(4:10) As I get ready to check out the premiere of “What We Do Is Secret” (a movie about seminal punk band The Germs) and its related performances with actor/frontman Shane West, I’m ruminating on what’s subversive and punk now? Even a poppy act like Tarkan (the George Michael of the Middle East) seems oddly enough Sid Vicious worthy.

 (3:42) In urban areas parking is a luxury and people get a bit mystical about finding a space. So in the divine order of things, are you a pious parker, a sinner of the valet variety or The Chosen One when it comes to your ability to connect with the parking messiah? There’s more to it than mere mortal luck.

Image: Surf’s up in Southern California in this recent image from the Los Angeles Times

 (3:16) “John from Cincinnati,” the latest David Milch (of Deadwood fame) HBO series depicts the dark and metaphysical underbelly of surf culture and reinvigorates my contention that surfing is spiritual. There’s something Zen about riding a wave.

Image: Keith Richards - before he played a pirate he was one

 (4:13) Here’s a little spec piece I recorded over at KCRW. Ah the pleasures of being professionally recorded…The podcast explores the current fate of good ol’ dysfunctional rock n’ roll just in time to serve as yet another media homage to Keith Richards, on the heels of news that the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie (in which he stars) broke a box office record last weekend.