Does This Season of White Lotus Suck? PLUS John Bukaty Interviews Dave PATREON TEASER!
THESE ARE NOTES ON THE EPISODE - NOT THE TEASER!📝 Show Notes:🧠 Childhood ChaosBorn in NYC, nearly died of a staph infectionFell off a table and cracked his skull at 8 months oldWalked home alone at 3 years old 💥Deep TV addiction starts young (shoutout to MTV, Different Strokes & Give Me a Break)🎭 Early Identity StuffShirt chewing, sugar binging, and fake depression for attentionDidn’t want a bar mitzvah: “It’s not your party, it’s my party.”Too insecure to get lifted in the chair at his own bar mitzvah 😬Played harmonica in a ska band called The Percolators🍹 First Drug StoriesFirst drunk = 16 screwdrivers at summer camp → blackout, vomit, shameNever got into booze, but took acid at a Dead show before ever trying weedEventually... heroin, methadone, weed, and the long road home🎨 Art, Fear & FlowMTV intern in high school, obsessed with music and creativityParalyzed by fear, self-doubt, and a deep need to be authenticBig art nerd: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Bob Dylan, Richard Pousette-Dart 🎨🌞 Spirituality, Recovery & the Dopey DNAWanted spirituality before he had it“The Sunlight of the Spirit” and the resentment trapEarly recovery = doing it because he had toFound real connection through service, comedy, and storytelling🎙️ The Real DopeyIt’s not just about drugs — it’s love, dumb shit, and keeping people companyLetting your freak flag fly, creating community, and making people laughDave’s dream: Dopey TV show, doc series, global recovery adventures, Keith Richards in a chair at DopeyCon 🤘“I just want to make something worth putting in your ears.”💔 Final ThoughtsOn grief, fatherhood, fear, flow, and evolutionBukaty calls Dave out on blind spotsDave: “I like the idea of displacing my father and taking over the apartment.” 😂Tribute to Annie Ellie and the Dopey Nation: “It feeds the show. It is the show.”💌 Got thoughts? Send 'em:
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