Hello my dreamers. I know you're kind of hearing a lot for me this week and I just

wanted you to know that I just had these projects sort of floating around over the

two weeks that I had off between

Thanksgiving and this past weekend. There are actually not enough hours in the day

for everything that I would like to do. What I have for you this time is another

special bonus collaboration. I once again had the tremendous pleasure of working with the host of mysterious

circumstances as well as the Rev 96 podcast Justin Rimmel. Back in September I

visited Las Vegas and I went to Fremont Street in downtown.

I wanted to get some pictures of Binion's Horseshoe, but I also made my way over to the El Cortez.

Outside the building there was a plaque on the sidewalk

dedicated to a man who had once been part owner of the place,

Benjamin Siegel. I asked in the group if anyone of the

place Benjamin Siegel. I asked in the group if anyone would be interested in an episode

of Bugsy and the reaction was mixed so if you aren't a fan of mafia stories, then go ahead and pass.

This is just a bonus and the usual stuff that you all enjoy will certainly continue

to show up in your feeds.

But if you do want to take a chance on this episode I'd really appreciate it. Anyway, for those of you who know

Justin know that he has a long-standing interest in mafia lore, so I asked him if he wanted to do this

episode along with me, and fortunately he agreed.

Now a few things about this recording. This is the first of two parts and it's not going to be your typical California dreaming style narration.

I'm pretty sure I do the majority of the talking in this. It feels like I did. But because of the way we recorded it, you're going to hear me in my natural state. I stumble over words, I lose my train of thought, and because

we recorded over two days for probably a total of four or five hours, I'm pretty sure at times I sound like a hot mess. And

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