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Hello friends, I hope your 2021 is looking bright so far. Granted we are a few days in and it feels much the same as 2020 but who knows what is in store. I guess that’s part of the fun, isn’t it? We can hope and maybe we will get lucky. Yes, objectively “the new year” doesn’t really exist and it’s just the Earth completing one rotation around the Sun. I’m sure Neil deGrasse Tyson has already crafted an annoying tweet alerting us all to this reality in his snarky tone that only he can bluster. That aside, we will pin up our new calendars and it gives the illusion of a fresh start, it feels new even though it’s very old.
I’ve been enjoying my “time off” which has been pretty work filled. I had the opportunity over the past few months to fill in on The Mike Calta Show over Thanksgiving and Christmas with Johnny B. It’s rewarding knowing those guys trust us with that show and always good to pick up a few dozen social media followers with that exponentially larger audience (by the way, follow me at @home_made_man on Instagram and Twitter). I have to remember sometimes to take a step back, I get frustrated with where I’m at now and while you don’t want to look back you have to take a quick peek sometimes just to remember how long the road is behind you even though there’s still a lot of terrain still to go. Of course we all want to change the world and maybe even conquer it. Alas, we’re dogs chasing a car, we wouldn’t know what to do with the car if we caught it (aside from getting dragged along the asphalt and broken teeth). One step at a time, I guess. At least it would make a funny Instagram video.
I started this podcast many years ago and I’m still no where close to where I thought it would be by now and that’s okay. It’s a bummer but it’s okay. From what I’ve read about others experience with creating content is that it’s irrelevant until it’s not and there’s a good chance it might not ever be. That tipping point is instantaneous though so I’ll keep talking and chasing the carrot. There’s always time to kill, hopefully.
The subject matter of HMBradio has changed over the years from getting high with my roommate and being as edgy as possible, trying to garner some attention which is hard when you are quite literally a nobody screaming into the void. I started having on my friends and then their friends who were artists and makers in St. Pete. I miss those shows but I don’t miss chasing people down and getting stood up on more occasions than I would have liked. Working a day-job and then being promoted to a “full-time” on-air personality on The Bone has been a dream come true but it’s hindered the podcast, no doubt. I don’t have the time to chase people down anymore, are there even artists left here in St. Pete? I’m very much out of the loop on the cultural scene here in town, all I see are rich women carrying little dogs in yoga pants. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying…
I guess I’m adapting to my environment and what the city is now. The podcast kind of turned into me complaining about media and politics and that probably isn’t interesting to people who were sitting through boring chats with local artists who are local for a reason. When Anna got fired from The Bone and Stay Woke ended it allowed the opportunity to essentially do Stay Woke via podcast which is where the show is now. I’m excited about that prospect moving forward, we work well together. The podcast will be back next week and back on Radio St. Pete on Sunday the 10th. I’d like to beg and plead with you to subscribe to the podcast where you get your podcasts, it should be everywhere. I’d also like to ask that you share it and give it a five star rating, these are small things and they help out immensely.
If you receive this message and take the time to read it- I hope you enjoyed your holiday, I hope you have a job, I hope you aren’t going hungry and I hope you’re doing well enough. I know there are many who aren’t and I hope things get better soon. Please forgive my grammar and spelling errors. Talk soon. -W
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The Homemade Broadcast this week: Johnny B, comedian and radio show host of The Johnny B Show on 102.5 The Bone stops by and I bum him out with conspiracy theories and objective reality alike.
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