ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres are closing 300 screens in California, including the iconic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. The twins discuss this sad news with writer Brendan Wright, a longtime friend who worked for a time at the Dome. They also discuss the trend toward movie streaming, Brendan's time in Hollywood and his comprehensive annual Biggie Awards.

Photo: Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 "Tired" by Chris Yale

2:04 - Greetings and about the song

2:55 - 300 movie screens are going dark in California

3:11 - Hollywood Reporter - "ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres to Close"

4:35 - Cinerama Dome / "2001: A Space Odyssey" / "Back to the Future" / "Yentl" / Roger E. Mosley / Geodesic Dome

6:07 - Petition to Save the Cinerama Dome

6:20 - Introducing Brendan Wright / Biggie's Place

7:45 - Initial thoughts on theater closings

8:09 - Brendan's time in Hollywood

8:25 - Natick, MA / North Hollywood / In-N-Out Burger

10:05 - Working at the ArcLight / The daily trip to work

11:27 - More about the ArcLight / Cinerama Dome

14:00 Celebrities and industry types

15:11 - Coordinating events / logistics

15:15 - Cinerama Dome versus the Chinese Theatre / "Star Wars" at the Chinese Theatre, 1977

17:46 - "Dreamgirls" / Jennifer Hudson / Eddie Murphy

18:22 - Applause and actually reading the credits - a Hollywood thing

19:43 - Learning from mistakes - what to do next time in Hollywood

20:50 - About Biggie's Place / Biggie Awards versus Academy Awards

22:10 - Origins of the Biggie Awards / "Saving Private Ryan" / "Shakespeare In Love"

23:23 - COVID-19 and movies / Ben Affleck / "The Way Back" / "Tenet"

24:50 - Protecting the Dome

25:55 - The state of the movie industry / Oscar qualification / "Mank" / "The Irishman"

27:26 - ArcLight kettle corn / Reserving seats / high-end food and beer

28:38 - Alamo Drafthouse Austin / "A Star is Born"

30:57 - www.biggiesplace.net / Instagram: @bwimages

31:37 - "Judas and the Black Messiah" / "Nomadland" / "Sound of Metal"

32:07 - The problem with streaming / Attention spans / Distraction

34:00 - The dreaded word: Content

35:02 - Padron cigars

The twins are not fighting. It might seem like that, though. This episode covers everything from health and fitness to guitars and pencils - from CrossFit to the mountains of Southwest Virginia, Billy Preston to Paul Williams and so much more - including a cool instrumental from Chris.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Airwolf Blitzer" - Instrumental by Chris Yale

1:43 - Greetings and about the instrumental / Logic Pro

2:47 - We're not fighting / Fuente Anejo 888

4:00 - Health & fitness / Chris' flip-flops / Achilles heels

5:01 - Eating seeds as a pastime activity

5:35 - Kretschmer

6:05 - Roger's son and coach / More fitness / Nutrition / Insect protein / Cricket protein / Buddy Holly's Crickets

7:45 - Roger's son competed in Fittest of the Coast / CrossFit Wando

8:52 - Riffing on CrossFit

9:23 - Coloring and hunting for Easter Eggs

9:35 - Neil Young "After the Gold Rush"

10:05 - Harry Nilsson "Without You" / Eric Carmen "All By Myself" / Celine Dion "All By Myself" / Eminem "Without Me"

11:10 - Paul Williams interviewed by Brian Koppelman

12:10 - Wytheville, VA and "The Pencil"

12:57 - Pencil quality check / Dixon Ticonderoga

13:35 - Quality and the Global Marketplace

13:30 - Quality and guitars / Chris' guitars / Quality can be found everywhwere

16:32 - Returning guitars / More guitar talk / SansAmp Acoustic Flyrig / Sansabelt pants

19:41 - Popeil Pocket Fisherman

20:45 - Recent gigs at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / The mix / PreSonus / QSC

23:49 - "Let's unpack this" / "Let's stick a pin in this" / "Hey there" / Jen Psaki

24: 56 - Busy Myrtle Beach / Vaccine talk / Hygiene / Chemicals

26:50 - Inner Space ride at Disneyland back in the day / Billy Preston "Outta Space"

27:48 - Chris' session with Billy Preston / Joe Hicks / Roger Dollarhide / Paramount Recording Studios

29:37 - Drinking in Hollywood / Four Aces / Frolic Room / Firefly / Old Drunks / Drinking at lunch / The Old Spaghetti Factory with Mark Mulkeen / The People Tree / Gower Gulch

33:22 - BUZZ WTR / New booze versus old booze / Seltzers / White Claw / Jameson

34:08 - Roger's daughter is a Hibernophile

35:02 - Freestyling versus talking points

36:15 - 33 Episodes already / Jesus died at 33 / Elton John "21 at 33"

DeBarge "All This Love"

37:20 - Happy birthday to our friend Stan Obrycki

This trip down the rabbit hole includes chatter about a bygone eatery in West Hollywood, an update from The Yale Brothers' most recent gig in Myrtle Beach, Roger's infatuation with Pittsburgh, Colonel Klink and much more - including an original song from the archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Reflector" by Chris Yale - Recorded at Paramount Recording Studios Hollywood, circa 1983

3:08 - Greetings and about the song

4:40 - French Quarter Restaurant West Hollywood / The French Market / Dorothy's Surrender

9:15 - We got jabbed - First round of the Moderna vaccine

9:53 - Our recent gig at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / "Freebird" / The mix

11:34 - Steve Fuji - Episode 31 / Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) parties

11:46 - "Do you party?" / Define "party" / Hollywood letches

13:12 - More about the vaccines

14:25 - Roger's workouts planned by his son, who is also his coach and trainer / "Go practice falling down..."

15:34 - Random strangers "testing the water" / "Are you one of us?" / The Hateful Grid

20:26 - "Designated Survivor" / "Lilyhammer" / Steven Van Zandt / "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Season 9 / "Larry David Moments" / Forced conversation

22:49 - Schwab's / Sting / Werner Klemperer / Vic Tayback / Chris high at Schwab's

24:53 - Canter's Deli Hollywood / Kibitz Room / The bar/lounge inside Denny's on Wilton and Sunset / Big Daddy's Lounge Miami

26:45 - Dad's coffeehouses in Miami: The Hootenanny / The Coffee House

27:21 - Roger's infatuation with Pittsburgh / What's a "jagoff"? / Primanti Brothers

28:48 - Philippe's Downtown L.A. / How to eat a French Dipped sandwich / Michael Connelly / "Bosch"

For episode 31, we welcome Steve Fuji - a longtime friend who was our first-ever recording engineer and producer at Mystic Sound in Hollywood. We go deep - talking Mystic, vintage gear, stories from back in the day in Hollywood and much more - including one of our first recorded songs and a cut from another friend's demo.

Above: Steve Fuji at Mystic Sound - 1978

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Never Wanted You to Leave" by Roger Yale - Recorded at Mystic Sound circa 1978.

3:44 - Greetings and about the song.

5:10 - Steve Fuji intro and bio

6:25 - Welcoming Steve and taking up where we left off.

7:25 - Chris' old Portastudio /Recording remotely at The Improv / Phil Moore

9:12 - Jim Alden and his Teac 3340 / Old equipment versus new technology

10:10 - Steve's first record project / Old work shows up in unlikely places.

13:10 - We should have been stars... / Losing Dad / Steve's friendship with Dad

14:40 - Dad's stories about the music biz in England / Wally Moody / Doug Moody and Mystic Sound

17:05 - History of Mystic Sound / Mercury Records / Mustang and Del-Fi Records / Bob Keane / Mike Curb / Quincy Jones / Chris Huston

18:45 - Led Zeppelin II & Mystic Sound / Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

19:25 - How Steve wound up at Mystic / Golden West College / Dave Pell

20:29 - Mystic Records /The Yale Brothers at Mystic / Steve's production techniques / Brother acts / Del-Fi Records was in the space before Mystic was.

24:40 - No Smoking! Machines Breathing - Inside the Mystic Control Room with a treasure trove of now-vintage gear: Spectra-Sonics mixing console/ AMPEX MM-1000 / Quadraphonic mixing room / Echo chambers with Altec 604-E speakers / Teletronix LA-2A limiter / Leslie speaker

29:00 - Unreleased demo tapes, cult followings and more

30:00 - DJ Joey Reynolds

34:46 - Steve's apartment on Fountain Avenue in Hollywood / Our friend Mark Douglas was more punk than punk / Mark's demo sessions

38:00 - Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) days

39:22 - Riverside, CA / Joshua Tree, CA

40:25 - The new normal

42:49 - Steve's vintage gear and group

46:12 - "Some Enchanted Edsel"

48:03 - Brian Wilson / Al Jardine / Daryl Hall / "Live From Daryl's House"

52:07 - The Cross Pen and lasting friendships

56:56 - More about Mark Douglas - and one of his demos, "Red Control"

The Yale Brothers discuss rehearsal studios in and around Hollywood back in the day, their trip to London in 1980, their newfound fans in Myrtle Beach and much more - including another original song from the archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Watching Her Eyes" by Chris Yale / Myrtle Beach 2003

4:25 - Greetings and about the song

5:16 - The Body Electric, Walt Whitman and "Fame" / Tresa Hughes

6:15 - Rehearsal spaces in and around Hollywood / The dive across from Hollywood High / Roller Girls

7:20 - Swingin' Thing / Michael Penketh /

9:19 - Cole Rehearsal Studios / Stewart Copeland / John Christ / Danzig / KISS "The Second Coming"

12:07 - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley encounters

14:56 - Echo Sound Hollywood

15:55 - Managed by the Mob

17:08 - London trip 1980 - Recollections / This Is Your Life for Paddie O'Neil / The White House Regent's Park / Roger tipped like a baller / Listening to Queen's "The Game" at EMI London / Old guy at music shop remembered Dad / The Yachts / The Pretenders / Roy Moseley / Theatre Royal Haymarket / National Theatre

25:51 - The British Museum / "Bob's your uncle"

26:27 - Dad let us drink in London, but he wouldn't let us go to Paris

27:06 - Speaker's Corner Hyde Park

28:35 - Chris' fake ID

29:55 - Myrtle Beach is getting busy / COVID-19 Vaccines / Mask ordinances

31:28 - Notes from our new fans at LuLu's North Myrtle Beach

31:18 - "All the Trouble in the World" / "Altered States of Consciousness" / "My Year Abroad"

34:14 - Bob Lefsetz

35: 53 - Jimmy's "Deady Bear"

37:16 - Chris was listening to Biggie today.

The twins talk about the importance of capturing ideas when they show up, Chris' stamp collection, practicing music in vacant rooms at The Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) in the 70s, questioning authority and much more - including another original song from the archive...

And what did Uncle Roger do with his verkykers...

Above: Yale Brothers at Magic Hotel Front Desk

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Camelia" by Chris Yale

3:04 - About the song

4:14 - Capturing ideas / Roger's blog post, "Embrace the Flashes"

Edirol R-09

ZOOM H1n

Verkykers - Afrikaans for "Binoculars"

6:40 - Dad and Uncle Rog used to tell secrets in Afrikaans so we couldn't understand - and more about their accents. How many of our relatives in South Africa remain who knew Dad and Uncle Roger - or are the original Yale Brothers anecdotal now...

9:00 - 1934 half-dollar / Texas Centennial

9:47 - Chris' stamp collection / "Philatelist" sounds nasty

13:44 - Magic shows with Chris Gillette, son of Anita Gillette

14:20 - Roger's ventriloquist dummy, "Corky"

15:05 - Roger's comics - Marvel KISS Super Special

15:55 - Purification

16:51 - Playing music in vacant rooms at the Magic Hotel (Now Magic Castle Hotel) in Hollywood - and more

17:58 - Ron Flynt from 20/20

18:29 - Bla Bla Cafe

19:28 - Can we borrow a reel-to-real player?

20:36 - "Aud calls" at Hollywood Professional School

21:35 - Messing up songs at gigs and learning songs

23:41- Allergies

24:52 - Prescription drug names sound so stupid.

25:30 - Street drugs should have disclaimers.

25:59 - COVID-19 Vaccines

28:30 - Question authority - always and everywhere / sovereign citizen / Real ID

31:51 - Splintering churches, protestantism and more

32:41 - Steve Jobs getting canned at Apple

33:15 - LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / Tinder Box Myrtle Beach

The twins discuss a couple more magicians who stayed at the Magic Hotel in the 1970s, the travails of working at the front desk, antics at the hotel pool and much more - including a trip to The Burbank Studios with prolific storyboard artist Joe Musso, gigging in Myrtle Beach and Chris' resting bitch face.

Above: Tiger Beat Open Call (Photo by Terry Seabrooke / Photo art by Bill Wright)

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - Chris' movie trailer audio experiment: "It's Coming..."

0:49 - "A Different Light" by Chris Yale

4:53 - Greetings

5:58 - The Magic Hotel (Now Magic Castle Hotel) - more magicians / Billy McComb / Gin craze in the UK / Terry Seabrooke / The Magic Castle / International Brotherhood of Magicians

10:38 - The Tiger Beat open call

12:08 - The Magic Castle Peeper

13:10 - Working at the front desk by the skin of our teeth / Tom Berenger / Daniel Stern / Jeff Daniels

15:52 - Uncle Roger, aka "The Night Watchman"

16:32 - The Magic Hotel pool / Wayne Cilento did not pop our pool float / Richard Balestrino popped our float.

18:05 - About "A Different Light"

18:54 - Swedish models sunbathing topless - and nobody told them they couldn't.

20:21 - Joseph Musso / Irwin Allen Productions / The Burbank Studios / "The Swarm" / Richard Chamberlain / Jon Walmsley from "The Waltons" / "M*A*S*H" cast members

22:45 - LuLu's North Myrtle Beach - another fun gig

23:20 - Chris' old Martin DC1E

24:47 - Random requests at gigs

26:03 - Bill Gazzarri

26:20 - What we've been watching: "Designated Survivor" / Kiefer Sutherland / "Billions" / "Schitt's Creek" / "The Gin Craze" / "Judas and the Black Messiah" / LaKeith Stanfield / Daniel Kaluuya / "Emma" / "The Queen's Gambit" / Anya Taylor-Joy / "The Sopranos"

31:58 - Chris' resting bitch face

In this episode, The Yale Brothers discuss everything from the 1972 Miami Dolphins, their first concert experience, the iconic Tower Records in Hollywood, the sometimes uncanny "Twin Mind," emotional intelligence and more - including another original song from Chris' archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Song For Katie" by Chris Yale

3:41 - Greetings and about the song - and hello to Katie!

4:30 - Meeting Garo Yepremian / 1972 Miami Dolphins / Miami Stadium / Garo's desparate pass attempt

6:18 - Miami Dolphins Fight Song

6:39 - Drawing Dolphins jerseys with Ramon Arronte - still a friend to this day

7:51 - Chick Corea and Return to Forever were on the bill at our first concert in 1977 - Fleetwood Mac Rumours Tour / Kenny Loggins

9:16 - More about that first-concert experience with our friend Matt Ross, his trip to L.A. / Matt and Chris get into a car accident in Miami

13:47 - Concerts as teenagers in L.A.

14:04 - "Twin Mind" and our Tower Records birthday windfall / J.J. Burnel "Euroman Cometh" / Smoking weed in the parking lot with a "music scholar" / Our band was on the sign at Tower Records - "Yale at Gazzarri's" - we won the Battle of the Bands.

18:14 - Chris discusses music delivery formats and his collection.

19:55 - The Magic Wand Disappointment

23:42 - More "Twin Mind" at work: Emotional Intelligence and "tacit subtext."

The twins cover continue down rabbit holes with chatter about books, motorcycles, Sufi masters and Jascha Heifetz - and another original song from Chris' archive.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "Broken Angel" by Chris Yale

3:22 - Greetings and about the song - from the album, "Well Enough Alone"

4:05 - The Lord's Day, Lorde, John Lord, Jack Lord, Traci Lords (Rog is scared to put up a link for her - it might lead you into sites you don't want in your history.)

4:48 - Rog thinks his pop culture knowledge is good, but Chris said his rock knowledge was not so great.

5:35 - Jascha Heifetz was a master-violinist, not a Sufi Master. That would be Hafiz.

5:59 - Rumi versus Rummikub

7:30 - Parallels to Sherlock Holmes in "House"

8:59 - "Out of Print"

9:13 - Lee Daniels' "The Butler"

9:25 - More about books and the book industry / Burgess Meredith in "The Twilight Zone" / "Yentl"

Strand Book Store / "The Booksellers" / Aldine Books Hollywood / Berkelouw Books Hollywood / Feedly / Pocket

13:43 - Roger's "value phone" and Chris' iPhone 6 Plus

15:52 - Studiologic Numa Compact 2 stage piano

16:00 - Top-shelf stuff and diminishing returns

17:16 - Our motorcycles and outings / 1988 Sportster / Suzuki GS450 / Honda Magna 750 / David Bacon / Not Valdez - Vasquez Rocks / Glenoaks Blvd. / Palermo Los Angeles / Glendale / Burbank / Boardner's

21:16 - Roger never got a motorcycle license / noise violation on the Sunset Strip / Chris' HOA doesn't allow motorcycles

23:37 - Roger got lost on the way to record at Sound Image in North Hollywood, on his bike, with our tape - while everyone waited / Sound Engineer Glen Matisoff

26:49 - "I souped up your video for ya'." / Richard Klotz / "City of Pain" video - Rogue Alley / The Central (Viper Room)

31:11 - Chris' apartment on Willoughby Avenue in Hollywood / Kevin Haggerty / Our Rasta-ish friend Dewon

33:30 - Underwhelmed by Super Bowl Sunday / Wasted on airplanes / Misconceptions and appearance

35:56 - "Earache My Eye" - Cheech & Chong

37:49 - Basso Profundo and "Big Bottom" from "This is Spinal Tap."

The twins recall some of their "dressing room meets," with names like Eubie Blake, Harry Belafonte, Liza Minnelli and others. Also: More about life at the Magic Hotel (now the Magic Castle Hotel), puberty, first cars, autodidacts and diphthongs. And of course, another original song.

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - "The Wind" by Chris Yale

3:27 - About the song

4:20 - Roger's Blog Post: "The Abdication Pandemic"

8:00 - Chihuahuas Gone Wild

8:20 - Eubie Blake

8:32 - George Shearing

9:01 - Harry Belafonte / David Blackwell

9:25 - "Shuffle Along" / More Eubie Blake

11:00 - We struggle with math, obviously.

12:19 - Liza Minnelli / "The Act" / Mathilde Pincus / "Walking Papers" / "Arthur in the Afternoon" / Roger Minami

14:48 - Dick Van Dyke

15:00 - The Magic Hotel

15:25 - Marc Eliot / Phil Ochs / "Death of a Rebel" / Michael Ochs Archive

16:23 - Ruth Warrick / "Irene" / Debbie Reynolds / Hans Conreid / Patsy Kelly

16:48 - More Phil Ochs

18:01 - Bob Davis and the Bertrand Russell Society / Chris' Valedictorian / Oxford English Dictionary

19:28 - "The Professor and the Madman"

20:05 - Autodidact is the fancy word for this episode.

20:25 - More Bob Davis / "The Story of Civilization" by Will and Ariel Durant

21:34 - Were we strange kids?

22:05 - Puberty

24:10 - Steve Fujinami and Mystic Sound Studios

24:36 - Diphthongs - whoops, another fancy word

25:51 - Driving and first cars

27:14 - Driving stick / Jim Alden / La Cienega and Sunset - the test.

30:10 - Flyering on the Sunset Strip

31:15 - Poseur on Sunset / Exene Cervenka

32:09 - KROQ / Ian Whitcomb

32:50 - Dad made us return our new clothes.

34:40 - Myrtle Beach / LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / House of Blues Myrtle Beach