Empty Checking with Derek Brink

Look...I had too much vodka before recording this...but basically I promised to record a new episode for 6/20. And I think I meant it this time. Thanks for your patience. This has been a very difficult period, but I'm glad I have this outlet. new episode on Father's Day. I mostly promise. Probably for sure. Maybe. Probably. Listen to the thing. If you want. And so on.

Quick update on when the show is coming back. Kinda. Sorta. Thanks for your patience! You're the best fans in the...thing!

Quick update on the show. We'll be back to normal soon. Just not today. Thanks for your patience.

Quick update from my phone on the state of the show. It'll be back as soon as I can get it back...but we're not there yet.

A brief update on why there's not a new episode. and why I don't know if there ever will be. (I'll probably find a way to do more, but I have no idea when or how. Next week? Next month? Next year? We'll have to wait and see. Thanks for your time.

In a FREQUENTLY delayed episode (see http://emptychecking.blogspot.com for details on that) I finally talk about some of the art hanging on my walls and the subjects related to it. We cover Kurt Vonnegut, Bone by Jeff Smith, Star Trek, Rush, and Leonard Cohen, amidst the typical babbling.

Also, in two episodes, we'll be at #100! I'd like to make that episode all about the listeners, so please submit some comments and questions at either the Podbean page, the blog above, or by e-mailing me directly at db@derekbrink.com! And check out the blog for a TON of photos on this one! Thanks as always!

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro, including an appeal for questions for episode #100!
• 13:45 - Music Break #1 - A new song from an upcoming album!
• 14:15 - ART! Part One. - Kurt Vonnegut: Asterisk, etc. / Jeff Smith's Bone, by the rocks and elsewhere.
• 47:18 - Music Break #2 - More of the same song!
• 47:48 - ART! Part Two. - Star Trek Posters
• 55:24 - Music Break #3 - Even MORE of the same song!
• 55:54 - ART! Part Three. - Rush: The Canadian Gothic. / Leonard Cohen's skull and a naked lady.
• 1:17:17 - Music Break #4 - Somehow there was still MORE of the song left!
• 1:17:49 - Outro

Sorry, Checkmates...no real episode this week. Instead you get me complaining about the work being done on my bathrooms (and the serious personal pain it's causing me!) for 5 minutes. We'll be back hopefully next week, depending on the progress, of course. Always remember to check http://emptychecking.blogspot.com if you don't see anything in your feed and I'll hopefully have said something there. Thanks for your five-minutes!

-Uncle Derek

In an episode that I unfortunately didn't edit I talk about personal stuff, then music from Steve Earle and Neil Young and then the movie Young Sherlock Holmes. At one point I admit a crush I had when I was five years old and how I'm following up on it when I'm 40. It's a weird, Ketel One fueled episode. Sorry! Enjoy!

Check out the companion blog for photos and more! http://emptychecking.blogspot.com

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro, including tributes to George Segal and Beverly Cleary.
• 16:16 - Music Break - Outdoor Summer Concerts
• 16:46 - Music reviews: Steve Earle's "J.T." and Neil Young's "Young Shakespeare."
• 28:02 - Music Break - Outlaw
• 28:32 - Young Sherlock Holmes
• 43:12 - Music Break - Nobody Has It All
• 43:47 - Outro

In this unexpectedly St. Patrick's Day themed episode I talk about the movie Flubber for some reason and also about a bunch of Irish music. I also briefly completely leave the room and leave the recording running without me to get a glass of Jameson Irish Whiskey for some reason. Whatever! It's a fun one. Dig it.

Be sure to check out the companion blog at http://emptychecking.blogspot.com and e-mail your questions and comments to db@derekbrink.com!

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro - Including an update on some personal stuff and me leaving the room to get whiskey.
• 9:45 - Music Break - Battle Cry
• 10:15 - FLUBBER TWEETS!!! - And also a loving tribute to Wil Wheaton.
• 24:42 - Music Break - Eliot's Benediction
• 25:12 - Irish Music Primer including the Chieftains, Dubliners, Irish Rovers, Pogues, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, and The Gloaming. (Whew!)
• 37:54 - Music Break - Dichotomy
• 38:25 - Outro

This week's episode has a long intro that includes me yelling about Dr. Seuss and Trans rights (the two were unrelated) and then I talk about new music from Alice Cooper, Weezer, Foo Fighters, and Neil Young and also old music from Nick Cave. I liked making it. Maybe YOU'LL like listening to it!

Check out the companion blog at http://emptychecking.blogspot.com for photos and more. And please feel free to e-mail the show at db@derekbrink.com to ask questions and tell me I'm great! Thanks for your support!

Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
  • Flipping out about Dr. Seuss - 4:35
  • Mailbag - 12:15
• 21:23 - Music Break - Burn
• 21:53 - New Releases and also Nick Cave! 
• 51:38 - Music Break - Absent Friends
• 52:09 - Outro, including a brief segment about Star Trek: Discovery