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50,000 watts of gearhead terror. We’re the talk radio blowtorch you want, chock-full of cars, trucks, beers and guns since 2009. We'll be your go-to for gearhead get-some, full of the sliciest canyon carving, dirtiest off-roading, biggest calibers, hairiest sasquatches, loudest explosions, plus the…

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    09.01.23 (MP3): Get Back to Four-Wheeling (‘Tis the Season)! Gear for On-Trail, Prep to Avoid Being a Burden, National Forests VS State Parks, Mileage Math & Oil Consumption, + Lost Lexuses, Four-By Celicas, Pressure Washing, & Pleasure Mechanic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 56:17


    Holy carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission).  The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we're just busy.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin' Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone. As always, there's a lot more:  bags on roofs and tents on trucks, too much pressure washing and oil consumption, not enough Eddyline and Coors Banquest, Fred and Rudy (dogs), Cujo (dog name), Capt. Surly and Dani (people), and The Toadies and Presidents of the United States of America (bands).

    09.01.23: Get Back to Four-Wheeling (‘Tis the Season)! Gear for On-Trail, Prep to Avoid Being a Burden, National Forests VS State Parks, Mileage Math & Oil Consumption, + Lost Lexuses, Four-By Celicas, Pressure Washing, & Pleasure Mechanicking

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 56:17


    Holy carp - too much to do (and apologies for the tardy transmission).  The Gearhead Consultantcy is always on the job, we're just busy.  Hostus Maximus Justin Fort and the Walkin' Dude got back together out in BFE (Black Forest Excellence) for some trail tales - Red Cone, Imogene, Webster Pass, Mt. Herman, Gold Camp, Mt. Baldy - and thoughts on truck bags (gear for a day), mine access, universal keys, lost D-rings, and not ‘froading alone. As always, there's a lot more:  bags on roofs and tents on trucks, too much pressure washing and oil consumption, not enough Eddyline and Coors Banquest, Fred and Rudy (dogs), Cujo (dog name), Capt. Surly and Dani (people), and The Toadies and Presidents of the United States of America (bands).

    08.28.23 (MP3): The Value of Overdoing It (Embracing the Gearhead Brain) - Hard Lessons from the Maui Fire, Incl. Outside-the-Box Survivors, Hazards of Herd Mindset, Misplaced Trust in Authorities, Hardening Your Kids Against Risk, & When Cows Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 54:55


    Drive over the lawn, bust down the fence, toss the barricade in the ditch, ‘froad the road less travelled, or just go the “wrong” way - it's not the climate that's going to ruin your day, it's the fire started by bad behavior (intentional or incompetent) storming around the corner of your neighbor's bungalow that you need to flee.  Lots of bad stuff happened in the Maui firestorm, but good lessons are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out your natural distrust of government, bureaucrats, elected libtards and watermelon environmentalists is well placed. Yes, you're correct - it's a little soon for this chat - but it's never too soon to be prepared for the next one, and not knowing when that is, let's take this opportunity to toughen up and avoid a repeat.  Because, in the end, your survival is your business.

    08.28.23: The Value of Overdoing It (Embracing the Gearhead Brain) - Hard Lessons from the Maui Fire, Incl. Outside-the-Box Survivors, Hazards of Herd Mindset, Misplaced Trust in Authorities, Hardening Your Kids Against Risk, & When Cows Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 54:55


    Drive over the lawn, bust down the fence, toss the barricade in the ditch, ‘froad the road less travelled, or just go the “wrong” way - it's not the climate that's going to ruin your day, it's the fire started by bad behavior (intentional or incompetent) storming around the corner or your neighbor's bungalow that you need to flee.  Lots of bad stuff happened in the Maui firestorm, but good lessons are never too early to be learned, and the Gearhead Consultancy is here to help - turns out your natural distrust of government, bureaucrats, elected libtards and watermelon environmentalists is well placed. Yes, you're correct - it's a little soon for this chat - but it's never too soon to be prepared for the next one, and not knowing when that is, let's take this opportunity to toughen up and avoid a repeat.  Because, in the end, your survival is your business.

    08.13.23 (MP3): Plate Cameras, Robot Cars & Non-Destructive Creative Civil Disobedience (NDCCD), Don't Leave Babies in Cars (Tech Can't Save You from Darwin), Battery Vehicle Bankruptsy, Exploding Houses, Hurricane Hillarious, & Close Your Damn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 64:25


    ...Got a lot of respect for Darwin's capability to wipe out bad batches of genes from the people stew that is humanity, but let's stop making kids in hot cars take the brunt of it.  Meanwhile, back at the garage, how about some gearhead civil disobedience?  You're no pepperoni-armed hipster antifa weenie, so keep it non-destrictive like MLK Jr. said we should.  Plate cams, robot cars and bad bureaucracy are a great place to start: unplug something; cover something; aim something at a wall; drop a traffic cone in front of something - show how bad or stupid or insidious something is without destroying it. More goodness:  Funyons versus coffee, Hillary's SoCal fail (less rain than January), IRS agents with guns, new homes on old mines (wicked ultra KAPOW, folks), Bud versus Busch, Maui's firebug problem, electric busses go bankrupt because they only do politics, and another electric F-150 function flop.

    08.13.23: Plate Cameras, Robot Cars & Non-Destructive Creative Civil Disobedience (NDCCD), Don't Leave Babies in Cars (Tech Can't Save You from Darwin), Battery Vehicle Bankruptsy, Exploding Houses, Hurricane Hillarious, & Close Your Damn Garage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 64:25


    ...Got a lot of respect for Darwin's capability to wipe out bad batches of genes from the people stew that is humanity, but let's stop making kids in hot cars take the brunt of it.  Meanwhile, back at the garage, how about some gearhead civil disobedience?  You're no pepperoni-armed hipster antifa weenie, so keep it non-destrictive like MLK Jr. said we should.  Plate cams, robot cars and bad bureaucracy are a great place to start: unplug something; cover something; aim something at a wall; drop a traffic cone in front of something - show how bad or stupid or insidious something is without destroying it. More goodness:  Funyons versus coffee, Hillary's SoCal fail (less rain than January), IRS agents with guns, new homes on old mines (wicked ultra KAPOW, folks), Bud versus Busch, Maui's firebug problem, electric busses go bankrupt because they only do politics, and another electric F-150 function flop.

    08.03.23 (MP3): What the Hail? Can You Defend Your Daily Driver from Doom in the Sky w/ Hail “Proof” Car Covers?  Options, Types & Homemade Jobs, + Ford F-150 Recalls (Just a Million), & Exploding Cancer Vehicles from the E.P.A. (...Not On Ou

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 55:56


    Join the Garage Hour goons and say “Hail No!” to your cars and trucks looking like you left them parked at the receiving end of a driving range.  Jus because it's summer and you live in a town that's prone to the big icy agony-inducing airborne projectiles known as HAIL doesn't mean you have to live with dents and dings and the sneering sideways glances from your dentless neighbors.  We've got ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard to assemble.  Also, this episode's got OE recalls (F-150 e-brakes engaging when they feel like it), Porsche insulting Christianity but pretending days of editing was an “error”, the E.P.A. approving additives for gas that cause cancer in EVERYTHING (government isn't on your side), and why Ohio and Indiana letting HAL 9000 drive their semis. ...And sorry about the delayed upload - too much to-doing in Earning a Livingland. More:  Rev. Heat versus Liberace, barn haters, baloney sandwiches, and gambling with music (like Horton Heat, A.F.I., Ministry, Wellwater Conspiracy, Metallica, Sugar Ray, Living Colour, Luscious Jackson and 16-Volt).

    08.03.23: What the Hail? Can You Defend Your Daily Driver from Doom in the Sky w/ Hail “Proof” Car Covers?  Options, Types & Homemade Jobs, + Ford F-150 Recalls (Just a Million), & Exploding Cancer Vehicles from the E.P.A. (...Not On Our Side

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 55:56


    Join the Garage Hour goons and say “Hail No!” to your cars and trucks looking like you left them parked at the receiving end of a driving range.  Jus because it's summer and you live in a town that's prone to the big icy agony-inducing airborne projectiles known as HAIL doesn't mean you have to live with dents and dings and the sneering sideways glances from your dentless neighbors.  We've got ideas and solutions: homemade, inexpensive, effective, available, inflatable, hand-me-down and hard to assemble.  Also, this episode's got OE recalls (F-150 e-brakes engaging when they feel like it), Porsche insulting Christianity but pretending days of editing was an “error”, the E.P.A. approving additives for gas that cause cancer in EVERYTHING (government isn't on your side), and why Ohio and Indiana letting HAL 9000 drive their semis. ...And sorry about the delayed upload - too much to-doing in Earning a Livingland. More:  Rev. Heat versus Liberace, barn haters, baloney sandwiches, and gambling with music (like Horton Heat, A.F.I., Ministry, Wellwater Conspiracy, Metallica, Sugar Ray, Living Colour, Luscious Jackson and 16-Volt).

    07.27.23 (MP3): Excellent Car Cleaning Tips (You May Not Know), w/ Tricks for Better Washing, Quicker Drying, Avoiding Water Spots, Building Shine, Removing Tar & Saving Grease, + 42 Days of Tracks Fighting to Be on the Garage Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 60:01


    The Garage Hour goons got our fancy canyon carving nasties a little dirty on a fuuuuuun run over Independence Pass (lousy stupid mountain cloudbursts), so it's time for car cleaning.  How about some technique you might not know from the detailing experts (referring to us - hilarious)? Here's the what: keeping metal cool and wet, cold water versus glass, pre-washing, two buckets (and two sponges?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care chemicals, wheel brushes, tool prep, hang-drying, air and water drying, specialized cleaners for special surfaces, and using good products like Mother's, Griot's and E.C.P. ( as well as their detail guides). More: Worschestirerer sauce, fresh O.J. (now that he's out of prison), plus Truckfighters, Quicksilver Loom, Yes, Faust & Shortee, Soundgarden, Tomohawk, and Massive Attack.

    07.27.23: Excellent Car Cleaning Tips (You May Not Know), w/ Tricks for Better Washing, Quicker Drying, Avoiding Water Spots, Building Shine, Removing Tar & Saving Grease, + 42 Days of Tracks Fighting to Be on the Garage Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 60:01


    The Garage Hour goons got our fancy canyon carving nasties a little dirty on a fuuuuuun run over Independence Pass (lousy stupid mountain cloudbursts), so it's time for car cleaning.  How about some technique you might not know from the detailing experts (referring to us - hilarious)? Here's the what: keeping metal cool and wet, cold water versus glass, pre-washing, two buckets (and two sponges?), detailing with detailer, thumbnail tricks, clar bars, cotton and microfiber towels, car-care chemicals, wheel brushes, tool prep, hang-drying, air and water drying, specialized cleaners for special surfaces, and using good products like Mother's, Griot's and E.C.P. ( as well as their detail guides). More: Worschestirerer sauce, fresh O.J. (now that he's out of prison), plus Truckfighters, Quicksilver Loom, Yes, Faust & Shortee, Soundgarden, Tomohawk, and Massive Attack.

    07.12.23 (MP3): Garagey Gearhead Awesomepile - 5VZ & 1UZ, 4Runners, Fairmonts, Phil's TOWs & Dustin's Greens, Big Brakes & Backing Plates, Red Sticky, Plant Haters, Engine Swaps, Sorting Bolts, Wratcheting Renches & Wonderful (Boneless)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 58:46


    Some Garage Hours are just a free-for-all, with parts and nuts and sockets and rockets and blowing up bad guys, while Colorado windshield death comes for us all.  The Walkin' Dude cohosts this one while Hostus Maximus Justin Fort stabs a transfer case into the revitalized third-gen trail pig (a.k.a. Mr. Miyagi).  There's also some junkyarding, good installation tricks and Dude Food. What else...  Shepherdlike coyotesque dogbjects, disc versus drums, Bradley tarps, good grease, e-people and CO2 haters versus trees and shade, bolt sorting, coolant hoarding and a jack named tranny.

    07.12.23: Garagey Gearhead Awesomepile - 5VZ & 1UZ, 4Runners, Fairmonts, Phil's TOWs & Dustin's Greens, Big Brakes & Backing Plates, Red Sticky, Plant Haters, Engine Swaps, Sorting Bolts, Wratcheting Renches & Wonderful (Boneless) Breast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 58:46


    Some Garage Hours are just a free-for-all, with parts and nuts and sockets and rockets and blowing up bad guys, while Colorado windshield death comes for us all.  The Walkin' Dude cohosts this one while Hostus Maximus Justin Fort stabs a transfer case into the revitalized third-gen trail pig (a.k.a. Mr. Miyagi).  There's also some junkyarding, good installation tricks and Dude Food. What else...  Shepherdlike coyotesque dogbjects, disc versus drums, Bradley tarps, good grease, e-people and CO2 haters versus trees and shade, bolt sorting, coolant hoarding and a jack named tranny.

    07.02.23 (MP3): Are Flying “Cars” Future Jetsonmobiles OR a Frightening Air-Traffic Liability Crashpig?  Also, Used-Cars Price Stagnation (& Taking Advantage of It), When Brake Pads Fall Off, Tornado Wrenching w/ the Ayatollah, & Sears May St

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 50:01


    Don't get us wrong - if people drove as well as flying cars deserved, the Garage Hour goons would be all about Jetsoning to the hardware store for a 2x4, but as long as geeks like us can't get straight answers about liability and licensing and small details like power provison, controls sans computer, and when we can fly our car up a canyon like Clint in “Firefox”, we'll stick with the backyard helicopter, thank you.  ...Just like electric cars, until said thing can stand on its own two, it's just words. More to love: rock and roll from Dog Fashion Disco, Contagion, Man or Astroman, Hum, Dandelion and Die Krupps, fire and lots of it, “Demolition Man” robot-car self-drive shenannigans, with an intro by some misshapen monsters from Mars.

    07.02.23: Are Flying “Cars” Future Jetsonmobiles OR a Frightening Air-Traffic Liability Crashpig?  Also, Used-Cars Price Stagnation (& Taking Advantage of It), When Brake Pads Fall Off, Tornado Wrenching w/ the Ayatollah, & Sears May Still Be

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 50:01


    Don't get us wrong - if people drove as well as flying cars deserved, the Garage Hour goons would be all about Jetsoning to the hardware store for a 2x4, but as long as geeks like us can't get straight answers about liability and licensing and small details like power provison, controls sans computer, and when we can fly our car up a canyon like Clint in “Firefox”, we'll stick with the backyard helicopter, thank you.  ...Just like electric cars, until said thing can stand on its own two, it's just words. More to love: rock and roll from Dog Fashion Disco, Contagion, Man or Astroman, Hum, Dandelion and Die Krupps, fire and lots of it, “Demolition Man” robot-car self-drive shenannigans, with an intro by some misshapen monsters from Mars.

    06.22.23 (MP3): Automaker Data Capture & What They Do w/ It (Or Refuse to Admit They're Doing), A Submarine Built with Doubt, Federal Law Enforcement's Ongoing Green Fail-Fest, + Destroyers in WW2, Green Beret Party Games & Clutch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 61:02


    Of course, we could not have known that the little sub that might've didn't (R.I.P., gents), but a thought or two about trusting your geek instinct and self-preservation...  There's also a few thoughts about how automakers are attempting to (or desperately want to) capture and sell your data, from face-recognition to fingerprints and banking records to who you know.  ...Sound like what you signed up for when you wanted a new car? More gearhead goodness:  plumb and true versus rack, rake and run, being as dumb as a smart home, Ai versus operator, Polish beet sauce, wool from Cabela's, pirate ships, more soy at the FBI, and lot'sa Clutch.

    06.22.23: Automaker Data Capture & What They Do w/ It (Or Refuse to Admit They're Doing), A Submarine Built with Doubt, Federal Law Enforcement's Ongoing Green Fail-Fest, + Destroyers in WW2, Green Beret Party Games & Clutch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 61:02


    Of course, we could not have known that the little sub that might've didn't (R.I.P., gents), but a thought or two about trusting your geek instinct and self-preservation...  There's also a few thoughts about how automakers are attempting to (or desperately want to) capture and sell your data, from face-recognition to fingerprints and banking records to who you know.  ...Sound like what you signed up for when you wanted a new car? More gearhead goodness:  plumb and true versus rack, rake and run, being as dumb as a smart home, Ai versus operator, Polish beet sauce, wool from Cabela's, pirate ships, more soy at the FBI, and lot'sa Clutch.

    06.13.23 (MP3): ...When the Sheriff Gives Police a Speeding Ticket, Pike's Peak Hillclimb Preview, Leatherman Warranty Save, Theoretical VS Experimental Gearheads, Get Your Politics Out of My Beer, & Tech Is Still Not On Our Side, w/ Karma to Burn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 66:17


    Now, with less hoit and toit...  The Gearhead Consultancy has a few gems for you:  handy PPIHC pre-race details (false peak but real info), excellent tales of service from the Leatherman multi-tool people (some warranties are worth more than others), thoughts on what (not) to say when the law is at the door, why political garbage is now even less welcome in your beer, tech and radio (and speaking of tech, Amazon might be out to get you), and an Orlando cop gets the speeding ticket he deserved from a Florida sheriff (and a whole bunch more). More:  dishwashers washing dishes, being the agent of karma (carma?), owning your sincerity, not digging coal with your teeth, and some Karma to Burn (while we're at it).

    06.13.23: ...When the Sheriff Gives Police a Speeding Ticket, Pike's Peak Hillclimb Preview, Leatherman Warranty Save, Theoretical VS Experimental Gearheads, Get Your Politics Out of My Beer, & Tech Is Still Not On Our Side, w/ Karma to Burn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 66:17


    Now, with less hoit and toit...  The Gearhead Consultancy has a few gems for you:  handy PPIHC pre-race details (false peak but real info), excellent tales of service from the Leatherman multi-tool people (some warranties are worth more than others), thoughts on what (not) to say when the law is at the door, why political garbage is now even less welcome in your beer, tech and radio (and speaking of tech, Amazon might be out to get you), and an Orlando cop gets the speeding ticket he deserved from a Florida sheriff (and a whole bunch more). More:  dishwashers washing dishes, being the agent of karma (carma?), owning your sincerity, not digging coal with your teeth, and some Karma to Burn (while we're at it).

    06.02.23 (MP3): Open Can Insert Fort! Bubba “Loser” Wallace VS Jim “Fireball” Brown, Kia & Hyundai VS New York City, Rioting Antifalike Objects VS Your Car, Chinese In Cuba VS Your Data, Robot Cars VS Law Enforcement, + 16 Volt & Freakonom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 63:14


    Is Bubba Wallace the new Danica Patrick?  Way to ruin what little credibility you had left, schmuck.  We prefer Jim Brown - R.I.P., big guy.  We also prefer Richard Jewell (speaking of R.I.P.), whom this episode somehow commingles with the Unabomber (who will probably not be resting peacefully, if you catch our drift).  Then it's all experts and flying SFPD patrol cars and NYC suing carmakers who don't make cars that can survive the city's criminals, plus not blowing people up. Don't worry, there's more, like a complete “16 Volt” background track, journalists behaving badly, “Escape from New York”, “Invasion USA”, Kurt Russell, Chuck Norris, Lee Van Cleef, Mac 10s, and more corruption in Quid Pro Joe's basement.

    06.02.23: Open Can Insert Fort! Bubba “Loser” Wallace VS Jim “Fireball” Brown, Kia & Hyundai VS New York City, Rioting Antifalike Objects VS Your Car, Chinese In Cuba VS Your Data, Robot Cars VS Law Enforcement, + 16 Volt & Freakonomics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 63:14


    Is Bubba Wallace the new Danica Patrick?  Way to ruin what little credibility you had left, schmuck.  We prefer Jim Brown - R.I.P., big guy.  We also prefer Richard Jewell (speaking of R.I.P.), whom this episode somehow commingles with the Unabomber (who will probably not be resting peacefully, if you catch our drift).  Then it's all experts and flying SFPD patrol cars and NYC suing carmakers who don't make cars that can survive the city's criminals, plus not blowing people up. Don't worry, there's more, like a complete “16 Volt” background track, journalists behaving badly, “Escape from New York”, “Invasion USA”, Kurt Russell, Chuck Norris, Lee Van Cleef, Mac 10s, and more corruption in Quid Pro Joe's basement.

    05.23.23 (MP3): Madcap Freeway Action (Spoilt Teens + No Skills + BMW + Stinger Flatbed), Small Cars VS Large Safety, Small VS Large Brewers, OEs Hacking YOU (Duhh) & AI Hunting YOU (That Was Quick), Cars & Engines That Last, + NHTSA's Political

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 58:59


    Geeks don't want politicians to take away their freedom to roam, nor ruin their gearhead life (geek powa!), and the skill-set guys (aka: geeks) won't let snap-lift oversteer derail an otherwise enjoyable 120mph joyride in the 3-Series daddy just bought ‘em.  Meanwhile, back at the garadtch, we dipped our toes in a collection of indestructibility for your driveway (this topic will return - the schwartz says so), as well as vacuum wiring, “initial” build quality, tranny fluid, Floriditis, and technology is still not on our side. It's not all ball bearings nowadays: independent beermakers like Appalachian Mountain go rogue, drones with artificial intelligence go rogue, carmakers' data-capture goes rogue, and Wyoming goes rogue to protect its taxpayers.  Special appearances by Carl Sagan, Mission Creep, Orbital, Elmer Bernstein, Meat Beat Manifesto, Genesis and the NY Post...

    05.23.23: Madcap Freeway Action (Spoilt Teens + No Skills + BMWs + a Stinger Flatbed), Small Cars VS Large Safety, Small VS Large Brewers, OEs Hacking YOU (Duh) & AI Hunting YOU (That Was Quick), Cars & Engines That Last, + NHTSA's Political Agen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 58:59


    Geeks don't want politicians taking away their freedom to roam, nor ruining their gearhead life (geek powa!), and the skill-set guys (aka: geeks) won't let snap-lift oversteer derail an otherwise enjoyable 120mph joyride in the 3-Series daddy just bought ‘em.  Meanwhile, back at the garadtch, we dipped our toes in a collection of indestructibility for your driveway (this topic will return - the schwartz says so), as well as vacuum wiring, “initial” build quality, tranny fluid, Floriditis, and technology is still not on our side. It's not all ball bearings nowadays: independent beermakers like Appalachian Mountain go rogue, drones with artificial intelligence go rogue, carmakers' data-capture goes rogue, and Wyoming goes rogue to protect its taxpayers.  Special appearances by Carl Sagan, Mission Creep, Orbital, Elmer Bernstein, Meat Beat Manifesto, Genesis and the NY Post...

    05.13.23 (MP3): When Animals Attack (the Garage Hour), Carving Curvies & Hillclimbs Upcoming, What Your Car Says About You & What Music Does to Movies, How Defending Yourself & War Graves Against Pinkos Is a Thing, + Plumbing, Shark Bites &

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 60:00


    That's a spicy meatball - everything from killer whales eating your rudder (still not sure of their MO) to godless commies dredging up sunken WW2 wrecks for scrap, this episode's got it.  ...It's all gearhead, though - don't ‘fraid dat.  On top of the usual suspects, however, we've piled plumbing parts, protecting your peep, new steekers, old lamp oil, Curtis Sliwa and a Marine in New Yawk City, and the plum amber at Trinity. Now, go out in the world and make something - we made some God Lives Underwater (come through your speakers), Shark Bite (fittings fix some pipes), new Garage Hour vinyl (stick to your jalopy), with honorable mentions for White Gladis and John Cleese.

    05.13.23: When Animals Attack (the Garage Hour), Carving Curvies & Hillclimbs Upcoming, What Your Car Says About You & What Music Does to Movies, How Defending Yourself & War Graves Against Pinkos Is a Thing, + Plumbing, Shark Bites & GLU

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 60:00


    That's a spicy meatball - everything from killer whales eating your rudder (still not sure of their MO) to godless commies dredging up sunken WW2 wrecks for scrap, this episode's got it.  ...It's all gearhead, though - don't ‘fraid dat.  On top of the usual suspects, however, we've piled plumbing parts, protecting your peep, new steekers, old lamp oil, Curtis Sliwa and a Marine in New Yawk City, and the plum amber at Trinity. Now, go out in the world and make something - we made some God Lives Underwater (come through your speakers), Shark Bite (fittings fix some pipes), new Garage Hour vinyl (stick to your jalopy), with honorable mentions for White Gladis and John Cleese.

    05.12.23 (MP3): Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We'll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena's Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 60:00


    When the gearheads get enthusiastic, the geeks get going:  the new-car connectivity albatross and its threat to AM (as well as your seat heaters), why new cars and their general state of suck is making a mess of the used-car market, and some F!ed up fun from Kalifornistan, where the police can't chase you and the earth is swallowing up off-roaders.  Then it's turbos, bugeye WRXs, EVCs, own-versus-rent and right-to-repair, and a breakdown of the better James Bonds (and why Remington Steele's/Pierce Brosnahanan's “November Man” could have been perfect). More for you:  DJ Contact (w/ DJ Cookie Dough), Amon Tobin (with a mashup), Air (#becauseweird), and Source Direct (#becausetractor).  Also, Umberto from GRC, The Uhhs, jerkles and unicorn skulls.

    05.12.23: Why Are Lousy New Cars Ruining the Used-Car Market, When AM Becomes Pirate Radio (We'll All Be Pirates), Truckers & Earthquakes in CA, Pasadena's Fail Patrol, + James Bondses, Right to Repair, & an HKS EVC

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 60:00


    When the gearheads get enthusiastic, the geeks get going:  the new-car connectivity albatross and its threat to AM (as well as your seat heaters), why new cars and their general state of suck is making a mess of the used-car market, and some F!ed up fun from Kalifornistan, where the police can't chase you and the earth is swallowing up off-roaders  Then it's turbos, bugeye WRXs, EVCs, own-versus-rent and right-to-repair, and a breakdown of the better James Bonds (and why Remington Steele's/Pierce Brosnahanan's “November Man” could have been perfect). More for you:  DJ Contact (w/ DJ Cookie Dough), Amon Tobin (with a mashup), Air (#becauseweird), and Source Direct (#becausetractor).  Also, Umberto from GRC, The Uhhs, jerkles and unicorn skulls.