Mon, 18 December 2023
12.10.23 (MP3): Gifts for Gearheads (w/ Guns & Sips & Tools & Fancy Waxy Polish), + Brother James’ Creekwater Whiskey, .40 S&W Wrecking Guns, Two Degrees from a Cutlass, 719 Traffic VS 24 Hours of LeMans, & A Family Brawl at the Broadmoor
It’s Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself? …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas: fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it’s about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot cars, Atari and N64, and the gift of babysitting (so folks can make some time). Most importantly, shop local and seek something that’s better than expected. While we’re at it: How about a fistfight over chablis at the Broadmoor? How about Subie politics and 4Runner douchebaggery on the Front Range? Who isn’t two degrees from a Cutlass? …And why do all the racoons have knives? |
Mon, 18 December 2023
12.10.23: Gifts for Gearheads (w/ Guns & Sips & Tools & Fancy Waxy Polish), + Brother James’ Creekwater Whiskey, .40 S&W Wrecking Guns, Two Degrees from a Cutlass, 719 Traffic VS 24 Hours of LeMans, & A Family Brawl at the Broadmoor
It’s Christmastime, so why not grab the punching handle by the blondes and try the Home Depot China Challenge yourself? …Because the gearheads in your life like what we like, we have ideas: fine waxes (Zymol), special sips (Gilark Creekwater rye whiskey, Axe & Oak, and 291), good tools (used or new, it’s about the function), obscure watches (make the effort), tint and clear-bra from E.A.S., slot cars, Atari and N64, and the gift of babysitting (so folks can make some time). Most importantly, shop local and seek something that’s better than expected. While we’re at it: How about a fistfight over chablis at the Broadmoor? How about Subie politics and 4Runner douchebaggery on the Front Range? Who isn’t two degrees from a Cutlass? …And why do all the racoons have knives? |
Sun, 10 December 2023
12.03.23 (MP3): Guns, Whiskey, Tanks & the Phantom Crapper (i.e. Random Gearhead Awesomesauce) - Live from EAS, w/ Tank VS Tank, Lemans VS Lemons, Old Lexuses VS Glickenhouse Porsches, + Sabot Rounds, Crotch Bats & the Jerky Boys
Yeah, yeah, it’s been too long. …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone’s ass. Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the ‘Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark’s collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some. Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak’s Pike’s Peak Hillclimb whiskey, 9mm and .22 Magnum, visits from Charlie (who actually commanded an Abrams tank), plus movies Caleb’s got to watch (or he’ll die). What’s more to like: the F1 parade and ear-plugging weenies, tank movies, Saturday night coolers and van parties, a Glock 43 and an S&W with a billion rounds in the mag, plus Frank Rizzo, Saul Rosenberg and the Egyptian Magician. |
Sun, 10 December 2023
12.03.23: Guns, Whiskey, Tanks & the Phantom Crapper (i.e. Random Gearhead Awesomesauce) - Live from EAS, w/ Tank VS Tank, Lemans VS Lemons, Old Lexuses VS Glickenhouse Porsches, + Sabot Rounds, Crotch Bats & the Jerky Boys
Yeah, yeah, it’s been too long. …Usual Christmastime to-do list is kicking everyone’s ass. Thankfully, Caleb from EAS in the ‘Springs kicked Hostus Maximus Justin and Gearhead Celebutant Mark’s collective asses back into the studio (over sips at Bristol Brewery), because the Garage Hour is too much candy not to have some. Gearhead location experimentation ensued, fueled by Axe & Oak’s Pike’s Peak Hillclimb whiskey, 9mm and .22 Magnum, visits from Charlie (who actually commanded an Abrams tank), plus movies Caleb’s got to watch (or he’ll die). What’s more to like: the F1 parade and ear-plugging weenies, tank movies, Saturday night coolers and van parties, a Glock 43 and an S&W with a billion rounds in the mag, plus Frank Rizzo, Saul Rosenberg and the Egyptian Magician. |
Sun, 5 November 2023
10.22.23 (MP3): So Much - Fart Pipes, Bad Tires, Good Thinking, Automatic Transmissions (or Trannies), Volvo Households, Off-Roaders VS REI, the Electric Car “Cold Snap Sprint”, Ice Fog, Louisiana Fog, + RIP to Some Excellent Weirdos
Okay, busy boy does gearhead goodness: good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the “Cold Snap Sprint” (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). More: discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts of attempted murder for Captain Stupid), UFC refuses to learn from Bud Light’s fail, and a big Garage Hour R.I.P. to excellent weirdos Richard Mull (“Bull” from Night Court) and Matthew Perry from Friends (don’t do drugs then hit the hot tub). …Sounds from Peter Gunn, Vibravoid, God Lives Underwater, and thoughts about sounds from Iron Maiden. |
Sun, 5 November 2023
10.22.23: So Much - Fart Pipes, Bad Tires, Good Thinking, Automatic Transmissions (or Trannies), Volvo Households, Off-Roaders VS REI, the Electric Car “Cold Snap Sprint”, Ice Fog, Louisiana Fog, + RIP to Some Excellent Weirdos
Okay, busy boy does gearhead goodness: good pipes on slushbox BR-Zs (awww), Volvo households and 244s (turbo!), car racism and Tiptronic, automatic trannies for off-road effect, avoiding Chinese tires, new-car reality versus the electric car market and the “Cold Snap Sprint” (home), the 80-40 ice fog freakout, REI (bad) versus four-wheeling (good), and the big Louisiana fog crash (holy shed). More: discretion versus valor (pull off and have a burrito), pilots versus shrooms (and 83 counts of attempted murder for Captain Stupid), UFC refuses to learn from Bud Light’s fail, and a big Garage Hour R.I.P. to excellent weirdos Richard Mull (“Bull” from Night Court) and Matthew Perry from Friends (don’t do drugs then hit the hot tub). …Sounds from Peter Gunn, Vibravoid, God Lives Underwater, and thoughts about sounds from Iron Maiden. |
Mon, 23 October 2023
10.01.23 (MP3): Cars Getting Uglier (Melty Booger Benz) & Weather Getting Nastier (& Invading ze Garadtch), Tie-Down Authentication & Ratchet-Strap Redundancy, Jeepers FAFO & Electric Jeeping Because Cheap(ening), + Dude Food Meat Science
Somuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy’s plate doth overfloweth. Now, about some good talk: What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what’s the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the ‘fridge fresh? 4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it’s not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars suffering a case of the old elbows, stolen design cues, and tie-downs and ratchet straps (because if it’s on the side of the road, it’s not on your load). Also, Home Depot versus Harbor Freight, half-digested Citroens, Zach’s elk summer sausage, and Electric Wizard, Living Color, Propellerheads and Electronic Excursions in High-Fi. |
Mon, 23 October 2023
10.01.23: Cars Getting Uglier (Melty Booger Benz) & Weather Getting Nastier (& Invading ze Garadtch), Tie-Down Authentication & Ratchet-Strap Redundancy, Jeepers FAFO & Electric Jeeping Because Cheap(ening), + Dude Food Meat Science
Somuchworktodo…. Sorry about the untimely uploads, but the Gearhead Consultancy’s plate doth overfloweth. Now, about some good talk: What happens when a thunderstorm bombs the garage, and what’s the deal when your meat has been froen instead of hitting the ‘fridge fresh? 4Runner trans mounts (and squishy torque specs), stupid Jeepers winning stupid prizes (or horse-tranqed beggars - hey, it’s not MY wedding), secret Pioneer head units, JKs with V8s, electric Jeeps with rebates, new cars suffering a case of the old elbows, stolen design cues, and tie-downs and ratchet straps (because if it’s on the side of the road, it’s not on your load). Also, Home Depot versus Harbor Freight, half-digested Citroens, Zach’s elk summer sausage, and Electric Wizard, Living Color, Propellerheads and Electronic Excursions in High-Fi. |
Mon, 2 October 2023
09.20.23 (MP3): Shredding Nuts & Bolts & Shocks, Invading Wolves & Bears & Cougars, Goolag Kills Drivers (?), Robot Semis Attack CA (& OH & IN), Diesel Makes Batteries Work, Green Makes LEGOs Fail, + Dad’s Cigarette & Yuge Pieces of Whatever In the Road
When we’re not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the “it fits” rule employed by the Walkin’ Dude…). There’s also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we’re about two steps from “Maximum Overdrive”, kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), and the wisdom of avoiding yuge chunks of Jersey barrier while commuting the company coche (because ashtray). Then again: wolves (not) in Colorado, wasted capital on fake green agendi, the Densh…. Denmarkers…. people of Daneland… giving up on environmentally friendly LEGOs, plus Goblin, Blur, Puny, Fatso, FNM, Mastodon, Faktor, Dekoder, Straits and AIC. |
Mon, 2 October 2023
09.20.23: Shredding Nuts & Bolts & Shocks, Invading Wolves & Bears & Cougars, Goolag Kills Drivers (?), Robot Semis Attack CA (& OH & IN), Diesel Makes Batteries Work, Green Makes LEGOs Fail, + Dad’s Cigarette & Yuge Pieces of Whatever In the Road
When we’re not stripping bolts on Warn hubs and trans mounts, the gearhead goons have a good little bit of info for you on using the right fastener (and not the “it fits” rule employed by the Walkin’ Dude…). There’s also news on robot-controlled semis being permitted on more roads (we’re about two steps from “Maximum Overdrive”, kids), the Goolag steering hapless Jeep owners off cliffs and creeks (buy a map), electric cars being powered by diesel (when unicorn farts are in short supply), and the wisdom of avoiding yuge chunks of Jersey barrier while commuting the company coche (because ashtray). Then again: wolves (not) in Colorado, wasted capital on fake green agendi, the Densh…. Denmarkers…. people of Daneland… giving up on environmentally friendly LEGOs, plus Goblin, Blur, Puny, Fatso, FNM, Mastodon, Faktor, Dekoder, Straits and AIC. |
Sun, 24 September 2023
09.09.23 (MP3): Just Because You’re Paranoid… Situational Garage Awareness, Car Theft (and Overseas Markets), Gearhead Lost & Found, UAW VS Ford (& Its Members), Electric Vehicle Bans, + Stop Running Over Sh!t & Your Car Won’t Blow Up
We warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium. If you don’t want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you. The market is there for thieves - don’t be their meat. There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked ships and hacked warplanes (yikes?), pawn shops and battery slop, Teslas running over junk and unions running over members, JF Summit, illegal Canadia, the thumb on the scale, plus Fu Manchu, High on Fire, Sleep, Matt Pike and Dragonaut, Herbalizer, Alice in Chains and Die Krupps. |
Sun, 24 September 2023
09.09.23: Just Because You’re Paranoid… Situational Garage Awareness, Car Theft (and Overseas Markets), Gearhead Lost & Found, UAW VS Ford (& Its Members), Electric Vehicle Bans, + Stop Running Over Sh!t & Your Car Won’t Blow Up
We warned you - the Gearhead Consultancy is all about paying attention (because geek!), and this uberule applies to home, self, car, property and Sanctum Garagium. If you don’t want your goods to get grabbed, watch your back when you park the Aston (or whatever you roll) in the car hole, because with all the crime exploding across America, someone might be watching you. The market is there for thieves - don’t be their meat. There’s more: lost D-rings, lost hitches and lost F-35s, hacked ships and hacked warplanes (yikes?), pawn shops and battery slop, Teslas running over junk and unions running over members, JF Summit, illegal Canadia, the thumb on the scale, plus Fu Manchu, High on Fire, Sleep, Matt Pike and Dragonaut, Herbalizer, Alice in Chains and Die Krupps. |
Mon, 18 September 2023
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 Mechanicking
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). |
Mon, 18 September 2023
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
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). |
Mon, 4 September 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 4 September 2023
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
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. |
Fri, 25 August 2023
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 Garage
...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. |
Fri, 25 August 2023
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
...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. |
Thu, 17 August 2023
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 Our Side)
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). |
Thu, 17 August 2023
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)
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). |
Mon, 31 July 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 31 July 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 24 July 2023
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) Breasts
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. |
Mon, 24 July 2023
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) Breasts
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. |
Sat, 15 July 2023
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 Still Be
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. |
Sat, 15 July 2023
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 Sears
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. |
Fri, 30 June 2023
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
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. |
Fri, 30 June 2023
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
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. |
Thu, 22 June 2023
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
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). |
Thu, 22 June 2023
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
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). |
Tue, 13 June 2023
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 & Freakonomics
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. |
Tue, 13 June 2023
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
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. |
Sat, 10 June 2023
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 Agendi
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... |
Sat, 10 June 2023
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 Agendi
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... |
Tue, 30 May 2023
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 & GLU
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. |
Tue, 30 May 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 22 May 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 22 May 2023
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
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. |
Mon, 15 May 2023
05.01.23 (MP3): Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
Holy carp, if you ever may use a gun to protect your person, people or property, this is an episode for you. We dug into a great interview of a gent who came out on top during a parking lot throwdown with an armed criminal. Colion Noir did a good job and let the winner (hey, he’s not dead) talk about it: the boon of practice (practice, practice...), the bane of tactical doodads, why round-limits will get you killed, big guns versus small, physical wellbeing and the right clothes, situational awareness, how you’ll feel and what to do and say afterwards, and why you carry with a pew in the pipe (because “Carrying With a Round in the Chamber Saved My Life”). There’s a lot more here, and every ounce is worth a shooter’s time: smart meet-ups, lawyers for shut the f@€& up, don’t be fat, plus Contagion, NIN, Deftones, Whorgasm, Chainsaws & Children, Alien Faktor and Steril. |
Mon, 15 May 2023
05.01.23: Carrying Concealed & Round in the Chamber? Great Training & Killer Ideas to Survive a Shootout (From a Guy Who Did), w/ Must-Watch Video on How to Practice & What to Expect When A Meet-Up Goes Bad, + Good Thoughts on Staying Alive
Holy carp, if you ever may use a gun to protect your person, people or property, this is an episode for you. We dug into a great interview of a gent who came out on top during a parking lot throwdown with an armed criminal. Colion Noir did a good job and let the winner (hey, he’s not dead) talk about it: the boon of practice (practice, practice...), the bane of tactical doodads, why round-limits will get you killed, big guns versus small, physical wellbeing and the right clothes, situational awareness, how you’ll feel and what to do and say afterwards, and why you carry with a pew in the pipe (because “Carrying With a Round in the Chamber Saved My Life”). There’s a lot more here, and every ounce is worth a shooter’s time: smart meet-ups, lawyers for shut the f@€& up, don’t be fat, plus Contagion, NIN, Deftones, Whorgasm, Chainsaws & Children, Alien Faktor and Steril. |
Fri, 12 May 2023
04.22.23 (MP3): Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
Thoughts from the gearhead planet... Sticky tires and Bilstein PSS9s, Doc’s Elise and Ryan’s Alpina, pie-faced ditzes and Porsche mugs, Teslas trying to burn down mid-race, BMWs and their airbags, electric STis won’t hunt (or go hillclimbing, or all day), new and used car prices up about 20% since Sniffy Joe got into office (and the electric-car price distortion), Lamborghini’s slightly challenging (and airborne) Pike’s Peak record attempt, and a few thoughts on how microplastics might be a secondary problem to the overall plastic recycling fraud. Also, other stuff. Also also, safety should not depricate freedom, and dumb folks don’t know they are. More tastiness: Velvet Acid Christ, Steril, Korn, Zombie, Skrew, Nation of Fear, Nick Cave, 16 Volt and Sugar Ray. |
Fri, 12 May 2023
04.22.23: Hillclimbing VS Hilldescending, Electric STi Boos, Lambo Urus Record, Smoking Tesla VS Race Day, Fighter Pilot Effectiveness (Chicks VS Dudes), BMW VS Takata, Car Prices & Car-Loan Defaults, + Used Plastics, Used Words & Used Stickies
Thoughts from the gearhead planet... Sticky tires and Bilstein PSS9s, Doc’s Elise and Ryan’s Alpina, pie-faced ditzes and Porsche mugs, Teslas trying to burn down mid-race, BMWs and their airbags, electric STis won’t hunt (or go hillclimbing, or all day), new and used car prices up about 20% since Sniffy Joe got into office (and the electric-car price distortion), Lamborghini’s slightly challenging (and airborne) Pike’s Peak record attempt, and a few thoughts on how microplastics might be a secondary problem to the overall plastic recycling fraud. Also, other stuff. Also also, safety should not depricate freedom, and dumb folks don’t know they are. More tastiness: Velvet Acid Christ, Steril, Korn, Zombie, Skrew, Nation of Fear, Nick Cave, 16 Volt and Sugar Ray. |
Tue, 2 May 2023
04.12.23(MP3): Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
Do you want alien archeologists to brand Earth the T-shirt and cardboard planet? We neither, so let’s get to work quelling the free-farce zone built upon by bumper stickers, bad governance, idiot officials and ideology that can’t get past its first foot forward. Expand your inputs (think from the firehose) - AM is a part of unexpected reality, and that’s good. Challenge the bubble - Car & Driver is taking down the fake figures supporting e-car efficiency. Ridicule bureaucrats when they say things that don’t make sense - racist roads and electric tanks? ...And call out corruption when you see it - Sniffy Joe’s White House basement just hired Ford’s China-funded battery lobbyist. WT capital F? More to love (perhaps it’s time for a diet): cyborgs, hard-boiled eggs, New Jersey-level paranoid, electric NASCAR and quiet Thunderboats, are catalytic thefts being buoyed by the skidplate industry, plus Folk Implosion, Man or Astroman, Mastodon, Cujo, Beck, DJ Shadow, Gruntruck and Bio-Mechanical Degeneration. |
Tue, 2 May 2023
04.12.23: Greetings From The T-Shirt Planet! Fake Car Sounds, Fraudulent Electric Car Emissions, Foolish Bureaucrats Traff*@€ing w/ Your Right to Roam, Cronyism @ Ford, Badge Dishonesty, Catalytic Killings, + Keeping Old Farts On Cam (More Inputs!)
Do you want alien archeologists to brand Earth the T-shirt and cardboard planet? We neither, so let’s get to work quelling the free-farce zone built upon by bumper stickers, bad governance, idiot officials and ideology that can’t get past its first foot forward. Expand your inputs (think from the firehose) - AM is a part of unexpected reality, and that’s good. Challenge the bubble - Car & Driver is taking down the fake figures supporting e-car efficiency. Ridicule bureaucrats when they say things that don’t make sense - racist roads and electric tanks? ...And call out corruption when you see it - Sniffy Joe’s White House basement just hired Ford’s China-funded battery lobbyist. WT capital F? More to love (perhaps it’s time for a diet): cyborgs, hard-boiled eggs, New Jersey-level paranoid, electric NASCAR and quiet Thunderboats, are catalytic thefts being buoyed by the skidplate industry, plus Folk Implosion, Man or Astroman, Mastodon, Cujo, Beck, DJ Shadow, Gruntruck and Bio-Mechanical Degeneration. |
Tue, 25 April 2023
04.03.23(MP3): Americans Stock Up! 60Million New Guns Ain’t Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuengling
You’re the geek, so you understand the importance of the Second Amendment (probably to the point of being obnoxious). Good - we too. This piece gathers the bits, including the massive growth of ownership, all the new (and novel) firearms owners, the importance of training - don’t buy 10 guns, buy one and ten boxes of bullets. ...Or maybe 100. Then the Gearhead Consultancy flubs the Constitution (we should all grab a copy and bone up), but saves the day with background on bad laws from Washington state (a rifle ban?) and bad ideas from idiots (“smart” guns)... What’s more: Atomic Bitchwax, Southern Culture, Failure, Goatsnake, For Love Not Lisa, Josh Wink, Corrosion, Bowie, and Al King with Stevie Ray. Also, Legos for kids and adults, tyrannosaurus skeletons for the living room, T-90s for truck stops, bacteria for everyone, good PR for exploding billions, beers for Americans, and tranny fluid for pinkos. |
Tue, 25 April 2023
04.03.23: Americans Stock Up! 60 Million New Guns Can’t Be Wrong (+Millions of 1st-Timers), w/ 400 Rounds in 4 Hours (Practice), Unconstitutional Laws (Common Use), Smart Guns (Ain’t), +Florida Bacteria, Exploding Rockets, Tyrannosauruses & Yuenglings
You’re the geek, so you understand the importance of the Second Amendment (probably to the point of being obnoxious). Good - we too. This piece gathers the bits, including the massive growth of ownership, all the new (and novel) firearms owners, the importance of training - don’t buy 10 guns, buy one and ten boxes of bullets. ...Or maybe 100. Then the Gearhead Consultancy flubs the Constitution (we should all grab a copy and bone up), but saves the day with background on bad laws from Washington state (a rifle ban?) and bad ideas from idiots (“smart” guns)... What’s more: Atomic Bitchwax, Southern Culture, Failure, Goatsnake, For Love Not Lisa, Josh Wink, Corrosion, Bowie, and Al King with Stevie Ray. Also, Legos for kids and adults, tyrannosaurus skeletons for the living room, T-90s for truck stops, bacteria for everyone, good PR for exploding billions, beers for Americans, and tranny fluid for pinkos. |
Fri, 21 April 2023
03.32.23 (MP3): Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
So much good stuff: why Johnny Cab is planning to kill you, why nobody wants electric cars, why gov’t choices aren’t, why electric cars are a social contagion too, why gov’t action is an inverse penalty, why more CO2 is a good thing, why 60% of new cars can never be electric, why artificial intelligence isn’t, and why robot cars are causing new and innovative traffic jams. Also, F-16 flyovers, hooch VS hooch, Budweiser’s tranny fail (is more than a missed gear), “She’s So Heavy” and “Spaceship Landing”, and Kyuss, Anthrax, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Living Colour, Beatles, Volbeat, Zeppelin, The Rev and Machines of Loving Grace. |
Fri, 21 April 2023
03.32.23: Gearhead Questions & Geekthink Re: Forcing Electric Cars VS Failing Demand & Fraudulent Ideology, & Gov’t Force VS Your Right to Roam, + New Connectivity for Auto Thieves, Robot Cars (Tech Is Not On Your Side), & A Bud Mea Culpa
So much good stuff: why Johnny Cab is planning to kill you, why nobody wants electric cars, why gov’t choices aren’t, why electric cars are a social contagion too, why gov’t action is an inverse penalty, why more CO2 is a good thing, why 60% of new cars can never be electric, why artificial intelligence isn’t, and why robot cars are causing new and innovative traffic jams. Also, F-16 flyovers, hooch VS hooch, Budweiser’s tranny fail (is more than a missed gear), “She’s So Heavy” and “Spaceship Landing”, and Kyuss, Anthrax, Southern Culture on the Skids, Bio-Mechanical Degeneration, Living Colour, Beatles, Volbeat, Zeppelin, The Rev and Machines of Loving Grace. |
Mon, 10 April 2023
03.23.23 (MP3): Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
Do you have the walnuts to stop and grab that sweet thing you saw on this morning’s commute? The Gearhead Consultancy is here to help, with suggestions (and excellent results) from our adventures in exploiting the retention-disabled. ...Because Found On Road Awesome! We catalog one month’s grabs: a D-ring and hitch-block, channel-locks and flush-cuts, an air chuck and some serious scissors (all tools we can use), plus some sweet signage. You can do it too (...because geek). It’s there for you: Sackpack’s pricey flashlight, Walkin’ Dude’s yuge Ft. Carson & orange Yellow Freight signs, plus Justinius Rex’s dozens of Snap-On tools and jar O’ sockets. Also, Earthlings?, Megadeth, Kyuss, Dog Fashion Disco, Filter, Solarized and Die Krupps. |
Mon, 10 April 2023
03.23.23: Don’t Miss the Thing! A Guide to Found On Road Awesome (FORA), Driving VS Running, Scanning VS Staring, Planning, Recognizing & Picking It Up, w/ Specific Mass & Remembering the Where - You Too Can Have the Awesome & Cool Weirdness
Do you have the walnuts to stop and grab that sweet thing you saw on this morning’s commute? The Gearhead Consultancy is here to help, with suggestions (and excellent results) from our adventures in exploiting the retention-disabled. ...Because Found On Road Awesome! We catalog one month’s grabs: a D-ring and hitch-block, channel-locks and flush-cuts, an air chuck and some serious scissors (all tools we can use), plus some sweet signage. You can do it too (...because geek). It’s there for you: Sackpack’s pricey flashlight, Walkin’ Dude’s yuge Ft. Carson & orange Yellow Freight signs, plus Justinius Rex’s dozens of Snap-On tools and jar O’ sockets. Also, Earthlings?, Megadeth, Kyuss, Dog Fashion Disco, Filter, Solarized and Die Krupps. |
Thu, 30 March 2023
03.03.23 (MP3): What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
We’re busy building things and fixing stuff, so have a rundown: - used-car prices gone crazy (again), w/ financial pressures, interest and inflation hikes, shortages of cars/parts/money - misbegotten gov’t overreactions making the aforementioned worse - manufacturer costs inflated by electric car unicorn farts - rules for paying to attention to used-car prices (follow what you know) - some side history on automakers’ ongoing fruitless efforts to kill AM radio More to live for: hooray for Cubans pulling a McGuyver (the old one, not the silly new version) on Communism, cottonwood versus aspen, Duesenbergs, Southern Culture on the Skids, Masters of Reality, Monolord, God Lives Underwater, High On Fire, Deadbolt and Fatso Jetson, plus Stephen King’s evil basement and upcoming Found On Road Awsomeness. |
Thu, 30 March 2023
03.03.23: What the Buck, Used Cars? Prices Up Again! Why Big $ Pressures & New Cars & Statist Gov’t & Supply Chains Make It Worse, + Two Cubans Geek Out All the Way to FL, Streets of Chicago VS Kabul, Dad’s Scott Amp & AM Radio, Good Logs & Bad Pinkos
We’re busy building things and fixing stuff, so have a rundown: - used-car prices gone crazy (again), w/ financial pressures, interest and inflation hikes, shortages of cars/parts/money - misbegotten gov’t overreactions making the aforementioned worse - manufacturer costs inflated by electric car unicorn farts - rules for paying to attention to used-car prices (follow what you know) - some side history on automakers’ ongoing fruitless efforts to kill AM radio More to live for: hooray for Cubans pulling a McGuyver (the old one, not the silly new version) on Communism, cottonwood versus aspen, Duesenbergs, Southern Culture on the Skids, Masters of Reality, Monolord, God Lives Underwater, High On Fire, Deadbolt and Fatso Jetson, plus Stephen King’s evil basement and upcoming Found On Road Awsomeness. |
Wed, 22 March 2023
03.02.23 (MP3): State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
Oi vey! Americans just want to defend their home, family and property, but grabby bureaucrats and Big Gov’t fans want to defang the everyday man and force his compliance. The Garage Hour goons have updates for you about what’s going on: Creepy Joe Meat Puppet’s executive orders, tremendous funding for federal targeting, pinkos versus a well armed citizenry, what’s a male Karen, the degredation of American exceptionalism, file cabinet fires, and remembering why the Second Amendment isn’t the 31st. While we’re at it, more stuff: Metallica, Volbeat, Dragonaut, Faith No More and Bjork, Dave Barry, Hunter S. Thompson, Breitbart, The Federalist, Ammoland and the Epoch Times, plus a proper R.I.P. for excellent weirdo Tom Sizemore. |
Wed, 22 March 2023
03.02.23: State of 2A - Gearheads & Geeks Targeted by Alphabet Agencies: The Hazard of Lists & Secondary Offenses, Firearms Dealers & West VA File Stash; Citizens & Voters Fight Back w/ 2A Sanctuaries, Constitutional Carry, & the Girl Scout Snipers
Oi vey! Americans just want to defend their home, family and property, but grabby bureaucrats and Big Gov’t fans want to defang the everyday man and force his compliance. The Garage Hour goons have updates for you about what’s going on: Creepy Joe Meat Puppet’s executive orders, tremendous funding for federal targeting, pinkos versus a well armed citizenry, what’s a male Karen, the degredation of American exceptionalism, file cabinet fires, and remembering why the Second Amendment isn’t the 31st. While we’re at it, more stuff: Metallica, Volbeat, Dragonaut, Faith No More and Bjork, Dave Barry, Hunter S. Thompson, Breitbart, The Federalist, Ammoland and the Epoch Times, plus a proper R.I.P. for excellent weirdo Tom Sizemore. |
Thu, 9 March 2023
02.23.23 (MP3): Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
Put on the goggles, ‘cause this ‘uns a lumpy one: good ideas and bad results of clearancing your trail rig to let the tires eat! Trailing arms, tire sizes, Pahnard bars, shackle positioning, pinion angles, bump stops, spacers, 4Runners, Wranglers, XJs, backspacing, fenders and Dremel blades... Guest appearances by Rock Hound Off-Road, Fageol Superchargers, Dirty Dave’s Super Pooper and Gov. Used Car Hair. While we’re at it: bread is yummy, hot-boxing ruins resale, killing whales and birds, false electric-car advertising, snow in L.A. because it’s winter, VW takes the carjackers’ side, Ford isn’t on yours, and beer acting weird at 13,000ft. |
Thu, 9 March 2023
02.23.23: Tire & Wheel Clearance - Wide x Tough Guy Tires VS Wheel Wells, Stuff VS Flex, Mounting VS Spacing, Trimming VS De-Fendering, Tire Shape VS Suspension Selection, + Ford’s Remote Repo, VW Carjacker Protection & Saw Blade Doom
Put on the goggles, ‘cause this ‘uns a lumpy one: good ideas and bad results of clearancing your trail rig to let the tires eat! Trailing arms, tire sizes, Pahnard bars, shackle positioning, pinion angles, bump stops, spacers, 4Runners, Wranglers, XJs, backspacing, fenders and Dremel blades... Guest appearances by Rock Hound Off-Road, Fageol Superchargers, Dirty Dave’s Super Pooper and Gov. Used Car Hair. While we’re at it: bread is yummy, hot-boxing ruins resale, killing whales and birds, false electric-car advertising, snow in L.A. because it’s winter, VW takes the carjackers’ side, Ford isn’t on yours, and beer acting weird at 13,000ft. |
Tue, 28 February 2023
02.13.23 (MP3): Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
This is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirins’ (do all wires matter)? Do you flash the guy who doesn’t belong in the #1 lane? If you dig a hole in England, is there a bomb or a skeleton in it? ...And what’s more important, your right to privacy or a drone’s right to see what you’re up to? There’s more: the impending unsold army of Ford’s nonsensical new Lightning pickups, AI making it up as it goes along, and Vibravoid, Satriani and smushy catalytic-convertor thief deaths (and the Weinermobile). |
Tue, 28 February 2023
02.13.23: Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
This is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirins’ (do all wires matter)? Do you flash the guy who doesn’t belong in the #1 lane? If you dig a hole in England, is there a bomb or a skeleton in it? ...And what’s more important, your right to privacy or a drone’s right to see what you’re up to? There’s more: the impending unsold army of Ford’s nonsensical new Lightning pickups, AI making it up as it goes along, and Vibravoid, Satriani and smushy catalytic-convertor thief deaths (and the Weinermobile). |
Tue, 21 February 2023
02.03.23 (MP3): This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
Invent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because we'd been planning to spend an hour with formerly Silent Sean (head in the bag, mind in the gutter) tuning up the deadbolts at Castle de Sack, what better time to capture some more easy to-dos that'll keep the wolves at bay (now that the stupider people in Colorado have deigned to release an apex predator into our backyards)? Code pads? Double-authentication? House numbers? Screen doors? Door braces? Frangible rounds? Driveway safety and garage-door security? Local laws? Fake rocks? Safe rooms? Shatter Guard? Mail gettin'? We've got 'em. |
Tue, 21 February 2023
02.03.23: This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
Invent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because we'd been planning to spend an hour with formerly Silent Sean (head in the bag, mind in the gutter) tuning up the deadbolts at Castle de Sack, what better time to capture some more easy to-dos that'll keep the wolves at bay (now that the stupider people in Colorado have deigned to release an apex predator into our backyards)? Code pads? Double-authentication? House numbers? Screen doors? Door braces? Frangible rounds? Driveway safety and garage-door security? Local laws? Fake rocks? Safe rooms? Shatter Guard? Mail gettin'? We've got 'em. |
Mon, 6 February 2023
01.31.23 (MP3): Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
Alright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile make for good transportation or a big paperweight? Got to love big 'Benzes on the Autobahn. Also, gas prices are now lower than electricity by the mile, and R.I.P. Robbie Knievel. More fun: Fatso Jetson, Acid King, Linkin Park, Puny Human, Contagion, Black Crowes, Dog Fashion Disco, Farflung, Deadbolt, Gluecifer and Clutch. |
Mon, 6 February 2023
01.31.23: Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
Alright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile make for good transportation or a big paperweight? Got to love big 'Benzes on the Autobahn. Also, gas prices are now lower than electricity by the mile, and R.I.P. Robbie Knievel. More fun: Fatso Jetson, Acid King, Linkin Park, Puny Human, Contagion, Black Crowes, Dog Fashion Disco, Farflung, Deadbolt, Gluecifer and Clutch. |
Mon, 30 January 2023
01.21.23 (MP3): Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
If it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's got three-way switches (fix the travellers, don't be one), municipalities' rules for wiring (no dimmers for you), firewood and gas logs (because chainsaw), making your utility drawer an expansion of capability (no junk so no junk drawer), not trusting the web (buy a book, maybe even the old Reader's Digest bible), and fixing scuffs in hardwood (markers!). Random rock and/or roll: Zach Wilde, Candy Snatchers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Chainsaws & Children, Metallica, Puny Human, AC/DC, Orgy, Desert Sessions, Hydroponix, Machines of Loving Grace & Blazing Haley! |
Mon, 30 January 2023
01.21.23: Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
If it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's got three-way switches (fix the travellers, don't be one), municipalities' rules for wiring (no dimmers for you), firewood and gas logs (because chainsaw), making your utility drawer an expansion of capability (no junk so no junk drawer), not trusting the web (buy a book, maybe even the old Reader's Digest bible), and fixing scuffs in hardwood (markers!). Random rock and/or roll: Zach Wilde, Candy Snatchers, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Chainsaws & Children, Metallica, Puny Human, AC/DC, Orgy, Desert Sessions, Hydroponix, Machines of Loving Grace & Blazing Haley! |
Sun, 22 January 2023
01.12.23 (MP3): Caught In Thought -Swiss Lightning Super Lasers, Weird Things for Sale Online, Corporations Polluting the Atmosphere, Distracted Driving Attention Budgets, Electric Cars Cost More (& Just Got Banned), +More CO2, More Fixes & More Elephants
"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking. With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance by Glorvox the Massive), the gearhead goons put words to cold batteries and warm wi-fi (and the shame that's what happened to the nameplates "Lightning" and "Hummer"), as well as why CO2 is good (we like trees), distracted driving is bad (spend some attention), Carl Sagan was wise (technology w/ morality), and why just because we can doesn't mean we should. Also appearing: Ministry, Air, Five-Horse Johnson, Biopsiy and Cujo (because that stuff's great!), as well as some crazy eyes, yuge glasses, and green thumbs. |
Sun, 22 January 2023
01.12.23: Caught In Thought - Swiss Lightning Super Lasers, Weird Things for Sale Online, Corporations Polluting the Atmosphere, Distracted Driving Attention Budgets, Electric Cars Cost More (& Just Got Banned), + More CO2, More Fixes & More Elephants
"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking. With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance by Glorvox the Massive), the gearhead goons put words to cold batteries and warm wi-fi (and the shame that's what happened to the nameplates "Lightning" and "Hummer"), as well as why CO2 is good (we like trees), distracted driving is bad (spend some attention), Carl Sagan was wise (technology w/ morality), and why just because we can doesn't mean we should. Also appearing: Ministry, Air, Five-Horse Johnson, Biopsiy and Cujo (because that stuff's great!), as well as some crazy eyes, yuge glasses, and green thumbs. |
Mon, 16 January 2023
01.03.23 (MP3): Post-Xmas Reality, w/Right to Repair (Deere VS Farmers & The Woz's Gluey Macs), Murderdrones, Clocks at Sea, Knitting Sweaters, Kalifornistan's Infrastructure (Build a Dam Already) &Illinois Gun Control (Weaver or Isosceles) +Karma to Burn
Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your old-school drone, then fix things because the courts came down on farmers' side against John Deere (Steve Wozniak isn't wrong - your right to repair is a big deal). Then it's upgrade versus Green Hell in CA as nobody thought of raising a few dams and keeing water when it's rainiy for days when it ain't. Nice state you've got there... We'll also help you yell about the random craptastic gift for your kid that turned out to be a dirty old man's joke-machine, as well as dish on some Karma to Burn ("V" and "Arch Stanton") and Clutch ("Spacegrass"). |
Mon, 16 January 2023
01.03.23: Post-Xmas Reality, w/ Right to Repair (Deere VS Farmers & The Woz's Gluey Macs), Murderdrones, Clocks at Sea, Knitting Sweaters, Kalifornistan's Infrastructure (Build a Dam Already) & Illinois Gun Control (Weaver or Isosceles), + Karma to Burn
Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your old-school drone, then fix things because the courts came down on farmers' side against John Deere (Steve Wozniak isn't wrong - your right to repair is a big deal). Then it's upgrade versus Green Hell in CA as nobody thought of raising a few dams and keeing water when it's rainiy for days when it ain't. Nice state you've got there... We'll also help you yell about the random craptastic gift for your kid that turned out to be a dirty old man's joke-machine, as well as dish on some Karma to Burn ("V" and "Arch Stanton") and Clutch ("Spacegrass"). |
Mon, 9 January 2023
12.28.22 (MP3): Good, Bad & Ugly Xmas Gifts - Second Amendment & CCWs, Battery Reliability in the Cold, Real VS Fake Trees (What About the Effort?), Steel Plates Fix Fire, Egg Nog Testing + All-Wheel Drive VS Rear-Wheel Drive for Fun w/ Snow (& Some Mom)
Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas? There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree? You and 16,000,000 other Americans this year. Concealed-carry helpers are grand too. Making the effort matters - you don't want to mistakenly send someone to Kalifornistan and its reanimation of zombie unconstitutional microstamping mandates, or electric cars, which still don't work when it's cold. More goodies: Christmas chili, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer, Art Carney, Burl Ives, Arthur Fiedler and Deadblot, with notes from the Mom Planet (population turkey). |
Mon, 9 January 2023
12.28.22: Good, Bad & Ugly Xmas Gifts - Second Amendment & CCWs, Battery Reliability in the Cold, Real VS Fake Trees (What About the Effort?), Steel Plates Fix Fire, Egg Nog Testing + All-Wheel Drive VS Rear-Wheel Drive for Fun w/ Snow (& Some Mom)
Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas? There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree? You and 16,000,000 other Americans this year. Concealed-carry helpers are grand too. Making the effort matters - you don't want to mistakenly send someone to Kalifornistan and its reanimation of zombie unconstitutional microstamping mandates, or electric cars, which still don't work when it's cold. More goodies: Christmas chili, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer, Art Carney, Burl Ives, Arthur Fiedler and Deadblot, with notes from the Mom Planet (population turkey). |