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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 448: "A Little Bit on Fire"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

A Whole New Pants.

The Problem: John lost his movie rights.

(Recorded on Sunday, Monday 10, 2022.)

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0:00.0

Hello. Hi John. Merlin man. Here comes the Merlin man. Here comes the John again. Says he's a people fan.

0:24.0

Oh John is John. So like here comes the Merlin man. Here comes the John Roderick.

0:36.0

Oh, there's the funeral march. No. No. It comes the John. I think. I don't think. I think three chords three chords. I think I'm going to pick.

0:51.0

Down down down down down down. Oh god. That's way too. I. Here comes John again. Oh, that's nice. That's nice.

1:05.0

nice if I could reach that guitar over there I'd jam along with you I promise

1:13.1

sinking but if it's a true Skype jam I don't think people care I mean what's

1:17.9

what's a true Skype jam headphones caught over there right yeah lay it on me see

1:25.7

um two three I haven't tuned but we'll see D-A-G oh dear I'll get there I'll get

1:37.9

there no no that sounds like the beginning of G and R-LiS um let's see

1:48.6

I used to be getting a sweet child of mine shit yeah do it do it I'm playing

2:03.2

it to guitar and I didn't play this is 1988 oh boy all right well you know we

2:13.4

tried I'm playing the seagull you're you're playing the seagull by checkoff

2:21.7

yeah that tune very complicated what that's in translation yeah yeah that's the

2:32.6

problem it's witch translation they call it checkoff seagull if you see it

2:36.2

mounted over the fireplace in act one you have to misquote this by act 3 what's

2:46.6

check checkoff was check off a science office so rich won't see what kind of a

2:51.1

search crazy is that an A well I was playing it in a yeah but I don't know if

3:05.5

that's going to be they probably

3:18.7

god damn it this looks like such a house party

3:24.2

there you go there if you want the erotic value you go like this you made your

3:33.7

seven crazy

3:36.6

that's how it goes that's one of two great Brad Gillis adjacent songs where the

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