This week I ramble about my trip to the world's most dangerous motorcycle race - The Isle of Man TT. the race averages over a death a year for the competitors, and untold more deaths of the numerous tourists who show up to surreptitiously race the road course at night after the official racing is done for the day. I also explain why I quit twitter and why I just want to focus on things that bring me joy in the digital sphere.

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As much as I enjoy rambling by myself for an hour so every Tuesday, today marks the first of what will be a semi-regular series of bonus episodes entitled "Fridays With Friends" where I chew the fat with some interesting buds. Today I speak with Adam Bauer of Speakeasy Meats, the accidental sponsor of Tuesdays With Jakey. We talk about how and why he started a renegade meat smoking business when Covid temporarily snuffed out his 25 year career as a music booking agent.

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This week I take the episode OUTSIDE and record in the woods outside of my luxurious mountain estate up here in McCalm, Idaho. I get into the panic about going back to real life, whether or not wearing a mask is now the Left version of the MAGA hat, and I recount my (acid) trip to Woodstock 99, getting stuck between bridges on a Circle Line Boat and of course Smoked Meat!

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This week I pull out some of my more fun music biz anecdotes. The long and convoluted journey of how I finally got David Allan Coe to play in NYC - on a boat no less! - after more than 30 years without coming to NYC. I explain why I once paid a deposit to the William Morris Agency in a huge bag of $1 bills, and my theory on why THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG ;) And then I ramble about my last two weekend adventures of going to a Rodeo in Riggins, ID last weekend and then a Demolition Derby in Lewiston this past weekend.

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This week I replace my usual ramblings and musings with an episode focused on how the music business *really* works. I dig into the concert end of the biz myself from arenas right on down to everyone's favorite venue - the Rocks Off Concert Cruise! And then I bring on our very first guest Disco David Hoffman of Reservoir Media to do a comprehensive dive into the world of music publishing aka the songwriter end of the business. A must listen for any music head!