Hey, this is the moment. I'm Brian Cobbleman. Thanks for listening. Today's guest is somebody that I met in person for the first time only moments ago.

We've become friendly online, but I felt like I knew him long before from watching over 200 hours over 250 hours of programming that I mean that's just good eats right yeah that's just good eats and I've certainly watched more than that of you and other shows and that is Alton Brown who you know from Good eats Iron America, from the Alton Brown cast, and from many more shows.

I've long been fascinated in your work.

I'm tempted to start with your work with R.E. But I won't. Thanks for being here and you need your short time

that you're in New York. Happy to I'm happy to be here trust me I I'm a we're mutual fans and yeah we did

we did which is a it's wonderful thing it is I think it's a wonderful thing I actually

want to talk to you about your Twitter identity at some point and by the, you can talk about REM all you want.

I owe my entire life trajectory to one music video.

It's true.

To the fact that you were the cinematographer on the one I love.

Yeah, that I happened.

I had left Athens to, I'd become a steady cam operator back when I was still young and cameras are heavy.

And I'd left town and then I heard that Ariam was going to have a new album and I

knew that whenever Ariam at that time had a new album they would always produce a video

out of this little production company in Athens, Georgia and so I went back to Athens and got a job at this production

company and waited.

You just knew.

Yeah, I did.

I did. I did know.

And you, that's very Chuck Rhodes like.

Yeah, I can just say, even that you kind of got there ahead of time.

I didn't spend my, I didn't blow my entire trust fund though in order to make my scheme work.

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