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What's The Matter With Me? Podcast

188 Episodes

29 minutes | Jun 2, 2023
Disability and Obscenity
Welcome to “Disability and Obscenity” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Is disability obscene? Coverage of Michael J. Fox and Sen. Dianne Feinstein has me examining implicit connections between disability and obscenity. People with advanced degrees can stomach the summary Shout outs to Doctor Kathryn- she appreciates the summaries because they're quick to read Because she's a doctor and they only get 15 minutes to do everything Hah! Finding humor in adversity makes it easier Not Sick Anymore Temperature report 24 Hour Meth Rave Sonny Rollins met up with Sartre on his 1966 European tour When he came back to New York City he could often be found at the jazz loft on the fifth floor at 89 East Broadway The Emperor And The Caveman I grilled a boneless ribeye, it came out perfect and it was a relief to eat it without the kids, who eat in opposing styles that are less than ideal in different ways Navigating disability in public Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public. From the Wikipedia entry "Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt" Feinstein in a wheelchair - questioning the ageist and ableist aspects of the news coverage of Senator Feinstein Michael J Fox in "Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie" - "... his practice of putting an object in his left hand to mask its trembling." This Week's Selfie disability and obscenity selfie
33 minutes | May 26, 2023
Five Nights of Sweating
Welcome to “Five Nights of Sweating” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast A fever that doesn't seem to want to go away; new music around the house; some terrible food. Maybe we can make the time pass quicker if we go to a grind core festival. Is not wanted I've got a fever that kept coming back Word What's The Matter With Me? Podcast is sponsored by Hoppin Hot Sauce-- it's the best sauce in the world! hoppin hot sauce is on amazon so anyone can eat it with hash browns and and English muffin-egg sandwiches with or without cheese but definitely with Hoppin Hot Sauce Feeling feverish For the first 3 nights it was up around 102-103 F In addition to Tylenol, I started taking Advil as a fever reducer, then I woke up covered in sweat with a normal temperature Then the next day it would began again I had an epiphany to drink Gatorade Catching up with Sonny Sonny Rollins has got a mohawk, where i'm at in Saxophone Colossus At his shows, he came out with the cowboy hat, then he would take that off and had the mohawk underneath Burnin' Up I sweat through the sheets for the 4th night in a row Disgusting: I smelled like a case of unwashed grapefruit with a sour whiff of spoilage or maybe more than that As if someone left me in the back hall, not in the fridge. by the dumpster near some unnamed liquid. I need a clean up New Music New music rundown this week is pretty much from bandcamp bc that's the only place I have been able to access recently Fake Fruit Terry Jennings Nine Dog Dick Dhol Tasha Sound System On the fifth night I sweat through the bed on the fifth night and woke up drenched yet again Grim In frustration at not being able to cook for myself, I took the reins at dinner I ended up making fried gnocchi with spinach, Garlic, tomato, cream, a can of sardines It could have used acid like lemon juice or vinegar to offset the tinned fish. There was a lot of cream though It was terrible. the kids wouldn't eat it. I thought to myself, "It is making your nails stronger and increasing your hair's tensile ability" Made it through On the sixth night the fever evaporated and I woke up mostly dry Grind core for the whole family Gilman is hosting the Fast, Wierd and Freaky Festival this weekend It's all ages I might still be a little too tired plus John John is maybe not ready Maybe he's not even ready to hear the band lineup read aloud Dad Butt Dials Me Dad is butt dialing me again We watched John Voight & Jane Fonda in Coming Home This Week's Selfie After Five Nights Of Sweating
18 minutes | May 19, 2023
Burnin’
Welcome to “Burnin'” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I'm still recovering from my last rhizotomy procedure, managing to get to get new footwear, and get out to a show in my wheelchair Burn Victim Chemical Burns melt your flesh. I have 5 Burns about as big as a dime each. I am using Medihoney, and I was initially confused by the name They Look Like Sneakers Before After I got new shoes to wear when I'm on my wheelchair. For the past couple of years I've been using Minnetonka I'm switching to white Vans slip-ons Tiitration Blues I am scared that if I reduce medication that the pain will come back. But I need to reduce the medication so I can enjoy my life. William Parker's New Heart Trio I rode my wheelchair to see the bassist William Parker (71) at the chapel In the New Heart tTio with William Hooker (76) and Isaiah Collier (23) My buddy Joe was the driver Titration Blues, Pt. 2 I reduced my medication and the pain came back in the night Parting Shots I need a new butt cushion for my wheelchair My son is at home because he has Covid Max Headroom was a guy wearing a mask This week's selfie Burnin'
22 minutes | May 11, 2023
Rolling Around The TL
Welcome to “Rolling Around The TL” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Lots of people use wheelchairs in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, a pretty rough area between Union Square and Civic Center Shout outs Shout outs to rocky she's listened to every episode Shout outs to the people listening through the past episodes Send me a n email via the contact form and I will give you a shout out that is quite possibly the best one you've ever received and the maybe best that you ever WILL receive Dad Butt Dad butt-dialed me again Travels by wheelchair Went to Christian McBride in my wheelchair at Yoshi's Also in my chair, I saw the Floresta Little League A's game RF Rhizotomy Number 2 Had trigeminal neuralgia face pain 5am Wednesday morning & had more drugs,, surgery one day away I had surgery and have been clear from major pain since then. But I am still on pain drugs. My nose has triggered some zaps but they are lesser in intensity than they had been, with the caveat I'm still on some medication I Can Go Down My AFO brace is broken and it's very hard to walk. I have to walk all on my heel, and if I put my weight on the outside of my foot or on the front Of my foot I can go down. Rolling Around The TL I went to the deerhoof show in my wheelchair Rolling in the TL, I saw a lot of wheelchairs, but mine was the only one that was electric We ate at Osha Thai which was accessible, a blast from the past, and sadly due for an upgrade We got into the car after midnite- Rock & Roll! I called ahead to the Great American to let them know I'd be coming in my chair, they reserved me a table behind a pillar against the wall. It had poor visibility, but decent sound I started focusing on the audience. Nowadays people wear their pants wider and hemmed higher This Week's Selfie Rolling Around The TL Selfie
26 minutes | Apr 28, 2023
Poop Burrito
Welcome to “Poop Burrito” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast The tortilla is fine. Maybe you can save the lettuce. In a poop burrito, you have to go through the layers. My trigeminal neuralgia pain came back and so this episode is a bit like a poop burrito. I was in the hospital last weekend, and they changed up my medications to get me out of pain. A couple of days ago I saw the surgeon and I'm going to have another rhizotomy next week. Big Shoutouts Shoutouts to Nathan. His message: "Just wanted to say congratulations. On April 28th the what's the matter with me Podcast will be 6 years old! Keep it up buddy. And Hoppin Hot Sauce is the best sauce in the world." I did one thing right You couldn't sing to March's theme song candidate Speaking the unspeakable You are not allowed to call yourself a Bohemian- It's not a thing you can call yourself. Lazy hippie is more like it Round and vacant The security check said, "Click all the pictures with a donut" but it seemed like some of them were bagels I Was That Guy When my family was in Japan, the kitten didn't come in one night. Then, I got in my wheelchair and rolled around calling for my cat. Inequality Of the remaining Beatles that are still alive, we have the best one and the worst one. JK *ducking*. Boil Water Warning No one takes Cam Likely's phone calls Smooth sounds I want to hear elevator music, and I walk out and my wife is playing some violin concerto Competition begins It's little league baseball season again and the game is a little more recognizable, pitchers are starting to pitch better, more towards the plate Sonny in Europe Its 1959, and Sonny Rollins is going to Europe. Back in the states, he's jamming with Bob Dorough & Mose Allison at the jazz loft. Then, he goes on sabbatical and climbs onto the Williamsburg bridge to practice without disturbances. Visual Rhyme Time The suction cup handle rhymes visually with the book page holder This Week's Selfie Poop Burrito Selfie
29 minutes | Apr 13, 2023
A Pint Is A Pound
Welcome to “A Pint Is A Pound” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Saying A pint is a pound the world around Kids Are Gaslighting Me What my car smells like My kids say I smell like poisonous chemicals They say my car smells like vomit They are the only people to vomit in my car, and I used cleaner to clean it up, so this is gaslighting and I should threaten them with cancellation Know Your Cobbler I went to the cobbler again and the parking lot was full Ancestral Lands My family went off to Japan Getting The Most Of Zing's Spring Sale On the last day of their spring sale, I put in Zingerman's cheese order number 2, for parmigiano reggiano & gouda It's been a good spring with delicious cheese Reading About Disability At the Duke University press spring sale, I picked up some books on disability Life and times of Sonny Sonny Rollins has been released from jail, gone to Kentucky for the cure, joined Brown-Roach Inc., and recorded Tenor Madness March Theme Song Candidate Theme song candidate "Song V" The Scary Neighbor Fedex guy brought the wrong package, and it was for my neighbor across the street I opened it because I thought it was the new cheese So I loaded it into my wheelchair and went over there Birds of prey At the owl cafe Bachelor life Keeping the metal food bowl full of chicken sausage tomato pasta Watching the Warriors win important games and missing my family Travel Handle https://twitter.com/scorebecca/status/1641873119483682901?t=3jTiNzDjbfPCpNgBL73BSA&s=08 Suction cup grab bar seems to be missing the crucial element of stability, but on the other hand, it's a cool novelty item and it might even work a little bit ADA Grab Bars keep me from falling. but I'm not sure that a handle held on by suction would keep me up, so I probably wouldn't use it RIP Sakamoto RIP Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, he made pretty cool music for The Revenant along with myriad othter films, games, and projects Checkup Parents came over. Mom scooped the litter. Dave helped me go fill the propane tanks. We got a baguette and 2 cookies Endorsed By No One The thing about Orthotic Footwear is that it is not endorsed by anyone. Except doctors Walking Badly Tiger Woods walking badly at the Masters ESPN's Michael Wilbon said he didn't want to see Tiger moving this way, but I wonder how much that will matter to him This Week's Selfie The world around
27 minutes | Mar 21, 2023
Multiplex and Talent Show
Welcome to “Multiplex and Talent Show” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast This week, I used my wheelchair to go to the multiplex in Dublin and the talent show in the auditorium at my children's elementary school. The movie we saw was "Inside" with Willem Dafoe and the elementary school talent show had a few truly bizarre, fun memorable moments.. Using my wheelchair made it possible. Spicy Nut and Pretzel Mix Whipped up the David Lebovitz snack mix because our dinner guest brought an extra pie. I think you could say it was burnt, but it's still so addictive that it didn't matter - it all gets eaten every time Welcome in Shout out to Canada. I watched the Sharks lose to the Oilers last night so I gotta give a big Shout out. to Canada I heard the band Big Blood from South Portland, Maine on the radio during KFJC's Female Takeover a marathon of music created by female artists - shout out to cousin Jimmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDmrH488oS8 Big Blood The song I heard was "Reproduce and Get Dirty which is like a great summary of all living things. It has great slide guitar and a wonderful vocal melody that soars at times and is also more intimate other times Big Blood has a lot of free music {including the aforementioned track) on the Free Music Archive At the Multiplex I went to the Regal Hacienda Crossing Spaceport in Dublin. It is a multiplex at an outdoor mall Shout out to Anjela the hair-cutter who told me she went to movies there when she was in high school I went with Nami to the movie in my wheelchair. I like going to the multiplex in a wheelchair because multiplexes are big and huge and I don't know if I'd be able to make it otherwise We saw the movie Inside with William Defoe It's about an art burglar who gets trapped inside a smart house which more-or-less tortures him and features the destruction of millions of dollars worth of of art and furniture. Kids Got Talent I went to the children's talent show in my wheelchair, but beforehand i emailed ahead of time to ask if they would save a space for me, which was no problem. they saved a space for me at the front of the room and a really sweet girl wearing a tap outfit helped me to get settled There were great embarrassing song and dance routines, solo Hamilton, martial arts, gymnastic cartwheels I & II, Water Under The Bridge interpretive dances and SO much more. It was more interesting than I thought it would be. My son told me he had a crush on a girl who did a gymnastic routine. When his mom asked why, he said it was because she "ran really fast" "A pint is a pound the world around" https://twitter.com/deerhoof/status/1637952008039849984 Indie rockers weigh in Only one thing left subscribe to the whatsthematterwithme podcast and you'll get a very fancy nice email version of the podcast every time a new episode comes out its very handsome be sure to click subscribe right at the top of the page, just a name and your email is all we need to get goin and then youll always get the selfie This Week's Selfie In the studio
33 minutes | Mar 17, 2023
Car Accident
I got in a car accident where I got rear ended, wasn't injured and the insurers agreed that I was not at fault. This is a blender episode, with lots of little segments that all go in there. Blender Episode This episode contains lots of different segments, all going into the blender like fruit goes into the smoothie.. Stay tuned for lurid stories of rampaging young adults and their dangerous car accidents, but let's start our blender episode back in the 1990s at Jamba Juice. Juicy Tale Do you go to Jamba Juice? My first thought was that I went there in the nineties, and that I don't go there anymore. Kind of like Noah's Bagels, I feel like Jamba Juice belongs to the 90s the way Orange Julius belongs to the 80s But I go there all the time because like El Pollo Loco, you can trust it, if you don't trust anything, Jamba juice will feed me I get the peanut butter smoothie Jamba Juice was originally called juice club Began in San luis obispo in 1990 It was renamed in 1995. In 1995, founder Kirk Perron swapped out Juice Club for Jamba Juice, which is a play on the African word, jama, which means "to celebrate." Music & Culture Festival Like Carijama, the dormant Caribbean music and culture festival in Oakland's Mosswood Park Ended in violence every year 2001-4 after existing since 86 Making The Scends  I have been using lent as an excuse to go to the fried fish place in San Leandro on 14th street Scends Crate Digging Expedition  Visited Stacks Records, a used record store in Hayward Session In Paris Masahiko Togashi was a jazz drummer who sustained a spinal injury in 1970. After his injury, Togashi had a custom drum set adapted so he could play drums using only his hands At Stacks, I found a copy of 1979s Togashi / Cherry / Haden "Session in Paris - Song of Soil" with a picture of Togashi in his wheelchair on the back, something I haven't seen very often on a record, so I bought it right away. If you're looking for a copy, they're on Bandcamp Pole Cane Stick Got a new walking stick made of carbon fiber, the old one was aluminum. The weight difference is like picking up a twig vs. blade of grass Creative Destruction I was on vacation in Palm Springs, Calif., on Nov. 7, 2021, when I awoke with the cacophony of a dozen dial-up modems blaring inside my head. Confused and alarmed, I called out to a friend staying in the room next door and could hardly hear my own voice. When he responded, I heard almost nothing at all. The reason for my sudden hearing loss and the persistent ringing in my ears wasn’t immediately obvious, to me or to the emergency room doctor who examined me that morning. I hadn’t stood too close to the speaker at a concert or hit my head in some traumatic accident. I simply had gone to sleep with my hearing intact and, come morning, it was gone. My life since that day has been difficult to describe, though the words I return to most often are “disorienting” and “humbling.” I spent months shuffling from one medical specialist to the next for a battery of tests and treatments. I eventually started wearing hearing aids and learning American Sign Language. And, perhaps most challenging of all, I confronted a new identity — disabled — that often leaves me feeling vulnerable. At first, I also felt very alone. No one hands you a guidebook when one of the fundamental senses on which you innately rely is revoked without warning. Even the most attentive physicians are primed to focus on your physical symptoms, not the upheaval that a sudden impairment brings to your personal and professional life, nor the erosion it causes to your sense of self. Steven Overley, "I had decades to make peace with my sexuality. My disability is a different story." NY Times Subscriber-only newsletter (EXCERPT) Acquiring a disability feels like forced creative destruction Steven Ozerkey was guest writer for Frank Bruni's newsl...
24 minutes | Mar 7, 2023
I Got My Teeth Back
Welcome to “I Got My Teeth Back” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast I went to the dentist, and he attached some teeth to the posts the periodontist implanted in my jaw. It's been almost two years since I had buck teeth in my mouth, and it is a big change. I made a lot of squash soup, adapting the method for one hand, and I've included the recipe in this post. Shout outs Shout outs to Klaudhopper, who asked about Hoppin Hot Sauce stickers Shout outs to Tall John who called me up after I tweeted about not going to Japan https://twitter.com/johnhoppin/status/1632793064740880384 Teeth These are the images I gave to the lab that fabricated my new teeth when they asked for pictures of what my old teeth used to look like. I have buck teeth again! It's been 2 years since I had my Teeth Knocked Out Goes By Cam Scam Likely probably goes by Cam He calls everyone and no one takes his calls, on the answering machine he's like hey it's me, Cam- Cam Likely Brain Lesions & Disease Progression ‘Usual Suspect’ Lesions Appear Not to Cause Most Severe Disability in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Slow I had infusion which is a really long slow injection Roasted Squash Soup Recipe by John Hoppin Roasting winter squashes face up concentrates flavor, and using convection during the roast increases tasty browning reactions. Using an immersion blender makes it easier to puree using only one hand. We eat leftovers for lunch with a grilled cheese sandwich and Hoppin Hot Sauce. Servings8 Servings Cooking Time75 minutes Ingredients 3lbs winter squash, cut in half, seeds taken out 4T unsalted butter Yellow onion, chopped 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup maple syrup salt and pepper, to taste 4 cups stock Instructions Preheat oven to 350 F {or 325 if using convection). Roast pumpkins until easily pierced with a fork, at least 1 hour. Let cool, then scoop out the flesh. Melt the butter in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat and once it is foamy, add the onion. Cook 5 minutes until soft. Stir nutmeg & cinnamon into the onions. When the smell permeates the room, add the stock. Add squash flesh, bring to a good simmer, stirring. Remove from heat. Leave to steam for a couple of minutes. Puree thoroughly with the immersion blender, using a stirring motion. Be extra-thorough to find any chunks of squash or onion that may be hiding under the surface.. It should be thick. I don't do any extra sieving, so I want to take my time and be sure it is well-pureed. Add maple syrup, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Sonny At Rikers Sonny Rollins got 1-3 years for having a gun. He was searched without cause. In 1952 he was at Riker's Island. He arranged hymns for a hip chaplain at the Protestant Mission House, and he was paroled September 11, 1952 Theme Song The theme song candidate for this month is less jazz & more industrial I am considering whether it might have lyrics, maybe it'll sing the intro part Tiny Tooth Wrench When they reattached them, the radio played Lionel Richie's 80-s smash hit "Hello". Neither the dentist nor his assistant knew the song. Turned out that the dentist was born in 1987. The dentist used a little mini Allen wrench to attach them to the bases. there was pressure, it made my eyes water I have teeth now, so I ate Ramen and spaghetti for the first time since my bridge broke and took my front teeth with it in August 2021 My Gumbo History Cousin Emily came over for gumbo on Saturday I made gumbo at the Rockridge Fish in Market Hall in 2003-4 Last night for dinner i made red sauce italian sausage with leeks This Week's Selfie I Got My Teeth Back
8 minutes | Mar 1, 2023
Lotion
Smooth Like Lotion Welcome to “Lotion” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this mini-episode, we check out a new candidate for the theme song for Season 8, a song called "Lotion", because it's a smooth song, smooth like lotion is. Kind of G-funk, smoothed out 90s thing. Maybe it will be the theme song for next season.
22 minutes | Feb 24, 2023
Concert At Yoshi’s
Welcome to “Concert At Yoshi's” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast I went to see a jazz concert at Yoshi's in my wheelchair, and it was pretty easy, for a change. I made a lot of vegetarian bean chili ahead of a trip to the ranch, and the vegetarians approved of it. Shout outs  Shout outs to Claude Hopper who listened to Wheelchair Dining Experience and wrote in to laugh about the banana salad My mom told me that I should have complained about the restaurant experience, but I have worked in restaurants for a long time and I think that things can go wrong very easily, so I declined. Kind of a cop out. I was like it's not gonna make my experience any better to complain. Write me an email john@hoppinworld.com and I will give you a shout out, perhaps the best shout out you will ever have. What are you waiting for? Send me an email john@hoppinworld.com Mom reminded me how the meal was like a car crash and i couldn't look away because It was like I was driving and I crashed my car. Maybe I was like a passenger in a taxi where the driver got into a horrible accident and killed someone and was at fault I was not at fault but I experienced it. And I paid for it. Rest in peace to that dinner I'll complain next time. Ads R Cheesy It's still true that I've never had an advertisement on WTMWM?, but I was watching TV with my son and they had an advertisement for this nut company and I have to say that I order nuts and raisins a lot. they also sell cheese powder and I'm interested in that. so if the nuts people come calling, I might do it, for the cheese powder Eight Cans Of Beans Chili I made a gallon and a half of bean chili, to bring to the ranch. it got good reviews from the vegetarians who ate it up. I wanted to see if making vegetarian chili from canned beans was possible, and it worked out. My buddy grilled some carne asada and onions, which mixed into the bean chili just right, lending good meaty flavor and satisfying some more primal urges. Dave Holland Trio at Yoshi's Instruments on the stage Monday February 20, 2023 Dave Holland, bassKevin Eubanks, guitarEric Garland, drums From jam band to nihilistic noise rock. Eubanks is a natural sideman and laughs at everything This jazz concert at Yoshi's was accessible in my wheelchair I just had to call in the afternoon to let them know I was coming that night, and they reserved a table for my wife and I They gave us a good table with a clear vantage point and we enjoyed the show. We were not off to the side, or around the corner. It was easy to get to my seat, and I had a clear path to the bathroom which was useful because i had two whiskey sours Spatula Debates Spatula appears in English for the first time in 1525, when it morphs from being a weapon to a utensil most commonly used at apothecaries. Today, it describes any cooking tool with a long handle and a thin flexible blade. Source: 8 Common Spatulas and How To Use Them We got into a debate during the making of chili about spatulas: are they for smoothing things out, or flipping them. Turns out, there are a lot of different things that you could call a spatula Domestic Things We received the bed and the fridge The mattress is not a lumpy nightmare The fridge is keeping things cold, but well short of freezing I Drove Them I drove the kids to presidents week camp this morning bc my wife was in the office
31 minutes | Feb 17, 2023
Wheelchair Dining Experience
I went out for a wheelchair dining experience and it was a comedy/tragedy of errors Welcome to “Wheelchair Dining Experience” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I rolled out to eat with my wife for a wheelchair dining experience  and it was a comedy/tragedy of errors. It was supposed to be a fine dining restaurant but the experience fell short in a lot of ways. I'm so starved to get out that it didn't stop me from having a good time, but I don't think I will be back. Press https://twitter.com/MS_Focus/status/1626311090559655939 Mention from the MS Foundation The multiple sclerosis foundation tweeted about what's the matter with me Podcast- they are a loud voice in the community, and I feel very seen. Shout-Outs  Not Quite Twice My Age: Dad is celebrating his 75th birthday cruising the Bahamas Swing By: Chris Parachini is in Puerto Rico but he'll make it to CA someday. Tag > Slap World Chase Tag is vastly superior to Power Slap "fighting" Date Looms Large https://twitter.com/RachelHorne19/status/1623465866309296131 Does the date of MS diagnosis loom large? For me, the answer is probably a no, even though I haven't forgotten it. I just haven't given it much weight. Unprecedented and Unique Dinner Dinner experience in my wheelchair, it was a singular experience When companies/products/marketers have come to me asking to advertise on WTMWM? I have refused. Big Question I'm Always Asking How can fatigue and achievement coexist? Lent Friday fish from Scends: snapper, shrimp, fries, mac n cheese, coleslaw, corn bread hot sauce. The kids liked it. Sam Kinison Auto Parts Jingle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGHyuRzrJ6Y I made the Sam Kinison auto parts jingle Bad Old Ideas https://twitter.com/johnhoppin/status/1624865507244658688 NYTimes: College professor suggest eugenics to deal with the problem of an aging society Pizza Problem Bluebird Pizzeria in San Leandro is the only bona fide pizza in town, but they're closed on Monday And they Sell out on Friday and Saturday nights, so you can't even get a take away order placed at 7 o'clock. Its a little place& lotsTogo- no delivery. Guess I'm just ranting about there Isn't enough pizza in mytown Just Chili-ing Im making vegetarian bean chili This Week's Selfie Chin Music
27 minutes | Feb 8, 2023
White Elephant Sale
Only Happens Once A Year Welcome to “White Elephant Sale” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I went to the annual White Elephant Sale in my wheelchair and thought about my identity, identity politics and representation. Fishy Yellow Mess Turmeric supplement broken bottle Nami said getting an apology from a chatbot is unsatisfying. She said it's because you don't feel magnanimous accepting the apology of a robot. Weird junk white elephant sale was accessible in my wheelchair. Some parts were very tight, but I made it work. That place is full of great junk Still toothless I thought I was gonna have my teeth, and I don't have my teeth (yet) Fluid Identity I have changed my identity and become a disabled person and in that way I understand something about intersectional identity There are People that change their identity on purpose. I feel some kinship with them because my identity has changed, even though I didn't do it on my own. Viewing others with unmarked male gaze is no longer possible I used to think that identity art was silly, because I questioned its relevance to art. My thinking about the importance of identity, identity art, and identity politics has grown and changed just as my identity has grown and changed through maturation and enduring chronic disability Mayhem Special Dax Pierson I'm dreaming up a Mayhem special for KFJC about disabled musicians. Something featuring disabled artists like Cedell Davis, Beethoven, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stevie Wonder, Blind Uncle Gaspard, Israel Vibration, Ian Drury, Dax Pierson, and more. This Week's Selfie White Elephant Sale Selfie
31 minutes | Feb 1, 2023
Happy New Yeast
Auto-correct keeps messing with me Welcome to “Happy New Yeast” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, autocorrect keeps messing with me. After almost two years, I'll get new teeth on Friday. I drove myself to KFJC and did a lot of cooking. Buck Wild I lost my buck teeth in the Spring of 2021 and, at long last, I'm getting them back on Friday Live on KFJC I drove to KFJC and hung out with Jack tar during the Blues Collective and also picked up some records to review They had this year's new years card and a past new years card up in the lobby I got assigned a couple records to review and brought them home, fulfilling the original reason to be a member at kfjc: to get free records Misadventures In Autocorrect "Happy new yeast," my phone is always autocorrecting me, when I try to write happy new years. And I'm like "No, man- that makes me sound weird." Plastic Tones Cedell Davis Cedell Davis was a disabled blues man with limited use of his hands Doin' drop off and pickup I took the kids to school- Nami was working in San Diego, End of day pickup & took them out to Taco Bell, because they see the ads on TV Cooking While Disabled Jan 2023 Need a TED talk about making PBJ that addresses the importance of spreading the peanut butter and jelly to the edge of the bread Made mojo sauce, its hard for me bc it had some tricky things like using the microplane, blender & a lotta juicing i extended the marinating time to break out the work over 2 days Made soup again, the kale was a bit difficult to strip off the stems but i did it anyway bc it's good to do things within reason. Part of cooking is prep, and it's the work Artist at the Grocer I saw the artist Stephanie Syjuco at the grocery store. That was last week; this week she's at MSU, installing a new exhibition https://twitter.com/johnhoppin/status/1618749185481920515 Hold It Right There The Amazon page holder device- I can read again. It's called "Bookmark/Weight-Page Holder-Holds Books Open and in Place-Clear-by Superior Essentials" and it was Amazons choice. Using it is easy and I can read much easier without having to grapple with the book. Currently, I'm reading The Year's Best Sports Writing 2021 and Saxophone Colossus, Aidan Levy's new Sonny Rollins biography and the page holder is doing exactly what they said it would- a useful product.
30 minutes | Jan 25, 2023
Gum Scrape
Body Horror, Part Two Welcome to “Gum Scrape” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In "Gum Scrape," I'm finally on the verge of completing my dental implants. I went to the dentist and he got after me with an X-acto knife. Tube-Tying I cut the cord in 2012 And now I have cable in 2023 and I don't ever want to be without live sports. Probably I don't really feel that way but my son does and my wife certainly disagrees rafa lost to mackenzie mcdonald rafa had rf procedure on his foot for nerve pain mcdonald trained at the Claremont Resort & Spa I used to sneak into the Claremont to employee dining room Sharks came back from a 3 Goal deficit for the 1st time since 2009 Periodontist is a 17th century job Dentist used x acto knife on my gums Easy Soup Cooking while disabled- easy white beans, kale and sausage soup, kinda like this one, but with sausage. Smoky from Goulart's choriço Take the deadly nightshade Modern love is a romantic comedy and my wife doesn't think it's funny My wife says opt for the deadly nightshade One-handed piano player I've been learning piano songs with one including soldier, Desperados waiting for a train, Blue Moon, & come back Kid
30 minutes | Jan 19, 2023
Disabled Business Owner
Disabled Owned & Operated Welcome to “Disabled Business Owner” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I'm going through the books and wrapping up 2022 for my business when I discover that I've totally spaced and forgot to bill for the biggest order of the year. It happened last year, right around when I was about to go into surgery. Shout Outs Shout outs to KFJC's Klaud hopper who was on the air on kfjc filling in for lucky j Sunday morning 6-9 Kid's Game I'm obsesssed with World Chase Tag On The Flipside I got a fully automatic turntable: AT-LP-3 Big Tunes American Cream Band, Plastic Flame LP Brooklyn vegan: big joanie announces first US tour playing in SF at rickshaw stop on 3.28. play ing union poolk on 5.25 Sold out & babys all right 5/26 Wierdo Stuff Dynasty handbag weirdo night shirt Handling Business During acute periods it is hard to manage things. Case in point: I forgot to invoice my customer for the biggest purchase of Hoppin Hot Sauce this year. Hey Dear What's up with Spam that begins, Hey dear The scam of the 1890s. Is a Hoppin Hot Sauce Association If you can't steal from your friends Cooking While Disabled I made pulled pork with mojo &chiles last night we had meatloaf, and that was not an easy recipe
30 minutes | Jan 10, 2023
Cooking While Disabled 2023
NEW YEAR'S MIRACLE: A rotisserie chicken Welcome to “Cooking While Disabled 2023” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast In this episode, I find myself doing a lot of cooking while disabled which involves adaptation and interpretation of recipes that generally aren't written with disabled people in mind. We've got to eat, regardless. There's an influx of produce at the house because we sized up our weekly vegetable box in the new year. The kids are home from school which compresses the day, as they come home from camp in the afternoon and from then on it can be pretty difficult to concentrate. Shout Outs Shout outs to Eric & Traci Shout outs to the people listening through to the past episodes- I know they are there when the number of episodes streamed increases appreciably while the number of individual listeners doesn't increase Art of jokes View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary Cannone (@garycannone.studio) Gary Cannone, Jeff Dunham & modernism Usually art jokes are not funny, but Gary's are pretty good Don't sleep on the Gary Cannone Interview Special from Season Six. Bouncing Off The Walls The kids are back in school- it was very hard to concentrate with them around, it compresses everything I made chili thought about how cooking while disabled is all about Adapting the recipe to your ability Adaptations that make the recipe easier to execute while maintaining the spirit and making high quality food The Iron Curtain Has Fallen I went to the dentist and had my teeth cleaned by a cat Shop 'til U Drop I bought tickets for the White Elephant Sale What We're Watching With supply chain shortages, prices skyrocketing and more shoplifting than ever before, positive customer relations are nearly impossible.  aetv.com/shows/customer-wars Customer Wars - people have bad shopping habits Port Protection is home to the few who have left behind normal society and chosen a different life in a remote Alaskan community, where survival of the individuals and community cannot sustain without the other. The stakes are high. The land is rugged and unforgiving and the seas which surround Port Protection are cold and merciless. imdb.com Port Protection- hermits in the woods Keeping Up With The Joneses We're waitlisted for basketball
29 minutes | Jan 3, 2023
New Year’s Epiphanies
Welcome to "New Year's Epiphanies," Episode 1 of What's The Matter With Me? Podcast Season Seven This episode marks the transition to a new year, new theme song, and hopefully some new ways of thinking. The Season Seven theme song is "Beast" https://soundcloud.com/hot-mops/beast Listeners grew 144% from 2021 to 2022 I advised my son not to brag on his presents and I think he heard me https://twitter.com/johnhoppin/status/1610105614755311616 Weird Al = Weird AI? Maybe Weird Al should play Superman I made pot roast and ate it the same day, Christmas eve. burnt some cookies Christmas wars New sleep apnea iron lung equipment- need to order new braces bc the ol;d ones are falling apart New Year's Epiphanies: there isn't enough wine in a bottle of wine - shut up sound effect Getting tagged in my family holiday photos. I'm not a straightforward photography subject and it gets worse when things are candid In a severe mental crisis situation, I'm very charming If we're remembered at all we'll be remembered solely in the context of the turn of the millennium I'm a product of y2k Dad butt-dials me Last night for dinner we had tuna pasta This Week's Selfie
23 minutes | Dec 22, 2022
Year In Review
Taking a look back at the year on the What's The Matter With Me? Podcast Welcome to the What's The Matter With Me? Podcast "Year In Review" Season Seven will begin in the new year. Tune in for the year end wrap-up of Season Six, the biggest season we've ever had. Listen for a year-end run down of all the things that crossed the bow of WTMWM? in 2022. It was a big year, a good year. Let's get into it. Holiday In Cambodia https://youtu.be/-KTsXHXMkJA Essential coming-of-age My wife doesn't know "Holiday In Cambodia" by the Dead Kennedys and that just goes to show that we're different people Fork Yeah The rotisserie forks came and we made a chicken and it was pretty good I think I can do better But the new forks are the ticket because before the meat kept falling and it wasn't working And maybe we just burn one side and get the other 1 raw Journeys By Myself I tried to go Christmas shopping by myself and that was ridiculous The Internet is such an easier place to go Christmas shopping and the only thing that will help you right now is the robots I circled 3 times and parked right in front of the store- I lucked out and my plan worked. What was I doing there? I had to make a showing of some sort. I went to the teenager shop and had the dude put together a little kit. There was a family with a 15-year-old girl who was getting a nose piercing Tossing & Turning Definitely having anxiety and trouble sleeping I think I always get this way at Christmas Season Six Rundown I wear the same shoes- Tune in for the big rundown of the top stories from Season Six. This Week's Selfie Year In Review
31 minutes | Dec 13, 2022
San Diego Trip
On the road again Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast S6, Ep. 45 “San Diego Trip” In this episode, I'm on the road again for the first time in what feels like a long time. My wife and I flew to San Diego to attend her company's year-end holiday party. For the first time, I flew with my wheelchair. I got frisked and swabbed lot, but I didn't miss my flights, so it evened out and I made it home in one piece. It was not without hiccups, but we managed to have a pretty good trip overall, and I'm looking forward to traveling again in tyhe future. Booze Only Yankee Swap IV It's Swap Time We came back to town and had the Booze Only Yankee Swap. The next day, we took the kids to see the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra's holiday concert. There's some sound effects in this episode, like a plane taking off and some other stuff, but I tried to keep it to an absolute minimum, I swear. Shout-outs Shout-outs to Empress Nami who wrote in to say, "I listened to WTMWM on my commute in. The ending....so many sound effects! I was laughing so much." Sometimes I'm just communing with Roy, who taught me how to do audio production. Roy always encouraged me to use more sound effects. Hey MOMA, do you have the what's the matter with me? Podcast? Forking Hell They think I only ordered one fork Descended From Royalty I took the kids to eat at Taco Bell and we met a stranger San Diego Trip We flew to San Diego I made a recording just outside the airport terminal At The Company Holiday Party I sat down at the table for the holiday party and it turned out to be the adult table because the CSO sat across the table and the CEO sat down next to me. Which was kind of *gulp*-inducing but they were nice people and they listened to me when I told them how great my wife was. The people at the company have an impressive track record of creating medicines. I saw the lab and it was a big glassed in structure at the core of a long rectangular one story building in San Diego I flew back, and they swabbed and frisked me again. The TSA guy said to clean my brace with rubbing alcohol next time. Our Holiday Party ABV 30%+ Booze Only Yankee Swap 1980s STYLE Someone brought Peach Brandy to the Booze Only Yankee Swap and that created a minor kerfuffle. It was the fourth time we've had this party. GARBLED FLYER The graphic design program spat out this garbled flyer and we can post it here because it doesn't list our address, or anything at all, really- it just says, "in" over and over. Trading Up I put in a bottle of Beefeater gin and I ended up with a bottle of Don Julio tequila. My wife traded a bottle of Cazadores for a bottle of Glenfiddich so it was a pretty good exchange for both of us and we very nearly felt bad about it. Someone brought peach Brandy to the booze only Yankee swap and that created a minor kerfluffle Lebovitz spiced nuts & pretzels were a hit. Next time, spicier The hot dogs San Francisco SymphonyYouth Orchestra Holiday Concert We took the kids to see the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall. I used my chair and it was totally lucky that we got a handicap space just two blocks away. But, we hadn't charged the chair. We were there to see Kaito play the violin and we had pretty good seats in the first balcony at stage right. We had a good view looking down over the orchestra, and from our seats you look the conductor in the face as they played.
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