Greetings you fleeting Keyons. I hope you're all enjoying the wonderful splendor of early

summertime. I am speaking from the past and pretending that I'm in the present. Because

right now, I am in Madrid. But not really. I'm in Limerick right now but I recorded it

last week. But if you're listening to this right now, I am in Madrid because as you know,

I was gigging in Madrid and Barcelona. I've taken a couple of days in Madrid to get some

writing done. And enjoying the bite and hot weather and I'm wearing charts. Charts are

chino charts. I have a pair of charts that I got when I was 11 years of age. And when

I was 11, they were huge big baggy charts from a brand called Petro Motion. Big baggy charts.

But now as a man in his 30s, they fit me perfectly and snugly. So yeah, I'm walking

around Madrid wearing an 11 year old boy's charts. But it didn't take podcasting recording

equipment with me. So I recorded this last week in Limerick. I always have to tell you

that I've pre-recorded it. I don't like feeling like I'm lying. Plus, what if something

mad happened? What if like the Queen of England turned inside out on television, started

running around with her lungs and spleen on display? You'd be wondering why I wasn't

dressing it if that did happen. So if that is going to happen, I don't know because I

recorded this last week. But I'm talking to you now. I'm recording this on Thursday.

Do you know what did happen? Three hours ago. Van Gellis died. Van Gellis is was sadly

a pioneer of electronic music. He composed the soundtrack to Blade Runner. I adored

the music of Van Gellis. Listen to the Blade Runner soundtrack. Rest in peace Van Gellis.

So that did happen. And the Queen of England may or may not have turned inside out on live

television. We'll never know. Maybe I've created a quantum superposition right there.

Maybe at that exact moment, a parallel universe has opened up where the Queen of England has

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