This week I ramble about the new year, new me, and new beginnings. Not just being back in New York City, but me trying out something really new. A new job! Kinda? you might leave this epsidoe with more questions than answers, but thats what next week is for. A real cliff hanger of an episode!
Only two days late this week, but I fired it up anyways!!! Better than not coming at all, amirite?!?! So it's a Thurasdays Wiith Jakey. Apologies, kinda. Anyways, this week I ramble about Chrstimas in general, some of my more fun recent Xmases, and just sort of stumble my way through what basically amounts to half an epsiode! I'll be back next week, probably on Tuesday, with a full epsiode once again. Hope y'all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR etc, blah blah, okay, please? PEACE! Inshallah!!!...
This week I ramble about my cross country drives, Jack White, Ribs, Jason Nivens and some kismet in Kansas City, Stucky's West Virgina Farmohuse, NO LOCALS at the motel, and some wild NOLA adventures with new friends, concerts, clubs, Saints games and Po Boys! Almost ready for my NYC re-entry... Hope y'all have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Killer Kwazna and a Nughty New Year!!! Keepy your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the Stars!
6 months and 6 days since the last episode, Im back in the podcast groove. Recorded live on location in the French Quarter of New Orleans, my home for the past few months, I basiclaly justr amble about why I took so long of a break, and start to delve into what I got into this summer. Shouyld be back with regular frequency now. but only time will tell!
This week I ramble about my week of motorcyle adventurtes, shady CIA black ops sites in the middle of the desert, bowling alleys and minor league baseball and a god damned 630 mile burn through the desert in 13 hours on my bike, which is named Lucille btw. As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoffthreads.threadless.com shirts, hoodies, mask etc. Or buy a few of "The World's Most Dangerous Coloring Book" at https://rocksoff.bigcartel.com Feel free to text...
This week I ramble about yet another week in Las Vegas. Seemingly one of my homes away from home, I've probably spent more time in this city than anywhere else in my adult life except for NYC and maybe LA and London - all palces I've actually lived. Went to the opening of the new Crossroads Kitchen, saw a Bill Burr show and got to meet and hang with him backstage, saw my NINTH Jack White show of his current tour, went to my first Vegas rave style ppool party, and hiked over 20 miles in the deser...
This week I ramble about being back in Salt lake City, and about how when you close one door, others magically open. Just when I felt like I had a whole plan for the summer, things changed. That's why it's always good to have a plan A, Plan B and Plan C percolating at all times. Both for travel and for life in general. As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoffthreads.threadless.com shirts, hoodies, mask etc. Feel free to text me anytime or venmo me at 91...
This week I ramble about being back on the boats and how good it felt. Sort of forgot how awesome this thing I strated 20 years ago really is. Can't wait to do more now. But it still wasn't enough to keep me down on the proverbial farm, as I'm already back in Utah and continuing my 2-wheeled adventures! As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoffthreads.threadless.com shirts, hoodies, mask etc. Feel free to text me anytime or venmo me at 917.443.7615 (@jak...
This week I ramble about not having time to be in a rush. And I recap a mad dash week of riding my motorcycle through the Great Salt Flats of Bonneville, hotel clerk propositions, the temptations of Nevada brothels, the 2022 Supercross season finale, an 1,100 mile roundtrip 36 hour drive to retrieve my belongings from Yellowpine. For good. And where I might end up next. As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoffthreads.threadless.com shirts, hoodies, mask...
Steve Poltz is a modern day troubadour, touring relentlessly and playing long and winding and energetic as all heck live solo acoustic shows. Some of you might recognize his handsome face as the guy in the Jewel video for “You Were Meant For Me” a role he shared by being the writer of the song! We first met when I booked his old band the Rugburns at wetlands and then let them stay in my tiny apartment. And we’ve stayed buds over all these years. We caught up on my former town of McCalm Idaho and...
Thsi week I ramble about being on the road again. I'll be picking up my best girl, and even better motorcycle, Miss Lucille, tomorrow and riding out into the desert. Without a net. And putting my antennae up to cath the signals form the unierse and let it guide me towards what's next. Trying to bend the universe to our desires is a fool's errand. So I'm off again in search of even more adventures. As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoffthreads.threadle...
This week I ramble about where I want to be and what I want to do. And about how I'm just a human, being. Not needing to be *doing* much of anything. I'm so over the worries about achieving the next thing. Of having a destination for myself, professionally or financially. And about how it's fine to just be, maaan. All we need to do in this topsy turvy world right now is to be ourselves. And that's more than enough for me. For now. For right now. I'm just a human. Being. And that in itself is a r...
Back in the New York Groove with a double length episode. This week I ramble about being back in NYC and my trip. to Detroit Rock City!! Just got back from my THIRD rock n roll pilgrimage to the Motor City. Past trips were to see Eminem & Insane Clown Posse and this time was for the hometown tour kickoff of Jack White at the 5,000 seat Masonic Temple. And also just happened to include a surpise propsal and wedding of Jack White and his blushing bride Olivia Jean. What a long strange trip it'...
This week I ramble about transitions, working the Treefort Music Festival in Boise last week, being back in NYC, going to a concert again (Sparks!), masks, figuring out where I belong, and ZAMBIA! As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoff.bigcartel.com and buy some stuff like coloring books, shirts or artwork. Feel free to text me anytime or venmo me at 917.443.7615 (@jake-szufnarowski too on venmo) or pyapal jake@rocksoff.com or check out my socials @Ja...
This week i ramble about the crushing avalanche of anxiety that I have been surfing for the past week and a half. I've managed to ride it out with no crashes, but it's been a bit of a white knuckle job. Moving out of my back country cabin, car breaking down, headed to NYC for a bit, and once again leaving whatever relative safety web I had weaved. I'm about to shoot myself, yet again, into the great unknown wide open. As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://roc...
We are BACK! After an unplanned 6 week hiatus, due in equal parts to back country isolation, low level depression, and just not feeling like I had much to say, I return this week to ramble about life, love and the pursuit of scrambled adventures and a clear mind. I took break from clearing out this house to chew the proverbial fat about what’s gone down here and what might be next. In the words of the late great Tom Petty - tomorrow I depart, once again, Into The Great Wide Open, with only the s...
And I'm back!! After a few weeks of heavy themed epsiodes, we are back this week to ramble about the Hampster Wheel of Capitalism, our wants vs our needs, another bout with depression, and some fun tid bits at the end! As always, if you'd like to support this podcast, please check out https://rocksoff.bigcartel.com and buy some stuff like coloring books, shirts or artwork. Feel free to text me anytime or venmo me at 917.443.7615 (@jake-szufnarowski too on venmo) or check out my socials @JakeRock...
After a couple of heavy episodes, I'm taking a week off of recording something new, and instead posting this interview with Dick Dale. I promoted all of Dick's NYC shows since 1999, but more importantly we developed a very close friendship. And I considered him to be father figure. I think you'll get that vibe from this long convo. Take care of yourselves. I'll be back next week with some fresh TWJ rambles. Love y'all.
It's been 6 years since I lost my best friend, Rockin' Rodney Speed. This week's episode is entirely dedicated to him. I tell lots of stories and play recordings of him talking about his favorite music. And some recordings of our band the Rodney Speed Experience. and tons of friends chime in with their memories and tributes. and I close it out with my moving eulogy form his funeral. Viva La Rodney. And Rodspeed.
Here's the first installment of what will be a semi-regular feature of this podcast - Fridays With Friends - where I'll be interviewing some of my buds. Matt Stocks is the Larry King of Rock N Roll. One of the best interviewers out there, and Ive ben on his podcasts twice. And this week I turn the tables and interview him about his upcoming book Life In The Stocks Volume 2 and then we dig into his relationship with alcohol and his newfound sobriety.
It's not often I finish recording an episode and think "Wow, that was a great one!" but today was exactly that. It's 2 hours and 21 minutes about my relationship with alcohol. And depression. Because of course they are more closely interwoven than the kevlar fibers on a bulletproof vest. A lot of people have reached out lately telling me I've inspired them on their own journeys of sobriety. So I laid mine all out right here. Plus I get into my love of Primal Scream and Bobby Gillespie's new memo...
This week I ramble and reflect on 2021, the holidays and how I got here. I dive into my feelings on capitalism, loss of ambition, not wanting to be a cog in the machine of money-making, and what might be next. Are you feeling overwhelmed with everything that's happened this year? I am too. But it's OK! And I dig into why it's OK, and how I continue to push back against deep seated feelings of insecurity, loneliness and isolation. And I do it all in a way that I can almost promise isn't depressin...
This week, for the one year anniversary of Tuesdays With Jakey I did an "Ask Me Anything" Some questions include: Whats your proudest moment in life? What do you consider your biggest career success? and Failure? Best show you've ever seen? Best Wetlands memory? How'd you end up in a Gibson Guitars advertisement? And the real whooper - Where do you see yourself in 5 years? As always, please send feedback / questions / love letters to me 917.443.7615 or @jakerocksoff on Twitter & IG & Sna...
This week I went in an exciting new direction! I posted on FB asking for topic ideas about 30 minutes before I sat down to record - and I went through and addressed them all. How I ended up in Yellow Pine, how we get groceries here, what was the first guitar music that affected me, paintings of myself, glitter removal strategies, my best friend Rodney and much much more. That was exceptionally fun as I was reading the ideas in real time so didn't have anything prepped. Will def do this again! If...
This week I ramble about the origin story of the Unicorn and the Dolphin. Topical this week because I went see Whitney Cummings do standup in Boise, and it all ties together because of her obsession with this tattoo. I also get into why I love to stay at the Cabana Inn in Boise and I detail the dead bodies my boy Hector the Chambermaid has found in rooms 25, 47 and 51! for some further reading / viewing of the Unicorn and Dolphin: Whitney Cummings blog about the tattoo: https://whitneycummings.t...
This week my ramblings take their cue from an Edward Abbey quote about burnout which closed with the phrase: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards. So get out there and kick over the metaphorical rocks on the rod of life. And see whats underneath. Whats The Worst That Could Happen?? As always, please support...
This week I ramble about my first full week in my house in Yellow Pine. And the writing process. And the dread of dredging up a lot of painful memories from my childhood. But it's not all bad! Its been a lovely week actually. And mostly uneventful, which is what I asked for by moving here. If you want to see this town (and Darwin!) check out this three minute video produced by the Idaho Farm Bureau entitled "Yellow Pine Winter": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6XouzxAt1U And, as the holiday sea...
This week I ramble from my new home in Yellow Pine, Idaho. Finally settling in and reflecting on what's sure to be a long winter. I've finally started writing this book in earnest. And couldnt be more scared. Or excited. It's daunting, but you know the old saying (or maybe you don't): What's the best way to eat an elephant? One bit at a time! Please don't forget to support our lovely and generous sponsor SPEAK EASY MEATS! Visit them at https://speakeasymeats.com and use the discount code JAKEY a...
This week I'm back in Las Vegas, Nevada to see The Rolling Stones! I ramble about how it feels to be here, the Stones show, a few other adventures, Valley Of Fire, Red Rock Canyon, and how it feels to have one last fun trip before I go back to Yellow Pine, Idaho for the winter to sequester myself to write a book. And all the insecurities that said book brings to the forefront of my mind. Plus how I've been keeping my mind in shape. Hint: meditation. LOTS of meditation.
This week I'm posting a podcast I guested on - Stoke The Fire Episode 35. We dive deep into my mental health struggles, breakdown, suicide attempt, and ultimately my recovery. Which is ongoing. We laugh, we cry - a lot - laugh some more and end with a lot of smiles. It's not easy keeping a Positive Mental Attitude. It takes a lot of diligence and daily work. But it's worth it. And so rewarding. It's important for all of us to remember that every day we have a choice to make. We don't HAVE to be ...
