Seven-minute musings on music, art, books, film, fashion and food, spirituality and recovery, & the occasional song. Never scripted, always real, fly on the fly.
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A To-Do List From Twenty Years Ago
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10:26My new voiceover website: http://knox-vox.com My site for the upcoming podcast, FRISCO—The Secret History, is here: http://thesecrethistoryoffrisco.com.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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DeepSeek AI Explains Itself (David Bowie warned us)
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7:47Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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my sporadic career as a publisher, for lack of a better phrase
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10:53Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Trump 2.0
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8:03The only question is just how fucked are we?Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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More thoughts about doing a historical podcast about San Francisco in the post-war period between 1945 and 1953 or thereabouts. Also, the story about how I learned about the secret history of Frisco.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Upcoming: The Cats of Knickerbock/Frisco
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6:44Testing my new gear. Talking about things to come.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Happy 78th Birthday Mr. Jones. The whole place has gone to shit since you left but I see you shining in the firmament.As my friend Bill says, “Let a thousand Bowies bloom.” We’ll keep trying.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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A Complete Unknown From A Slightly Different Angle
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9:04I recommended the movie to my son, Will, and Killer Mike. And their wives. Given Dylan's treatment of women, Will wondered why I included their wives in my recommendation.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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The Bats of Helicon by Jim Cohee—A Reading
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6:58A couple poems from my friend, Jim Cohee.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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January 2025 Goals: Leave Amazon & Adobe, also Harry Houdini Secrets, the usual AI & Autotune rant
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7:34No New Year's resolutions, only goals. Cancel Adobe and Amazon. Adobe is easy, but Amazon is integral to my consumerist life now. I am determined, however, extract myself from the dubious luxury of Bezos's honey trap.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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A wonderful surprise this movie was, taking me back to the dawn of the Sixties, the arrival of Bob Dylan, and the explosion that followed. Incredibly well-done!Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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I am sharing one last song (a demo) from my next album, "Why Did You Have To Smile At Me?," because I am so happy with it. Also a brief meditation on 2024 and the challenges of warehouse living. Art keeps me going. Happy New Year!Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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True Value in the Inverted World
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11:48A reading from the beyond the soul’s Meridian website. “No one who is gaming. The system has the capability to create real value on their own” — do the names, Trump and musk come to mind?Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Brighter every day from here on out.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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President Elmo and His Bitch Donnie Fingers
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8:48We are screwed and the only question is how badly.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Remembering John Lennon on the anniversary of his death and other musings on mortality.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Random thoughts about the CEO who got killed. A breath of springtime.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Fifteen Year Anniversary of PixelsAtAnExhibition.com
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6:47Still here.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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I wanted to share one more song demo from my upcoming album. I felt I needed to tell two stories to put the song in context.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Wendell Berry's Elegy For JFK, November 26, 1963
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3:51I read this poem every year for the anniversary of his murder. It seems more timely than ever.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey
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7:01On BlueSky, people are posting twenty book covers of the books that impacted their lives, without any explanation or illumination of their importance. So I'm doing a podcast to accompany my choices.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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ACX Success/Straight Facts About Flapping
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5:54Passed a major milestone today: I uploaded my first test audio file to ACX—The Amazon platform for audiobooks—and it passed! I was so nervous; the technical requirements are rigid and unyielding. So ... I'm including the reading of "Straight Facts About Flapping" here. Listen and learn about Flapping, grasshopper.…
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I remember, as a child in the fifties, the Republicans screaming about the Communist threat and the arch-enemy Russia. Reagan called Russia the evil empire. We now have a Russian asset heading into the White House and the Republican party has metastasized into a coalition of grifters and Trump sycophants, all of whom seem to be sucking on Putin's t…
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Another year, that much wiser, oh yeah. I'm grateful, although the view is very different from here, much to ponder.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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My Next Career: Voice-over and Audiobook Reader
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7:33I had a revelation the other day about how I could make money. Any number of people have told me over the years I should do voice-over work. For whatever reason, I poo-pooed the idea. And then I was researching how to produce an audiobook of my own book, "The Rise & Fall of the HoneyBun Empire" and found this website where I could hire voice talent…
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Still processing the loss. I truly didn't see it coming. Of course I live in the SF Bay Area bubble. But how we could elect a convicted rapist and felon to the office of the presidency is beyond me.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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6:56The best music podcast I have ever heard. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I'm very happy he's only 2/5 of the way through his exhaustive and fascinating history of the popular music and the world of the second half of the twentieth century.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Trump Town USA Store Owner Arrested
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6:26The article does not say how many 'Trump's Balls' wall hangings he has sold.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Another demo of a song for my next album: "Why Did You Have To Smile At Me?"
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8:12Still a demo, but I think the strings and oboe parts are keepers! Enjoy.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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The Rise & Fall of the HoneyBun Empire
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6:52I've decided the old title of my memoir "The Gentlemanly Art of Spanking" set up an unrealistic expectation for some people and turned others off. The new edition will be called "The Rise & Fall of the HoneyBun Empire." It will be available soon on Apple Books, Lulu.com, and Amazon. If you want a copy with the Gentlemanly Art of Spanking cover, now…
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A mysterious Facebook friend who seemed to have connections to my family in San Francisco. We were penpals for a while. He shared my demos with Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller" among other things.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Final addition to my next album's playlist—A demo, untitled
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9:04Super rough, but practice makes perfect.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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I've been listening to the "History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs"—simply amazing!—and then the Rick Beato interview with Rick Rubin on YouTube. Thinking about what a great producer brings to a musical project. I wish I had one!Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Megalopolis—Where did the money go?
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5:28Everything you have read about Megalopolis is true. I think everybody who cares about movies should see it.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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A demo of the opening song, "Scanning," for my next album which is as yet untitled.
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8:46Thought I would keep sharing as I work to get things ready for going into the studio to record vocals, real instruments, etc. It's a process.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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"I think [Knox] will be famous after he's dead."
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12:42Thoughts about artistic success and immortality.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Meditations on the wonder of coffee.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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"I'll Be In The Mirror"—Rough mix for instrumentation for a song from my next album.
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8:58Thought I would share another rough mix of a song from my next album. Written by my late friend Greg Jones, it has never been released.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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World Premier—Demo of my song "Why Did You Have To Smile At Me?"
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9:26Four years later, I finally figured out the bridge. A rough recording, on my phone, but I'm happy with the song. The last song I had to finish writing for my next album of originals. Update: I uploaded an newer demo here, having added some rudimentary strings. Now I know what the song can be.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain—Mystery Solved
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8:52I have wondered for decades if the the lines "Someone left the cake out in the rain And don't that I can take it 'Cause it took so long to make it And I'll never have that recipe again" were a joke. I found the answer! https://waynerobins.substack.com/p/jimmy-webb-the-meaning-of-macarthurOleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Noel Casler, Renaissance Man, Tore Up His NDA To Tell The Truth About Trump and Is A National Treasure
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6:50He worked on The Celebrity Apprentice TV show as the Trump family's handler. He loathes them. When Trump decided to run for President, he tore up his enormous NDA and started telling the stories that had been kept secret for so long. He's a great writer and a fine guitarist. Here is his Substack page: https://noelcasler.substack.com/ Here is his Yo…
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One week out from the home invasion
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8:17Getting back to normal. Tooth fixed, nose reset. Gonna wash the dishes and polish my boots in the morning Monkey Blue is cuddled up next to me. Oxycodone kicking in, sleep approaching rapidly.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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It Hurts To Look At Willie Nelson's Guitar, Trigger
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6:10He makes beautiful music with it, but it pains me to look at Willie Nelson's guitar, Trigger. Below is a video of five facts about the guitar. I just learned he uses a guitar pick. That explains the hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7IKXJ9UJVAOleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Ringing The Doorbell & Running Away, Looking Back From Afar
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7:10The man chased us in his car around the neighborhood for a half-an-hour. We were terrified and thrilled. Looking back, I think it must have been performative on his part. We never rang his doorbell to run away, again. Too scared.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Bye-bye to the old site, hello to the new.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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I feel that change is in the air.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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I went to a Starbucks this morning for a coffee. They were out of white sugar so I went to a hipster cafe nearby. All they had was "raw" sugar packets. That shit is not sweet and is absolutely not any healthier than refined white sugar. It's just tribal virtue signalling.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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Home Evasion, Pistol-Whipped As I Slept
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5:12That's right. These assholes were trying to rob my next door neighbor in the warehouse where I live. They didn't find anything. On their way out, they kicked down the between his space and mine and they saw me. They thought I could tell them where the money and weed was. I couldn't. I'm glad they didn't kill me. They sure threatened to.…
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It’s World Bee Day. Let us sing the praises of bees!
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5:17Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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The most impactful men I have encountered, with such bland, commonplace names.Oleh Knox Bronson ~ Riding The Wild Bubble
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