pm?fbclid=IwAR1D2vB-h2VFMO2i7hn8vMUhd4umcwqZVGYkYHR85S8nwkoGIkrJbQnRvIc
I hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think by email. jimmyhoneyman@jimmyhoneyman.com