Ep116: Friend Of The Pod & Producer Whisperer Randy Perez + Lil Homie Rant Of The Week

Friend of the Pod Randy Perez joins the show, plus Ivan 'Lil Homie' Solomon bursts in for a Rant of the Week.  We talk about a Facebook firestorm Geoff started with comments about the Grateful Dead, social media in general, and the state of the music industry in New Orleans.  It's a long one, but a fun listen.  Thanks for tuning in, and if you like, please share.

:00- The Grateful Dead / New Orleans music Facebook firestorm, with introductions to our guest Friend of the Pod and Producer Whisperer and First on the Shirt, Randy Perez.

13:00- Lil Homie arrives for an intro and to finish off the Grateful Dead as they don’t relate to NOLA talk, and online discourse in general.

23:45- Lil Homie rant of the week on the sucker punches of life and the the Book of Job.

31:00-  Perez’ Bar Napkin Philosophy and It’s A Good Life, Babe T-Shirt

37:00 Meta Podcast update and give us feedback folks… and yet another Amsterdam Philip shout out

45:30- New Orleans summer doldrums and continued commentary on social media, plus the Wynton Marsalis comments on rap and hip-hop

56:00-  Randy muses about the current state of New Orleans music, and the cultural assets gone unnoticed or unused.  Plus the current state and history of industry in general in New Orleans. And where the music industry gets lost.

1:15- Entrepreneurship in New Orleans