Time to Lean 2: Shaken and Slurred

Episode 96 shambles along with the following topics: We talk briefly about Dean Phillips and his family’s booze company. We remember the late Kris Kristofferson. John talks about pot stilling and a potential bust in the whiskey market after reading this article. It’s election season… We both watched the cult classic movie, “Carnival of Souls” Phil’s watching another set of “classic” movies: The Omen films. John talks about a recent music gig that was not exactly ideal. The Song: “We’re Both Sidekicks”

Today, we’re joined by returning Special Guest, Shawn Cassity! (not Shaun Cassidy, but if you know him, we’ll have him on too) Shawn is having a Keeper’s Heart, Phil a Tusker Lager and John is drinking Dewar's 15 year scotch. After we get the usual junk out of the way, we have a brief chat about podcast player apps. Phil has an update on his other podcast activities. John randomly mentions BBC’s The Shipping Forecast. And remembers the old NPR show, Music From the Hearts of Space and MST3K. Phil recalls a technique he was taught to memorize Spanish vocabulary and wonders if MST3K ever lampooned the movie Tourist Trap (1979). With Shawn on deck, we have a long-ish chat about our least-favorite Beatles songs. (favourite) Song: “The Cats Will Eat Tonight”

We open episode 92 with another round of booze where we talk a bit about Old Grand Dad bourbon and the Bottled in Bond thing. Phil went to a whiskey tasting. John also does a taste comparison between two different High West ryes. A mercifully brief post-Super Tuesday chat. Celebrity crushes. Phil had a salt bath. Kitchen equipment. More talk about what shows we watch and John is making some “Goulash”. Kenny of All Trades and BBQ With Franklin The Song: “Furtherer and Fewer in Between”

Episode 90 is a free-wheelin’ doozy of a season finale of Season 9, for those following along at home. With Special Guest Mr. King! Monsieur King (Monsieur is French for Mister) is a friend of Phil, friend of the show and the friendly creator of the World-Famous podcast, Sleep Baseball! King is drinking a Coors, John Buffalo Trace Bourbon, and Phil tries a Shanky’s Whip. We talk about King’s show and his upper-Midwest inspiration. Driving through parts of Michigan and various parts of the McDonald’s menu. We discuss adding “ways to support the show” and the old Jerry Lewis Telethons. Somehow we accidentally kill Henry Kissinger. If you find yourself enjoying the show and want to support us, you can buy us a "coffee"! The Song: “Henry Kissinger”

For Time to Lean’s Halloween Special, aka Episode 88, we were joined by special guest, Randy Grimley! Randy and Phil go way back to SDSU theater days and Randy shares “highlights” from his illustrious past. Randy was an all-star newspaper carrier. Randy talks about his time serving on his local school board. We ponder which 5 cent coffee is better, Wall Drug or Al’s Oasis? We all discuss spooky movies. The Song: “TTL Halloween (2023 Remix)”

Episode 86 features a return appearance of Bruce K! John samples some new-to-him Thomson single malt whisky. Bruce feels that Jim Beam tastes like walnuts and doesn’t like Canadian rye. The Dick Van Dyke show episode John mentioned. John and Phil talk about the Scotch tasting they attended where they met the head distiller of Lochlea. Phil doesn’t comment much because he left his mic temporarily muted. Sad! Bruce has retired from public school orchestra teaching. Many long-winded stories follow, mostly about international trips and rotting food in instruments. The Song: “There You Have It, There You Go”

After a rough start, Phil and John get into episode 84 with some free-association. Beverages: Phil - Pendleton 1910 Whisky 1910, John - The Real Stuff John is somehow reminded of the 1958 Coasters song, Charlie Brown, which is NOT about the Peanuts character, so ignore what John says. Phil talks about some new booze he’s tried and his OTHER podcast, “Sleep Baseball”. John made another trip to Rapid City. Phil joined a choir in the Twin Cities. Maybe they could do this song. Phil reports about another concert he attended. John talks about a new Rapid City whiskey bar in Rapid City, Windsor Block but lamely didn’t get there when it was open. Sad. Brief chat about old physical media, old tube TVs, and our time working at Best Buy. Big Joe Phil recommends the Netflix series How to Change Your Mind John talks about the series, The Last of Us and Shrinking. The Song: “The Ghost of a Cat”