Nerds & Non/Sense™ with Larry Compton

 M3 breaks out the harmonica again to cover Neil Young's "Heart of Gold"  while sitting at home under lockdown.

"Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far Young's only U.S. No. 1 single. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972, on which date Young held the top spot on both the singles and albums charts. Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1972.[5] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time,[6] and No. 303 in an updated 2010 list. - Wikipedia

Listen to Neil Young Live from 1971 - Heart Of Gold - on YouTube

Listen, some of my best advice here; if you haven't already, buy your spouse a heated toilet seat.  Trust me on this, best gift ever...she thanks me every, single day! 

It's been a hot minute since our last episode, so forgive the mistakes on the board during this one.

Anyway, I catch up with Mom on Easter Sunday, then M3 busts out the harmonica for us.  A few links related to this show:

• Final Frontier (Mad About You Theme) - YouTube
• Alpha Bidet iX Hybrid Bidet Toilet Seat - Amazon
• Seinfeld Theme Song - YouTube
• King of Queens Theme Song - YouTube
• Personal data for 533 million Facebook users leaks on the web - Engadget
• Amazon addresses pee bottle denial tweet - TechCrunch
• Scientists show you can collect DNA from the air - Engadget
• Documents provide insight into Trump Organization amid criminal probe - CNN
• Bound for the Floor, by Local H - YouTube

Thanks for listening.  Keep being great & doing great things, my friends.

Originally published in S1 ep6, Alan Parsons: Holy Sh*! Did You Know!?

• The Alan Parsons Project - https://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com
• The Alan Parsons Project (YouTube Channel) 

Listen to the trailer for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story  followed by one of my favorite episodes of our"Holy Sh*! Did You Know!?" segment.

View the trailer for Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story on YouTube

("HSDYK - Hedy Lamarr" was originally published in S1 ep5)

You don't have time to do things right.  You need a ChairKnoble microwave.

Parody Commercial

Did you miss us?  No matter, we missed you!  Happy Super Bowl Sunday.

We kick off Season 2 with a quick call to my mom.  M3 joins me afterwards and before all is said and done, he busts out with a short EVH tribute riff.  

A few related links:

• I Am Greta - Trailer (Official) - A Hulu Original Documentary (YouTube)
• Hearing Greta's Message (GIZMODO)
• Go read this New York Times investigation of the location tracking data of the Capitol rioters (The Verge)
• Police in Minneapolis reportedly used a geofence warrant at Floyd protest last year (The Verge)
• Harley-Davison's New Electric Bikes Look Incredible - But They Won't Be Cheap (The Verge)
• It's Official: Solar Is the Cheapest Electricity in History (Popular Mechanics)
• Eddie Van Halen Shares Life Story, Van Halen Update at Smithsonian (RollingStone)
• R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen "Keep Playing..." quote (YouTube)

Keep being great & doing great things my friends!  

My thoughts about RBG's passing, and the President and First Lady being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Then M3 and Stacy join me for nonsense, including chat about how some sports memorabilia from my childhood reappeared after about 30 years last week; autographs, baseball, basketball and football cards from the 70's & '80's. 

A few links related to this episode:

• RBG Official Movie Trailer via YouTube
• RBG on Wikipedia
• Now Twitter 'won't tolerate' tweets hoping someone dies (Engadget)
• Elvis Presley's famous 'Sun Sessions' guitar sells for $1.2M at auction to mystery buyer (USA Today)
• Rick Moranis got sucker-punched in New York, and the internet is furious (CNET)
• The First Hershey's Beer Is Finally Getting Released in Bottles (thrillist.com)
• The Bradshaw Bunch on E!
• Inside Lehman Brothers documentary (on Amazon Prime)

Thank you so much to our Patrons for their generosity, as to-date they've covered all of our related service expenses for the year...and thank you for listening!

Please get out to vote!

In this episode I spend a few minutes chatting about Labor Day itself, as well as my own personal, online social distancing practices as of late.  

Strange times indeed, but this too will pass.  

A few links from this episode:

• Labor Day on Wikipedia
• Tristan Harris' Senate Subcommittee testimony on Persuasive Technolgies via CSPAN

Happy Labor Day my friends, I truly hope you get to spend some time relaxing today surrounded by love.

Keep being great, and doing great things!

I do enjoy hearing her laugh, my mom.  Makes me feel good.  You don't get to hear it much here, because it's a crappy cellphone connection, but it sure was great to hear.

Here's some advice from us on what not to say during a job interview.  

Sometimes brutal honesty isn't appreciated.  Just sayin'

Hope you had a great weekend my friends!

 Sorry, but M3 cracks me the hell up. Chatting on our cellphones last night, with terrible reception.

This may not be funny to you, as the whole Red Forman for President thing has been played out, but remember...

I don't give a shit what you think. 😆

Just kidding, of course. See how this works?

The call made me laugh. Writing this post made me laugh. Thinking of you shaking your head at us & rolling your eyes like Stacy sort of did when I played this for her, makes me smile. It's a win, win, win.

Unfortunately, as Red Forman himself has said, "Nobody likes a smart ass."

We'll see about that. 😉

Regardless of M3 & Red's advice, sending love my friends. Always. 😎