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Greetings, fellow listeners. Welcome to February! What you're prepared to hear just happens to be a real good time. Me and my mom hang around the dining room table to kick and shoot it with some ultra cool cats by the names of Jordyn, Diego, and Gabe (Friend of theirs who I hadn't met until they arrived), guests thirty-two, thirty-three, and thirty-four. We scratch the surface with first meeting at Tea & Poets, bonding through our love of RHCP and jamming to them at the same concert together, gushing out on music and learning the functions of band work and promotion, and sharing our individual destiny plans. Three cheers for my mom conducting this well-driven hang sesh. Follow It's Just Decoration, Jordyn and Diego's band, on YouTube and Instagram (@itsjustdecoration) and catch them live at the Underground Coffehaus in Fort Lauderdale this coming Saturday, February 4th.

Greetings, fellow listeners. This familial affair was captured on the voice memo app on my phone in the dining room of my grandparents' house for a grand occasion. Me and my mom sit down with both my grandfolks to discuss my grandmother's birthday today (January 26) and our plans to celebrate with her and how I'll never be able to forget her birthday coinciding with the tragic death of basketball legend Black Mamba himself, Kobe Bryant (January 26, 2020). Hear me serenade Tita with my rendition of "Something" by the Beatles, followed by "Chances Are" by lover boy Johnny Mathis. 

Happy belated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, fellow brothers and sisters of all races from all places. What you're about to hear was a total gas and an absolute dream come true for me. This unforgettable get-together is made up of favorite recurring guest Rene Rivero (Sixth appearance), neighbor and great friend Mariano Oliver (Third appearance), and Outrageous owner and bruda Bob Sandler (Second appearance). We all catch up and get acquainted with each other over an exquisite Mexican cuisine whipped up by my culinary sorceress mom who partakes in this shindig along with Doc in which unspoken family truths are revealed which make me question the current life I'm living and we four broskis gush out on common pop culture interests. A quadruple encore is presented at the end with R&B legend Stevie Wonder's hit "Happy Birthday" to commemorate the late doctor, the main theme to the dystopian classic "Escape from New York" in honor of the 75th birthday of horror master John Carpenter, my renditioning of  "My Hero" by the Foo Fighters and "A Little Help From My Friends" by the Beatles. It's nothing but overlapping conversation, which makes it sound like captured audio of a Robert Altman film.

Greetings, fellow listeners. A most enduring conversation was captured on the voice memo app on my phone in the confined quarters of Jack Katsikos, my pub pal and the thirty-first guest of the podcast. This tenuous talk entraps Jack's limitless knowledge on the arts, philosophy, political beliefs, and keeping up to date with what's going on in the world. This bud-to-bud babble features a double encore with me renditioning "Across the Universe" by the Beatles and "The Pretender" by the Foo Fighters (Note: About eight minutes of audio is excluded due to Jack being concerned of receiving backlash for talking smack about a certain celebrity who shall remain nameless).

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FELLOW LISTENERS!  We are officially in 2023, damn it. Start off this new chapter in your lives by tuning your ears to catch the newest episode of the pod returning after a three-week absence due to yours truly being stricken with Type A flu.  This rapidly recorded convo was captured on my phone's voice memo app in which me and my folks recap the highs and lows of 2022 and what lies in store for the next 365 days. Also, jam out to the new year with me honoring the 50th anniversary (released January 5, 1973) of the release of the debut albums of rock legends Aerosmith (self-titled) and Bruce Springsteen ("Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.") and my rendition of Foo Fighters hit "Everlong" (Note: My voice may sound like I have marbles in my mouth because I was brushing my teeth in the middle of recording).

Greetings, fellow listeners. Me, Doc, and my mom converse quickly on the follow-up of the ultrasound on my upper right quadrant the day before and if my stomach is able to hold down the contents it ingests and whether or not I can go back to enjoying my favorite meaty, sugary, carb-filled goods without puking my guts out. I then wrap up the week with my rendition of "Weird" Al Yankovic's "Livin' in the Fridge"  (Parody of Aerosmith "Livin' on the Edge") as a melodic middle finger to all of those who are able to chow down and not hurl.

Greetings, fellow listeners. Doc & Son recap catching Michael Rapaport live at the Miami Improv with previous guest Bob Sandler and recurring guest Rene Rivero on December 1st. Doc gives his opinion on Rapaport's comedic style and I recall me and Rene getting stupidly lucky meeting Rapaport at the club entrance and fanboying like crazy. We also talk about my current condition of having chest pains with my gastrointestinal problems and an extremely nasty scenario involving my sister voiding her bowls on the rug in my bathroom the day before. Also, I mention numerous movie anniversaries and famous birthdays and apologize to my dad through the mellowness of Da Boss with his underrated piece "My Father's House" from his album "Nebraska".

Greetings, fellow listeners. For the forty-second time, Son sends off the month of turkey gobbling by letting y'all know that I've buzzed my melon for the sixth time along with honoring the would've-been 46th birthday of late O.G. Chadwick Boseman (born November 29, 1976) by spinning "Try Me" by the Godfather of Soul himself James Brown, who Chadwick marvelously portrayed in the biopic "Get On Up", and honoring the 21st anniversary of the passing of legendary Beatle George Harrison (died November 29, 2001) by laying down a Beatle masterpiece, "Here Comes The Sun". WAKANDA FOEVAH!!!

Gobble gobble gobble, fellow listeners. A kindly happy thanksgiving to all families and friends across the good ol' U.S. of A devouring your cornucopias and expressing their thanks and gracefulness to those who've traveled from near and afar to be with them on this charitable day, amongst those include Edgar Gonzalez, my best friend since second grade who I love like a brother. What a joy it was to gobble down a dead bird and top it off with a cool slice of pumpkin pie with my hombre by my side. I wish a very happy thanksgiving to everyone I give a shout-out to and honor the 31st anniversary of the passing of rock legend Freddie Mercury with Queen's "You're My Best Friend".

Greetings, fellow listeners. Son sails solo for the fortieth time with my rendition of RHCP's hit "Throw Away Your Television", also spinning "In the Still of the Night" by the Five Satins in honor of the 80th birthday of cinema legend Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942), and pleading all MCU junkie to boycott "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" out of respect for the late, great Chadwick Boseman, who I also honor by laying down "Try Me" by the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown (Also played by Chadwick in the Brown biopic "Get On Up").