Luke’s set up.

Luke added to drive.

“My Dude Leo” discussion.

“I’m Set” discussion.

Sound bites.

Metro psycho.

Whatchu drankin’.

Luke’s 10 day cleanse.

1st vaccine shots.

Beans got stuck in a tree.

Remote control car.

Mid-life crisis.

Disposable son.

Our wildest dreams.

“Take it” - song title.

Idea board update.

How to write a song together.

Cannabis.

Google drive update.

Album brainstorm.

Luke is developing a sound.

Threading songs together like recurring characters or themes.

Closing the book on something - 95%.

“Fuckin’ durrrty” for example.

Ready to walk away from some songs, some are living documents.

“La cienega” + “exactly” are done, “rent free” is WIP.

“Marbles” update.

EP, album discussion.

Search for meaning as an obstacle.

Strategy, mission, goals.

Luke’s POV on what we’re doing.

music goals.

10 ways to be miserable as an artist.

Finding an audience.

Luke will create a record label.

Luke’s Spotify playlists.

Little Dragon.

Finding people who share our tastes.

How do i get interested in things.

People who we wanna fuck with, like Terry Gross + Rick Rubin.

Steve Albini.

The Bootlegger audience, creating with audience in mind.

Luke wants to make this a career.

Luke talks Dim Mak, Steve, “the new noise.”

Luke deflates.

Steering committee, target demo.

The audience is younger than the artist.

We lived thru the 90s.

Pop music discussion, cut thru the zeitgeist.

“Fuckin’ durrrty” discussion.

There is a need.

The zeitgeist.

Indie rock is independent again.

Luke’s answer is to get an acoustic guitar and beat the hell out of it.

How luke wrote in alison poole vs. now.

Timeless artists like springsteen, tweedy, malkmus.

I need to be creating.

We’re in a band.

How far to take the demos?

Billie Eilish documentary - home recording.

Whitney houston, Bruce springsteen.

Luke + ryan music history together.

Luke reveals that he moved to columbia to be in a band with Ryan.

Luke’s early days in columbia, Steak N Shake, Jesse, Mike.

Ryan wasn’t doing music at the time, not on the same page.

Ryan was just writing about that time period.

Viletto comes along, luke felt that ryan ignored him.

Luke was trying.

Delusions, freaking out.

Ryan doesn’t remember talking about being in a band in columbia.

Took for granted that luke was in columbia.Ryan recalls luke in columbia, no AC.

We didn’t hang out that much, Luke was lonely.

Luke’s back story of moving to columbia, why he stayed.

Washing dishes, going to back to college.

Back into music business, intern at blue note + dim mak.

Luke’s last semester in columbia.

Uncle tupelo, Pixies, Strokes, White Stripes.

Arcade Fire at Mojos - best show he’s ever seen.

“Create music that opens people’s minds to music.”

Closeness now vs. when we lived close by.

ryan/eli similar to luke/ryan - move to columbia then abandoned.

Mike watt’s house in pedro, similar to luke’s bungalow.

Luke’s old friend who played 90s covers.

how/why luke formed his first band.

Creative energy is fundamental to who we are.

The healthiest coping mechanism.

Ryan’s 10,000 hours: drums, video, baseball.

Ryan is a terrible fisherman.

Find the things that are you and lean into them.

As opposed to being a blank canvas for girls to paint on.

Luke put in 10,000 hours chasing girls.

“The john coltrane of hitting on girls at bars.”

Concept album / songs about our shared experiences.

Song about our summer living together on W. Washington St.

Ryan has been writing about college years

Ryan called luke “naive” in ‘98-’99.

Interrupted by neighbor’s mariachi band.

How we treat roommates.

20 years, little fights.

Packing the car.

Different memories.

Remembering exact quotes.

luke called BS on ryan lowering his sights.

Chasing for the ideal vs. finding happiness / home life.

Separate memories.

U-Club.

Ryan’s song “Bread and Pepper.”

Ryan added old songs to the Drive.

Schnitzel afraid of mariachi band.

“thick skin” discussion.

Recap.

this is a band.

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