You think I’m a big blink-182 fan, well let me introduce you to my friend, Chase. Not only does he know more about blink than I ever will, he is also a better person than me, a better friend than anyone could ask for, and his eyes are more beautiful than mine. I first met Chase while he was handling his delicious nuts at the mall kiosk, but it wasn't his nuts that made me fall in love with him (don’t tell Karlton), it was his kindness and passion for music. Chase and I have shared many hours listening and talking about music and I’m glad you get to hear a piece of that. We’ve also shared zucchini sticks from Red Robin… and a mutual love for his mom.

“Listening to that album (One More Time) is like remembering what it’s like to be a kid again, but at the same time a reminder that it’s dead and gone.”

Karlton is a dad. Karlton is rad. Karlton plays guitar. Karlton lives far from me and it makes me sad.

Years ago, I spent every waking minute with Karlton writing and playing music. In this episode, we reflect on those memories. We also discuss his Amish cover band and get into the details of our long and hard breakup. He is now happily married with 69 kids. Karlton is a great guy and so much fun to talk to. His “shiny object syndrome” really comes out as we frolicked around trying to cover everything we thought… oh look, a squirrel!

There’s been a lot of talk of the band Hycie throughout the show. The band consisted of Karlton, Mike, Tyler, TJ, Cameron and myself. Unfortunately, we never finished recording an album, but we do have a demo that we recorded with Chase. In preparation for Karlton's episode that will be released next week, I’m sharing a little information about Hycie - enjoy listening to my rants for the next 10 minutes!