In this episode Roger tells Chris about a guy they knew who stayed at the Magic Hotel (now the Magic Castle Hotel) and was so impressed with his experience there that he later named his restaurant in Tokyo after the address of the hotel.

They also discuss their young lives in Crestline, a small burg in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains and talk about music, Catholicism and much more - including a newly-digitized song from the archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Last Day on Earth" by Chris Yale - performed by the band Yale at the Bla Bla Cafe in Studio City, CA - circa 1980.

3:03 - Greetings and about the song / This episode is our age and Chris' mic / Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

4:08 - Besetting sin / Confession / Catholicism / The other side of the cross / Frankie Goes to Hollywood / "Besotting" sin

6:25 - The two China Clubs in Hollywood

7:30 - Kozo Matsumoto / China Club Restaurant, early 1980s / Smithsonian Magazine article - go to "Burgers" section to find Matsumoto's story and reference to the Magic Hotel / Matsumoto's restaurant

14:15 - Chris' dream about the Magic Hotel / Lucid dreaming / The vending machines

15:57 - Dreaming of Crestline, CA / The school buses / The music on Bus 19

17:10 - The songs we remember from Bus 19 - circa 1974/1975

19:37 - Moving around versus staying put as kids / "Silvio" by Bob Dylan

21:40 - Roger is a Dylan late adopter / Revisiting Jackson Browne / Gram Parsons biography by Ben Fong-Torres

23:00 - More Catholicism / Catechism

23:38 - Latest gig at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach

24:30 - "Seinfeld" / "Curb Your Enthusiasm" / "The Blacklist" / Megan Boone / "Yellowstone" on Peacock / SiriusXM: To ditch or not to ditch

25:56 - "Paul McCartney: The Life" by Philip Norman / Spotify: Neil Young versus Joe Rogan

27:32 - Parting shots / Latency issues while recording this episode / Carolina Forest versus Myrtle Beach