Tales From Seat 4A

Come hang out with another touring pro from the road with your host Misty Roberts.  Carrie Todesco comes to chat about her long history with WooWoo Juju vibes, Nickleback and The Incident.  and giggle a lot.

And show off her FABULOUS EYEBROWS! Wait, this is recorded.  You can’t see her eyebrows...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome onboard Flight 4A with service from Orlando, FL to Los Angeles, CA. Your plane is piloted by Misty Roberts with second in command Isaac Heckert.  We have a special guest on the plane today- Mr. Rob Koenig.  We ask that you please fasten your seatbelts at this time and secure all baggage underneath your seat or in the overhead compartments. We also ask that your seats and table trays are in the upright position for take-off. Please turn on all personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones. Smoking is enocuraged for the duration of the flight. Thank you for choosing Tales From Seat 4A Airlines. Enjoy your flight.

Misty and Isaac, from The Safety Meeting Podcast sit and catch up on the 6 months since they posted the last Tales From Seat 4A episode.  Time to kick this thing back into action!

SO MUCH LADY POWER!

Almost 2 hours of listening to Misty drink wine with her pals Briana Lee, Laura Jane Jones and Kate Markowitz.  These ladies have sang background vocals for the likes of Elvis Costello, Nick Jonas, Enrique Iglesias, Joe Cocker, Carole King and James Taylor.

Episode Three brings us a visit with the fantastically funny and all around awesome Luke Barnett. When I moved to LA I realized that I no longer had that “Cheers” type bar where every body knows your name. My friend Joyce had found a spot and invited me come hang one night and low and behold- our own Sam Malone was found in Luke. Along with some of the other bar schmucks as well. Luke has seen me consume $20 worth of Taco Bell after drinking 7-8 Jameson and Ginger Ale’s. A feat not performed by many people that lived to tell about it. Luke has also been the cause of my waking up with “purse burritos” and “pillow tacos” on many occasions. Little did I know that Luke had a dream. Luke had a dream of being funny and creative. And he did it! Congrats, dude! Aside from being the new incarnation of Tom Cruise in Cocktail (he taught me Coughlin’s Law), he is a writer, producer and performer. His comedy work has been featured on Funny or Die, where he created the popular The Walking Fred as well as A Message To Aaron Sorkin. He executive produced Loitering with Intent starring Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell. And in 2016 completed his feature length screenwriting debut with Fear, Inc. which he also produced. It’s seriously one of my FAVORITE movies ever . He wrapped up Painkillers last year and has a list of things on the horizon. So, come listen to Luke and I talk about our favorite horror movies, how he always mixed my drinks so so well and about the new things that he is making that I am sure to become obsessed with like I did Fear, Inc.

Strap your seat belt on for Episode 2! We have our first guest!! I met Demian Arriaga 10 years ago on tour. He was a new percussion player. Percussion, not drums- please do not make that mistake. I have many times in the past and he always makes sure to correct me and give the drummer credit where credit is due. That’s just the kind of guy he is- a stand up human. I mean, honestly I have no idea why he even likes me. One thing on the road is that you become family for the 3 months or 6 months that you are touring together. But when tour ends, there about 2 people that you keep talking to. Demian is one of those. Over the years our paths have crossed and a year ago we ended up on the same tour again. Demian currently is the drummer for Nick Jonas and has played with Iggy Azalea, Richie Kotzen, The Jonas Brothers, Victoria Justice, Cobra Starship, Demi Lovato and Ariana Grande. Come take a listen as we talk about his journey from Venezuela to Boston and beyond. He may be a great stand up human but he can dish it out as well as he can take it. This could get interesting.

I  grew up in Kansas in a trailer park.

I  left there for the big city of Los Angeles to become a makeup artist.

I failed and came back to Kansas.

Somewhere in between there, I got married, divorced, went to some college, worked as a motivational speaker, was homeless, drank a lot, moved back to LA, moved to Seattle, traveled to 7 continents, dated a lot, stayed alone a lot, ate more tacos than any person should ever humanly admit, got depressed, got unrepressed, made a lot of friends, drank the Pacific Ocean worth of coffee and probably smoked some drugs.  And crawled into a van with some friends in a band.

Some 20 years later, I find myself back here in LA.  7 continents, 90+ countries, 457 trips around the planet and Million Miler status on 2 different airlines.  I’ve graced every Days Inn and Four Seasons on the planet and everything in between.  

It’s time to tell some of those stories.  And hear some stories from some friends I’ve met along the way.